So, Who Really Makes The Decisions At VR?...

[SilverStarCowboy]

Yeah Hello, the Mediots are Idiots but they like a story, gets old so it works. The bigger picture is that other sports do not compare and thus football is being watered down with bogus rules which is far more important than moral reporting. Besides they must be bored without any real football, you know hard knocks old school like in the early to mid 90's.

 

[SuspectCorner]

the cowboys seem to have a "think tank" kinda thing goin'. and as the owner, jerry prolly makes the final call.

but if we were to consider parcells' opinion "weighted"... it should be as a two-ton anchor.

jerry got tired of wearing the egg-face during the "campo era". and he doesn't appear to have forgotten what it felt like.

i guaran-d***-tee ya he leans on parcells' football expertise like a drunken man clutching the bannister on the way upstairs to bed.

 

[Alexander]

That's very exaggerated. Think more of the model of the White House with Parcells as Cheney.

 

[Doomsday101]

Bill said how things were being ran in Dallas. Really not sure why the press gets upset when he does not address them because once he does address them they write what they want to anyways. On personel matter it is a group discussion and Bill went as far as saying they don't always agree but everyone has input. At the end of the day though Jerry is the one who has to sign off on who ever we choose after all he owns the team and he writes the check. Having said that I also believe Jerry has enough respect in Parcells to listen to him and get the players Bill thinks will help him win.

 

[dmq]

I'm betting Barry Switzer is still calling the shots.

 

[BLEU3ASY]

i think both.....like some said bill is there so he's got to be happy

 

[Doomsday101]

What the media seems to want is to hear Bill say Jerry shoved TO down his throat. I do not doubt that Jerry went to Bill about going after TO but I don't think Jerry would have made the big investment for TO if Bill was dead set against the ideal. I'm sure they discussed the positive of TO and the negatives of TO and at the end of the day felt the positives out weighed the neg.

 

[poke]

No no Galloway is an idiot and always has been. The guy makes Stephen A. Smith look like a sports genius

nobody can make stephen a smith look like a genius...not even galloway.

 

[CowboyJeff]

the cowboys seem to have a "think tank" kinda thing goin'. and as the owner, jerry prolly makes the final call.

but if we were to consider parcells' opinion "weighted"... it should be as a two-ton anchor.

jerry got tired of wearing the egg-face during the "campo era". and he doesn't appear to have forgotten what it felt like.

i guaran-d***-tee ya he leans on parcells' football expertise like a drunken man clutching the bannister on the way upstairs to bed.

you pretty much hit this right on the head - dead-on. That sad, Jerry still is the final decision-maker because he is the owner. All we can hope for is Stephen is the one to take over all of Jerry's responsibilities when that time comes, instead of Jerry Jr taking over those responsibilities.

 

[Chief]

Randy Galloway has accomplished his goals as a columnist: to get Dallas fans to continue talking about him whether it's for the good or bad.

For posters who hate the media so much, you guys certainly obsess over columnists like Galloway so much.

Thanks for keeping him in business. :laugh2:

:laugh2:

Well said.

Columnists are in the entertainment business. I don't think Galloway is necessarily a good writer, but he does succeed in getting people to talk about his columns. Columnists inspire debate. They agitate. They're supposed to make you laugh, make you angry, or make you applaud. They poke and prod and get you to develop your own opinion, which often times differs from their own.

When Galloway answered the questions on the board a couple of weeks ago, he came across as a pretty good guy who didn't take himself too seriously.

It's funny to watch everyone else take him so seriously. It probably makes him chuckle, too.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

the cowboys seem to have a "think tank" kinda thing goin'. and as the owner, jerry prolly makes the final call.

but if we were to consider parcells' opinion "weighted"... it should be as a two-ton anchor.

jerry got tired of wearing the egg-face during the "campo era". and he doesn't appear to have forgotten what it felt like.

i guaran-d***-tee ya he leans on parcells' football expertise like a drunken man clutching the bannister on the way upstairs to bed.

Absolutely correct!! It's so obvious it's silly to suggest otherwise. The team is becoming a mirror image reflection of everything a Parcells team looks like. Jerry didn't figure that out on his own.

But, the point of my original post was to show however, that Parcells has always said personnel decisions were "collective" and it didn't just start with T.O.

Here is an example. By all accounts Jacob Rogers was Parcells pick. He got him, he was a bust and we moved on. Parcells said Rogers was a "collective/we" decision.

By most accounts Eddie George and Peerless Price were Jerry's "guys". But we signed them, Parcells didn't really want them but he dealt with it, they were a bust and we moved on.

With T.O., obviously the stakes were significantly higher, but the same process of decision making remains. Jerry probably pushed for it, but ultimately everyone, (Bill, Jerry, Stephen and Jeff) were involved and signed off on it.

Perhaps Parcells wouldn't have pushed for T.O. on his own, but he definitely was "sold" on the decision to bring him in and thus, he supports it. If it works, great, if it doesn't, we cut our losses and move on.

