Shariff on 105.3 - McClay will be in the driver's seat, not Stephen, once Jerry gives up GM duties

[plasticman]

Nobody is going to run anything until Jerry decides and he's going to stick around for another 10 years because that's how we roll in Cowboys country.

"If it wasn't for bad luck......"

Don't let them fool you, Jerry is still in control. If somebody else made an important decision regarding the team, then it's only because Jerry allowed it.

This isn't the first time that Jerry was trying to maintain a low profile, it happens every time the Cowboys hit bottom.

However, it the team turns it around and appears playoff bound then Jerry will walk out from among the bushes, brush the leaves off his coat and begin to describe the genius strategy he developed in order to rise from the ashes.

 

[john van brocklin]

Statement starts around 12:40

Anybody but Jerry and Stephen!
They have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are in over their heads.

 

[popp1234]

They both could be in the driver's seat........they need each other. Stephen's strength isn't football as much as business/cap and vice versa, McClay is more football/talent evaluator. So IMO, both can be true.......
Why is this coming up now........

Stephen's strength is cap?

 

[Whiskey Cowboy]

I hope this is the case, but I worry that Steve-O will still want to be the guy doing negotiations and contract structuring. Let's be real, these are probably the biggest weaknesses of the franchise. If McClay is going to be the guy, let him handle the finances, the draft, and all aspects of talent acquisition without the need of an OK from someone named Jones.

 

[gimmesix]

Statement starts around 12:40

I could see that, but Stephen will be buying the car, so how well can we expect McClay to do when he's given a Chevy Vega to drive?

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Not surprising. He sees all the grief and no credit his father gets. Most owners in the NFL use their GM as a chamberlain.

All owners are on the executive card and have final say on everything whether or not the have the title of GM.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Not sure how excited to get over this for a few reasons…

-We don’t know exactly how much of McClays advice Jerry actually takes. How much different will things be?

Mazi Smith proves your statement suspect. The fact McClay gets a contract extension (2nd indication), the reported increase in salary (probably to reflect added responsibility).....is a third indication of the influence McClay has.
Its easier for us to have a Boogeyman in Jerry to put all the blame, but McClay, even in his role of Draft Man, must of had a BIG input into Mingo and Lance.

 

[birdwells1]

They both could be in the driver's seat........they need each other. Stephen's strength isn't football as much as business/cap and vice versa, McClay is more football/talent evaluator. So IMO, both can be true.......
Why is this coming up now........

You call the way Stephen handles the cap a strength?

 

[FanofJerry]

Mazi Smith proves your statement suspect. The fact McClay gets a contract extension (2nd indication), the reported increase in salary (probably to reflect added responsibility).....is a third indication of the influence McClay has.
Its easier for us to have a Boogeyman in Jerry to put all the blame, but McClay, even in his role of Draft Man, must of had a BIG input into Mingo and Lance.

Maybe. McClay isn't perfect, like most.

But, owners are childish, and a lot of them use GM's as a scapegoat for their own bad decisions and mistakes.

You're being paid to be a right hand man, someone the Owner can give responsibility to and bounce ideas off of....but your main job is to take the fall for the Owner.

Disgusting world.