Jerry Jones can do whatever he wants. He paid $280 million for the team

[Fmart322]

Saying "Jerry wants to win" is only part of the statement. The extremely important part you are omitting is "HIS WAY". I honestly and firmly believe if Jerry was assured by God that if he stepped away from football decisions and hired a real GM that he would win 2 more Superbowls, he would not do it. That is how badly Jerry's ego needs to be seen as being responsible for his team winning (if it should ever happen).

Him saying he wants to win is like me saying I want to be rich. Do I? Of course!!! But I either don't want it enough or I don't know how. That is Jerry.


Monte Sliger

Spot on

 

[Shunpike]

You know what? OP is right. He owns the team. He can do whatever he wants. Technically it is correct. One can only wish the owners make sane decisions.

Tom Coughlin was being criticized heavily in his first few years and New York media along with most of the fans, wanted Coughlin to be fired. Giants ownership stood by him and 2 Superbowl victories came. What appeared to be a bad decision at the time, turned out to be an excellent decision after 2 rings.

 

[dupree89]

He is is the owner. yes we don't like his decisions but he can do whatever he wants.

Psst...Mrs Jones, dat you?

 

[jobberone]

Saying "Jerry wants to win" is only part of the statement. The extremely important part you are omitting is "HIS WAY". I honestly and firmly believe if Jerry was assured by God that if he stepped away from football decisions and hired a real GM that he would win 2 more Superbowls, he would not do it. That is how badly Jerry's ego needs to be seen as being responsible for his team winning (if it should ever happen).

Him saying he wants to win is like me saying I want to be rich. Do I? Of course!!! But I either don't want it enough or I don't know how. That is Jerry.


Monte Sliger

You have a point(s). But I believe Jerry would consider selling his soul for a SB. I agree Jerry has trouble getting out of his own way. I think Garrett handles Jerry very well and I think he does it in a way that Jerry finds acceptable. I just don't know if Garrett is a good enough OC. I think Jerry needs brakes and I think Stephen and Garrett are disc brakes although not Wilwood's.

 

[kevm3]

more like it's still his business. he can do whatever he wants until the bottom line is affected and people stop supporting the product he's putting out there.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Its Jerry's party we can cry if we want to..

 

[BigStar]

I've always agreed with this premise. It's his team. We itch and moan about poor contracts, like Ratliff for instance, like its our money. He's the one writing those checks.

Could you imagine buying 10 Lamborghini's and only getting to drive them a couple of times and then have to still keep making the payments??

If I made his money, I would make it my problem

 

[SportsGuru80]

In other news the world is round...

 

[Frozen700]

He is is the owner. yes we don't like his decisions but he can do whatever he wants.

Haha

This is Awesome, the ones who hate Jerry, will throw bricks at you.

Great thread though....we have to many hate Jerry threads floating around.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Is the OP for real? Cowboys fans have been held hostage by Jerry Jones for 19 years, 7 months, 25 days now. It's been 7,179 days since Jerry wanted more say with player decisions. He had a head coach who DOMINATED the NFL landscape for 2 years and that wasn't good enough for him. He wanted to be seen as some important NFL man who could spot great players and make it all happen. What a joke. A bad joke. We've been paying the price for his foolishness since March 29th, 1994.

I haven't given him a nickel of my money in over a half a decade and I don't see that changing any time soon

Exactly -- what is going on with the OP - just because he can? Really? I'm gonna chalk it up to young and naive. How many dictators said "Because I can."

But much like dictators it's a lot harder getting them out.

 

[Bay10]

You know what? OP is right. He owns the team. He can do whatever he wants. Technically it is correct. One can only wish the owners make sane decisions.

Tom Coughlin was being criticized heavily in his first few years and New York media along with most of the fans, wanted Coughlin to be fired. Giants ownership stood by him and 2 Superbowl victories came. What appeared to be a bad decision at the time, turned out to be an excellent decision after 2 rings.

You are a very cool guy and you spend much time on this site. Are you sure you don't like the Cowboys just a little?

 

[dupree89]

You know what? OP is right. He owns the team. He can do whatever he wants. Technically it is correct. One can only wish the owners make sane decisions.

Tom Coughlin was being criticized heavily in his first few years and New York media along with most of the fans, wanted Coughlin to be fired. Giants ownership stood by him and 2 Superbowl victories came. What appeared to be a bad decision at the time, turned out to be an excellent decision after 2 rings.

tiki barber saved coughlin's job in a game against the Commanders. Ownership was ready to pull the plug. lets give credit where credit is due. Tiki saved Tom Coughlin.

 

[dupree89]

You are a very cool guy and you spend much time on this site. Are you sure you don't like the Cowboys just a little?

I agree. Most fans that go on other teams' message boards I think are either lonely, looking for attention or are trolling, but this guy isn't terrible by any means.

 

[Nightman]

He is is the owner. yes we don't like his decisions but he can do whatever he wants.

It's my biggest gripe with Cowboy fans. They act like someone else ponied up the $180m in 1989 and turned around a once great, but declining franchise. He put everything he had at risk, had to replace the HOF coach and took a chance on a successful but controversial college coach. We were rewarded with 3 Super Bowls in 7 years and got to watch 3 HOFers play together on the same offense. Jerry gets no credit for this and Jimmy and his ego get off scot-free. What has Jimmy accomplished since he left? Very little in Miami, a decent job as TV analyst and a pitchman for Extenze.

Jerry's ego extended the decline after the Campo fiasco, but the salary cap, Aikman's and Irvin's careers ending prematurely and playing in one the toughest divisions in the league all contributed to the .500 record for the last 15 years. But it isn't like Jerry isn't trying. He made the big splash with the Big Tuna, he brought in TO, he traded for RWilliams when it looked like we were very close, he's moved up in the draft, moved back in the draft, resigned our own guys, signed some big time FAs, changed coaches again, spent to the cap and built one of the best stadiums in the league.

Statistically speaking any team can expect to win the Super Bowl once every 32 years. If you subtract the 8-10 franchises that don't seem to care about that as a goal, it's once every 25 years. Dallas has 3 in the last 25 years. If they had won them in 1992, 2000 and 2008 would Jerry be this hated by his own fans. I don't think so. If we were cursed by winning 3 SBs in 4 years every 25 years, I'll take it. In the six years before Jerry bought the team they had a 48-47 record with 2 playoff appearances and 0 playoff wins.

 

[dupree89]

If you guys think Jerry gets bashed, you need to spend a day listening to WFAN sports talk radio in NY and reading NY newspapers.

Now, since Jerry is owner and GM, you need to combine both positions of other teams. IE

Mets owner + Mets GM
Knicks owner + Knicks GM
Jets owner + Jets GM
Heck, since George Steinbrenner died, his sons and also GM Brian Cashman get blasted too.

And these people are bashed by fans, writers, hosts..and I assure you, the media is much more mean-spirited in NY than it is in Dallas. The Jets have been to (2) AFC championship games in the past five yrs or so...and nobody gets killed more than Woody Johnson.

And if Jerry kept his mouth shut, like most owners and GM's do, then he wouldnt be getting half the abuse that he gets now. I dont know of too many other owners or GM's that feel compelled to have their own radio show. He is asking for some of what he gets.