While there are many instances in the last 25 years that makes people wonder if any Dallas Cowboys management team member is aware of what is going on, I would suspect Marinelli was the target all along. Kiffen is/was well past his prime. Whether Kiffen was needed to get Marinelli or not I don't know, but if he produces a strong defense, he can name his pric3.
Ok lets start with those 25 yrs? i dont think its been that long. let start how Dallas got into the whole drought people like to talk about.
People like to proclaim Jimmy Johnson a genius. Lets talk about his era of success in the NFL as the PREFREEAGENCY period. What did he do after it? He didnt have Jerry Jones' money and he had FA to condend with. Jimmy wasnt a genius. He just had alot of money and a bunch of very good coordinators.
OK so after Jimmy leaves, Dallas has key career ending injuries and retirements. Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman, Moose, Kevin Smith, Eric Williams. What team wouldnt take a hit with those loses.
Not only did they lose those players they had to absorb the dead money against the cap because of those players retiring. That money doesnt wipe the books clean.
Dallas gives up alot for Galloway, but lets remember what Galloway was when they gave that up for him. He was considered one of the best WRs in the game at that point. He had 4457 rds and 37 TDs in 4 full seasons and 8 games of his 5th season starting only 4 that game because of an injury. That injury just seemed to be something that always hampered him from that season on.
More players retire and leave and this team goes thru a period where yes Jerry made some stupid choices.
Come 2004. Parcells comes in and cleans house basically. This team is revamped but Parcells just seems like a coach who wants a big strong team instead of going with a fast athletic team that the NFL is going twards. By the end of Parcells tenure the team has playmakers has a nice defense and a Older but very good OL. This team just got beat in the playoffs in 2007 and 2009. So the team is aging again so its time to break that up and thats what Dallas is getting over now, the dead money years of breaking up a OLD team.
And you get where the team is now, a very young inexperienced team thats finally ready to start fresh and theyre doing that this yr but seem to be doing it right this yr. With some young experience vets mixed in with alot of rookies and some guys they kept from their OLD team they broke up.
I hate the whole this team has been a disaster cry. It hasnt but fans would rather spew the cliche instead of actually reading up on the history of this team. It hasnt always been pretty but its not been anywhere as what people want to talk about.
