sunalsorises
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Let’s not forget the myth of Rico Gathers. They say the greatest trick Rico ever pulled was convincing the world he was a tight end.
Myth - Jerry Jones built the team of the 90's.One of the definitions of a myth is a widely held but false belief or idea. We fans are all at least occasionally guilty of believing in sports myths- things that are based more on hope than reality for things we deeply want to believe. Sports myths often blind us as fans to sports reality.
Here are some commonly held fan sports myths we often see:
- Popular former players with no coaching experience can immediately become an offensive or defensive coordinator or even head coach. Example: Tony Romo’s good work as a TV analyst doesn’t mean he is immediately qualified to be an offensive coordinator with zero coaching experience. Being an effective coordinator in the NFL is much harder than it looks. It’s requires at least some prior coaching experience.
- “Team friendly” contracts for players we want to see stay in Dallas for less money than they could get on the market. Examples: Dak Prescott should forego what the market says a QB is worth and settle for less money to help the team. Or any other Cowboys veteran who is about to need a new contract. Thinking a player should sacrifice their market value to stay with the home team is unfair to the players whose ability to make top sports dollars is extremely brief.
- Great players can mentor or teach younger players how to be like them. Athletic greatness is very difficult to teach at this level. And great players rarely make great coaches. Many great coaches on the other hand were often not themselves among the greatest players. Probably because they had to work harder at being successful on the field, they are better at teaching that than those whose greatness was easier.
What are some other sports myths commonly held?
- The refs and the rest of the NFL are out to get us every week as a part of a grand conspiracy- I will just leave it at that. It still amazes me how many people believe this. Sure we get bad calls. But bad calls are pretty much “equal opportunity” in the NFL.
Jipper and Bobhaze are good lads.yeah I did and I apologized for my oversight
LOL! Good one! The amazing Rico had many Cowboys fans around here already booking flights to Canton for his HOF induction 15 years ahead. He was definitely good in shorts and a T-shirt or in a preseason game against an UFA Safety from The Citadel who was never going to play a meaningful down in the NFL.Let’s not forget the myth of Rico Gathers. They say the greatest trick Rico ever pulled was convincing the world he was a tight end.
Yes and no. What he did was to set it up so they could sign Chris Jones, and possibly make other moves. There's also a good chance the money will be moved down the road after 5-6 yrs of the contract has gone by. So, it's actually quite possible he took less than market value. He certainly did the first 4-5 yrs, of that there is no doubt.It's the largest contract in NFL history. Maybe there's some "team friendly" structuring, but it's not like he took less than market value.
Sports Myth:
Jerry Jones is a good GM
The Jones family is good for the Dallas Cowboys
I'd argue the team friendly contracts one. I agree it doesn't happen very often, but didn't Cooper just take less money to stick in Dallas? It looks silly now, but even the Jayon Smith contract was considered a discount for the Cowboys at the time. I would never expect a player to take a discount, but Aside from that good list though.
hate to tell you but you have no idea what you are talking about here, Dallas has actually been one of the very best at extracting value out of where they draft...it’s not all about pro bowl it’s about getting the most you can with the draft capital you have...I will say we have been very bad with free agency though...check out the article below it might help you see a different pov
It's actually not a myth.My point was the myth was they’re trash. They’re actually very good at it.
It's amazing to me that anyone is still spewing that!!!!!"No one wants to win more than Jerry Jones"
Except he won't do the thing that might actually help get him those wins.
"No one wants to win more than Jerry Jones"
Except he won't do the thing that might actually help get him those wins.
He doesn't want a ring all that badly. If he really wanted a ring, he would not have kept himself as GM, as he has admitted himself.to be fair to Jerry, he was probably talked into “firing” Jason. Remember the delay after the season?
Jerry then replaces Jason with Big Mike.
he did try .
but it was clearly a mistake. Big Mike burned the season down.
He’s 78. He wants another ring.
Other than the NHL, the NFL championship is one of the most difficult to win.
The mess was made before Mike ever got here. I was never a fan of Mike, and that hasn't changed, but to blame this clusterfudge on him is absolutely silly. Anyone w/ the slightest observational skills could see this coming. Especially looking at Jerry's history as GM. Jerry built teams always fall apart just like this. The teams are poorly constructed, and so cannot stand even the slightest bit of adversity.Jerry probably won’t fire big Mike.
but he should. He deserves it.
it’s a big mess to clean up.
Jerry’s sold on the idea that he’s got enough money to burn at the craps table to keep rolling the dice. He believes sooner or later his roll will happen. He believes getting to a SB is all about luck. With him in charge, that’s actually true. It’s our only hope.That's only if you are looking at the past 25 seasons as a large enough sample size lol
The key is the length of the contract . 10 years. And he has 2years left on his Rookie contract which actually gives him 12 years left under contract. By the time 2023 comes around no telling what QB’s will be signing for. Watson already signed right after that for 40 million.It's the largest contract in NFL history. Maybe there's some "team friendly" structuring, but it's not like he took less than market value.