Hate? Wow. How do you get hate out of me saying Jerry is the biggest problem with our culture? You don’t have to agree with anything I say, I just don’t understand the constant dogging of me about “hating” Jerry. I’m interested in your opinion- are you saying Jerry’s not a problem? Help me out here Ninj.
78-year old face. Poison. It’s pretty obvious you don’t like the guy. A whole lot of your posts mention that person, so it seems. And you seem to lay the 25-year no SB at his feet. You are free to hate him and blame him all you want if that makes you happy.
I don’t see Jerry specifically as a problem or THE reason for not winning a SB in the last whatever years.
Jerry does some things right, some things wrong. Same as any GM. Any credit or blame goes first to the players, then the coaches, then the GM.
Culture comes not from the GM but from the leaders of the team and within the players. Staubach and Landry set the tone, Aikman and Johnson. Dak and McCarthy need to lead. They are the field generals. Sure, the GM chose them so he has responsibility to fire them if they don’t succeed (success does not mean necessarily a SB victory).
McCarthy has free rein to run the team as he sees. What happens on that field and in the locker room is on him mostly and Dak and Elliott and Lawrence and Jaylon.
Jerry meddling is a myth. Yeah, he is out there selling the Cowboys and the NFL but he does not micromanage. Parcells even said so.
Jerry gambled and signed some hefty contracts and those players have underperformed. That is his biggest fault. I assume McCarthy was on board with paying Dak $40M and saying he can win with that contract. Real leaders speak up and tell it like it is. McCarthy’s job is to bench any of these under performers to set the culture. Jerry as GM should not say who is on the field. I don’t think Jerry dictates who plays. Therefore, culture is on McCarthy. And the team leaders.
I control the culture at my workplace. I lead by example. I do what is expected. I speak up when I see something wrong. I hold myself accountable to my goals and the team goals. I do not allow anyone to disrespect a team member. I do not allow any sexual harassment. It comes from within. Do your job and good things will come.