Jerry is a Businessman not a GM!

[PJTHEDOORS]

Over the last 20 some years, which of the two has he been most successful at?

Well, Garrett & Moore aren't coaches - there the prob lays with his GM skills.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

This post is wrong on so many levels.. Pretty sure Jerry had more input on team decisions in the 90s, hence the reason why Jerry and Jimmy butted heads and ultimately separated. (For better or worse)

I always find it amusing when Jerry haters act like Jimmy Johnson was some kind of guru. Was he a good coach?..sure. Was he the only reason Dallas won Superbowls in the 90s?.. not hardly.

Some people seem to forget it was Jerry’s call..

-To fire Landry and hire Jimmy in the first place
-To trade Hershel Walker and collected draft capital that Jimmy needed to build the team
-During the non-‘salary cap’ years, it was Jerry’s money that was spent to keep all the HOF players Jimmy had at his disposal.
-When Jimmy has to deal with a salary cap as the Miami Dolphins HC, how did he fair? Average team and record and ultimately quit.
-Jimmy rode the wave from his Miami Hurricane college championship team and likewise drafted many those players.. how many players did he actually coach up and/or develop?


So, before folks start acting like Jimmy was a god of coaching.. let’s remember it was Jimmys team that was constantly in trouble outside of football. In today’s world of social media and salary cap.. Jimmy would be fired. Folks also should realize Jerry Jones had a lot to do with Jimmys success.. not to mention, had it not been for Jerry buying the team..The Cowboys would have never sniffed three more Superbowls. How bout giving credit where credit is due.

Or just continue to believe your own fallacies.

The only reason Jerry and Jimmy butted heads was because Jerry wanted to take an active role as GM. 20 plus years later I'm still waiting to see Jerry shine as a GM.

 

[Rayman70]

The only reason Jerry and Jimmy butted heads was because Jerry wanted to take an active role as GM. 20 plus years later I'm still waiting to see Jerry shine as a GM.

your right. However this has been well documented old news.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Nobody outside of Jerry and his family, Jimmy and the coaches and maybe some players know exactly what Jerry and JImmy did, or didn't do, or how much of the success was due to each.

The salient fact though is that after college Jimmy spent 25 years coaching football, Jerry spent 25 years in the business world. To think that, no matter how smart he is, Jerry could just drop into professional football and have much day to day input into the team's performance is just ludicrous. The smartest guy in the world can't do brain surgery after a few months of being a doctor, takes a lot of hands-on experience before you can be a brain surgeon.

No doubt Jerry had input, the problem is that things like getting draft picks and trades is worthless unless somebody can coach the players and make the draft picks.

I give Jerry some credit for the 90's SB wins, just not a lot as compared to Jimmy....