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

[75boyz]

NO stop the BS

the easy and very obvious answer it is tough, teams like Philly just one their FIRST in 60 plus years of existence, outside of NE its very tough..period end of story..Bret Farve played 19 season and won one, Pmanning had one until he was brought it to not mess up and was handed one after also 19 years..these are quick off the top of my head answers but its not easy to win SBS or even get to them if you are not NE..

Has not much to do with Jerry himself..anyone keep pointing that out explain why all the other franchises arent getting there and winning either , some never have some have 1 in their entire existence.. what the Cowboys havemt been back in 25plus years and still 3rd all time for SB appearances and wins? all these teams have had chance over 24-30 years to show the Cowboys how jerry holding them back but cant..theres no formula..sometimes it is hitting it right and having luck and circumstances fall into place, not always the best team with best coaches and players get there..you catch lightening in bottle , for the Boys they seem to have used up the luck and have had the opposite but the teams have been talented enough at least 5 years to make the SB..we have Talent we have been good enough, just have not had the extra luck to out us over the top..

Not saying JJ hasnt made mistakes from 1999-2003 should have fired himself as GM, over 2003-2007 it got better but not perfect but really the last 10 years the entire drafting, FA, Cap, and winning a lot more has basically given us a shot and thats better then tons of teams out there..

I don't know bro. Maybe not the sustained and trophy level success that the Patriots have enjoyed, but there are a handful of teams to which I would have thought the Cowboys could have at least come close to achieving similar consistency. Again, their windows of success may not be " as long, consistent or at the championship caliber level" but the Steelers, Packers and Seahawks come to mind. Would it be asking too much to expect similar type winning consistency that this group has achieved if for but shorter windows of time?

In an even broader scope and involving these same last 20 years...The
Rams have re invented themselves for a second time now all over again and are again back to relevance.

Remember how they sucked...? Had one holdover (Isaac Bruce) from those sucky years and then from all that sucking they are able to draft guys like Orlando Pace and Torry Holt and combine them with the trade for Faulk and Warners Cinderella NFL success story and boom...GreAtest Show on Turf!

Well fast forward about twenty years or so to present and after sucking again for a long time and what have they become with the likes of Coach McVay and Goff,Gurley and Donald as foundational pieces...?

Cowboys have stayed the same. I think the overall record bears it out too since 1995. The W/L record is almost dead on .500

Just thought these examples may broaden the "Just the Patriots/outlier" narrative.

Just my opinion.

 

[cowboyblue22]

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.

this Is the reason the dallas cowboys will never play in a nfc championship game much less a superbowl any fan who has thoughts that this team will be competing for a championship are going to be very disappointed until the gm and head coach are gone and they bring in a competent head coach who is allowed to hire his own staff the cowboy will continue to be JOKE

 

[kskboys]

glad you read what you wean into my posts, didnt say I was happy..SMFH

Now really you going to pull out a one win from TB how long ago was that? raider got to one, you hanging on to that? you should have maybe said San Fran and Seatles little burst or something but its Sad you are ripping jerry and using those Comps..horrible judgment on your end, you are high with hate..
NE is the only consistent franchise that has bucked the trend.. you using two teams to show how bad jerry is because of our drought? it shows that Jerry and The Cowboys are lumped in with many teams as the norm to chow how hard it is to make or win SBs..

thats my Point , JJ isnt perfect and not agreat GM but no way hes the reason we arent winning Sbs because it it were the case so many teams every years would be making and winning SBs that never have..philly 1 in 60years so how does that rank their GMs? even since 1997?

He's the reason we aren't winning. Lack of NFL knowledge stands at the forefront.

Jerry believes the triplets were responsible for our 3 super bowl wins.

 

[CouchCoach]

In my opinion, it would be more advantageous if Jones were 'forced' into more of those types of conversations that the caller tried and was prevented from engaging him with. Hitting Jones in his ego has vastly more potential of getting him to do exactly what he does not want to do above in other conceivable strategies.

Narcissists are extremely difficult to dissuade from doing what they want already. Jones is a narcissistic billionaire. Extreme wealth is an extra variable that makes it exponentially much more difficult in modifying embedded personality.

Not going to happen, there's a reason why he's had so many flagship radio stations and finally found one that would roll over on command.

