One thing kind of funny to me is how some posters have reversed roles. I don't just mean zrinkill as a Jerry defender either. Some posters who are pretty harsh about everything Jerry does are saying this is no big deal.
It reminds me most of all that we are all human and have different barometers of what we consider right or wrong. I think that's good. If we all had exactly the same reaction to this it would mean we are a soulless mass.
I hate this. I can't excuse it in any way. I probably feel this way for completely different reasons than anyone else here will.
Too many times in my life someone has been under the influence of alcohol and said something to me that was offensive. Only to come back a day or two later and apologize and say it was only the alcohol talking. If alcohol talks for you then you have a serious problem. You're basically telling me it can change who you are and what you really think.
In other words, if Jerry down the road makes an apology for this to Bill Parcells, or to the public, and he says that is not how he feels and it was just the alcohol talking I am only going to be thinking one thing. He needs to never drink again.
I am serious. If you drink and while drinking you call your wife a *****, then later when sober you apologize and say it was just the alcohol, then you shouldn't drink. If alcohol can control your mind, body, and tongue over your own powers of self restraint then it isn't your friend.
The only possible good I can see coming from this video is if Jerry Jones is embarrassed and turns over a new leaf and stops drinking.
Yes, some of what he said is kind of funny. That doesn't excuse it. It doesn't even come close to excusing it. He still let the organization down to go this far. He has said he holds himself to the same standards that he does coaches, players, and staff. I hope he meant it.
At times I defend Jerry from what I think are ridiculous assertions by some fans. There's no defending this in my book. Just like I wouldn't defend him when he said "any of 500 guys could have won with that team" I won't defend this. Trade for Roy Williams; I'll defend it as a guy trying to get the final piece of the puzzle to win it all. Hanging onto Wade Phillips while 5 former Super Bowl winning coaches were available; I'll defend it as Wade earned more time. And I'm not even really a Wade fan.
I can't defend this. I won't defend this. I see nothing good about it.
If he was at his home, throwing a dinner party, and said this to me and a group of party guests, I'd find it funny. I think many of us would. In a public place, in the video age, and at that level of intoxication...naw, that's across the line of what I will defend.