Jerry: ”I didn’t know it was going to be this tough”. Why it is this tough

[Gameover]

He can’t buy a team or a dynasty anymore. He opened his check book and bought a SB team. He let Jimmy Johnson amd others acquire talent. He bought the best players available for just about every position in the 90’s.

Stop with the nonsense

The same guy that didn’t want to pay the best player he’s ever had?!

Fans are without a doubt the dumbest people on the planet

 

[Sydla]

I said McClay is in charge of talent acquisition and shops for the groceries. Jerry signs off but, McClay finds the pieces that Garrett wants.

If Jerry is the one signing off on picks, he's the one picking the groceries. McClay was put in his current position after the big mishap with Frederick and Shariff Floyd (and to a lesser extent the selection of Claiborne). The scouts were all in on Floyd and he was highest on the Cowboys board at that first pick but the defensive coaches revolted and didn't want him putting Jerry in a pickle when it came time to pick. Jerry went with his coaching staff on that one and then he installed McClay later to be the guy who processes the information from both the scouts and coaches and then builds what is essentially a composite draft board that Jerry can rely on when he makes the final call.

The GM here is Jerry. He makes the call.

Jerry Jones is the single biggest reason this franchise has done pretty much zero from their run from 1992-95.

 

[blueblood70]

is YES its tough to win SBs

Congrats, You have stepped into the "How to be a Perfect Cowboys Fan by Jerry Jones" bucket. You have accepted moral victories, you have the "I am ok with getting close" attitude, you embrace the bad luck excuses and to top it off, you think that since we are not NE, 23 years without sniffing a SB is normal.

NO again.. wrong

you people are redicuous..im stating its unfair to say its been Jerry as the reason for our lack of SB success of late, when there are 30 other teams having the same issues, its NOT just JJ thats holding us back.,.its the answer to the title, is YES its tough to win SBs, and hes not the ONLY issue regardless of titles..the OP is dead wrong in simply breaking down the reasons Jerry holding back this team..

so once again break down the reasons 30 other teams also have not had an easy time getting to and winning SBs?

but you few in here fell into the bucket of pessimistic fan haters that say you are fans yet have NOTHING BUT NEGATIVE..you like to hear your selves be critics , ie know it alls that feel you can do it better..reality check..its not easy and as fan its better to be at least a step above 100% Negative..we are fan of sports team and should support more then rip our teams..this is supposed to be a simple distraction from life stuff to follow sports and some of you act as if it somehow is so personal that you cant enjoy it at all..

Of couse id love more success and it would be even more enjoyable like the 90s run but we arent alone and in the grand scheme of things we are a in a lot better postion then most of the teams out there..

 

[blueblood70]

LOL. You stop with the BS. Forget Jerry's lament about playing in multiple SB appearances. How about just 1 appearance? Chew on these facts over a 23 season period:

- 19 teams, yes, 19 different teams, have played in a SB. 12 of those 19 teams have played in multiple SBs.

- In the NFC, 13 of the 16 teams have played in a NFC Title game over those 23 years. 12, yes TWELVE, of those 13 have played in multiple NFC Title games. Only the Cowboys, Commanders and Lions have not been in a NFCCG over 23 years.

- If you expand that to the entire NFL, in 23 years, 24 of the 32 teams in the NFL have been in at least 1 conference champ game. If you expand that to multiple conference champ games, 21 of those teams have played in multiple conference title games.

This isn't about catching lightning in a bottle. It's not about luck. It's not an anomaly. It's simply mismanagement at the highest levels by the Cowboys. It's the result of a flawed setup where the owner is the GM and makes many of the assistant coaching moves. It's the result of a misguided approach to how to build a team, how to pick a coach. It's a flawed philosophy where the owner essentially dictates the day to day football operations because he fancies himself a football guy.

Jerry's arrogance that he knows what he's doing is the single biggest reason this franchise has wandered aimlessly with no post season success after the teams that Jimmy built with Jerry were gone. And apparently even today, he still doesn't understand that he's the reason why this franchise hasn't done squat in 23 years.

really as the Rams about luck and the Saints the last 2 years about the SB the rams should not even get a credit for making the SB..we are talking SBs here not NFCCGs and many have never won one or only won one, jerrys got 3 on his own and we have many as franchise where pothers have one or none..you dont think after 30yuears now being in and around football he hasn't learned anything? thats a career most people retire after 20 as consummate professionals as experts in their fields in real life.. Jerry played football in college and now has owned the team and been part of it 30years, he definitely knows more about it then you or I because hes in the back rooms etc..sure like I stated in my first reply to the OP he made tons of mistakes the first 5-10 years post Jimmy but the last 10 thats not the case..

all the BS abut at least 1 have been to a conference championship, BFD brah most its the only one or their first one they are consistently doing it and dont have the skins Jerry has..like I said theres maybe 5 teams that can clearly make case for being contenders most years but the rest , not even close..the Cowboys at least pout competitive team on the field that not the embarrassment of the NFL most years..

