The Jerry Jones Arch Is Fascinating

[plasticman]

He won a superbowl with barry Switzer proving that 500 coaches could win with the roster

It only made his ego bigger

They should have won the year before which is why I referred to Switzer as "Coach 501".

Deion was a bigger factor than Switzer in 95.

If that team had been managed and coached the right way, they could have won at least four in a row, possibly five. They were that dominant.

 

[Runwildboys]

Jerry will never accept the fact that Jimmy is the only reason we won 3 SBs.

I don't think it was "only" Jimmy. They worked well together: Jimmy's brain and Jerry's willingness to spend money.

 

[Runwildboys]

Man, the homers are really reduced to this now?

30 years without an Conference Title Game happens to everybody...............oh wait, it doesnt........all the other NFC teams have made the game since 2010.

So, no, it doesnt happen to everybody in the conference, just the sorry arse Cowboys.

Maybe I'm missing something. There are 15 other teams in the conference. 14 seasons have been played since 2010.

Not sticking up for Jerry, just wondering if there's a flaw in your logic, or if you don't mean what I think you mean.

 

[SuspectCorner]

Jerry counts his stacks while fan complaints don’t even register as background noise.

 

[fairviewfarmer]

The Cowboys need another 3-13 season(1988) followed by a 1-15 season(1989) followed by a Herschel Walker size trade, all of which rebuilt the team with an abundance of exceptional talent via high draft picks and said trade.
That talent accumulation path set jerruh up for the 3 SB wins and gave him an even higher opinion and inflated ego of himself.
Just saying, the stars aligned to get jerruh those 3 wins.
I think those stars have burnt out forever and jerruh will never see another SB.
Jmo.

 

[diamonddelts]

Exactly, at least get someone like a Deion, Flores, Phillips, or a Gruden to go out with a bang.

Gruden? Oh yeah. Go out with a a-hole coach whose has a lower winning percentage than Jeff Fisher.

 

[links18]

He buys the team and instantly has success.

Wins 3 Super Bowls and is the owner of a dynasty.

Then he proceeds to spend the next 30 years tearing everything apart and destroying all of the goodwill he built up with the fanbase.

He could’ve went down as a legendary football team owner beloved by the largest fanbase in sports, but instead he seems hell bent on going out a hated and absolutely loathed villain.

A severe personality disorder can do that to you ...

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Gruden? Oh yeah. Go out with a a-hole coach whose has a lower winning percentage than Jeff Fisher.

I didn't say it'd necessarily be a good bang lol, I just said it'd be a bang.

 

[SultanOfSix]

The problem with Jerry (besides his ego and narcissism which drives everything) is he wants to look like football guy without actually putting in the effort to learn and be one. Like a dictator, he faces no accountability to anyone. The only thing that truly motivates a dictator is his fear of assassination. And the only way to “assassinate” a businessman is to negatively affect his bottom line.

 

[G2]

When Johnson was HC, Jerry handled marketing and Johnson built the staff and roster. After he left, Jones did what he's been doing for 3 decades.

 

[foofighters]

Nah, his own arrogance killed us.

He was too much of a vain egomaniac to share the spotlight with a quality coach/GM like Johnson.

If Jerry wasn't such a selfish loser consumed with making himself look like a football guy, we'd probably have had much more success the last 25 years.

I do not disagree with everything that you said about Jerry. However, Jimmy was/is just as arrogant. The other part of the puzzle is looking at Jimmy's accomplishments with the Dolphins. Once the cap was put into place, it seems like that became Jimmy's kryptonite and leveled the playing field a bit. Our glory years were also an amazing collection of athletes that we may never see in place anywhere again. I tend to think that both Jimmy and Jerry caught lightning in the bottle. Jimmy was smart enough to understand that while Jerry thought Jerry did it all.

 

[jazzcat22]

I guess we could talk about our upcoming NFC championship game................oh wait, we have not played in that game since dinosaurs roamed the DFW area, my bad.

So, who do you think will actually win the NFC title game, the Eagles with our former OC or the Commanders with our former DC along with 10 of our free agents Jerry didnt think we needed?

Or we could talk about how we made the right move not signing either Barkly or King Henry in the offseason, Barkley can never stay healthy and Henry is washed..............oh wait, never mind.

Maybe be can talk about how at least the Cowboys HC job is still viewed as a coveted position in the world of sports.........oh wait, Aikman said the job is crap and nobody respectable wants it.

I dont know Jazz, if you are looking for post about sunshine and lollipops and how great Jerry is, I dont think you are going to find that on this board chief for a hell of a long time.

No I am looking for fans to escape their minds and come up with some new posts and threads. Instead of pulling out posts from their clip board collection. And reposting the same comments over and over and over. Oh, one may change up a word here and there to make it seem different. But it is not.

 

[jazzcat22]

But everybody else in the Conference has???

