Know who would make a good GM?

[Chief]

Wade Phillips

-- Has proven to be good at evaluating players (college and pro).

-- Has countless contacts around the league.

-- Negotiations with players, agents, coaches, and other teams require a non-combative, diplomatic approach that would come naturally to Wade.

-- His light-touch managerial style and low-key personality would work well with a head coach that needs to be a strong, charismatic leader for the players. It would also work well with an owner who craves the spotlight.


Of course, Dallas already has a GM, but this should be Wade's next step in the NFL.

 

[Hostile]

Prepare to duck.

 

[Chief]

Prepare to duck.

 

[Alexander]

Wade Phillips

-- Has proven to be good at evaluating players (college and pro).

-- Has countless contacts around the league.

-- Negotiations with players, agents, coaches, and other teams require a non-combative, diplomatic approach that would come naturally to Wade.

-- His light-touch managerial style and low-key personality would work well with a head coach that needs to be a strong, charismatic leader for the players. It would also work well with an owner who craves the spotlight.


Of course, Dallas already has a GM, but this should be Wade's next step in the NFL.

He's an outstanding judge of defensive talent but as far as offense, it would be a tough call for him. He just does not seem that astute in that particular regard.

I also do not think his light-touch management style would work all that well where a hard nose negotiator is going to do the best in the long run.

He'd give out extensions like a grandparent giving out candy. We already have seen Jerry Jones doing a few of these merit deals already in the last decade.

 

[Eskimo]

He's an outstanding judge of defensive talent but as far as offense, it would be a tough call for him. He just does not seem that astute in that particular regard.

I also do not think his light-touch management style would work all that well where a hard nose negotiator is going to do the best in the long run.

He'd give out extensions like a grandparent giving out candy. We already have seen Jerry Jones doing a few of these merit deals already in the last decade.

The horrors of the post-2007 offseason still linger over this franchise: Flo, Barber, Hamlin, TO. Now add in RW who got a bloated contract because he put up good numbers in a gimmick offense a long time ago.

If only he had held onto his sanity after BP left we could have been a much better team re-allocating those dollars elsewhere.

 

[TheSport78]

The horrors of the post-2007 offseason still linger over this franchise: Flo, Barber, Hamlin, TO. Now add in RW who got a bloated contract because he put up good numbers in a gimmick offense a long time ago.

If only he had held onto his sanity after BP left we could have been a much better team re-allocating those dollars elsewhere.

Like the offensive line! Jerry was handcuffed with the Barber situation. At that time, he meant so much to our offense and no one could have seen a decline so fast with him. Hamlin had Jerry handcuffed as well because Ken was coming off of a Pro Bowl year; a tough situation for Jerry. When T.O. was re-signed, he was a model citizen as far as being a teammate is concerned. The only area I didn't agree with the re-signing of Terrell, was his age. Signing an old WR to a three year extension raised some eyebrows I'm sure. Flozell needed to be re-signed at the time because Jerry thought we were gearing up for a Super Bowl run in 2008 and then Flozell started to decline as well in my opinion. Sometimes you just need to let the old players go, but Jerry had no way of seeing this coming.

 

[Eskimo]

Like the offensive line! Jerry was handcuffed with the Barber situation. At that time, he meant so much to our offense and no one could have seen a decline so fast with him. Hamlin had Jerry handcuffed as well because Ken was coming off of a Pro Bowl year; a tough situation for Jerry. When T.O. was re-signed, he was a model citizen as far as being a teammate is concerned. The only area I didn't agree with the re-signing of Terrell, was his age. Signing an old WR to a three year extension raised some eyebrows I'm sure. Flozell needed to be re-signed at the time because Jerry thought we were gearing up for a Super Bowl run in 2008 and then Flozell started to decline as well in my opinion. Sometimes you just need to let the old players go, but Jerry had no way of seeing this coming.

I guess I'll disagree and say that each and everyone of those situations was predictable.

Barber could have been held at the tender and then let him play out the 2008 season. There was no need to lock him up long-term there. He had all of one start the prior 2 seasons and had the look of a guy who wasn't going to last long in this league.

Flo was unavoidable because of the miss on Rogers and not having Free ready to step in. I still would have liked a shorter contract for him.

TO was totally unnecessary - we should have just kept paying him year by year as we did with his original contract. There was also no need to get him locked up as there was still a year left on his contract and he was old. By letting him get comfortable here, away went the good teammate act and out came the demons.

