Jack Kent Cooke gave Turner everything he wanted. And Turner still failed. Snyder was just the one who shot the lame horse.
Comparing Belichick to Turner is not a logical comparison. Plain and simple.
It is a desperate attempt to match a poor record to another poor record and think the two are analogous.
Turner cannot judge talent. In fact, he's horrible at it and might be the first to tell you.
Belichick is a master at noticing the talent he can utilize like a spare part. It may not be the talent that everyone else would take, but he knows what he is looking for and he, along with Pioli, get it.
Of course we don't. But it also notes the leap of faith people give to Norv Turner simply because he has a link to our past. Were this anyone else, I strongly doubt he would have any measure of support.
But because he receives endorsements from icons in team history like Aikman and Johnston, he gets a free pass and a critical eye is hardly cast in his direction.
That is precisely what Jerry Jones is hoping for. And apparently, he is getting away with it, judging by the reactions I have read.
Not if they knew who they were talking about outside of their records alone.