Jerry has really surprised me

[Risen Star]

I have to say, I never saw this coming. I've been right on Jerry since the Jimmy split but I never forecasted what we have now. An indolent front office.

I never thought the issues would be lack of trying. Lack of risking. Lack of going for it. I just thought those efforts would be filled with complete incompetence. We'd be in eternal cap hell not because we were afraid to spend but because of overspending every year. Because of all those going for it moves blowing up in our face. Which would lead to an assembly line of short term head coaches, one after the other, and not you get a decade and you get a decade.

This goes against everything he's been about his entire life and you wouldn't expect in his last years that he'd get less impatient.

Where we are right now doesn't surprise me. How we've gotten here in recent years has.

This version of Jerry Jones I never saw coming.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Winning at Forbes > winning a super bowl

One is much harder. He chooses the path of least resistance.

 

[Jerryrage]

I feel bad for the younger fans. They've never known the Cowboys to be a successful organization. Hopefully one day, that will change.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

I have to say, I never saw this coming. I've been right on Jerry since the Jimmy split but I never forecasted what we have now. An indolent front office.

I never thought the issues would be lack of trying. Lack of risking. Lack of going for it. I just thought those efforts would be filled with complete incompetence. We'd be in eternal cap hell not because we were afraid to spend but because of overspending every year. Because of all those going for it moves blowing up in our face. Which would lead to an assembly line of short term head coaches, one after the other, and not you get a decade and you get a decade.

This goes against everything he's been about his entire life and you wouldn't expect in his last years that he'd get less impatient.

Where we are right now doesn't surprise me. How we've gotten here in recent years has.

This version of Jerry Jones I never saw coming.

Well, Jerral has tried everything else. Maybe he isn't as resistant to change as we think.

 

[dstew60105]

I have to say, I never saw this coming. I've been right on Jerry since the Jimmy split but I never forecasted what we have now. An indolent front office.

I never thought the issues would be lack of trying. Lack of risking. Lack of going for it. I just thought those efforts would be filled with complete incompetence. We'd be in eternal cap hell not because we were afraid to spend but because of overspending every year. Because of all those going for it moves blowing up in our face. Which would lead to an assembly line of short term head coaches, one after the other, and not you get a decade and you get a decade.

This goes against everything he's been about his entire life and you wouldn't expect in his last years that he'd get less impatient.

Where we are right now doesn't surprise me. How we've gotten here in recent years has.

This version of Jerry Jones I never saw coming.

Jerry has become scared of his own shadow. It's sad.

 

[stilltheguru]

You're wrong about alot more than this buddy.

 

[Risen Star]

Jerry has become scared of his own shadow. It's sad.

Right? Who would have thought that? This a guy who lived to take risks.

 

[Zordon]

I cannot diagnose what is wrong with him, but I agree w/ @Bobhaze and a few others that something is off about Jerry the last few seasons.

 

[Syron]

Father time is undefeated. This shouldn't come as a surprise to you.

No 82 year old should be running anything, let alone the most valuable sports franchise in the world.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

If I was his age I’d not care how much money it took.

You can’t take it with you when you go.

Let your kids deal with the consequences of your spending.

 

[Syron]

If I was his age I’d not care how much money it took.

You can’t take it with you when you go.

Let your kids deal with the consequences of your spending.

You are assuming winning is the most important thing in his life. I don't think it is anymore.

 

[Miller]

I have to say, I never saw this coming. I've been right on Jerry since the Jimmy split but I never forecasted what we have now. An indolent front office.

I never thought the issues would be lack of trying. Lack of risking. Lack of going for it. I just thought those efforts would be filled with complete incompetence. We'd be in eternal cap hell not because we were afraid to spend but because of overspending every year. Because of all those going for it moves blowing up in our face. Which would lead to an assembly line of short term head coaches, one after the other, and not you get a decade and you get a decade.

This goes against everything he's been about his entire life and you wouldn't expect in his last years that he'd get less impatient.

Where we are right now doesn't surprise me. How we've gotten here in recent years has.

This version of Jerry Jones I never saw coming.

