cowboyed
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I am no fan of Jerry as a GM. He deserves his share of criticism along with Stephen Jones for being incapable of sustaining a more highly competitive team than not over the years. How naïve, the Cowboys organization regularly hold group and individual meetings and Jerry being GM as well likely has to be in on some. So he can't help avoid directly or even sternly talking to personnel even if he wanted to and it is well known from former personnel and the media that Jerry speaks his mind to a fault.No surprise. In the end Jerry is a coward and always voices his displeasure in the media rather than actually talking to the person. Just like JG, he actually let him stay at the star until the day his contract expired.
Unless you are part of Cowboys key management or ethereally his shadow you have no ground to stand on with that comment, let alone calling him a coward. He has accomplished quite a lot considering he has come from a working class family and his dad owned a grocery store in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It takes mega courage and fortitude to get as far as he did not only in the oil business but owning one of the top sports franchises.
I suspect he minces his words even less in private. But at nearly 80 years of age I think he is less involved in team matters as he used to be.
Oh the horror, he let Garrett stay at the Star until the day his contract expired. Garrett was in a coaching capacity for nearly a decade and also a player for around 8 years. So he was a valued long timer and Jerry and Stephen likely showed him some consideration or respect. Besides Garrett could have been administratively working on things to the benefit of the organization or for the incoming head coach.
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