 

[xwalker]

He can’t buy a team or a dynasty anymore. He opened his check book and bought a SB team. He let Jimmy Johnson amd others acquire talent. He bought the best players available for just about every position in the 90’s.

No, the vast majority of the Super Bowl teams were draft picks or acquired in trades (Haley).

Jerry's big spend back then was giving Bernie Kosar a 1-year, 1M contract to be the backup QB.

Jerry had to scramble to make payroll back in the early years. Jerry borrowed much of the money he used to buy the team and the team was losing millions per year prior to Jerry taking over.

Side Note: I had a business partner whose ego blinded him to reality. He was a brilliant guy but nobody in history was as smart as he thinks he is.

He would only tell his wife positive things about his work accomplishments and he would tell her only negatives about anyone else. This created a cycle of her further inflating his ego because she would then reinforce to him that he was doing all the work.

In reality we only made about 100K on things he initiated/designed but made 5 million on the things I initiated/designed. Despite that his wife still believes he "did it all".

In recent months I've been working with a small company and the CEO also has delusions of grandeur due to a massive ego. Everything other people work on is "easy". When he works on something that is a struggle, then he starts harping on how the specific technology is crap. Literally everything he does is based on his ego. He quit an executive job at a big company to start this company NOT to make more money, but because he can be the unquestioned boss and proclaim himself to always be correct.

 

[yimyammer]

Jerry's highest priority, besides personal comfort, at this point in his life appears to be grabbing as much limelight as he can in order to spew his nonsensical words salads as often as possible

 

[DenCWBY]

Question: Know what a narcissist sees whenever they glance at himself or herself in a mirror?
Answer: Someone irreplaceable.


General manager for 30 years and counting. And narcissism is an inexhaustible fuel. Keyword here is inexhaustible.

Can you please put this on a few hundred billboards around the Metroplex?

 

[DenCWBY]

LOL. You stop with the BS. Forget Jerry's lament about playing in multiple SB appearances. How about just 1 appearance? Chew on these facts over a 23 season period:

- 19 teams, yes, 19 different teams, have played in a SB. 12 of those 19 teams have played in multiple SBs.

- In the NFC, 13 of the 16 teams have played in a NFC Title game over those 23 years. 12, yes TWELVE, of those 13 have played in multiple NFC Title games. Only the Cowboys, Commanders and Lions have not been in a NFCCG over 23 years.

- If you expand that to the entire NFL, in 23 years, 24 of the 32 teams in the NFL have been in at least 1 conference champ game. If you expand that to multiple conference champ games, 21 of those teams have played in multiple conference title games.

This isn't about catching lightning in a bottle. It's not about luck. It's not an anomaly. It's simply mismanagement at the highest levels by the Cowboys. It's the result of a flawed setup where the owner is the GM and makes many of the assistant coaching moves. It's the result of a misguided approach to how to build a team, how to pick a coach. It's a flawed philosophy where the owner essentially dictates the day to day football operations because he fancies himself a football guy.

Jerry's arrogance that he knows what he's doing is the single biggest reason this franchise has wandered aimlessly with no post season success after the teams that Jimmy built with Jerry were gone. And apparently even today, he still doesn't understand that he's the reason why this franchise hasn't done squat in 23 years.

Post of the month!!

 

[yimyammer]

He can’t buy a team or a dynasty anymore. He opened his check book and bought a SB team. He let Jimmy Johnson amd others acquire talent. He bought the best players available for just about every position in the 90’s.

and the jack *** defiantly and belligerently believes "writing checks" doesn't work contradicting the obvious truth that lead to the only success this team has had under his ownership and says as much in the video below.



Hell, the greatest thing he ever did to help this team win was writing a check to Herschal Walker so he'd agree to the trade with the Vikings

he's a friggin pathetic joke

 

[rags747]

In a recent interview with Jon Machota, the Cowboys beat writer from the newspaper we cannot mention here, Jerry Jones said one of the more revealingly stupid comments (even for him!) he’s ever said about why his team hasn’t been in a Super Bowl in 23 years:

“I got involved (with the Cowboys) to win. I must tell you, I didn’t know it was going to be this tough..... It is just absolutely a stunning thing to me to think of why we’re not there (playing in Super Bowls) with what we commit and what we do to win Super Bowls.”
​

What is stunning to me is not that the Cowboys haven’t been in a Super Bowl in 23 years. What’s stunning is what is obvious to anyone who pays attention to how pro sports organizations who win consistently run their organization, is somehow not apparent to this 76 year old billionaire.