To understand just how screwed up the guy really is, you should listen to the interview Dale Hansen did with him that was replayed on Randy Galloway's show. He has his own agenda regardless of the questions asked and does not think on his feet well because he's just not that smart. But he did partially answer the "why no GM" one but then completely screwed up the Costas interview when he admitted he should have fired himself, to Costas' surprise and joy. The single dumbest and most revealing thing he's ever said.

Cowboys fans should just be resigned to this is what it is and will be in the future. All of the complaining isn't going to change anything and there is nothing they can do to bring about change.

 

[kskboys]

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.

Well done.

 

[CouchCoach]

He's the reason we aren't winning. Lack of NFL knowledge stands at the forefront.

Jerry believes the triplets were responsible for our 3 super bowl wins.

He's the most dangerous kind of GM, a watch the ball one. As an owner? Hell yes, that's what sells tickets but the GM's responsibilities extend beyond that.

 

[kskboys]

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.

That may be true. However, you're missing a little detail. As the GM, Jerry is responsible for all decisions. Yes, he gets full credit for those 3 super bowl wins. Yes, he gets full credit for the 23 year clusterfudge afterward.

 

[kskboys]

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.

And if he doesn't make the call, he's still the GM and is still responsible.

 

[eromeopolk]

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.

It has been hard because Jimmy Johnson, Bob Ackles, and John Wooten made it look too easy.

Jerry fired all of them who build the team of the 90's.

 

[kskboys]

And ron, the real problem with that is he watched two great HC's and learned nothing about how to build a team, he has no blueprint in his head. What the hell was he watching?

He saw Emmit running, Troy throwing, Irvin catching, and Deion/Brown intercepting and thought that's all there is to the game. He has no concept as to causation.

 

[nyc-cowboy]

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.

Sorry Glim but that's just not true - there was no cap but there was also no free agency.

When they won their first SB, the only "free agents" were plan B free agents and there were jags - no high profile guys in that group. The only three I believe were Novachek, Gesek and Washington.

Everyone one else was drafted or traded for.

Wether the cap era or before - you still need to have a smart front office and strong coaching - we have neither...and you see the results.

 

[CouchCoach]

Does he really want to know why it's so tough for him? Because mediocrity is rewarded and poor decision making carries no penalty.

We do not learn from our mistakes unless we pay the price for those mistakes. If there is no penalty for poor choices and decisions, there is no change in the decision making. Booger has never paid the penalty, never. Team plummets to 4-12 and it's still the top revenue team.

It's so tough because he's not willing to make the sacrifice of time in being a real full time GM or in making the ultimate sacrifice when he realizes he's hired the wrong GM. It's so tough because he is an owner more interested in running it than winning. And he has the worst kind of boss, one that looks the other way.

 

[yimyammer]

I see that all the time, marketing genius, greatest promoter, etc. Where does that come from? The team was set on a path with Johnson and it's never gotten off that path. It was America's Team long before he showed up and Schramm's marketing and promotional prowess is well beyond Booger's. He's just been the beneficiary of what was set in motion before he showed up and that was resurrected by Johnson.

So, how does he promote this team better than anyone else promoters theirs? Buying a 1M RV? Chopper? Building the stadium? The Star? Buying a boat and making sure the public knows what he paid? All he does is self promote, the Cowboys are his conduit to celebrity status, showing off and satisfying his oversized ego.

The greatest mystery in all of sports is the continuing fascination with the Dallas Cowboys, a team that has accomplished very little yet leads in ratings, revenue and value. What is there about this team that draws so much attention? They're not exciting or fun to watch, this past season it was the slowest show on turf. I really do not get it.

exactly, this whole he's a "marketing genius" is a huge pack of nonsense

A "marketing genius" would be intimately familiar with the importance and value of PR yet this idiot pissed the bed right off the bat with the way he handled the firing of Landry. I don't disagree that it had to be done but a "marketing genius" would have done it in a way that made everyone look good and keep the fans happy in the process. Jeri started in Dallas with his foot in his mouth and hasn't removed it since.

All jeri ever did is buy one, if not the, best brands on the planet and milk it for all its worth. The brand sells itself, people are still attached to the team in spite of jeri, not because of him and the few idiots and sycophants that actually follow the team because of jeri wouldn't generate enough revenue to play the light bill in the edifice he built for the glory of his fragile ego.