Thats weird, 15 out of 16 teams accomplish something and the lone team says "it happens to everybody"

Want some more cheese?

 

[75boyz]

I truly enjoy this board's fandom regulators.
How to be the right type of positive minded fan to appease that small select group of homer's hell bent on censoring opinion.
Freedom of speech is real.
I certainly dedicated a life to defending it.
I'd just prefer a thank you honestly.

Either way, I'll post whatever the **** I want as many times as I want.

 

[SultanOfSix]

I do not disagree with everything that you said about Jerry. However, Jimmy was/is just as arrogant. The other part of the puzzle is looking at Jimmy's accomplishments with the Dolphins. Once the cap was put into place, it seems like that became Jimmy's kryptonite and leveled the playing field a bit. Our glory years were also an amazing collection of athletes that we may never see in place anywhere again. I tend to think that both Jimmy and Jerry caught lightning in the bottle. Jimmy was smart enough to understand that while Jerry thought Jerry did it all.

Well, Jimmy drafted somewhat well for the Dolphins, mostly on defense. But he got kind of saddled with a declining Marino who he wanted to trade but was untouchable in Miami at the time. He also missed on players on offense and couldn’t find that quality back like Emmitt. Plus he was burned out.

 

[atlantacowboy]

They should have won the year before which is why I referred to Switzer as "Coach 501".

Deion was a bigger factor than Switzer in 95.

If that team had been managed and coached the right way, they could have won at least four in a row, possibly five. They were that dominant.

Right? Switzer was literally hired to babysit. He was 6 years retired from college football when he showed up in Dallas so Jerry could thumb his nose at Jimmy. Barry was no factor at all.

 

[CowboyFanInLexKy]

He buys the team and instantly has success.

Wins 3 Super Bowls and is the owner of a dynasty.

Then he proceeds to spend the next 30 years tearing everything apart and destroying all of the goodwill he built up with the fanbase.

He could’ve went down as a legendary football team owner beloved by the largest fanbase in sports, but instead he seems hell bent on going out a hated and absolutely loathed villain.

This might win the best post of the year. Jerry is a true narcissist.

 

[MarkP88]

I honestly don't think there has been much of an arc. Jerry is what he's always been - a rich guy who bought one of the most expensive toys in the world, and by god, he's going to play with it.

His best decision as owner remains the very first one he made: to hire Jimmy. Every bit of success he's had over the years flows from that.

I never bought the whole "wildcatter" thing - wow, what a risk, signing Deion Sanders! Only a maverick would do that! And he's routinely credited for being some great salesman, I mean, look at what he's done for the Cowboys! They've gone from the most popular team in the NFL in 1989 to...the most popular team in 2025! Yes, I know they were not doing well financially in '89, but let's be real - it was the most valuable brand in the NFL. All it needed was for someone to come along and pump some new life into it - which Jerry did, thanks to hiring Jimmy.

But his fundamental disrespect for the role of coaches (and professional football people in general) doomed his relationship with Jimmy and prevented him from fielding anything close to the best team he could in the last three decades.

The man is a failure. A rich kid who bought a jewel, dusted it off, and presented it as something that would not exist without him. He's always been that guy. He's still that guy. And his nepo baby son is even worse.

 

[shabazz]

He buys the team and instantly has success.

Wins 3 Super Bowls and is the owner of a dynasty.

Then he proceeds to spend the next 30 years tearing everything apart and destroying all of the goodwill he built up with the fanbase.

He could’ve went down as a legendary football team owner beloved by the largest fanbase in sports, but instead he seems hell bent on going out a hated and absolutely loathed villain.

He's truly one of those people that INSIST on doing things their Own way no matter what the outcome is.

We actually see that behavior from people in all walks of life and in all socioeconomic levels.

The reason why this situation is still happening is because unlike most people that bear this trait, he doesn't suffer any consequences whatsoever.

CEOs who have a failing product are ousted by their boards. Simple folks that insist on doing things their own way suffer personal or financial consequences because of their actions.....Jerry doesn't operate in any of these examples because his actions haven't affected the value of his team and never will.

11 Billion Dollars and rising

 

[MikeT22]

They had some good years and teams. Just can’t get that far in the playoffs. You can’t say that many fans were excited during those years.
.but hindsight is 20-20. And fans act like they knew the past 30 years were going to happen.

it is what being a fan is about. How each season unfolds. Rather you believe they can do it or not.
I understand the hindsight frustration and I am not happy how things are going. But I will be here all off season long, and see how it unfolds, or caves in.

Not hindsight. With Jerry being GM and hiring the lackey HCs he does our only hope was to maybe win in spite of Jerry, like get lucky and catch lightning in a bottle while all the stars align.

But it doesnt work that way. Jerrys way is so bad we couldnt even get lucky enough to even get to an NFCCG let alone win a SB.