Rank Top 10 Jerry Jones Mistakes

[WillieBeamen]

1. Getting rid of jimmy and becoming GM

2. Not drafting wentz or goff

3. Getting rid of Texas stadium

4. Not firing Garrett 5 years ago

5. Not building a defense around Romo

6. Roy Williams

7. Thinking Rayne Dakota is a franchise QB

8. Randy Galloway

9. Amari Cooper

10. Handling of Dez Bryant

 

[Big_D]

Why is Deion even on that list? You don't win the 3rd Super Bowl without him. Not only what he added to the team but what you took away from the 49ers.

Jimmy didn't need him, but Jerry did. I think that's the problem here. Jerry looking to make a splash and sell jerseys and beat a team he couldn't beat before he signed him.

 

[BoysForLife]

Lol...how do you do a top 10 list and not include Carson Wentz?

Franchise altering mistake. Much more impactful than Randy Moss. Who would have come to a declining team.

I would add, not putting his foot down when Garrett demanded that Dak remain the permanent starter in 16.

I'm not so blind as to say that's Jerry's worst mistake, but on a list of top 10's, it has to be on there somewhere.
That decision looks worse week by week, 2 years later.
It is going to hamstring this franchise for the forseeable future.

 

[jterrell]

1. Hiring Larry Lacewell
2. Hiring Dave Campo as HC
3. ST draft he and LAcewell cooked up
4. Drafting QCar
5. Trading for RW11
6. Jimmy feud --he says never let your money get mad.. well jimmy made him a lot of friggin money
7. Firing Gailey too quickly __he thinks this is first... lololololol)
8. Falling in love with Garrett
9. Staying in love with Garrett
10. Cutting Ware, Dez instead of renegotiating them down in salary.

 

[Creeper]

Jerry's biggest mistake was mismanagement of the salary cap. He had to shed players the last few years because he was up against the cap and it hurt the team. Personnel decisions are bad too and they snowball if you make too many of them.

The Cowboys have also had some bad luck. Who knew Morris Claiborne was going to be so injury prone and also stink at CB? Who knew Sean Lee would miss 4-8 games a year because of injuries. He overpaid Romo, but Romo became very fragile at the end of his career. He should have been able to play another couple of years at a high level but it only took one hit for him to miss half the season.

I would not have made all the draft decisions Jerry has made but no one knows how players will turn out coming out of college. I'd say Jerry is bad at personnel decisions but he is worse at rectifying his mistakes.

 

[links18]

Why is Deion even on that list? You don't win the 3rd Super Bowl without him. Not only what he added to the team but what you took away from the 49ers.

That is a great counter point, but you will find many who will say signing Deion was one further step into a directionless culture that only compounded the free for all atmosphere Switzer was fostering. He undermined Troy, spread scurrilous rumors in the locker room and sucked cap space all in the name of having another attention ***** player on the roster.

 

[Big_D]

That is a great counter point, but you will find many who will say signing Deion was one further step into a directionless culture that only compounded the free for all atmosphere Switzer was fostering. He undermined Troy, spread scurrilous rumors in the locker room and sucked cap space all in the name of having another attention ***** player on the roster.

That's also the problem. Jerry had no idea how to build a football team. Jimmy drafted and developed, Jerry hit the free agent market. It was a monumental shift in philosophy. One was a quality coach who knew about putting a roster together and the other one is clueless.

 

[ClintDagger]

I will say this on the Jimmy firing, as much heat as Jerry gets for that I’ve seen and heard things that tell me Jimmy wanted out and was trying to get fired. I think he wanted to go somewhere where he had complete and total control. I suspect that despite their history Jimmy never liked or respected Jerry and once he had the cache to go elsewhere and be the man he did it.

