The joy of being a fan is waning

[aikemirv]

The officiating bias is really bothering me right now as well.

 

[runback22]

As a die hard fan of over 40 years, I really dont care about this team like I used to. Its not worth it. I watched the first half of the first quarter and fell asleep. This is the first Thanksgiving game where I couldnt care less. I refuse to buy
any cowboys merchandise and i refuse to go to games. Not until this ego maniac we have as an owner is long gone and this team cares about winning again.

Jerrah couldnt care less about winning. He cares about money. This team has been fools gold for a long time and Jerrah loves it. Once attendance slips, once merchandise sales fall, he'll do what he did long ago and hire a real coach like he did with Parcells. Once things get back on track, he will fire them or cause them to quit, hire a pupet, and repeat the process again.

 

[TWOK11]

Is that supposed to make us feel better? Fail.

It will hopefully give the children here perspective.

It's part of the reason I enjoy college football a little more than the NFL these days. NFL fans are largely ignorant, uneducated dorks who were extra large jerseys in public and lack basic adult coping mechanisms. The result is the tantrums and lack of perspective you see from many here.

There's a big difference between rational negativity and this.

 

[TWOK11]

As a die hard fan of over 40 years, I really dont care about this team like I used to. Its not worth it. I watched the first half of the first quarter and fell asleep. This is the first Thanksgiving game where I couldnt care less. I refuse to buy
any cowboys merchandise and i refuse to go to games. Not until this ego maniac we have as an owner is long gone and this team cares about winning again.

Jerrah couldnt care less about winning. He cares about money. This team has been fools gold for a long time and Jerrah loves it. Once attendance slips, once merchandise sales fall, he'll do what he did long ago and hire a real coach like he did with Parcells. Once things get back on track, he will fire them or cause them to quit, hire a pupet, and repeat the process again.

Jerry probably cares more about winning than any other owner in sports.

He just hasn't been very good at it

 

[bysbox1]

Jerry probably cares more about winning than any other owner in sports.

He just hasn't been very good at it

The problem is Jerry won't realize he's not good at it. He thinks he's some sort of "Mercurial" football guy since he was part of 3 Super Bowl teams. The operative word there is part. Jimmy Johnson did all of the work.

This team won't improve until Jerry is gone and even then I don't know if Stephen will do the right thing and bring in the proper management to fix this.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

You realize this is almost the entire existence of many fanbases, right?

Browns, Lions, Jets, Vikings, Saints, etc.

Cowboys fans have been spoiled. Even during this 22 year drought, only 6 times were we out of the playoff picture in December. We've rarely been awful in our entire history.

So that's what its come down to? We are grouped in with them? I wonder if the fans of those teams lump themselves in with the likes of us.?

 

[Jake]

the inconsistency, the botched opportunities, the constant circus atmosphere that surrounds this organization, and the failure to win anything of consequence in more than 20 years is making it less and less fun to be a fan of this team.

i still care, but i have to deaden my feelings to prevent a loss from ruining an entire week, and that sucks. i hate that i have to mute my passion for the team just to keep my head on straight.

the joy of being a fan is waning, and it won’t come back until this team shows that it’s for real again.

It's been waning for me for years. I have no faith in Jerry making the right decisions to make the Cowboys champions again. For every good one there's a head scratcher. Even if he fires Garrett (I don't think he will, but he should), I'm almost afraid to see who he brings in next.

If I was a fan of another team, I would be laughing my butt off at Jerry's Cowboys.

 

[Cowboy89]

You realize this is almost the entire existence of many fanbases, right?

Browns, Lions, Jets, Vikings, Saints, etc.

Cowboys fans have been spoiled. Even during this 22 year drought, only 6 times were we out of the playoff picture in December. We've rarely been awful in our entire history.

Those other teams ( Minus the Kitties & Browns) have been to multiple NFCCG's in the last decade plus. Obviously the Saints won it all. Minus two gifts from Neil O Donnell, this franchise is going on nearly 25 years without a title.

My cousin is a PSL holder and is giving his seats back to the team. I can definitely see Jacksonville level attendance moving forward.

 

[waving monkey]

The past is gone this is a new era we may not like it but there you are.

 

[Asklesko]

garrett and jones are making it hard to get happy about this team and its future

 

[TheCoolFan]

It's not about Jerry the GM or Jerry the Owner. It's about Jerry the Personality. A team can't succeed when someone overshadows the HC and is the face of the team like Jerry is.

I guess Elway in Denver is similar but he's got credibility because he built that 2015 Super Bowl team. Jerry has never come close to building a winner on his own yet he is the team's mascot.