Blind spots. We all have them. Those areas of our lives where we cannot see what others see plainly. Unfortunately, the most powerful person in our favorite team’s front office has more blind spots than a blind man. And perhaps worse,
his timing on when to make moves (changes) is terrible. In fact, it’s one of his biggest blind spots.
What I mean by bad timing is this: Jerry too often waits until something or someone so obviously needs to go, he is forced to make a change.
This is is a very bad habit in the NFL, where timing is important both on and off the field.
How does Jerry have a bad sense of when it’s time to make a change? Let us count the ways:
- Early on in Jerry’s reign, he had the opposite problem than today by having a fast hook on his HC. Today the timing problem is having a long hook. Most owners would have fired their HC after 8 seasons for only making the playoffs 3 times and only winning 2 playoff games. Not JJ. I have fears that if the Cowboys go 8-8 next year, he finds a way to excuse keeping his red headed step son.
- He has a habit of hanging on to players who have long proven they are not worth it. Chaz Green, Gavin Escobar, Ro McClain, Josh Brent, Greg Hardy, to name a few. Loyalty is good in many aspects of life. But not for an NFL GM.
- Keeping key coaches around too long. Scott Linehan is the most recent example. After the debacle of 2017, he should have been fired. But then again, Garrett should have been fired on the tarmac in Atlanta after what Chaz Green was allowed to do.
- Jerry has a habit of talking too much, just when the team needs him to shut up. Whenever this team starts playing well or poorly, Jerry seems to talk the most. And most of his meaningless drivel does zero to actually help his team or his HC.
Will Jerry ever have any good timing? At 76, old ways die hard. But it will be interesting to see if Jerry does what is obvious to almost every Cowboys fan- if we don’t win big this year, Garrett must go.