News: The Reason For the Cowboys Lack of Success in One Paragraph

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https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/how-the-dallas-cowboys-were-born-in-1960

A quote by Tex Schram:

:"Tom knew he had authority over the players and everything that had to do with the playing of the game. I had the remainder, There's one thing you must have in football: one continuous line of authority. The players had to understand that, as far as they're concerned, Landry is the boss. They had to understand that the only person I will listen to is Landry. Secondly, they had to understand that I had that kind of backing from Murchison. If everyone doesn't know that there's a definite line of authority, you have chaos."

Jerry has literally cut the nuts off every coach he has ever hired. As long as Jerry is above ground....that's not going to change. The precedenceis set...I don't see how Jerry changes his way now...

 

[Acceptablename]

Back when Chip Kelly was there, the owner gave control to Chip. I'm guessing he didn't want to make the same mistake twice.

No sense in McClay taking over because Jerry wants things done a certain way. He'd have to relinquish most of the control. Zero chance he does that. At best any other GM would be a figurehead. Besides, isn't his son going to take over?

Indecisions are made by committee

 

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Jerry has literally cut the nuts off every coach he has ever hired. As long as Jerry is above ground....that's not going to change. The precedenceis set...I don't see how Jerry changes his way now...

every coach here Denys this including Parcels

 

[kskboys]

I agree. I would add Jerry the Owner biggest failure is establishing a dysfunctional culture. Jerry the GM biggest failure is being unable to build a team. He's good at finding star players, he fails at finding supporting cast and forming a cohesive team.

You can't argue against Jerry's drafting. He's had some good drafts getting star power players. It's the other aspects of team building that he isn't as successful. Then the culture that Jerry has established is another barrier for the players to overcome.

I'm holding out hope that the likes of Parsons, Diggs, etc can overcome the dysfunctional organization and win. It happened in 95 so there's hope it can happen again. I'm not betting money on it but there's hope. Stranger things have happened.

I can and do argue against it. Jerry always just has to have some odd pick, usually in the 2nd round. Gregory, Jaylon, Escobar, and now Kelvin Joseph. One of our biggest problems is Jerry throwing away 2nd round picks. And there are other huge headscratchers, such as Chaz Green, Connor Williams, and even Terrance Williams. Those guys could be part of our team, meaning we wouldn't have to be scrambling constantly to fill gaps. And just what does Jerry have against ballhawking FS's and stalwart DL's?

 

[jazzcat22]

Will it take us 26 more years to realize nepotism isn’t a good formula for winning SBs? I’m holding out that Lady Luck will have sweet mercy on us fans one of these years, lol.

The authority argument is just one factor. But it's misleading because it doesn't get at the real issues in Dallas. First and foremost, the America's Team legacy has become toxic and counter productive. No other team in the NFL has a cast of former players acting like groupies and sucking up the energy of current players with all their useless advice and the need for their old man egos to be constantly fed.

The other main issue is being overly exposed through the national media and always having to play prime time games. How about a season of nothing but Sunday 1pm EST games? The Cowboys franchise needs a break from their legacy and always having to be important and relevant even when they aren't very good.

Isn't it great that even after 26 years how great and relevant the DALLAS COWBOYS still are, and how they are still AMERICA'S TEAM....
And many of our own fans don't like it.

 

[CouchCoach]

Chip Kelly like Bobby Petrino fired in Atlanta pre DQ days also the King Saban some guys ( college coaches ) are not cut out for the NFL .

I was posting metaphorically, like McClay who seems to know his way around has been here knows the Jones family would make a good talent evaluator GM . Yes the son is taking over for Jerry .

Petrino wasn't fired, he quit after that Monday night game his clown players had vick t shirts under their jerseys and showed them off.

Saban and Petrino quit when they realized the HC is not the dog but the tail with players paid a lot more than they were paid. They should have picked up on that when Elway got Reeves fired. Best example of that was Manning giving Fox the cold shoulder when coming off the field during the SB.

Players run the league now, think GB wouldn't capitulate to Rodgers if he wanted a change paying him 50M a year? Think Arians was replaced on his own? He insulted Brady and a price had to be paid for that.

And now even the college HC's are going to have to deal with that issue. "Pony up or I hit the portal".

 

[CouchCoach]

Isn't it great that even after 26 years how great and relevant the DALLAS COWBOYS still are, and how they are still AMERICA'S TEAM....
And many of our own fans don't like it.

I have never liked that America's Team nonsense and thought it was stupid. It still is. However, considering America's track record over the last 50 years, maybe a failure on the field fits.

 

[jazzcat22]

I have never liked that America's Team nonsense and thought it was stupid. It still is. However, considering America's track record over the last 50 years, maybe a failure on the field fits.

You made my point.

 

[CouchCoach]

You made my point.

And you didn't even give me a Like? See if I cooperate in the future like that!

 

[plymkr]

I can and do argue against it. Jerry always just has to have some odd pick, usually in the 2nd round. Gregory, Jaylon, Escobar, and now Kelvin Joseph. One of our biggest problems is Jerry throwing away 2nd round picks. And there are other huge headscratchers, such as Chaz Green, Connor Williams, and even Terrance Williams. Those guys could be part of our team, meaning we wouldn't have to be scrambling constantly to fill gaps. And just what does Jerry have against ballhawking FS's and stalwart DL's?

