gimmesix
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Well, we've seen an evolution of Jerry since he bought the team (as should be expected).
He started out as the cocky, egotistical owner who thought because he played football and was successful in getting rich, he could run a team. He brought in a few of his good, ol' boys to help him and rudely dismissed the history of the team by botching the Landry firing.
Jerry and Jimmy were a great combination because both were brash risk-takers who caught the league by surprise with things such as the Walker trade. Jerry was willing to spend and gamble and Jimmy was willing to gamble with Jerry's money and knew college talent, having just come out of the college ranks.
Their egos, however, and Jimmy's restlessness made both think they could succeed without the other. Jimmy would learn that it takes the right circumstances to have great success in the NFL, while Jerry had his ego inflated by Barry's success with the team Jerry and Jimmy built.
That led to Jerry continuing to do it his way for years until he finally realized he needed to change directions because it wasn't working. Hiring Parcells was a big admission of failure for Jerry.
When Parcells left, Jerry went for the quick fix by hiring Phillips, but Phillips pulled some of the old Jerry back out (2009 draft) and set back the franchise when it had been heading in the right direction. Fortunately, Jerry also pulled a Parcells move during that time and hired someone Jerry knew intimately (Jason Garrett) to be the future of the franchise.
Phillips' failure led to that future possibly coming quicker than expected, but all the lessons Jerry had learned over the years and all the lessons taught to him by Bill seem to have shaped what we're seeing from Jerry now. He's the ultimate decision maker, but he appears to care more now about whom he puts around him to help him make those decisions.
He's no longer just grabbing his good ol' boy friends. He no longer appears to believe just anybody can be a head coach. Times are looking up because Jerry appears to have finally learned that he matters less than those who surround him. The right scouting directors, councilors and coaching staff are needed for success.
His failure to see that in the history of the Cowboys made him have to learn that hard lesson on his own.
Anyone who thinks Jerry is the same GM today that he was in 1990s and early 2000s (when I would have fired him) either hasn't been paying attention or has built up so much hate for him that they can't see straight.
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