Jerry's defense for remaining the GM

[5Stars]

I personally don't think Stephen can be accused of thinking.

He gets it from daddy.

 

[StylisticS]

If Jerry looked at just the results of his GM over the years, he would’ve fired him a long time ago.

However, each morning I’m sure he wakes up into a bedroom that is as big as my house and looks in his “magic” mirror and asks, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall…who’s the greatest GM of them all?”, and his own reflection answers “I am.”

I think Jerry pretty much admitted this very things 12 years ago in an interview with Bob Costas. Since then, this team has only won 3 wildcard playoff games.

 

[Scottishcowboy]

IT WAS SAID FOR EMPESIS.
AND YES I AM SHOUTING!!!!!!

I think Risen was going for a play on words from the movie Tropic Thunder?

Risen?

 

[Miller]

Long tweet but this sums up a lot for me on Jerry



his is a broken record. There are no new developments here. With the conclusion of the 2024 NFL regular season, #DallasCowboys fans all just got kicked directly in the balls — AGAIN — and now the odometer on this ole, beat up, rust-covered bandwagon rolls over once more.

Growing up here, being a Cowboys fan was such a huge point of pride. Such a source of happiness. Now, being a Cowboys fan is mostly a fruitless endeavor. Season after season, they never quite hit rock bottom, nor do they ever truly contend. They’re typically stuck in the middle of the pack, unable to deliver a deep playoff run, or load up on coveted draft capital.

Since 2013, the Cowboys — while achieving little more than an occasional Wild Card win in the playoffs (2014, 2018 & 2022) — have had a Top 15 pick just twice. Next season’s draft will be just the 3rd time. Only once in that entire span have they had a Top 5 pick (Zeke/2016).

They can’t contend. They can’t tank. Cowboys fans are Bill Murray — stuck in a numbing Groundhog Day loop since the mid 90’s.

Yet somehow, business is booming. So, of course — once again — the $10B juggernaut struggled on the field in 2024.

The team that brought Zeke back as RB1, the team that traded a 4th round pick for a 3rd string QB they chose not to use, the team that shocked the league by trading a 4th round pick for Jonathan Mingo, the team whose players are begging them to put up curtains to block the extremely problematic glare in their spare-no-expense spaceship stadium, the team who used 1st round picks on Mazi Smith and Tyler Guyton (and a 2nd on Schoonmaker), and the team that says they’ve painted themselves into a corner with the salary cap so can’t afford to help their roster in free agency… wait, that team? That team struggled? No way. I’m shocked.

You can blame injuries. I get it. They lost their top 4 pass rushers super early on, and then lost their $60M man in Week 9. But I would contend that this season was lost when the powers that be decided that they’d sit out the off-season. Something that feels a lot like the salary cap reckoning day they’ve been talking about.

Early forecasts for this offseason sound eerily familiar for America’s team. Might be a cut and paste scenario. Not active in free agency. McCarthy might be back.

Oh well. Embrace the numbness.

I’ll leave you with this… my favorite little Cowboys anecdote that always puts the picture in the frame for me:

DeMarvion Overshown wanted to wear #0. He was told that he would not be permitted to wear that number because Rowdy — arguably the worst mascot in all of professional sports — has dibs on that jersey number because he wears #00 on his giant muppet costume.

Seriously.

You can’t make this bleep up.

That said, I thought Jerry was great in Landman. Which by the way, is better than Yellowstone. You heard me.

And to be completely honest, I’ll probably be the easiest person in DFW to sell that NEXT year could finally be the year. So if they win it all next season, please remind me to delete this.

Good talk. See you out there.

Go Cowboys.

 

[Diehardblues]

I admire the way Jethro says this is what I’m going to do regardless. No one can’t stop me . Pretty balsy.

The question is : can we are anyone stop him. We have failed to send the right message or take appropriate action.

Thru record revenue have been sending him the wrong message. He must think we love what he’s doing. Why change.

 

[john van brocklin]

I think Risen was going for a play on words from the movie Tropic Thunder?

Risen?

I apologize for my misspelling...

 

[SultanOfSix]

I admire the way Jethro says this is what I’m going to do regardless. No one can’t stop me . Pretty balsy.

There’s nothing ballsy about it. Plenty of dictators and/or bullies have done this throughout history.

What’s ballsy is humility and accepting the fact that you’re a big part of the problem and need to change in order to rectify it.

 

[Diehardblues]

There’s nothing ballsy about it. Plenty of dictators and/or bullies have done this throughout history.

What’s ballsy is humility and accepting the fact that you’re a big part of the problem and need to change in order to rectify it.

“Part of the problem “. He’s #1 in revenue. There is no problem.

If fans want change they must rectify the record revenue .

 

[SultanOfSix]

“Part of the problem “. He’s #1 in revenue. There is no problem.

If fans want change they must rectify the record revenue .

What does revenue have to do with his ****** GM capability?

The Cowboys sell themselves in an organized and powerful monopoly. Jerry is just along for the ride.

 

[FiveSuperBowls]

Basically, Jerry is making his case for a self proclaimed GM.

How does that make you feel!

 

[Bagman]

For empesis? Well then I stand corrected.

LOLOLOLOLOL You're killing it, Risen.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I disagree. It would matter, even just a bit, because we would have a football person in charge of the football operation who would be accountable for their performance. We have two idiots in charge who a) don't have the first idea how to build a football team and b) don't even care to try c) because they have the job for life, no matter how bad they are at it.

Who have they seriously held accountable?

 

[Diehardblues]

What does revenue have to do with his ****** GM capability?

The Cowboys sell themselves in an organized and powerful monopoly. Jerry is just along for the ride.

The record revenue enables him to continue his role as GM without any financial fallout for lack of success on the field .

 

[Hardline]

The response to this should be what I've been doing for 10 years. A total boycott of buying tickets to games and buying merchandise. But most of you clowns won't do it.

 

[The Dallas1575]

He always goes to the I pay the bills excuse but nobody ever responds back don't all the other owners who aren't their own GM write the checks too?

He's an egomaniacal lunatic.

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