Normally failure creates change

[Bobhaze]

For the 15th time in the last 26 seasons, our Dallas Cowboys will not be participants in the NFL playoffs. That means since 2000, we have made the playoffs 42% of the time. When we’ve made the playoffs, we’ve won a single wild card game 40% of the time. We can’t get better without first admitting we are not a very good football team. And it was obvious all year.

We are just a few weeks from the start of a very important off-season. An off-season where if this front office does not change its ways in acquiring more quality NFL talent, only a miracle from Lady Luck will prevent us from missing the playoffs again.

In short, if JJ and his sidekick son don’t change their ways, expect the same kind of season next year..

Before the off-season starts, we will be saturated with the usual sales job from our owner/GM, gaslighting us with the ridiculous statement that he is “surprised” we didn’t make the playoffs. Most Cowboys fans are not surprised.

And he will be thrilled when too many Cowboys fans will blame the HC, DC, the QB and whoever else can be thrown under the party bus.

My 9 year old granddaughter apparently has a better understanding of what this team is when she sweetly and accurately said to me while watching a recent game with me, “Papa the Cowboys just aren’t very good are they?” Out of the mouth of a 9 year old comes more truth than we will ever get from our 83 year old GM.

So unless Jerry and Giggles admit that their cheap ways of roster building without serious participation in FA doesn’t work, we will be here again next year. Or realizing that hiring coaches because they’re friends and they make you feel comfortable is not the way to win.

In normal organizations, failure creates change. Because without major changes in how this team is run, we should not expect changes in results.

 

[Cowboys5217]

"Unique advantage"

"Nobody can do it better"

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Well chances are the cowboys will once again change the DC in order to try and find something that works.

Failure has created changes....just not the positive changes we would want.

 

[Bobhaze]

"Unique advantage"

"Nobody can do it better"

As I said in the OP, when my 9 year old granddaughter has a better handle on what this team is than our GM, it’s hard to have faith.

 

[Centex]

My eyes tell a different story, that we are really good.

Now if you’ll excuse
me I’m about to have my double cataract surgery.

 

[kskboys]

Just wait til Jerry takes a CB and a TE w/ our first rounders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Captain-Crash]

naw, he will go offensive line, then TE.

 

[Rockport]

For the 15th time in the last 26 seasons, our Dallas Cowboys will not be participants in the NFL playoffs. That means since 2000, we have made the playoffs 42% of the time. When we’ve made the playoffs, we’ve won a single wild card game 40% of the time. We can’t get better without first admitting we are not a very good football team. And it was obvious all year.

We are just a few weeks from the start of a very important off-season. An off-season where if this front office does not change its ways in acquiring more quality NFL talent, only a miracle from Lady Luck will prevent us from missing the playoffs again.

In short, if JJ and his sidekick son don’t change their ways, expect the same kind of season next year..

Before the off-season starts, we will be saturated with the usual sales job from our owner/GM, gaslighting us with the ridiculous statement that he is “surprised” we didn’t make the playoffs. Most Cowboys fans are not surprised.

And he will be thrilled when too many Cowboys fans will blame the HC, DC, the QB and whoever else can be thrown under the party bus.

My 9 year old granddaughter apparently has a better understanding of what this team is when she sweetly and accurately said to me while watching a recent game with me, “Papa the Cowboys just aren’t very good are they?” Out of the mouth of a 9 year old comes more truth than we will ever get from our 83 year old GM.

So unless Jerry and Giggles admit that their cheap ways of roster building without serious participation in FA doesn’t work, we will be here again next year. Or realizing that hiring coaches because they’re friends and they make you feel comfortable is not the way to win.

In normal organizations, failure creates change. Because without major changes in how this team is run, we should not expect changes in results.

Your granddaughter was just parroting you.

 

[Cowboys5217]

We could always use somebody from Michigan coming off a catastrophic injury with head case off the field issues.

 

[Captain-Crash]

Your granddaughter was just parroting you.

You're a "granddaughter" hater. She probably said the guy who has the ball running around like a chicken with its head cut off isn't too good either.

 

[Bobhaze]

Well chances are the cowboys will once again change the DC in order to try and find something that works.

Failure has created changes....just not the positive changes we would want.

And equally frustrating is somehow thinking that hiring what would be our 4th DC in 4 seasons without some kind of guiding defensive philosophy is somehow going to miraculously work.

 

[Chasing6]

For the 15th time in the last 26 seasons, our Dallas Cowboys will not be participants in the NFL playoffs. That means since 2000, we have made the playoffs 42% of the time. When we’ve made the playoffs, we’ve won a single wild card game 40% of the time. We can’t get better without first admitting we are not a very good football team. And it was obvious all year.

We are just a few weeks from the start of a very important off-season. An off-season where if this front office does not change its ways in acquiring more quality NFL talent, only a miracle from Lady Luck will prevent us from missing the playoffs again.

In short, if JJ and his sidekick son don’t change their ways, expect the same kind of season next year..

Before the off-season starts, we will be saturated with the usual sales job from our owner/GM, gaslighting us with the ridiculous statement that he is “surprised” we didn’t make the playoffs. Most Cowboys fans are not surprised.

And he will be thrilled when too many Cowboys fans will blame the HC, DC, the QB and whoever else can be thrown under the party bus.

