Jerry Jones: "I've got to evaluate my role"

[dogunwo]

Dorian Gray?

I see what you did there.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

He does the man in the mirror thing every year. Third year in a row.

Exactly... Just his annual part-of-being-your-own-boss routine.

Biggest non-story ever.

 

[peplaw06]

I'll never believe that Jerry is truly stepping away from the GM role until he does it... and does it for a few years. He's the type that, even if he did the unthinkable and bring a GM in here, one missed draft pick or one missed free agency signing, and the guy would be fired. Jerry would just use that failed experiment as justification for him running the entire show.

 

[SportsGuru80]

LOL! Ok Jerry...

 

[coult44]

Jerry has to literally get sick every February of seeing another team win the big one. He knows Seattle, SF, NO, Indy, GB, NE, Philly, (crap I could go on and on) are all closer to winning another one, than we are. When the glitter and confetti is continually falling on other owners, gm's, coaches, and players, you know he's so eaten up with jealousy that it has to be disheartening. He's an alcoholic because of it. Eventually, his wife, kids, grand kids, or best friends have to intervene.

 

[Reality]

I've suggested this in the recent past. It's something nobody seems to talk about. It's either Jerry's the GM or he steps down. What if he brings in a personnel "consultant" to basically do the GM job while massaging Jerry's ego?

Is this possible? I have no idea.

I think it's a situation where even if he brings someone in, it won't matter unless they reach a Super Bowl. Talk seems to be the "in" thing year after year and I think the fans are jaded enough enough that "Jerry's Credit" is shot. If he brings in someone, even someone well known and respected, most will assume the role is superficial and nothing more than a PR move until the results at the end of the season change.

The sad thing is that even if that happens, the jaded fan base and media will harp more on the fact that the problem (always) was Jerry than the move he made to improve the situation. 18 years of failure will do that though.

 

[casmith07]

Jerry needs to draft Fartrell Cluggins out of Arkansas.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I'll never believe that Jerry is truly stepping away from the GM role until he does it... and does it for a few years. He's the type that, even if he did the unthinkable and bring a GM in here, one missed draft pick or one missed free agency signing, and the guy would be fired. Jerry would just use that failed experiment as justification for him running the entire show.

I'd still love to see it tried. Doing things badly the same broken way is getting harder and harder to watch.

 

[crazytown41]

This clown has been trying to prove for 20 years and counting that he built that 90's team and not Jimmy. He'll never step down...

 

[Bullflop]

The fact that Jerry realizes he isn't nor hasn't been the cat's meow when it comes to managing the Cowboys doesn't necessarily mean he's about to change his way of doing things. After all, this is one and the same man who attested to the fact many years ago that if he were a GM working for another team, he'd likely be fired. If he knew that before and still realizes it now, there's surely no guarantee he'll take preventive measures from allowing it to continue. Still, it'd be an incredible blessing if he did. Yeah, baby, let's all dream that dream and pray it comes true. Hey, it's the offseason and it's probably the best thing we could choose to fantasize about.

 

[MRV52]

Start by getting rid of the sauce.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

I had little confidence in this team before the Super Bowl. And now I have so much less after seeing what Seattle did. Here's my logic. We try so hard to be a poor man's Denver, and we saw how far Denver got. I'd be shocked if this team win a Super Bowl any time soon. I really don't care any more. Usually it isn't until the second half of the season when I stop caring, but this year I'm not cutting them any slack. If they come up flat the first series of the first game, I can't promise I'll stay optimistic. I'm tired of being a blind homer. This team has absolutely nothing to make any level-headed fan optimistic. I don't even care anymore. I start to find it funny after a while. I was laughing during the Detroit and Chicago debacles last year. Pure entertainment. But that's all that matters, right?

 

[jobberone]

Several teams from the playoffs each year don't make it the next and a few surprised do. A lot has to do with injuries. We don't know where this club is due to that.

I am concerned about the defense as there seem to be a lot of holes. However, things my fall right and the stars all align. So there is no conceding here.

Jerry should take a long hard look at his role. He needs to bring in someone to be under him put out of the familial hierarchy. He could do that without relinquishing his title, still claim the glory if any and do everyone a favor even his children who can learn something from the right person.

 

[kevm3]

The quote about 'sustainable management structure' is a hilarious one. Is that guy on the cowboys pr team? What's the new sustainable in the league, 2 DCs and 2OCs? It's funny how everyone keeps getting undermined here. Garrett gets stripped of play-calling. Callahan gets stripped of play-calling. Kiffen gets a demotion in the disguise of a promotion. Maybe we'll hire a new waterboy manager to get water to players to prevent them from cramping up and that'll be the magical piece that puts us over the top.

 

[kevm3]

honestly, what does jerry need to evaluate? The fact he says he needs to evaluate his role tells you everything. He thinks he needs to KEEP his role, but do something different. Notice he didn't say he needs to remove himself from his role and let a qualified GM step in... he said he needs to evaluate his role, which is essentially saying he is going to keep the job but 'try something new.' There is no evaluation needed. Relinquish the GM title, bring in a real GM and sit back and watch the results flow in.

 

[Idgit]

The quote about 'sustainable management structure' is a hilarious one. Is that guy on the cowboys pr team? What's the new sustainable in the league, 2 DCs and 2OCs? It's funny how everyone keeps getting undermined here. Garrett gets stripped of play-calling. Callahan gets stripped of play-calling. Kiffen gets a demotion in the disguise of a promotion. Maybe we'll hire a new waterboy manager to get water to players to prevent them from cramping up and that'll be the magical piece that puts us over the top.

I don't think anybody but Cowboys fans see the play calling change or the DC handover as anything but coaching improvements. And we definitely improved the TE coaching by most standards.

 

[TRUTH87]

Serious question. Who was our last true GM?

 

[dreghorn2]

The sad thing is that even if that happens, the jaded fan base and media will harp more on the fact that the problem (always) was Jerry than the move he made to improve the situation. 18 years of failure will do that though.

I'm not sure about.

There would be the obligatory stories from a few sportswriters lamenting the wasted years until Jerry 'got it', and of course just due to the diversity of mankind some fans would do the same.

However if he really did step away and we won again, i think Jerry just might be surprised at the level of forgiveness, for lack of a better term, that fans would show towards him.

Fans are desperate for a winner and Americans have a great penchant for exoneration.

 

[Seven]

Yawn. .....s.o.s.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

This is a man that gas said:

I get it, do.

All decisions go through him.

And has a commercial where he rips the headset off a coach and prepares to take over.

He has taken over years ago. The regime is under dictatorial rule!