 

[Big_D]

I will say this on the Jimmy firing, as much heat as Jerry gets for that I’ve seen and heard things that tell me Jimmy wanted out and was trying to get fired. I think he wanted to go somewhere where he had complete and total control. I suspect that despite their history Jimmy never liked or respected Jerry and once he had the cache to go elsewhere and be the man he did it.

Once they started winning and Jerry couldn't accept the fact that he wasn't getting any credit, everything changed and basically pushed Jimmy out the door.

 

[links18]

I will say this on the Jimmy firing, as much heat as Jerry gets for that I’ve seen and heard things that tell me Jimmy wanted out and was trying to get fired. I think he wanted to go somewhere where he had complete and total control. I suspect that despite their history Jimmy never liked or respected Jerry and once he had the cache to go elsewhere and be the man he did it.

This might be true, but Jerry could have just step backed and given Jimmy everything he wanted in Dallas. They had just won back to back Super Bowls. But nope, Jerry had to get proud and brought in his good ole' boy buddy Switzer, because any of 500 coaches could do what Jimmy did with Jerry's players. Well, not quite. Switzer won one more Super Bowl with the core group and it was all downhill from there.

 

[ClintDagger]

This might be true, but Jerry could have just step backed and given Jimmy everything he wanted in Dallas. They had just won back to back Super Bowls. But nope, Jerry had to get proud and brought in his good ole' boy buddy Switzer, because any of 500 coaches could do what Jimmy did with Jerry's players. Well, not quite. Switzer won one more Super Bowl with the core group and it was all downhill from there.

Yes Jerry could have done that, but I don’t think that’s what Jimmy signed up for. Jimmy signed up to be the coach and he knew Jerry wanted to and would be involved in the personnel side. My point is that Jerry didn’t wake up one day and decide he wanted Jimmy gone. It was more nuanced than that. Jimmy wanted to change the arrangement and Jerry didn’t.

Hey, my preference would have been for Jerry to let go and give Jimmy whatever he wanted. But I think there is a false narrative out there that leaves out the likely real reason for the breakup and that’s Jimmy’s unhappiness with having to run everything through Jerry.

 

[ClintDagger]

Once they started winning and Jerry couldn't accept the fact that he wasn't getting any credit, everything changed and basically pushed Jimmy out the door.

Too simplistic. There’s more to it than that. In fact I think Jimmy was the one that was unhappy with the arrangement not Jerry. Jimmy started openly disrespecting and mocking Jerry in front of the team and front office. He was trying to get fired because he knew Jerry would never let go.

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

1 -10 . Hiring Garrett as HC .

 

[InTheZone]

Make your list. What are the honorable mentions?

10.) Firing Landry like a cold hearted snake
9.) The special teams draft
8.) Signing TO
7.) Trading a 1st and a 3rd for Roy Williams
6.) Signing Deion
5.) Trading two # 1 picks for Galloway
4.) Not drafting Randy Moss
3.) Not Firing JG after three straight 8-8 seasons
2.) Hiring Barry Switzer
1.) Running off Jimmy

10. Judging from the final years from Landrys' teams it seemed they were going nowhere.
8. Disagree
6. Disagree

10. Not firing JG/Linehan/Dak during/after the 2018 season (This will be moved up the list big time if this is proven to be true)
9. Not fighting Goodell over Zeke or Goodell's extension
8. Trading 3 picks for Roy Williams
7. Not giving Romo help through the draft for the first 5 years of him starting
6. Dumping Romo as soon as they thought they had someone else and not giving him the chance to finish his contract, finish the 2016 season, or groom the backup for at least one year. (If Garrett and Dak remain on this team for more than this year you can move this up to #2 or #3 because this was the first step in this disaster we've experienced since last season. Dumping the QB has led to a chain reaction of moves and false blame to make it right for the pet QB)
5. Trading two 1st round picks for Galloway
4. Picking Greg Ellis over Randy Moss
3. Not firing Jason Garrett during/after the 2015 season
2. Not hiring a GM
1. Not keeping Jimmy Johnson

 

[Big_D]

Too simplistic. There’s more to it than that. In fact I think Jimmy was the one that was unhappy with the arrangement not Jerry. Jimmy started openly disrespecting and mocking Jerry in front of the team and front office. He was trying to get fired because he knew Jerry would never let go.

