blueblood70
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First of all it's not a hobby it's a corporation just because they have family that work with them in the corporation it's a corporate entity a $15 billion business there's over 1200 employees they have lots of management there's lots of layers so let's get that straight...
I'm not saying I agree with the way they've been doing things in any way shape or form am I on their side,
but you're making this into a bigger thing than it really is and by the way the Davis family still owns the Raiders and when al Davis passed on it didn't change the Raiders are worse than the Cowboys they're at least 15 teams that I can think of that can't even get anything going in the regular season.. they don't win divisions, they're not in the playoffs ,and they're ran normally what you guys called normal is it a blueprint for success..
I realize we want change around here we'd like a regular GM,
but you can do what they did with the Jaguars the Jaguars owner went over ahead of his GM and fired his GM so he can get the coach he wanted, and then who's gonna allow the head coach to hand pick A GM.. That doesn't seem normal I thought you have AGM'cause you trust he's a football guy he's gonna make the right decisions until you disagree and guess what the owner wins until you disagree and guess what the owner wins,
what's the difference ?? Jerry saying "why do I need to pay a general manager to do what I already enjoyed doing myself just so when we disagree, I'm gonna countermand him anyway??"
most owners do this, there was a thing in New England when Tom Brady over A2 year span was thinking about retirement and they kept drafting what they thought was his replacement you know they were trying to get ahead of it and Bill Belichick I believe wanted to move on from Tom Brady because he felt like he was getting older I believe that was the story and then Tom Brady what did you do he went to Robert Kraft and Robert Kraft told Bill Belichick that Tom Brady's a starter until he feels like he's not and that he's not going to get replaced until he retires basically you're not pushing out Tom Brady Bill Belichick wanted him out Bill Belichick was basically the general manager and the head coach I believe he actually had both titles and he was countermanded by the OWNER..
No matter how you feel that it varies here because Jerry's both the general manager and the owner and yes that's different than most other major sports it doesn't mean that the ownership is much different because they will fire those that are under them in a heartbeat to get their way whether it's at the draft or whether it's behind the scenes and you don't see it it happens it really does happen..
Again I'm not making excuses but will mcclay is technically the GM here he does about 50% of what a regular GM would do I know people wanna look at him as a scout he's not just a scout he has Jerry's here he helps him make decisions and yes the Jones family annoyingly enough likes to speak in public likes to act like everything is their way but there are over 1200 employees and a lot of management..
And lastly that is not all their income you know you guys it's funny you seen guys iras 401 KS you saw Jerry's tax forms I mean you know all his entities know he also owns a franchise of Papa John's he also still has other sources where he owns businesses in different areas of all kinds of varying interests including his old one with oil I guarantee he has royalties coming from that this is not his only source of income... The team's worth $10 billion and the Jones family is worth $15 billion there's $5 billion of other revenue coming from other resources..
And I know the irony is here those other entities he allows those to be managed by people he trusts and hired probably came with the franchises but still he doesn't meddle with them it's not as public this is his dream and This is why he wants to feel he needs to be out front and yes the Jones family are annoying I'm not saying they're not but it's mostly just what makes it different that that's it them being at the microphone at all the events they're always in the media they're always there to quote but as an owner they are no different than most of the other owners they're not absentee owners they just don't do it where you can see it they do it behind the scenes but they're still making decisions and they're still countering some of the things they don't like from their GM or other layers of management that's a fact...
