Jerry's mistakes

[Anjinsan]

As an owner, Jerry Jones has the highest player payroll in the NFL. He's proved he's serious about winning. He's been like that since the day he became owner. I love him as an owner. But as a GM, he's just average. For the life of me, I can't figure out why they didn't address the offensive line in the off season after it was horribly exposed last year. Before game 1 this year, it was obvious that it hadn't corrected its problems. Other recent GM blunders by Jerry:

1. Hiring Wade. I remember waiting to find out who the next head coach was going to be and when it was announced Wade, it was like ordering Prime Rib and getting chopped beef.
2. Joey Galloway. I was at the Pickle Bowl when he went out for the year.
3. Roy Williams. Although Roy's having a great year (he's benefiting from teams double-teaming Austin) a 1st, 3rd, 5th is still too much to give up.
4. Jason Garrett. Hiring an offensive coordinator before a the head coach is just plain assanine. It's a clear message to the players that Wade's not running the show.
5. Pacman Jones
6. Tank Johnson
7. T.O. Probably the biggest blunder

Now, he's done some good things as a GM, Romo, Ratliff, Austin to name a few, but it's trending that the mistakes far outweigh the good things.

Please Jerry, stick to being the best owner in the NFL, and leave the football to those with much more experience than you.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Dallas' perpetual mistake is always treating these players like "rock stars" from the very minute they put the star on their helmet.

If any of you have ever played for a great coach, you weren't even sure he knew you were alive, let alone know your name.

You had to continuously prove to him that you were a good football player. He always had the upper hand, not the players.

That is impossible for a coach to do in Dallas.

The players are bigger than the team.

The "rock star" atmosphere is the downfall of Dallas Cowboys football.

Thank Jerry Jones for that.

Until that changes, get ready for more of the same.

 

[Stautner]

As an owner, Jerry Jones has the highest player payroll in the NFL. He's proved he's serious about winning. He's been like that since the day he became owner. I love him as an owner. But as a GM, he's just average. For the life of me, I can't figure out why they didn't address the offensive line in the off season after it was horribly exposed last year. Before game 1 this year, it was obvious that it hadn't corrected its problems. Other recent GM blunders by Jerry:

1. Hiring Wade. I remember waiting to find out who the next head coach was going to be and when it was announced Wade, it was like ordering Prime Rib and getting chopped beef.
2. Joey Galloway. I was at the Pickle Bowl when he went out for the year.
3. Roy Williams. Although Roy's having a great year (he's benefiting from teams double-teaming Austin) a 1st, 3rd, 5th is still too much to give up.
4. Jason Garrett. Hiring an offensive coordinator before a the head coach is just plain assanine. It's a clear message to the players that Wade's not running the show.
5. Pacman Jones
6. Tank Johnson
7. T.O. Probably the biggest blunder

Now, he's done some good things as a GM, Romo, Ratliff, Austin to name a few, but it's trending that the mistakes far outweigh the good things.

Please Jerry, stick to being the best owner in the NFL, and leave the football to those with much more experience than you.

I agree with most of these. I disagree about Pacman and Tank. There was very little at risk with either, so when things didn't work out well there was very little lost.

 

[tupperware]

1. Hiring Wade. I remember waiting to find out who the next head coach was going to be and when it was announced Wade, it was like ordering a cheese cake from a bakery and getting store bought cup cakes.

Fixed it!

 

[Anjinsan]

Dallas' perpetual mistake is always treating these players like "rock stars" from the very minute they put the star on their helmet.

If any of you have ever played for a great coach, you weren't even sure he knew you were alive, let alone know your name.

You had to continuously prove to him that you were a good football player. He always had the upper hand, not the players.

That is impossible for a coach to do in Dallas.

The players are bigger than the team.

The "rock star" atmosphere is the downfall of Dallas Cowboys football.

Thank Jerry Jones for that.

Until that changes, get ready for more of the same.

Pacman and Johnson were signed during the TO years. The risk in signing them, which turned out to be true, was the negative chemistry they all infected on the team.

Absolutely the coach can coach the "rock star" attitude out of the team. Not Wade, but there are coaches out there who most definitely can.

 

[Stautner]

Pacman and Johnson were signed during the TO years. The risk in signing them, which turned out to be true, was the negative chemistry they all infected on the team.

Absolutely the coach can coach the "rock star" attitude out of the team. Not Wade, but there are coaches out there who most definitely can.

So, whaqt was the excuse before Pacman and Tank, and then after Pacman and Tank?

I wasn't a fan of the signings, particularly Pacman, but there is no evidence that they had any impact, positive or negative, on the team.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Pacman and Johnson were signed during the TO years. The risk in signing them, which turned out to be true, was the negative chemistry they all infected on the team.