 

[hogwild]

and you forget Parcells didnt need to coach here...he wants to control everyhting and if he were not getting it here, he'd be coaching and making all the decisions someplace else

there is a DRASTIC difference in the personnel and draft decisions being made now as opposed to 1994-2002...and the credit doesnt go to Jones for that

David

1 BP lobbied for this job thru C Mortenson and Summerall
2 Bp said when he took the job he didn't need total control
3 No matter how many time BP says decisions are made by
the organization (jerry, BP, Stephen, Jeff) your not gonna believe him
4 BP is too old to go coach anywhere else. That's why he's robbing JJ
5 BP brought a philosophy here, that doesn't mean he has control
over everything

 

[Chocolate Lab]

:laugh2:

Well said.

Columnists are in the entertainment business. I don't think Galloway is necessarily a good writer, but he does succeed in getting people to talk about his columns. Columnists inspire debate. They agitate. They're supposed to make you laugh, make you angry, or make you applaud. They poke and prod and get you to develop your own opinion, which often times differs from their own.

When Galloway answered the questions on the board a couple of weeks ago, he came across as a pretty good guy who didn't take himself too seriously.

It's funny to watch everyone else take him so seriously. It probably makes him chuckle, too.

Agree, Chief...

Many on the board don't seem to understand the difference between reporters and columnists. The two are very distinct jobs that serve different purposes.

 

[Doomsday101]

Agree, Chief...

Many on the board don't seem to understand the difference between reporters and columnists. The two are very distinct jobs that serve different purposes.

Now days it can be hard to tell the differance when reporters are becoming more like columnist when the artical they are writing trys to steer the reader or viewer to a certain way of thinking. What I want from reporters is the facts and let me make up my mind how I feel. This is not just with sports but all reporting that I see.

 

[Alexander]

Columnists are in the entertainment business. I don't think Galloway is necessarily a good writer, but he does succeed in getting people to talk about his columns. Columnists inspire debate. They agitate. They're supposed to make you laugh, make you angry, or make you applaud. They poke and prod and get you to develop your own opinion, which often times differs from their own.

You can be entertaining without insulting my intelligence however.

When that occurs, you cease to be entertaining and you become an imbecile.

If they approached this like an editorial and had substance to back up what they are speaking of, there would be a distinct difference.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

example of agree-

Jones--"hey Tuna, I really like this Joe Blow kid, I wanna sign him"
Parcells--"no"

Parcells-"hey Jerry, today we are going to draft a LB, TE and DL in that order"
"Jones- "Bill I think thats a great idea! why didnt I think of that first?"

Parcells makes every personnel decision on this team....every single one of them...he wouldnt be the coach here if he werent

David

Jerry overruled Bill when they drafted Marion Barber, Bill wanted to select Chris Canty, but Jerry got his way

Bill doesn't make all the decisions, only on gameday

 

[Bob Sacamano]

and you forget Parcells didnt need to coach here...he wants to control everyhting and if he were not getting it here, he'd be coaching and making all the decisions someplace else

there is a DRASTIC difference in the personnel and draft decisions being made now as opposed to 1994-2002...and the credit doesnt go to Jones for that

David

jim is saying Jerry makes all the decisons, you're saying Parcells makes all the decisions, you're both wrong it's a joint effort

 

[RCowboyFan]

Jerry overruled Bill when they drafted Marion Barber, Bill wanted to select Chris Canty, but Jerry got his way

Bill doesn't make all the decisions, only on gameday

Actually per Jerry, you got it completely the opposite. Jerry wanted Canty lot higher than Scouts slated him to go. Jerry said that couple of times, on how anxious/impatient he was and how he was overruled by everyone on picking Canty earlier. Instead they went by draft board and trade, voila they got both.

But you are correct, BP has said so, he makes decisions on who plays and who doesn't play and coaches mostly (hiring/firing, depending on economics obviously being the caveat). But Media has taken what he said to different level to mean, every personnel decision is ultimately made by BP. Thats where they don't want to differentiate.

 

[RCowboyFan]

:laugh2:

Well said.

Columnists are in the entertainment business. I don't think Galloway is necessarily a good writer, but he does succeed in getting people to talk about his columns. Columnists inspire debate. They agitate. They're supposed to make you laugh, make you angry, or make you applaud. They poke and prod and get you to develop your own opinion, which often times differs from their own.

When Galloway answered the questions on the board a couple of weeks ago, he came across as a pretty good guy who didn't take himself too seriously.

It's funny to watch everyone else take him so seriously. It probably makes him chuckle, too.

You are right on money there, since Galloway has himself said that few times on Radio. I think people who don't listen to him regurlarly are the ones who tend to bash him a lot.

Not that I agree or like everything Galloway says, but I think he is pretty funny on how he riles up people by purpose. Heck his intro for himself on the radio says, he is not credible

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Actually per Jerry, you got it completely the opposite. Jerry wanted Canty lot higher than Scouts slated him to go. Jerry said that couple of times, on how anxious/impatient he was and how he was overruled by everyone on picking Canty earlier. Instead they went by draft board and trade, voila they got both.

hmm, I remember the story being Jerry wanted Marion, so they chose him, and everyone was anxious waiting to see Canty and how far he would drop, then they decided to make the trade with the Eagles