Who do you want as GM?

[visionary]

Pot meet kettle. Maybe he'll learn something new when you start posting other than one liner posts.

At least my one liners are in correct English

 

[KingintheNorth]

This. I have really liked what he was able to accomplish as the pro personnel director this last season. Seems like the whole draft process has really come around for us since JG has been head coach. Will McClay is a big part of that IMO.

Was Will McClay responsible for leaving incredibly successful rookies likes Keenan Allen, Larry Warford, Robert Woods, and Knile Davis completely off the Cowboys' draft board?

 

[visionary]

Was Will McClay responsible for leaving incredibly successful rookies likes Keenan Allen, Larry Warford, Robert Woods, and Knile Davis completely off the Cowboys' draft board?

Yeah, what great drafts are we talking about ?
Trading up for a CB ?

Poor decisions galore

 

[dcstands4]

Did he. This is his team that we watched this season and what did they have 8 probowlers last year. He had too much loyalty to crennel but he is a great gm.

If he was that great he wouldn't have gotten fired. OR he would have had a job by now..not on nbcsn

 

[Hook'em#11]

A.B.J.

Anyone But Jerry

 

[dcstands4]

Yeah, what great drafts are we talking about ?
Trading up for a CB ?

Poor decisions galore

In a year which we had a poor secondary it was the move to make. Its not his fault Mo is not hitting expectations

 

[Apollo Creed]

A roulette style 'decision wheel' as I'd call it.

 

[dcstands4]

thats the idea...lets not even try.

But you have no names to bring up. ..

 

[DOUBLE WING]

Jerry Jones has spent the last 20+ years eating, drinking (opportunity for JJ haters to insert joke) and sleeping football.

Hilarious. Based on what? The guy makes the decision after his cronies like Lacewell bring him their suggestion.

Eating, drinking and sleeping football? Give me a break. You think Jerry is spending hours pouring over film? Doing his own scouting of college and pro players?

 

[DOUBLE WING]

Was Will McClay responsible for leaving incredibly successful rookies likes Keenan Allen, Larry Warford, Robert Woods, and Knile Davis completely off the Cowboys' draft board?

Exactly.

People are so desperate to find some kind of decent personnel man in this putrid front office that the Will McClay hype is absolutely getting out of control.

And why exactly am I supposed to believe an Arena League lifer is the savior of our front office? For all we know he could just be a guy who Stephen and Jerry like having around and wanted to keep him in the organization after the Desperados folded.

 

[visionary]

In a year which we had a poor secondary it was the move to make. Its not his fault Mo is not hitting expectations

It is called "talent evaluation"
Read up on it and ask uncle Jerry to do the same when u get done cleaning his glasses next time

 

[visionary]

I've asked this very question here at this site to many JJ complainers. Not one has mentioned a name other than "someone like Ted Thompson or Ozzie Smith."

The biger question in my opinion is what makes a good GM. Former player? Former coach? Former scout? Former cap manager? All of the above?

Jerry Jones has spent the last 20+ years eating, drinking (opportunity for JJ haters to insert joke) and sleeping football. Yeah, he has made some mistakes but all do. He also has made some good decisions. GMs, like any CEO, get too much credit when things go well and too much blame when things go wrong.

I think JJ's biggest fault is that he is too loyal to players and too nice to his stars.

Well, I know that Jerry has been drinking (extensively) and sleeping on football related matter but you lost me on the rest of it

 

[TheSport78]

Stephen Jones, Ronald McDonald, heck Matt Millen will suffice (okay not really).

 

[Wood]

But you have no names to bring up. ..

with 32 teams in NFL....there would be no shortage of GM you could hire. Your good GM are often previously Director of Pro Scouting.

Here is Albert Breer top future GM candidates:

Chris Ballard, director of player personnel, Kansas CityChiefs
Nick Caserio, director of player personnel, New EnglandPatriots
Eric DeCosta, assistant general manager, BaltimoreRavens
Brian Gaine, assistant general manager, Miami Dolphins
Tom Gamble, vice president of player personnel, Philadelphia Eagles
Jason Licht, vice president of player personnel, Arizona Cardinals
Ryan Pace, director of player personnel, New Orleans Saints
George Paton, assistant general manager, Minnesota Vikings
Jimmy Raye, vice president of football operations, Indianapolis Colts
Duke Tobin, director of player personnel, Cincinnati Bengals
Lionel Vital, director of player personnel, AtlantaFalcons

 

[Stash]

In a year which we had a poor secondary it was the move to make. Its not his fault Mo is not hitting expectations

Nope.

It's never ANYBODY'S fault when things don't work out around here.

Any that's why nothing ever changes.

As to the original question asked, I think Scot McCloughan would be a good candidate for starters.

 

[Risen Star]

My personal preference would be Eric Decosta from Baltimore. I know TD was talking about Eliot Wolf as a guy on the rise.

Ultimately it doesn't matter who you want as GM. Just having a structure in place where the GM is held accountable and change there being possible is how you truly fix this team.

 

[Risen Star]

In a year which we had a poor secondary it was the move to make. Its not his fault Mo is not hitting expectations

It was a horrific decision that stood no chance to succeed.

The 2012 draft class is one of the worst of the Jerry era. That entire offseason was an abortion.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

A great topic.

That unfortunately is a waste of time in Dallas because you're not going to get any GM you want. You've got Jones. That's how it's going to be till the day he retires.

 

[Bullflop]

Here's one thing I do believe we can count on regarding another GM -- by the time we make ready to welcome another GM into the fold, there will be candidates to consider other than those we see now. By then, GM Jerry will simply be little more than a memory of our past. It's purely a waste of time to think about this in the present.

 

[IrishAnto]

And Jerry, the GM brought in Deion that year, and he helped win that SB.
Jerry the GM, took away Deion from SF, who without him, wouldn't have won the SB they did. As he wouldn't have been able to arm bar Irvin in a no call...anyway.
JJ the GM took him away from SF, brought him here, we won the following SB....

Thank you Jerry the GM for that....

Look at his total body of work.

Years as a GM 25 (1989 – present)

First six years = great success (24% of total). Beginners luck?

Next 19 years = sea of mediocrity/failure with the odd island of success (76% of total)

Conclusion Jerry can’t successfully manage an organisation under the current salary cap rules.

He even said it himself a couple of years ago that he’d have been fired as the GM if he wasn’t the owner as well.