Hamlin was an average player coming off a good year and everyone knew it. If there was no one ready, just let him play out the franchise tender and move on because he is not a $6M/year player.

The RW situation has been talked to death. Jerry got infatuated with a lazy, big rep UT player who was looking for big bucks so he no longer had to work anymore. Detroit GM knew Jerry was willing to overpay even though Detroit didn't really have any leverage in the situation. Roy was going to be a FA and the Lions weren't going to Franchise him as he was showing that he was little more than a decent #2 out there.

 

[McCordsville Cowboy]

Me...

 

[TheSport78]

I guess I'll disagree and say that each and everyone of those situations was predictable.

Barber could have been held at the tender and then let him play out the 2008 season. There was no need to lock him up long-term there. He had all of one start the prior 2 seasons and had the look of a guy who wasn't going to last long in this league.

Flo was unavoidable because of the miss on Rogers and not having Free ready to step in. I still would have liked a shorter contract for him.

TO was totally unnecessary - we should have just kept paying him year by year as we did with his original contract. There was also no need to get him locked up as there was still a year left on his contract and he was old. By letting him get comfortable here, away went the good teammate act and out came the demons.

Hamlin was an average player coming off a good year and everyone knew it. If there was no one ready, just let him play out the franchise tender and move on because he is not a $6M/year player.

The RW situation has been talked to death. Jerry got infatuated with a lazy, big rep UT player who was looking for big bucks so he no longer had to work anymore. Detroit GM knew Jerry was willing to overpay even though Detroit didn't really have any leverage in the situation. Roy was going to be a FA and the Lions weren't going to Franchise him as he was showing that he was little more than a decent #2 out there.

When it comes to Barber, I believe he was skipping OTA's and who knows what was going on behind closed doors; he may have held out into the regular season. I'm not exacting sure what the rules are with once signing the tender, are you forced to play that season? Either way, I do believe Jerry overpaid for the guy, and it's hurting us right now.

It's easy to say now that every situation was predictable. Back then, we had a new, defensive minded head coach who can get the best out of his players, who's to say Hamlin didn't fall into that category? Maybe Hamlin didn't reach his full potential in Seattle? It's easy to say now that we all saw this coming.

I agree Flozell was unavoidable and there was no reason to lock Terrell up to a new, three year deal.

Let's not even get started on RW because that would require a new thread.

 

[Monster Heel]

Keith Brooking.

The Cowboys could use someone to cry about all the "wrongs" that befall the organization to the NFL.

 

[JustDezIt]

Keith Brooking.

The Cowboys could use someone to cry about all the "wrongs" that befall the organization to the NFL.

Your opinion is irrelevant.

 

[Idgit]

Your opinion is irrelevant.

Definitely. It's also hidden, except people keep quoting him.

 

[zrinkill]

I mentioned this a while back

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3230607&postcount=24

I would love if Garrett takes over for Wade to get this kind of position.

 

[zrinkill]

Keith Brooking.

The Cowboys could use someone to cry about all the "wrongs" that befall the organization to the NFL.

There has got to be some kind of rule against this type of obvious trolling.

 

[jterrell]

Not sure Wade wants to be a GM.

His draft choices on defense seem to work out largely because he claims his first duty and love is teaching up young players.

As a note I would worry zero about him handling contracts as most clubs including our own have cap specialists to deal with that stuff 99% of the time.

Quoting trolls is just bad. Please just call them goofy without quoting them if you must mention them at all. It's clear the one kid is here for attention. He'd set his hair on fire if it drew responses. I have no desire to read his nonsense but ignore doesn't work when he is quoted. Thanks in advance

 

[Venger]

Wade might make a good GM of a Luby's buffet - can we get a bit more progress as head coach before we turn ALL of it over to him?

 

[casmith07]

Wade might be great defensively minded, but him being a GM wouldn't mean he and he alone would be selecting offensive talent. You have a staff to help you make decisions.

I agree with the original poster.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I always thought it would be cool when Wade retired for Jerry to keep him as not even a GM, but kind of a special consultant on defensive players.

At the very least, when Jerry got one of his pet projects in mind, Wade could remind him that he needs football players and not workout warriors. Wade does seem to have a way of working with Jerry where he gets his point across without being so heavy handed that Jerry gets offended.

Problem is, Wade seems to love what he does and I suspect he'll coach until he drops.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

There has got to be some kind of rule against this type of obvious trolling.

why don't you guys just put him on ignore?