They saw how "easy" Jimmy made it look. That is why. I'm being dead serious. I remember Bill Walsh saying how Dallas (read Jimmy) had built something that was on the verge of dominating (like we've seen from the Pats) for a long time....and the only thing that stopped Dallas was free agency. Well...little did he know....free agency was a small part of it...the biggest part was the Jones Boy's.
The "credit" is mostly reserved for players and coaches. While the majority of the MONEY is reserved for the owners. Not a bad deal since the owners can't play or coach AND they are making more money than they ever could have imagined. Right? Wrong! Who knew the Jones boys craved the validation that is normally reserved for players and to a lesser degree the coaches. Heck, I would venture to guess the Jones boys themselves did not know how insecure they were.
Here is the funny thing, the coaches and players (millionaires) would trade places with the Jones boys (billionaires) ANY day...yet the Jones boys want what the players/coaches have. Adoration. Admiration. Name on the back of the jersey's. Mic in their face. Lots of "followers" on social media. To be honest, I am STUNNED that one of the Jones boys has not donned a headset and named themselves the head coach of the team. I guess we should celebrate that they have spared us of that spectacle?
I am so conflicted. What the Jones Boys have done...the outright robbery of this fanbase...makes me wish nothing but misery for them. But that means I have to be miserable along with them(without the benefit of seeing any of the cash). People need to stop counting the 3 Super Bowls. The longer we are removed from them...it should be obvious they had NOTHING to do with them. So with that being said....the dirty truth is...the Jones Boys have had ZERO success as the architects of the on field product. Who gets 25+ years to produce ZERO?????????!!!!!!! Since they are the owners...I could see them giving themselves 10 years....but 25+? What we are witnessing is a perfect storm. Where ego, greed, senility, money, insecurity, lack of self-awareness have all collided to create what I consider to be one of the biggest tragedies in sports. I cannot stress how unbelievable this is. What we are witnessing may not ever be repeated in our lifetime. And of course I am aware there have been plenty of teams that have NEVER won....but here is the difference....never has the SAME GM...been afforded 25+ years to get it right!!!!!!