Jerry bought the team for $150 million and now they’re worth around 8 billion. I'd say that's pretty good ownership and a good investment. Now his general management skills...
Anybody could have done that with the Cowboys. It was already a brand name with a large fan base.Tex Schramm and Tom Landry built the brand. I give credit to Jerry for continuing to make money while the team has been mediocre. But people like to live on hope. He never would have been able to do it if it weren't for Jimmy and those 3 titles in the 90's. Now if Jerry had bought the Chargers like he tried to do once and that made money I would be impressed. But every NFL team is worth billions of dollars. I get no satisfaction that we're number 1. lol
They were literally worth 150 mil, and this was in the 80s. He deserves credit where credit is due: he helped make the Cowboys relevant again and it’s more intricate than what the product was/is on the field. His marketing and business acumen was a big part of it. I’m no Jerry fan, but he deserves credit here.
Sorry but the only reason we became relevant again was because what happened on the football field. If you want to give him credit for hiring Jimmy and letting him do what he wanted than that's fine. But I'm not giving him anymore credit than that. He burned all that up with me years ago.
That’s fine, but I’m providing facts as to what Jerry did to make the Cowboys a billion dollar entity. You provided an opinion that “anyone could’ve done what Jerry did.”
Sorry, i will get back on the "27 years and Counting", "Dak Suxx", and "Cap Boy" mantras.
Ok, but was it HOF worthy?"had a huge part".
He built the best roster in the NFL in only 3 or 4 years, and won 2 SBs. How many coaches have won more than 2? 4 coaches? Winning 2 in such short order stands as one of the greatest accomplishments in NFL history.
Because that's what a good owner is supposed to do. Why do you think Tom Landry was successful. It was because Clint Murchison gave him the authority. Do you think Parcells, Shula, Belicheck or any great coach could succeed without some sort of control. Jerry changed the way the organization was run after the first SB and he chased Jimmy away. And he's proven to be a bad GM ever since.
Jimmy saw through that BS just like all of us did.
Right. Then Jimmy didn't have as great of an owner in Miami and didn't have near the success.
