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Oh he did. Think what they could have done if they had great coaching.I feel like Jerry wasted Romo and Wittens carreers pretty much as well
Oh he did. Think what they could have done if they had great coaching.I feel like Jerry wasted Romo and Wittens carreers pretty much as well
The Cowboys had no shot at Gonzalez. He went before the Cowboys pick.Bingo. Concussions and the Jerry Circus didn't help, but the back was the nail in the coffin. I remember him mentioning it in his press conference when retiring.
Aikman was too much of a class act to bring up the Jerry stuff in his press conference, but I still think he would have played on if the back hadn't given up.
More than the coaching circus, what frustrates me the most about what Jerry did to winners like Aikman was the poor drafting.
If Aikman had stayed healthy, I imagine he would have enjoyed the same rebirth as Randall Cunningham if we had been smart enough to draft Randy Moss and some other gimmes.
Someone posted here that Aikman was all for Tony Gonzalez but the it was Jerry World that settled on David Lafleur, although Aikman gets blamed for the Lafleur pick. Just those two guys alone - Moss and Gonzo - would have given him some extra life as long as we could protect him.
Oh he did. Think what they could have done if they had great coaching.
Yup, we really took a nose dive after 1999. When Irvin went down it was over. We didn't recover until Tina came to town
And Jerry comes out and says his big regret was not getting Tony a ring yet he stubbornly refuses to change. A lot of great and good players have been wasted this century because of Jerry Jones.Don't forget DeMarcus Ware
And honestly there are some current players you could probably add. Tyron Smith.
Probably could even put a guy like Flozell on that list. We've been fortunate to have really good Left Tackles for a good portion of the 2000's with not much to show for it
And Jerry comes out and says his big regret was not getting Tony a ring yet he stubbornly refuses to change. A lot of great and good players have been wasted this century because of Jerry Jones.
Oh, big time. Jerry wasted Romo, Witten, Sean Lee, Dez, TO. I mean anyone who played for the Cowboys after Bill Parcells deserves an apology from Jerry Jones for not putting them in the best place to succeed.I feel like Jerry wasted Romo and Wittens carreers pretty much as well
That last SB win I knew it was over. I didn't even enjoy that game. It was like we lucked out and afterwards all the media talked about was how the Steelers lost not that the Cowboys won.
When Jimmy left the coaches on the team were Michael Irvin, Aikman, Woodson. The stars of the team took over but most of the brunt of the leadership fell on Aikman. When Aikman retired we have not had a coach until Parcells came, then once Parcells left we have not had a coach. The problem is 2 fold. Jerry won't hire a coach he can't control. The other problem is Emmitt, Irvin, Woodson, Aikman, etc. were special players and special people that wanted to win so so badly they didn't care about having the extra responsibility of being the unnamed coaches. They just wanted to win at all costs. The players we get want to be famous, look pretty, and if they win great, if not then at least they looked good losing. Our players accept mediocrity from themselves and each other and they don't have a coach, or an owner, that pushes them. That's the main difference between now and 94-99. Aikman and company simply would not lose they just ran out of time to win. Our players come to play on sundays like it's a job, they punch in for the game, do their job and go home and get on IG and Twitter for attention. Those 90's players wanted to win, they didn't care about anything else.
If only Troy were blessed with laser vision we wouldn't be in this mess right now.
Yep. Thank goodness for the O'Donnell brain farts.
Troy was going to decline no matter what. His play was part of the problem after the 95 season. He had about 5 elite seasons in the NFL before he fell off a cliff.
Jerry will never allow a QB to undermine his authority....he likes his undrafted/low round QBs that he can keep under his thumb.Can’t wait until we get another leader like Troy behind center. We have been trying to get by with scraps.
Thank youHall of Fame level post here brother. Outstanding summary.
Romo was 1/10 the QB Troy was.
lol Troy was getting concussions from the water coming out of the shower by the time he retired.
Romo was saying his body was fine too. First hit he took he was gone.
Quite irrelevant to the discussion at hand. I'm not even going to address it. Keep your hate chained up.Romo was 1/10 the QB Troy was.
or if Haley had better aim