I agree. He loves his WRs and 2nd round gambles that rarely, if ever, pay off. He also ignores certain positions, like you mentioned safety and DL. I stated his drafting is good because in my mind if I blame him for all the bad moves this team makes then he should get credit for the good moves. Overall our drafting is good so I give Jerry credit for that. Even with him throwing away the 2nd round pick every year I still give him credit for drafting well. He sucks at building a cohesive team and the evidence is what you said, no safety or DL for years. I mean seriously, what does he have against safeties? This has been a decade long problem.

 

[RonWashington]

Petrino wasn't fired, he quit after that Monday night game his clown players had vick t shirts under their jerseys and showed them off.

Saban and Petrino quit when they realized the HC is not the dog but the tail with players paid a lot more than they were paid. They should have picked up on that when Elway got Reeves fired. Best example of that was Manning giving Fox the cold shoulder when coming off the field during the SB.

Players run the league now, think GB wouldn't capitulate to Rodgers if he wanted a change paying him 50M a year? Think Arians was replaced on his own? He insulted Brady and a price had to be paid for that.

And now even the college HC's are going to have to deal with that issue. "Pony up or I hit the portal".

If Bobby Petrino didn’t get fired that’s where it was headed the Falcons were miserable . After his sullied exit one of his ex Falcons a DB I believe said of Petrino “ the NFL is a Man’s league “…read into that fortune cookie , it’s the most sharp rebuke of your ex coach I’ve heard publicly . As to Saban he was on that .500 treadmill in the NFL getting nowhere fast . Petrino and Saban just couldn’t cut it in the NFL just like Chip Kelly and his failed tenure .

 

[Rayman70]

Jerry,Stephen Jones and the lack of football culture & plan in the building that is single-minded that the team can rally behind that never changes year in and year out. Has to be the same vision every year. 2 many cooks in the kitchen with the Jones' failed culture is how we got here. NEXT.

 

[Rayman70]

If Bobby Petrino didn’t get fired that’s where it was headed the Falcons were miserable . After his sullied exit one of his ex Falcons a DB I believe said of Petrino “ the NFL is a Man’s league “…read into that fortune cookie , it’s the most sharp rebuke of your ex coach I’ve heard publicly . As to Saban he was on that .500 treadmill in the NFL getting nowhere fast . Petrino and Saban just couldn’t cut it in the NFL just like Chip Kelly and his failed tenure .

Jerry luvs Petrino BTW. He remains close friends with him. Scary.

 

[RonWashington]

Jerry luvs Petrino BTW. He remains close friends with him. Scary.

I didn’t know that . Yeah he was as bad as Lou Holtz coaching the Jets in the mid 70’s . I would rather have MM or DQ or KM then the Lincoln Riley’s of the coaching ranks. College to pro is a tough transition.

 

[kskboys]

I agree. He loves his WRs and 2nd round gambles that rarely, if ever, pay off. He also ignores certain positions, like you mentioned safety and DL. I stated his drafting is good because in my mind if I blame him for all the bad moves this team makes then he should get credit for the good moves. Overall our drafting is good so I give Jerry credit for that. Even with him throwing away the 2nd round pick every year I still give him credit for drafting well. He sucks at building a cohesive team and the evidence is what you said, no safety or DL for years. I mean seriously, what does he have against safeties? This has been a decade long problem.

Possibly, but the bottom line if drafting is to build a super bowl contender. We have not been that in a long time. So, just how good is his drafting?

 

[plymkr]

Possibly, but the bottom line if drafting is to build a super bowl contender. We have not been that in a long time. So, just how good is his drafting?

True. Am I the only one that has ever noticed we get star players, pro bowlers, all pros; but never accomplish anything. Maybe I should change it to Jerry is good at drafting jersey sellers but sucks at building a cohesive team.

 

[jazzcat22]

And you didn't even give me a Like? See if I cooperate in the future like that!

well you didn’t give me one either

 

[Bullflop]

I'd like nothing better than for Tex Schramm be reborn to become the Cowboys' GM. Alas -- such a miracle wasn't meant to be!!

 

[CouchCoach]

If Bobby Petrino didn’t get fired that’s where it was headed the Falcons were miserable . After his sullied exit one of his ex Falcons a DB I believe said of Petrino “ the NFL is a Man’s league “…read into that fortune cookie , it’s the most sharp rebuke of your ex coach I’ve heard publicly . As to Saban he was on that .500 treadmill in the NFL getting nowhere fast . Petrino and Saban just couldn’t cut it in the NFL just like Chip Kelly and his failed tenure .

No argument here but the NFL is a flawed entity because of greed. They have a turnover of 20-25% HC’s every year and recycle some of those. Considering they have 6 with at least 12 years with the same team, that turnover is really worse among the other 26 teams.

And they will expand more and worsen the problem. There are not 32 starting quality players at any position including PK/P.

Changing HC’s masks the real problem of a lack of enough talent.

 

[JoeKing]

If anyone thinks things still aren't that way for McCarthy then they are clueless. But it's not a secret that many of the fans are clueless.