It’s actually easy to explain why this team hasn’t been to a SB in so long. It’s amazingly simple- in today’s NFL, having a kind hearted owner who also serves as its primary decision maker is inherently detrimental to winning. If you don’t have a steely eyed decision maker who does not allow sentimentality to influence decisions to run the team, you’re behind the 8 ball.

Below are the things most responsible for the last 23 years:

1. Excuses made and accepted at the top of the organization- Remember JJs famous quote calling a loss to Denver in 2013 “a moral victory”. Or excusing his HCs failures after 2015 and 2017 being tied to injuries and suspensions? An organization whose top executive makes and accepts excuses is killing itself. Our HC has 2 wild card wins in 8 seasons and our owner GM dreams of that guy being his “Tom Landry”. It’s delusional.

2. Nepotism and favoritism blinds the organization- when your organization has no one at the top who can question the leader, it’s deadly to success. And when the leader hires his children and favorite friends for sentimental reasons, it makes objectivity very difficult. There is a reason NEPOTISM is illegal in many workplace situations- it doesn’t work well. Who tells Jerry he’s wrong and is hurting this team?

3. A complete lack of real accountability at the top- Name another pro sports General Manager with 23 years of mediocrity who still has a job. Which NFL Head Coach could still have a job after winning two wild card games in 8 seasons? In fact, the only accountability in the organization is with assist coaches and mid- bottom level players.
​

So in order to get back to the glory days of the past, this organization just needs do the opposite of the above 3 disasters:

1. Never make nor allow excuses...ever.
2. Stop being sentimental and allowing yourself, family and select friends to have “special privileges” without proving they are capable or without the ability to help us win.
3. Hold people at the top accountable for failure. A lack of results must be dealt with or failure will continue. People in key jobs, like HC, cannot be given special treatment.
​

I know Jerry probably won’t take proper action to right his failures as a leader but he shouldn’t act surprised when the ship sinks every year either. He needs to look in the mirror. The emperor is naked.

Haters gonna Hate

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

LOL. You stop with the BS. Forget Jerry's lament about playing in multiple SB appearances. How about just 1 appearance? Chew on these facts over a 23 season period:

- 19 teams, yes, 19 different teams, have played in a SB. 12 of those 19 teams have played in multiple SBs.

- In the NFC, 13 of the 16 teams have played in a NFC Title game over those 23 years. 12, yes TWELVE, of those 13 have played in multiple NFC Title games. Only the Cowboys, Commanders and Lions have not been in a NFCCG over 23 years.

- If you expand that to the entire NFL, in 23 years, 24 of the 32 teams in the NFL have been in at least 1 conference champ game. If you expand that to multiple conference champ games, 21 of those teams have played in multiple conference title games.

This isn't about catching lightning in a bottle. It's not about luck. It's not an anomaly. It's simply mismanagement at the highest levels by the Cowboys. It's the result of a flawed setup where the owner is the GM and makes many of the assistant coaching moves. It's the result of a misguided approach to how to build a team, how to pick a coach. It's a flawed philosophy where the owner essentially dictates the day to day football operations because he fancies himself a football guy.

Jerry's arrogance that he knows what he's doing is the single biggest reason this franchise has wandered aimlessly with no post season success after the teams that Jimmy built with Jerry were gone. And apparently even today, he still doesn't understand that he's the reason why this franchise hasn't done squat in 23 years.

 

[Sydla]

really as the Rams about luck and the Saints the last 2 years about the SB the rams should not even get a credit for making the SB..we are talking SBs here not NFCCGs and many have never won one or only won one, jerrys got 3 on his own and we have many as franchise where pothers have one or none..you dont think after 30yuears now being in and around football he hasn't learned anything? thats a career most people retire after 20 as consummate professionals as experts in their fields in real life.. Jerry played football in college and now has owned the team and been part of it 30years, he definitely knows more about it then you or I because hes in the back rooms etc..sure like I stated in my first reply to the OP he made tons of mistakes the first 5-10 years post Jimmy but the last 10 thats not the case..

all the BS abut at least 1 have been to a conference championship, BFD brah most its the only one or their first one they are consistently doing it and dont have the skins Jerry has..like I said theres maybe 5 teams that can clearly make case for being contenders most years but the rest , not even close..the Cowboys at least pout competitive team on the field that not the embarrassment of the NFL most years..

