Just not a true element and is shown over time as well.
When the team was winning Super Bowls in the mid 1990s, Jones looked at every option to keep the momentum going. If that meant adding Deion Sanders on a massive contract, he was willing to open his wallet. If it meant adding a veteran quarterback in Bernie Kosar when Troy Aikman was injured in 1993, he went and signed him. The moves paid off then, but Jones has pulled back since some moves went south.
Dallas made some big trades this offseason, but it has been a few years since Jones was willing to bring in players with resumes like Stephon Gillmore and Brandin Cooks. Some of the trades Jerry has made throughout his time have gone well, but a good amount failed.
1. Terry Glenn (Best)
2. Amari Cooper (Best)
3. Charles Haley (Best)
4. Hershel Walker (The Best)
5. Joey Galloway (Worst)
6. Roy Williams (The Worst)
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones
The Dallas Cowboys, aware of Walker's earlier interest in playing for them, acquired Walker's NFL rights by
selecting him in the fifth round (114th overall) of the
1985 NFL Draft.
In
1986, he was signed by the Cowboys and moved to
fullback, so he could share backfield duties with
Tony Dorsett, becoming the second Heisman backfield tandem in NFL history, after
George Rogers and
Earl Campbell teamed with the
1984 New Orleans Saints. This move created tension, as it would limit Dorsett's playing time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker
The Cowboys were interested well before Jimmy was a dream.
He came in along with the presence of Tony Dorsett...no, Jimmy Johnson didn't just have a divine intervention.
In
1989, the Cowboys traded Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for a total of five players (linebacker
Jesse Solomon, defensive back
Issiac Holt, running back
Darrin Nelson, linebacker
David Howard, defensive end
Alex Stewart) and six future draft picks.
All of Jimmy's drafting wasn't a backside shining act...then staff started to step in with college scouting of players he was no longer knowledgeable.
Here, Gil Brandt and other Cowboys influential in personnel, well, had intense and long talks with Jerry as well.
*The five players were tied to potential draft picks Minnesota would give Dallas if a player was cut (which led to
Emmitt Smith,
Russell Maryland,
Kevin Smith, and
Darren Woodson).
That was the over the top additions.
The Wall was with dropped NFL players and no-names drafted...all Jimmy?
Walker's $5 million five-year contract exceeded his $4.5 million five-year contract. Think that did not involve Jerry?
A coach takes a money matter to his GM. All coaches are required to do that. The GM gave the money, when that money was badly needed for that group of Cowboys to even survive existence. Jerry really not involved?
Not in the picture involved here.
Jimmy was a part...not the whole. Take out all realities for achievement, then yea, one is left with sure, yea, he walked on water and turned water into wine also...
Charles Haley (Best)
Jerry and other players from the Super Bowl teams have often said they could not spell Super Bowl until Charles Haley arrived. After making the playoffs in 1991, Dallas knew they still needed more help. The team traded a 1993 second round pick and 1994 third round pick to the 49ers for Haley in the 1992 offseason.
Haley came to Dallas with question marks, having clashed with 49ers coaches and management, but Jones was willing to take the risk. The move paid off immediately as Haley had six sacks with 39 tackles and helped the Cowboys defense rank first in the NFL in 1992. Dallas won its first of three Super Bowls in the 1990s.
Haley helped Dallas win two more Super Bowls in 1993 and 1995. While his off-field problems were well known, he continued to be a force for the defense. Haley retired after the 1996 season, but returned to San Francisco for the final two years of his career.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones/4
He also was acquired under Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones.
“I think everybody understands the last couple of years we have been looking for a pass rusher,”
Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said. “We felt we had improved our defense significantly over the last couple of years, and I think this undoubtedly will make it even better. He will have an immediate impact on our pass rush.”
https://www.profootballhistory.com/charles-haley/
Even Cowboys owner Jerry Jones felt confident that Haley would work out fine for the team.
https://www.profootballhistory.com/charles-haley/
Hershel Walker (The Best)
The only trade that could top Charles Haley is "The Trade". Jerry Jones dealt the team's best player Hershel Walker to the Vikings in 1989 for a bunch of random players and future draft picks. Dallas might have gone 1-15, but great changes were coming.
In exchange for Walker, the Cowboys received Jesse Solomon, David Howard, Issaic Holt, and Alex Stewart along with a first second and sixth round pick. Dallas cut all five players also giving them conditional draft picks for the 1991 and 1992 drafts. With a boatload of draft picks, the Cowboys could now build a new team around Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin.
Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, and Russell Maryland are just a few of the players Dallas acquired over the next few seasons that helped turn the franchise around. To this day, it remains one of the
biggest and arguably most notable trades in NFL history. Trading one player who ultimately helped a team rebuild and win three championships is an unbelievable story.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones/5
At this point in a discussion, it should be noted that how teams are run now has changed in almost all factions of management and play today.
Now, most things are tasked to certain management groups, scouts, until there is some source indicating interest or have made it known that a team is in the market.
