PFT: Troy Aikman calls out Jerry for a 30-year Super Bowl drought

[Nova]

A 30-year championship drought in professional sports remains insignificant and the dumbest thing that Cowboys fans cry about.

The Cowboys are only middle of the pack in the NFL.

It's not the drought. It's the cause of the drought, and what that indicates for the future.

No other franchise would put up with those kinds of results without making some changes, but the Cowboys are just the Jones family's play-thing.

It really just feels like this FO is happy with regular season success, flash, and headlines.

And I'm just not.

Edit: It's arguably the worst run Dallas Big-4 sports franchise since the early 90s, despite having the same number of championships as the other 3 combined. That idea changed my perspective a few years back.

 

[Creeper]

Troy is 100% right. We've been saying this for years. If Jerry wasn't the owner he would have been fired a long time ago. This is the problem and the only problem.

30 years is a long time, a really long time. The other problem is Jerry thinking those 1990 teams won because of him, even in part.

Jerry keeping himself as GM is indefensible.

 

[LouBrown]

I'd trade the dynasty for what a team like the Seahawks have had since 1990. (Rams, Packers, and even the 49ers).

So you would trade 3 Super Bowls for 1 or 2 and are complaining that the Cowboys don't care about winning Super Bowls enough?

 

[john van brocklin]

A 30-year championship drought in professional sports remains insignificant and the dumbest thing that Cowboys fans cry about.

The Cowboys are only middle of the pack in the NFL.

We have the longest "drought" of all NFC teams in making a NFCCG appearence.

That's not middle of the pack my friend, that's failure by any measurement.

Oh, and our "drought" is twice as long as any other NFC team.

 

[Nova]

So you would trade 3 Super Bowls for 1 or 2 and are complaining that the Cowboys don't care about winning Super Bowls enough?

I think that distillation misses important context, but ultimately I'm not complaining about not winning super bowls. I'm complaining about this franchises ability to adapt to the changing NFL landscape and continue competing because of organizational structure issues.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

And congratulations, you named some good players on a roster that went 5-11 THREE YEARS IN A ROW. Nobody said Parcells inherited an expansion team. The argument is that he inherited a bad football team with no established QB and immediately doubled their wins.

The Emmitt argument is pure nostalgia. He was 33, coming off 3.8 YPC, then went to Arizona and rushed for 256 yards at 2.8 YPC his first year. Acting like Parcells dumped prime Emmitt Smith is absurd.

Galloway? Fine. He played well in Tampa. Parcells made mistakes. Every coach does.

But your logic is becoming hilarious. Schotty gets excuses because of the roster he inherited. Parcells doesn't. Wade gets all the credit for winning with the roster he inherited. Parcells, who largely BUILT that roster, doesn't.

So inheriting a roster matters when it helps Schotty, doesn't matter when it helps Parcells, and matters again when it helps Wade. You just change the rules every time your previous argument falls apart.

And frankly, there’s probably no point in discussing this any further with someone who genuinely believes Quincy Carter was good enough to be a franchise QB. You are the definition of the Dunning-Kruger effect; incredibly confident while demonstrating you have no idea what you’re talking about.

I was gonna say not D-K Effect. But you could be right. The internet has unleased it exponentially. Even more than alcohol does.

 

[LouBrown]

We have the longest "drought" of all NFC teams in making a NFCCG appearence.

That's not middle of the pack my friend, that's failure by any measurement.

Oh, and our "drought" is twice as long as any other NFC team.

This is an arbitrary and pointless milestone.

Super Bowl wins is the only historical metric that matters.

 

[LouBrown]

I think that distillation misses important context, but ultimately I'm not complaining about not winning super bowls. I'm complaining about this franchises ability to adapt to the changing NFL landscape and continue competing because of organizational structure issues.

They're competitive all the time idk what you're talking about.

 

[fivetwos]

Ha. I remember Jerry thinking he scored with Quincy Carter. Even had to trade up slightly just for the ‘hey look at me’ factor.

The only NFL QB I can ever recall that couldn’t throw a spiral. People reading this can throw a spiral.

Then a couple of picks later he took a safety that couldn’t run. Hadda love Jerry back then. Amazing how he got so bad at talent evaluation so quickly after building those championship teams all by himself. That’s what the “GM” does right? He was the “GM” so it had to be him.

Jeez at this point I think I’d be willing to concede Jerry’s precious “credit” for those teams if he will give up now…..but he can’t because he knows he had nothing to do with it.

 

[gtb1943]

you can tell who the true losers are that think the drought is meaningless

 

[TheSport78]

I was gonna say not D-K Effect. But you could be right. The internet has unleased it exponentially. Even more than alcohol does.

So true

 

[LouBrown]

you can tell who the true losers are that think the drought is meaningless

It is meaningless for the future.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

A 30-year championship drought in professional sports remains insignificant and the dumbest thing that Cowboys Cleveland fans cry about.

The Cowboys are only middle of the pack in the NFL.

If you are a Cowboys fan you demand excellence. You must be new.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

It is meaningless for the future.

Well...then what is it meaningful FOR?

If you want to be hard about it...all of our opinions and fandom are "meaningless" to the past, presnt, and future of what the Dallas Cowboys team actually achieves (or not).

 

[LouBrown]

Well...then what is it meaningful FOR?

If you want to be hard about it...all of our opinions and fandom are "meaningless" to the past, presnt, and future of what the Dallas Cowboys team actually achieves (or not).

Performance 25 and 30 years ago isn't meaningful for anything but feelings lol

 

[LouBrown]

If you are a Cowboys fan you demand excellence. You must be new.

This is dumb.

Contextualizing doesn't mean accepting.

Your definition of being a fan is "they haven't won so they can't and never will" lol

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

This is dumb.

Contextualizing doesn't mean accepting.

Your definition of being a fan is "they haven't won so they can't and never will" lol

Never said or insinuated any such thing. You keep making HUGE leaps of assumptions. Things people NEVER said. Just to argue on the internet?

And your definition of a fan is "we have to love and cheerlead everything even meaningless things".

But you are way more right then me, eh?

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Performance 25 and 30 years ago isn't meaningful for anything but feelings lol

Until they change the outcome...no...not based on "feelings". .

NOT "25 and 30 years AGO". for a full 30 years to date. Would you invest in a company with 30 years of failure? I can see why we disgaree here.

 

[TheRunningMan]

Good. But Jerry has been getting called out for 31 years.

 

[LouBrown]

Until they change the outcome...no...not based on "feelings". .

NOT "25 and 30 years AGO". for a full 30 years to date. Would you invest in a company with 30 years of failure? I can see why we disgaree here.

It depends on what their prospects for the future are. You don't invest based on past performance.

Would you invest in Amazon? They didn't turn a profit for like 20 years.