You simply have your head buried in the sand on this. This franchise has FOUR playoff wins in 23 years. FOUR PLAYOFF WINS IN 23 YEARS.

MULTIPLE franchises have had more postseason success than we have had over those 23 years as I noted above.

To sit here and act like it's just been bad luck and that "it's hard" to achieve any real success is silly.

The point of the NFCCG was to show you further, just how inept this franchise has been since 1995. That over that 23 year period, the Cowboys have matched the performance of the Lions and Commanders in the NFC. That should give you pause about just how sad this franchise has been for two decades. But it won't because you are a shameless homer.

Jerry Jones is the single biggest reason this franchise has wandered aimlessly for two decades now. Just because he played college football and ran the team for 30 years doesn't mean he actually knows how to build a winner, pick the right players, pick the right HC. In fact, the evidence of the last two decades would tell you he hasn't learned a whole lot.

This franchise's run over the last two decades ranks in the bottom third of NFL teams. How in the world can you sit there and not question Jerry's stewardship, but yet instead, pretend he's really good, just let down by some bad luck. Especially when 19 other teams have accomplished something he hasn't in those two decades.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

is YES its tough to win SBs
NO again.. wrong

you people are redicuous..im stating its unfair to say its been Jerry as the reason for our lack of SB success of late, when there are 30 other teams having the same issues, its NOT just JJ thats holding us back.,.its the answer to the title, is YES its tough to win SBs, and hes not the ONLY issue regardless of titles..the OP is dead wrong in simply breaking down the reasons Jerry holding back this team..

so once again break down the reasons 30 other teams also have not had an easy time getting to and winning SBs?

but you few in here fell into the bucket of pessimistic fan haters that say you are fans yet have NOTHING BUT NEGATIVE..you like to hear your selves be critics , ie know it alls that feel you can do it better..reality check..its not easy and as fan its better to be at least a step above 100% Negative..we are fan of sports team and should support more then rip our teams..this is supposed to be a simple distraction from life stuff to follow sports and some of you act as if it somehow is so personal that you cant enjoy it at all..

Of couse id love more success and it would be even more enjoyable like the 90s run but we arent alone and in the grand scheme of things we are a in a lot better postion then most of the teams out there..

Dude, you're all over the map now......step away.

 

[ArtClink]

You simply have your head buried in the sand on this. This franchise has FOUR playoff wins in 23 years. FOUR PLAYOFF WINS IN 23 YEARS.

MULTIPLE franchises have had more postseason success than we have had over those 23 years as I noted above.

To sit here and act like it's just been bad luck and that "it's hard" to achieve any real success is silly.

The point of the NFCCG was to show you further, just how inept this franchise has been since 1995. That over that 23 year period, the Cowboys have matched the performance of the Lions and Commanders in the NFC. That should give you pause about just how sad this franchise has been for two decades. But it won't because you are a shameless homer.

Jerry Jones is the single biggest reason this franchise has wandered aimlessly for two decades now. Just because he played college football and ran the team for 30 years doesn't mean he actually knows how to build a winner, pick the right players, pick the right HC. In fact, the evidence of the last two decades would tell you he hasn't learned a whole lot.

This franchise's run over the last two decades ranks in the bottom third of NFL teams. How in the world can you sit there and not question Jerry's stewardship, but yet instead, pretend he's really good, just let down by some bad luck. Especially when 19 other teams have accomplished something he hasn't in those two decades.

Well said, gospel truth. Its amazing there are any Jerry defenders left. All I want is to win a divisional round playoff game. That seems impossible after the past 23 seasons, regardless of players or coaches. Jerry is the common denominator during the past 23 seasons.

 

[Bobhaze]

The thing that JJ has forgotten about his success in the 90s is this- his leadership style is very optimistic which in and of itself isn’t bad. But highly optimistic leaders need to be balanced by a strong leader who is not as optimistic. Like Jimmy Johnson.

Jimmy and Jerry were a good team because they balanced each other’s strengths and weaknesses. But Jerry somehow doesn’t see it that way. He does not want to have a strong HC who can say, “No Jerry, that’s not a good idea.”

Jerry can be a good thing for a football organization. But only if he’s balanced by a strong alpha dog. For some reason he can’t handle being questioned. Thus the last 23 years.

 

[atlantacowboy]

He can’t buy a team or a dynasty anymore. He opened his check book and bought a SB team. He let Jimmy Johnson amd others acquire talent. He bought the best players available for just about every position in the 90’s.