Jerry was trying to muscle his way into football decisions and Jimmy wanted no part of that. Which was the reason he was unhappy. Jerry was trying to change the original agreement and jimmy wanted out after that.

 

[links18]

1 -10 . Hiring Garrett as HC .

Not a Garrett fan, I take it?

 

[links18]

Jerry was trying to muscle his way into football decisions and Jimmy wanted no part of that. Which was the reason he was unhappy. Jerry was trying to change the original agreement and jimmy wanted out after that.

Whatever happened, its hard to imagine Jerry couldnt have done whatever was needed to keep Jimmy happy. They had just won back to back Super Bowls and could have probably repeated that with Jimmy in charge for another couple of yesrs. Jerry cut off his nose to spite his face.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Make your list. What are the honorable mentions?

10.) Firing Landry like a cold hearted snake
9.) The special teams draft
8.) Signing TO
7.) Trading a 1st and a 3rd for Roy Williams
6.) Signing Deion
5.) Trading two # 1 picks for Galloway
4.) Not drafting Randy Moss
3.) Not Firing JG after three straight 8-8 seasons
2.) Hiring Barry Switzer
1.) Running off Jimmy

10.) Firing Landry like a cold hearted snake - Don't care. Landry was done.
9.) The special teams draft - We had very little ammo in that draft anyway. Biggest mistake was sitting pat for Unger, instead of moving up and getting him.
8.) Signing TO - Actually a great move.
7.) Trading a 1st and a 3rd for Roy Williams - Should be higher. Screwed picks, cap, had us eat TO money, kept Miles off the field, kept Roy on it, and he was a liability.
6.) Signing Deion - Got no problems with that.
5.) Trading two # 1 picks for Galloway - Aikman window pick. Both guys fell apart.
4.) Not drafting Randy Moss - Like a bunch of other teams didn't pick him. Like no one picked Brady.
3.) Not Firing JG after three straight 8-8 seasons - Could add hiring him as coach in waiting in the first place. We squandered a good team under Wade, and undermining Wade with his designated successor already hired surely contributed to that.
2.) Hiring Barry Switzer - How many coaches would have done better? How many would have done worse? NFC Championship his first year, then a SB. I predicted losing in the NFC Championship the day Jerry fired Jimmy.
1.) Running off Jimmy - Absolute worst move ever in the NFL. Prevented the Cowboys from being the GOAT, for all time. 4 SBs were in the bag. I don't know how you get worse than being on track to be the GOAT, and blowing it.

?) Not overhauling the offensive coaches in this offseason. I think it's entirely plausible that a new OC and competent QB coach could have put Dak and the offense back on track, and we'd be playoff bound and a serious contender for the SB next year. Next year should have been the year. A contract year for a lot of players. Fredbeard back, and Williams with an offseason in the weight room. It will take years to know about this. Does Dak fizzle, or does he become a competent starting QB. And do it elsewhere.

Unacknowledged) Not bringing in a competent veteran WR to replace the injured Glenn in 2007. We ate a roster spot for Glenn all season, and then when the playoff came, Crayton was really the only WR left for Tony to throw to in the 2nd half. The 2nd to the last play, Crayton pulls up on what should have been the game winning TD. Tony got the ball there. We were that close. That close to beating the eventual SB champs. That was the best team since the 90s. A better showing in 2007 maybe prevents the debacle of the Roy Williams trade. The whole Tony era might have been different.

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

1 . Jerry bumping uglies with Garrett's mother . Now he has a clapping kid .

 

[Shinaoi]

Giving up a top 10 or higher pick for amari cooper will rank as one of the worst moves of all time.