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I don’t post often, or ever really, I’m more of a lurker here but I visit this forum many times every day so I can bask in Cowboys’ news and opinion. I’ve decided to break my silence and bring up something that came to me recently concerning our beloved [See SARCASM sign] owner, Jerry Jones. Here it goes…Jerry made his way as a wildcatter and he will never get over being a wildcatter and I believe that is, at least in large part, what is holding this team back.
Think about these:
Discount Players:
1. Relying on long shot players to pay dividends; and
2. Gambling on injured draftees who have all the talent in the world but can’t shake the injury bug.
Draft:
1. Draft day trades that don’t always make sense.
Refusal to Hire the necessary Front Office and Coaching Personnel:
1. No GM
2. No Head Coach with real control (over players and assistant coaches)
What is the typical trait of a wildcatter? Merriam defines a wildcatter as one that drills wells in the hope of finding oil in territory not known to be an oil field. In other words, they are gamblers, stubborn and will ignore all the naysayers. Typically, they press on because they may strike it big one day and be able to tell everyone they informed them thusly (that is Big Bang Theory for “I told you so”). When they do strike oil they work it until it’s dry and use those earnings to continuing wildcatting. Unfortunately, the Cowboys, are at this time, a well that has limitless supplies of cash serve only to fuel more wildcatting. As far as I can tell as long as he is making money he will continue wildcatting the Cowboys.
Think about these:
Discount Players:
1. Relying on long shot players to pay dividends; and
2. Gambling on injured draftees who have all the talent in the world but can’t shake the injury bug.
Draft:
1. Draft day trades that don’t always make sense.
Refusal to Hire the necessary Front Office and Coaching Personnel:
1. No GM
2. No Head Coach with real control (over players and assistant coaches)
What is the typical trait of a wildcatter? Merriam defines a wildcatter as one that drills wells in the hope of finding oil in territory not known to be an oil field. In other words, they are gamblers, stubborn and will ignore all the naysayers. Typically, they press on because they may strike it big one day and be able to tell everyone they informed them thusly (that is Big Bang Theory for “I told you so”). When they do strike oil they work it until it’s dry and use those earnings to continuing wildcatting. Unfortunately, the Cowboys, are at this time, a well that has limitless supplies of cash serve only to fuel more wildcatting. As far as I can tell as long as he is making money he will continue wildcatting the Cowboys.