Ridiculous comment. We acquired Haley in 1992 and Dieon in 95'. Who else? Jimmy's team was home grown. We didn't "buy " those super bowls. Stick to commenting on eras you actually remember

 

[glimmerman]

Ridiculous comment. We acquired Haley in 1992 and Dieon in 95'. Who else? Jimmy's team was home grown. We didn't "buy " those super bowls. Stick to commenting on eras you actually remember

I was drinking a lot back then. Lol. Seemed easier with no salary cap.

 

[Cannibal_Cowboy]

In a recent interview with Jon Machota, the Cowboys beat writer from the newspaper we cannot mention here, Jerry Jones said one of the more revealingly stupid comments (even for him!) he’s ever said about why his team hasn’t been in a Super Bowl in 23 years:

“I got involved (with the Cowboys) to win. I must tell you, I didn’t know it was going to be this tough..... It is just absolutely a stunning thing to me to think of why we’re not there (playing in Super Bowls) with what we commit and what we do to win Super Bowls.”
​

What is stunning to me is not that the Cowboys haven’t been in a Super Bowl in 23 years. What’s stunning is what is obvious to anyone who pays attention to how pro sports organizations who win consistently run their organization, is somehow not apparent to this 76 year old billionaire.

It’s actually easy to explain why this team hasn’t been to a SB in so long. It’s amazingly simple- in today’s NFL, having a kind hearted owner who also serves as its primary decision maker is inherently detrimental to winning. If you don’t have a steely eyed decision maker who does not allow sentimentality to influence decisions to run the team, you’re behind the 8 ball.

Below are the things most responsible for the last 23 years:

1. Excuses made and accepted at the top of the organization- Remember JJs famous quote calling a loss to Denver in 2013 “a moral victory”. Or excusing his HCs failures after 2015 and 2017 being tied to injuries and suspensions? An organization whose top executive makes and accepts excuses is killing itself. Our HC has 2 wild card wins in 8 seasons and our owner GM dreams of that guy being his “Tom Landry”. It’s delusional.

2. Nepotism and favoritism blinds the organization- when your organization has no one at the top who can question the leader, it’s deadly to success. And when the leader hires his children and favorite friends for sentimental reasons, it makes objectivity very difficult. There is a reason NEPOTISM is illegal in many workplace situations- it doesn’t work well. Who tells Jerry he’s wrong and is hurting this team?

3. A complete lack of real accountability at the top- Name another pro sports General Manager with 23 years of mediocrity who still has a job. Which NFL Head Coach could still have a job after winning two wild card games in 8 seasons? In fact, the only accountability in the organization is with assist coaches and mid- bottom level players.
​

So in order to get back to the glory days of the past, this organization just needs do the opposite of the above 3 disasters:

1. Never make nor allow excuses...ever.
2. Stop being sentimental and allowing yourself, family and select friends to have “special privileges” without proving they are capable or without the ability to help us win.
3. Hold people at the top accountable for failure. A lack of results must be dealt with or failure will continue. People in key jobs, like HC, cannot be given special treatment.
​

I know Jerry probably won’t take proper action to right his failures as a leader but he shouldn’t act surprised when the ship sinks every year either. He needs to look in the mirror. The emperor is naked.

Excellent synopsis, well written and it couldn't be any more accurate. This thread should be stickied.
Bravo!!

 

[yimyammer]

Actually started before that when he suggested to Johnson that he look at him before making any picks to get his approval. Johnson had to be talked into coming into the war room by Wannstedt but the entire coaching staff knew what they were dealing with and he wonders why they refused to show him respect in the bar that night when it all finally unraveled.

 

[Sydla]

Well said, gospel truth. Its amazing there are any Jerry defenders left. All I want is to win a divisional round playoff game. That seems impossible after the past 23 seasons, regardless of players or coaches. Jerry is the common denominator during the past 23 seasons.

Here's the truly bizarre thing about people like blueblood.

They love to push this notion that the Cowboys are an upper crust franchise. One of the truly elite in football history. If one truly believes that, then how the world can one then turn around then argue that the last 23 years have been fine, just some bad luck.

People want to hold up this franchise as one of the truly great ones like the Steelers, Packers, Patriots, 49ers........... those are the truly elite, historically dominant teams.

In the last 23 years:

- Patriots have 32 playoff wins
- Steelers have 17 playoff wins
- Packers have 17 playoff wins
- 49ers have 9 playoff wins

We have four. Four.

And look at the division over those 23 years:

- Giants have 10 playoff wins
- Eagles have 14 playoff wins

It flummoxes me to no end that people can see this data and sit there and ignore the one constant throughout that 23 year run - Jerry - and act like none of this is really his doing. It's just been bad luck, weird flukes, etc.