Jerry has really surprised me

[jgboys1]

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.

This is a good point!
Jerry is always thinking we are one WR or RB away from winning it all and just pretty much just fine tunes this Cowboys team instead of doing a full rebuild.
I guess at his age he doesn’t want to do a full rebuild because he could be gone by the time they become competitive and can compete on a championship level.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I never thought the issues would be lack of trying. Lack of risking. Lack of going for it

Honestly ...I can accept a lack of risk to a degree but we now see a Jerry Jones that doesn't even try. It's as if the Cowboys are now his own personal toy to play or do whatever the hell he wants. Everyone else is expected to stay back and watch.

 

[DeaconMoss]

I think Jerry is defensive bc in his mind he thinks he has done everything he can do to make the team successful. Paid the QB. SB winning coach. Paid CD. Built a new stadium which helps players land endorsements. Built state of the art practice facility.

And he is also pissed bc the QB and coach aren't living up to their salary and resume in the playoffs when it counts. He can't take back the really bad Dak deal or get out from under it. MM is the first change he can make, and I think he will pretty soon.

 

[kskboys]

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

Or ever was.

 

[kskboys]

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.

Why does everyone keep claiming that Jerry wants to win when he goes out of his way to prove to you that he doesn't care about winning?

 

[Rayman70]

Once Jerry donned the gold jacket it was over.

 

[reddyuta]

me thinks its all that idiot Stephens fault,he has convinced Jerry they can do the bare minimum and make more money than spluring on FA which may not work out..

 

[Hawkeye0202]

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.

I hate to say this but it's looking more and more like he knew Dak wasn't worth $60M but was too lazy to roll his sleeves and find a replacement. Giving Dak what he wanted was the easy thing to do.

 

[JustChip]

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

I don’t know that it’s that surprising. Virtually every human doesn’t have the drive late in life that the drive or appetite for risk that they do early in life. Obviously, there are exceptions.

But In Jerry’s case, there’s nothing left for him to attain. Multiple SB wins - check. HoF - check. Most valuable franchise - check. At this point, he simply has the need to play with his Frankenstein and be the focus of attention.

The hope for Cowboys’ fans is his heirs haven’t become satisfied and complacent. They can’t laud SB wins or the HoF. I don’t get the sense Stephen has that desire, but he may once daddy is no linger around. Plus, who knows how the ownership will be structured post-Jerry.

The one thing that could change everything is if another franchise replaces the Cowboys as the most valuable. That might spur Jerry to action.

 

[Proof]

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.

yeah 100 pct agreed. it's utterly baffling the way he's operating. just seems petulant and like he's taking his ball and going home.

 

[Proof]

It’s never been about winning.

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

even if thats the case, winning would bring in a lot more money. AND he'd get the ego boost even if it wasn't his priority. just all around weird.

 

[ShortRound]

I imagine there's a lot of second-guessing that late in life.
He used to be bold and take risks, now we stay with the safe sentimental choice.
I think the end is near.

 

[fivetwos]

Seemed to me that the kid gained much more influence after he talked Jerry out of Manziel and taking a HOF OL instead.

They’ve been ultra conservative to a fault since around that time. Remember the kid adamantly didn’t want Sanders, and it’s doubtful they win XXX without him.

It’s scared money. Even when Jerry is gone and a GM is hired, cheapo still holds the checkbook.

I mean come on, 30 years with no NFCCG, 13 years with no top end FA? Several HOF players since. No one is putting that all together and realizing the approach doesn’t work?

 

[foofighters]

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.

You mean the version where fans keep going to games and buy merch and all the while Jerry's bank account grows? Why would we change that? He's a salesman first.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

even if thats the case, winning would bring in a lot more money. AND he'd get the ego boost even if it wasn't his priority. just all around weird.

But trying to win is more work.

 

[Dale]

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'm with you, @Risen Star. I think it's because he is no longer chasing anything. There's no need to take risks when you're already No. 1. He's only worried about maintaining that spot atop the financial mountain.

It seems like the only way he reverts back to his old wildcatting ways is if the team's financial success begins to wane. But as long as that top spot in the Forbes ranking remains intact, this appears to be what we'll get.

 

[Zordon]

I think Jerry is defensive bc in his mind he thinks he has done everything he can do to make the team successful. Paid the QB. SB winning coach. Paid CD. Built a new stadium which helps players land endorsements. Built state of the art practice facility.

And he is also pissed bc the QB and coach aren't living up to their salary and resume in the playoffs when it counts. He can't take back the really bad Dak deal or get out from under it. MM is the first change he can make, and I think he will pretty soon.

Bingo.

The posts about "he only cares about money" are too simplistic. There is a deeper resentment I sense in Jerry the last few years, and I think it has to do with the fact that his highly-paid players and former Super Bowl winning head coach have not panned out.

 

[Risen Star]

I'm with you, @Risen Star. I think it's because he is no longer chasing anything. There's no need to take risks when you're already No. 1. He's only worried about maintaining that spot atop the financial mountain.

It seems like the only way he reverts back to his old wildcatting ways is if the team's financial success begins to wane. But as long as that top spot in the Forbes ranking remains intact, this appears to be what we'll get.

I was expecting you to tell me this is the influence of the son. Which would be the worst case scenario as he has the next 30 years after Jerry croaks.

 

[MyFairLady]

Jerry is 82 years old. No one at that age is into hard work and risk taking. He wants his life to be easy. He wants his diaper changed when required. He wants to sit upon the throne of his empire and bask in the glory.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

He’s doing the same thing as most ruling class elites in this country. Building his generational wealth to such high levels that the inevitable collapse of our financial system won’t have a profound effect. He’s an insider and knows what’s coming.