Usually a Head Coach first introduces this on up, still ends at Jerry Jones' desk.
Naw, it doesn't take press clippings or congressional votes to get something done today.
When Jimmy and Jerry started out the team of Cowboys were losing a $1M a game. Jerry and Jimmy literally had to do most of what was done then. That took a team atmosphere. But Jerry was the owner and Jimmy apparently wanted more control than was doable at that point for survival of ownership. Jerry even had loans of significant to even qualify for the purchase. That's the facts and not just, hero worship. Jerry tried to walk a supportive road in a very hostile and polarized time of history. He has maintained a world view now, as well. Top Team in revenue for sports. Jimmy angered at the Saudi Prince being shown the functions of a NFL team. Some was ego and some was lack of true loyalty to his players, by Jimmy Johnson.
The role of scouts are very advanced for now and evaluations about all things on the carpet are both good and effective. Jerry is a role, not a fool.
In the spring of 1991, in Dallas Cowboys headquarters, a petroleum engineer named Mike McCoy sat down at his desk to devise one of the most influential innovations in the past three decades of the NFL. He plotted on logarithmic paper every trade involving a draft pick over the previous four years. He wanted to quantify the value of each pick.
Over the previous two years, the franchise’s brash leaders, owner Jerry Jones and Coach Jimmy Johnson, had built a war chest for the draft. They had shipped star running back Herschel Walker to Minnesota for a massive haul, including eight picks, and quarterback Steve Walsh to New Orleans for three more. Now, Jones’s oil-and-gas business partner was trying to figure out how much the picks were worth.
In his office, McCoy created a graph, assigned the No. 1 pick a random value (3,000) and used a regression formula to calculate the rest. The result — the famous but misunderstood and misattributed “Jimmy Johnson draft-pick value chart” — revolutionized the NFL draft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/25/nfl-trade-value-chart/
Coaches under Jimmy:
David Shula. Shula was the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1989-1990 seasons, a total of two years. Shula's record as the team's offensive coordinator was 8-24-0, making him the least successful offensive coordinator in Dallas Cowboys history. Shula was again, Jimmy's selection.
Now explain why 'walk on water' Jimmy had to replace him or lose Troy Aikman. with Norv Turner. He coached from 1991 to 1993.
He was replaced by :
Ernie Zampese | 1994-1997 | 40-24-0 |
Under Switzer, his Defensive Coordinator was:
Coach | Years | Record | Win Percentage | Playoff Record |
---|
Dave Campo | 1995-1999 | 46-34-0 | 57.5% | 4-3 |
Those changes were all forced by that same Jimmy Johnson...now say they weren't.
Bill Parcells
He began as an assistant coach at
Hastings (1964) before moving on to
Wichita State (1965),
Army (1966–69),
Florida State (1970–72),
Vanderbilt (1973–74), and
Texas Tech (1975–77). In 1978, he became the head coach at the
Air Force Academy for one season.
[7]While serving as linebackers coach at
Army, Parcells was also a part-time assistant basketball coach for
Bob Knight during the 1966–67 season, which led to their longtime friendship.
He served as a
head coach in the
National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the head coach of the
New York Giants from 1983 to 1990, where he won two
Super Bowl titles.
Parcells was later the head coach of the
New England Patriots from 1993 to 1996, the
New York Jets from 1997 to 1999, and the
Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. Nicknamed "
the Big Tuna", he is the only NFL coach to lead four different franchises to the playoffs and three to a conference championship game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parcells
Now, on coaches after Jimmy Johnson, except for Chan Gailey and then Jason Garrett, the records of coaches were as follows:
Switzer had 3 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Chan Gailey had 2 playoff seasons in 2 seasons.
Bill Parcells 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Wade Phillips 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Mike McCarthy 2 playoff seasons in 3 seasons.
I guess Jerry learned pretty good from San Francisco how to win in the NFL when he studied with the owner of them just prior to his purchase of the Cowboys as well with studying under Oakland's owner and GM.
That's the facts and not a rewrite by fans feeling the desire to Hero Worship. Jimmy was good, but he was very lucky that he did sign on with Jerry before he returned to Florida, again...
4,000 yard seasons under Jerry Jones:
1983 - 4156
1985 - 4236
1986 - 4003
2006 - 4067
2007 - 4290
2009 - 4483
2010 - 4208
2011 - 4453
2012 - 4992
2013 - 4226
2014 - 4008
2019 - 4902
2020 - 4511
2021 - 4963
2022 - 3911
(4,000 yard seasons with coaches)
Bill Parcells 2003-2006 (1)
Wade Phillips 2007-2010 (3)
Jason Garrett 2010-2019 (5)
Mike McCarthy 2020-Present (2)
The passing game efficiency for Dallas has steadily improved since Jimmy Johnson.
By the way, did Troy have a single 4,000 completion season? No
Did Roger Staubach? No
https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/4000-yard-seasons-by-quarterback/
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