Agree completely Risen! I used to love the giving up 1sts for aging WRs or firing a coach to try a new way. Now they are content to try and be the stable team yet they pick people who don’t get the job done and mismanage it all. Give me back the dense wildcatter

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I've said the same. We've gone from moves like the Galloway trade that were idiotic but at least well-intentioned, to not even trying. This year was the most predictable I can ever remember -- we all saw in the offseason that we were going to take a step back when we lost all those contributors and didn't even try to replace them.

Either he's just let his cheap son influence him too much, or he's lost his fire and mellowed in his old age, or something else. He did make sure to assert himself with the Lance trade and the Mingo trade and the Zeke re-sign, but none of those cost much money.

If they weren't first in cash flow by a mile and we didn't know Jerry's vast real estate holdings around Frisco and all over DFW had skyrocketed, you'd almost think there might be some kind of financial problems with the other businesses, but I don't see how that could be the case.

Too bad we don't have any decent journalists to tell us what is actually happening within the family.

 

[jblaze2004]

I feel bad for the younger fans. They've never known the Cowboys to be a successful organization. Hopefully one day, that will change.

Not sure how many more years I can deal with the way the Jones family currently runs this organization. If Jerry goes and Stephen decided to run this team the same way I am gone. lol. Stephen Jones it terrible. I am hoping Stephen hires a real GM and just enjoys daddys money.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

You are assuming winning is the most important thing in his life. I don't think it is anymore.

It’s never been about winning.

He’s a businessman. It’s about making money.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I have to say, I never saw this coming. I've been right on Jerry since the Jimmy split but I never forecasted what we have now. An indolent front office.

I never thought the issues would be lack of trying. Lack of risking. Lack of going for it. I just thought those efforts would be filled with complete incompetence. We'd be in eternal cap hell not because we were afraid to spend but because of overspending every year. Because of all those going for it moves blowing up in our face. Which would lead to an assembly line of short term head coaches, one after the other, and not you get a decade and you get a decade.

This goes against everything he's been about his entire life and you wouldn't expect in his last years that he'd get less impatient.

Where we are right now doesn't surprise me. How we've gotten here in recent years has.

This version of Jerry Jones I never saw coming.

welcome to the party. I have known this for years now. winning is just not his priority. does he want to win? yes. who doesn't. but is that his top priority? no. and both of those things can coexist. Jerry is exactly where he wants to be. on the news constantly. cameras on him. making money hand over fist. cowboys are most valuable franchise. every little things getting blown up about the cowboys. I mean he is milking this MM thing as much as he can. he loves the negative publicity as much as he does the positive and at 3-7 he was close to making some concessions, but some easy games on the schedule saved his rear and now he can claim, injuries, we are close, blah blah blah.

 

[Praxit]

.. 80 something years. Throwing about 30 of those being super wealthy.
His perspectives have really changed. Maybe figured out that what he did in the last 30 year hasn't helped, so now going about it in a different approach.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If I was his age I’d not care how much money it took.

You can’t take it with you when you go.

Let your kids deal with the consequences of your spending.

he cares more about money at this age. he wants this to be his legacy. winning is not it any more.
does he care about winning? yes. does he want to win? yes. but its not his top priority.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

It’s never been about winning.

He’s a businessman. It’s about making money.

Yep. When he first bought the team and said we will win, we have to win, win is the name of the game, the team was losing a million dollars a month. So at that time he did have to win. Now he's got the machine running and doesn't have to. He wins plenty at money, fame, and attention.

 

[cmoney23]

I have to say, I never saw this coming. I've been right on Jerry since the Jimmy split but I never forecasted what we have now. An indolent front office.

I never thought the issues would be lack of trying. Lack of risking. Lack of going for it. I just thought those efforts would be filled with complete incompetence. We'd be in eternal cap hell not because we were afraid to spend but because of overspending every year. Because of all those going for it moves blowing up in our face. Which would lead to an assembly line of short term head coaches, one after the other, and not you get a decade and you get a decade.

This goes against everything he's been about his entire life and you wouldn't expect in his last years that he'd get less impatient.

Where we are right now doesn't surprise me. How we've gotten here in recent years has.

This version of Jerry Jones I never saw coming.

I posted a thread about this and my interpretation of it a while ago. I filled it under indecision... https://cowboyszone.com/threads/the-worst-decision-is-indecision.522975/#google_vignette

I stand by this.

Jerry doesn't know what to do... but by golly... he's going to do it!