My 9 year old granddaughter apparently has a better understanding of what this team is when she sweetly and accurately said to me while watching a recent game with me, “Papa the Cowboys just aren’t very good are they?” Out of the mouth of a 9 year old comes more truth than we will ever get from our 83 year old GM.

So unless Jerry and Giggles admit that their cheap ways of roster building without serious participation in FA doesn’t work, we will be here again next year. Or realizing that hiring coaches because they’re friends and they make you feel comfortable is not the way to win.

In normal organizations, failure creates change. Because without major changes in how this team is run, we should not expect changes in results.

Jerry will not view this as failure. He will view as if we had this roster at the beginning of the year we would be 11-3.

 

[Eddie]

When you pay a single player $60 million out of a $279 million salary cap, you don't have much money to bring in additional supporting players.

We'd have been in the same boat had we dumped Dak and his contract last year. At least we'd have hope moving forward. But with Dak eating up that massive cap space, we're set to repeat what we did the past two years ... which is nothing.

 

[Captain-Crash]

When you pay a single player $60 million out of a $279 million salary cap, you don't have much money to bring in additional supporting players.

We'd have been in the same boat had we dumped Dak and his contract last year. At least we'd have hope moving forward. But with Dak eating up that massive cap space, we're set to repeat what we did the past two years ... which is nothing.

it would be good to compare the money spent on offense compared to the defense to see if one side is not carried as much, and why.

 

[Bobhaze]

When you pay a single player $60 million out of a $279 million salary cap, you don't have much money to bring in additional supporting players.

We'd have been in the same boat had we dumped Dak and his contract last year. At least we'd have hope moving forward. But with Dak eating up that massive cap space, we're set to repeat what we did the past two years ... which is nothing.

Eddie I hear what you’re saying, but how does Philly afford to make all those moves and keep all those players while paying Hurts $51 million?

Or the chargers, bills, and even the jaguars who are going to make the playoffs while paying their QBs over $50 million a yr? The 11-3 rams just extended Stafford two more years at nearly $50 million a year. How are they doing it?

Dak is overpaid for sure but not much more than many of the QBs who are on teams loaded with talent and headed to the playoffs. Besides, who decided to pay Dak $60 million a yr?

 

[Ironicalicon]

Kind of a State-of-the-Union post. And what is it? Status quo, likely. Why would it change? Jerry's age? More of a reminder than anything. Good on ya, Bob. Gotta keep folks rational. Or at least give them the chance.

 

[Kingofholland]

For the 15th time in the last 26 seasons, our Dallas Cowboys will not be participants in the NFL playoffs. That means since 2000, we have made the playoffs 42% of the time. When we’ve made the playoffs, we’ve won a single wild card game 40% of the time. We can’t get better without first admitting we are not a very good football team. And it was obvious all year.

We are just a few weeks from the start of a very important off-season. An off-season where if this front office does not change its ways in acquiring more quality NFL talent, only a miracle from Lady Luck will prevent us from missing the playoffs again.

In short, if JJ and his sidekick son don’t change their ways, expect the same kind of season next year..

Before the off-season starts, we will be saturated with the usual sales job from our owner/GM, gaslighting us with the ridiculous statement that he is “surprised” we didn’t make the playoffs. Most Cowboys fans are not surprised.

And he will be thrilled when too many Cowboys fans will blame the HC, DC, the QB and whoever else can be thrown under the party bus.

My 9 year old granddaughter apparently has a better understanding of what this team is when she sweetly and accurately said to me while watching a recent game with me, “Papa the Cowboys just aren’t very good are they?” Out of the mouth of a 9 year old comes more truth than we will ever get from our 83 year old GM.

So unless Jerry and Giggles admit that their cheap ways of roster building without serious participation in FA doesn’t work, we will be here again next year. Or realizing that hiring coaches because they’re friends and they make you feel comfortable is not the way to win.

In normal organizations, failure creates change. Because without major changes in how this team is run, we should not expect changes in results.

I guess it all depends on what change looks like to them, they aren't likely to spend in free agency citing the Williams and Logan acquisitions + the 2 first round picks.

 

[maryquality]

'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. '
Welcome to the Cowboys looney bin!!

 

[Bobhaze]

I guess it all depends on what change looks like to them, they aren't likely to spend in free agency citing the Williams and Logan acquisitions + the 2 first round picks.

Agreed.

And it’s worked out so well for the team’s success hasn’t it?

'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. '
Welcome to the Cowboys looney bin!!

Insanity indeed Mary. And we will soon be hearing an excuse-fest from Jerry with scenarios of “if this had happened earlier”, “if, if, if”.

As you said…If we keep doing what we’ve been doing why would any sane person expect different outcomes?

 

[MyFairLady]

I say this over and over and over you guys need to wrap your heads around what failure actually looks like. You might think this season has been a failure. We have a QB who leads the league in yards. We had the most prime time games and probably highest viewership. We had a WR that was talked about all season. Massive trades involving "big time" stars that was the talk all season. Jersey sales through the roof. Ticket prices through the roof. More fun than you could ever possibly hope for. If you think in any way shape or form that this season was not a massive success for this franchise then you need to wake up and start paying attention.