Imagine how valuable the team would be if they could actually be winners again, he's leaving a fortune on the table but he doesn't care because it requires him to step away from the football operations

 

[LittleD]

That may be true. However, you're missing a little detail. As the GM, Jerry is responsible for all decisions. Yes, he gets full credit for those 3 super bowl wins. Yes, he gets full credit for the 23 year clusterfudge afterward.

I agree with you on the last 23 years of incompetence. I still think Jimmy gets a lot of credit for developing those SB teams and honing the
triplets.

 

[75boyz]

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.

Man, I tried to provide a good rebuttal to his post but yours here is a masterpiece. Well Done bro...

 

[75boyz]

exactly, this whole he's a "marketing genius" is a huge pack of nonsense

A "marketing genius" would be intimately familiar with the importance and value of PR yet this idiot pissed the bed right off the bat with the way he handled the firing of Landry. I don't disagree that it had to be done but a "marketing genius" would have done it in a way that made everyone look good and keep the fans happy in the process. Jeri started in Dallas with his foot in his mouth and hasn't removed it since.


All jeri ever did is buy one, if not the, best brands on the planet and milk it for all its worth. The brand sells itself, people are still attached to the team in spite of jeri, not because of him and the few idiots and sycophants that actually follow the team because of jeri wouldn't generate enough revenue to play the light bill in the edifice he built for the glory of his fragile ego.

Imagine how valuable the team would be if they could actually be winners again, he's leaving a fortune on the table but he doesn't care because it requires him to step away from the football operations

I think that Jerry not only sold his soul for those first 3 championships...but has been
using his own Vulcan Mind Meld (for you Trekkies out there) since those victories to convince all his adoring public that the Dallas Cowboys are a successful football team. Without using his hands even.
Either that or Mutant style mind control, I can't figure out which.

 

[Whyjerry]

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.

So much wrong with that interview. Pure hubris from Jerry. The fish rots from the head down in Dallas.

 

[Diehardblues]

Sorry Glim but that's just not true - there was no cap but there was also no free agency.

When they won their first SB, the only "free agents" were plan B free agents and there were jags - no high profile guys in that group. The only three I believe were Novachek, Gesek and Washington.

Everyone one else was drafted or traded for.

Wether the cap era or before - you still need to have a smart front office and strong coaching - we have neither...and you see the results.

Yep

And why NYC I’m truly impressed we are as competitive as we are. It’s why I’m gratefull for seasons like last year.

The rest of the league should be ashamed because they are actually making a valiant effort to field a team with a legit front office and coaching staff.

 

[Diehardblues]

I agree with you on the last 23 years of incompetence. I still think Jimmy gets a lot of credit for developing those SB teams and honing the
triplets.

And Jimmy should. But Jerry deserves credit for bringing Jimmy in and making the deals he needed.

Somewhere along the line that wasn’t enough credit for Jerry. Part of that was built up by the media when he parted ways with Jimmy and still didn’t receive credit with Barry.

It’s whats fueled Jerry’s passion ever since to prove he’s the Football Guy he wasn’t credited for back then.

Again , it’s where he’s been misguided wearing all hats because hiring the right guy and providing him the tools is all the credit most owners want. But it’s not enough for Jerry. He wants the credit coaches get.

 

[ArtClink]

Things Jerry simply does not comprehend:

Why Escobar was a terrible pick.
Why Cox should've been the guy we trade up for instead of MO.
Why a scheme insisting on lightly built DT's doesn't work in the playoffs.
The importance of a FS.
The importance of quality at HC, DC, OC.
Putting together a blueprint for success in the NFL.
Why Austin was a terrible deep threat.
Why Marion Barber was not a full time RB.
Why the Center is the key to the OL.
Lateral agility.
Burst.
First step quickness.
Stone hands.
Height/weight ratio.
The importance of the middle of both the O and D.


Did I miss any?

Great list! I would add:

1. Importance of hiring best (hc, oc, dc) and empowering them to do their jobs w/o constantly cutting off their legs and undermiming their authority.
2. Nepotism never breeds accountibility and lack of accountability is always bad for winning.