Hostile;2620349 said:
I hate to tell you Don Quixote wannabes the truth, but there it is. Our GM is one of the few people doing his job.
He's done a passable job (this year)
given the information presented to him. The problem is that information never comes from his own skills and imagination.
The hallmark of every perennial contender is the ability to identify and develop young talent (not talking about 1st round picks). To do that you must recognize the talent AND create an atmosphere that fosters growth of that talent.
Jerry has not done this without Jimmy Johnson or Bill Parcells running the show. That's eleven years of struggling to develop talent.
Jerry doesn't have the foresight or talent as a personnel guy. He doesn't know how to evaluate players, hire coaches (he's had 6 in eighteen years), or create a proper system of checks and balances to prevent the Bobby Carpenter or Quincy Carter type decisions.
Jerry always needs someone else to do the real football part. The Dallas Cowboys deserve more from a GM than someone who delegates the meat of his own job and simply makes decisions from the reports of others.
Hostile;2620349 said:
They don't instruct the QB to throw an INT at a crucial time in the game against the eventual Super Bowl Champion. They assemble the talent for the staff to go to war. Period.
What about creating a proper leadership and decision-making structure? Bill Parcells appears to have fixed that at least when it comes to running the draft (thank you), but the coaching structure has degenerated rapidly into a mess.
Wade Phillips had his OC and secondary coach decided
for him by said owner/GM. Each taken in isolation, not a terrible thing, just unusual. But taken togther with Phillips' hand-selected defensive coordinator and special teams coaches being fired by the same guy and being the only head coach who's OC makes as much as he does-- it makes you wonder.
Phillips has the appearance of someone who's been neutered as a decision-maker, and as a result the organization reeks of dysfunction. That's the perception, and perception has a way of becoming reality very quickly if enough people (especially the players) believe it.
Players stop trusting the coaches and the coaches aren't strong enough to halt that perception. Only Jerry is, and that's the way he likes it.
Jerry claims to have the interests of the Dallas Cowboys at heart, but he's ultimately made the franchise his plaything. We may win it all again someday, but Jerry Jones' football decisions won't have contributed to that winning process. We'd have won in spite of his moves.