Absolutely the coach can coach the "rock star" attitude out of the team. Not Wade, but there are coaches out there who most definitely can.

Better to never let them get that attitude, ... when they step on the field, they are nothing and need to prove themselves.

Pretty sure Belichek coaches that way, nobody is bigger than the Patriots.

 

[Stautner]

Better to never let them get that attitude, ... when they step on the field, they are nothing and need to prove themselves.

Pretty sure Belichek coaches that way, nobody is bigger than the Patriots.

Belichek signed Moss - a noted discipline problem. He had much more at risk than the Cowboys did in signing Pacman and Tank.

I don't recall Tank being a problem in Dallas anyway, and once Pacman started up it didn't take long to cut ties.

 

[Section446]

How the hell was brining in Adam Jones and Tank Johnson such a bad thing? There was virtually no risk involved in either, it isn't like we had to give up picks.

 

[Anjinsan]

Pacman made a joke of Jerry and the team when he punched Jerry's body guard. Tank was a bad influence in the locker room. Don't you remember his "I can't wait to get off this team" tirade?

 

[bsheeern]

How the hell was brining in Adam Jones and Tank Johnson such a bad thing? There was virtually no risk involved in either, it isn't like we had to give up picks.

They were both very very cheap. Team friendly contracts and easy to cut ties with. Neither was expected to start and both are still on NFL rosters and still producing at very good levels. To me that's a sign of a GM doing a good job, not bad. No difference in Pats signing Moss.

 

[Stautner]

Pacman made a joke of Jerry and the team when he punched Jerry's body guard. Tank was a bad influence in the locker room. Don't you remember his "I can't wait to get off this team" tirade?

And this is a major moment in the 20 year Jerry Jones era in your mind?

Pacman was shown the door quickly, and Tank made his comment near the end of his time in Dallas when he was a well established bench warmer.

Are these really things you view as significant?

 

[pjtoadie]

3. Roy Williams. Although Roy's having a great year (he's benefiting from teams double-teaming Austin) a 1st, 3rd, 5th is still too much to give up.

It was actually a 1st, 3rd, and 6th but hey does it really matter?

 

[RS12]

Go back to 1994 and start from there. It is a lengthy list. Starts with Jerry trying to prove he is a football guy. Explains the last decade and a half.

 

[JakeCamp12]

Go back to 1994 and start from there. It is a lengthy list. Starts with Jerry trying to prove he is a football guy. Explains the last decade and a half.

To quote Juke..."On the nosey"

 

[Anjinsan]

And this is a major moment in the 20 year Jerry Jones era in your mind?

Pacman was shown the door quickly, and Tank made his comment near the end of his time in Dallas when he was a well established bench warmer.

Are these really things you view as significant?

Chill dude.

 

[Spectre]

As an owner, Jerry Jones has the highest player payroll in the NFL. He's proved he's serious about winning. He's been like that since the day he became owner. I love him as an owner. But as a GM, he's just average. For the life of me, I can't figure out why they didn't address the offensive line in the off season after it was horribly exposed last year. Before game 1 this year, it was obvious that it hadn't corrected its problems. Other recent GM blunders by Jerry:

1. Hiring Wade. I remember waiting to find out who the next head coach was going to be and when it was announced Wade, it was like ordering Prime Rib and getting chopped beef.
2. Joey Galloway. I was at the Pickle Bowl when he went out for the year.
3. Roy Williams. Although Roy's having a great year (he's benefiting from teams double-teaming Austin) a 1st, 3rd, 5th is still too much to give up.
4. Jason Garrett. Hiring an offensive coordinator before a the head coach is just plain assanine. It's a clear message to the players that Wade's not running the show.
5. Pacman Jones
6. Tank Johnson
7. T.O. Probably the biggest blunder

Now, he's done some good things as a GM, Romo, Ratliff, Austin to name a few, but it's trending that the mistakes far outweigh the good things.

Please Jerry, stick to being the best owner in the NFL, and leave the football to those with much more experience than you.

Romo was Sean Payton's find. Ratliff was Parcells' find. Austin was a shot in the dark.

 

[MagicMan]

Jerry's only mistake was trusting Jerry to be GM....all those other screwups were due to being his own GM. The sad part is after Wade is canned, he will still be GM.....as per the last 15 years of futility.

 

[Anjinsan]

Romo was Sean Payton's find. Ratliff was Parcells' find. Austin was a shot in the dark.

Jones was GM.

 

[MegaMagick]

Jerry doesn't seem to know how to handle success lately. After the '07 year he loaded up on toxic players/talent and now this year he's cut every corner imaginable and expected us to compete.

This team lives and dies with his decisions.