Why Jerry Jones won the Parsons Trade

[CowboysFaninHouston]

come on folks. In Jerry's mind he won the trade. he won this whole fiasco. its obvious and well known that Jerry doesn't care about winning championships as a top priority. he himself has said as much. he likes to stir things up. he likes the soap opera and the drama. Could he have traded Parsons in March? April? May? absolutley. would have gotten better deal and improve this team this year? Heck yes.

but Jerry the marketing, salesman LOVES the drama. loves the soap opera. so he held on. can you imagine...no, did you notice how much publicity Jerry got out of this drama? it was all anyone talked about for the past month and half. sports shows opened with Parsons drama. morning, evening, night, weekends, local, national, every personality you can imagine was chiming in.

and then he made the trade because relationship was broke. Jerry for a moment thought, I will milk the heck out of this and then sign parsons, but didn't imagine that Parsons would just say I have had enough.

did jerry care about 47M a year? all the pundits talk about Cap and now we have money and now we build a championship team and sign a bunch of players....yeah, keep saying that. when was the last time that happened. we had 40M on the cap this year......what did we do but sign a bunch of JAGs!!!!

Jerry won this trade because it worked exactly as he wanted it to. Jerry cares about value of the franchise more than winning. there is cost control measures in place. you can't spend more than the cap. you have to spend a minimum. who cares who gets the money. Jerry doesn't. somebody is going to get it and as long as the franchise is now more valuable. as long as we get free publicity without spending a dime, well heck yeah, give me more!

if you look at this from an NFL goal of a team being winning a championship. Dallas lost. if you look at it from Jerry's perspective, Dallas won.

30 years and counting. 31 to come.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Jerry cares about value of the franchise more than winning.

That's been true for a long time.

 

[ghst187]

Uber-Narcissists like Jerry are never wrong, and never at fault…

 

[thunderpimp91]

Could you imagine the valuation bump this team would get if they actually made it to a superbowl? Could you imagine the ratings for a Cowboys super bowl? I wish Jerry would look at it from that perspective just once.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Could you imagine the valuation bump this team would get if they actually made it to a superbowl? Could you imagine the ratings for a Cowboys super bowl? I wish Jerry would look at it from that perspective just once.

well on the surface that makes a lot of sense. but from a business perspective, its about ROI. how much do I have to invest to get that bump. how much bump will I get as a result. the team is already increasing in value like crazy. like no other franchise. so how much more can it get? if he has to invest like eagles, then its not worth it from business perspective. and that's what its going to take. spend a lot of FAs to build a team that can compete.

 

[Bobhaze]

Could you imagine the valuation bump this team would get if they actually made it to a superbowl? Could you imagine the ratings for a Cowboys super bowl? I wish Jerry would look at it from that perspective just once.

Winning playoff games is THE greatest marketing strategy in pro sports.

 

[davey999]

Could you imagine the valuation bump this team would get if they actually made it to a superbowl? Could you imagine the ratings for a Cowboys super bowl? I wish Jerry would look at it from that perspective just once.

The problem is they won't win with them in charge and he would not accept anyone else running the football ops even if a championship were guaranteed.

 

[baltcowboy]

come on folks. In Jerry's mind he won the trade. he won this whole fiasco. its obvious and well known that Jerry doesn't care about winning championships as a top priority. he himself has said as much. he likes to stir things up. he likes the soap opera and the drama. Could he have traded Parsons in March? April? May? absolutley. would have gotten better deal and improve this team this year? Heck yes.

but Jerry the marketing, salesman LOVES the drama. loves the soap opera. so he held on. can you imagine...no, did you notice how much publicity Jerry got out of this drama? it was all anyone talked about for the past month and half. sports shows opened with Parsons drama. morning, evening, night, weekends, local, national, every personality you can imagine was chiming in.

and then he made the trade because relationship was broke. Jerry for a moment thought, I will milk the heck out of this and then sign parsons, but didn't imagine that Parsons would just say I have had enough.

did jerry care about 47M a year? all the pundits talk about Cap and now we have money and now we build a championship team and sign a bunch of players....yeah, keep saying that. when was the last time that happened. we had 40M on the cap this year......what did we do but sign a bunch of JAGs!!!!

Jerry won this trade because it worked exactly as he wanted it to. Jerry cares about value of the franchise more than winning. there is cost control measures in place. you can't spend more than the cap. you have to spend a minimum. who cares who gets the money. Jerry doesn't. somebody is going to get it and as long as the franchise is now more valuable. as long as we get free publicity without spending a dime, well heck yeah, give me more!

if you look at this from an NFL goal of a team being winning a championship. Dallas lost. if you look at it from Jerry's perspective, Dallas won.

30 years and counting. 31 to come.

Yeah this is not like Barkley left the Giants in free agency. The Cowboys got two first round picks and cap space.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Winning playoff games is THE greatest marketing strategy in pro sports.

how much more does it make? how much does it cost? I am already succeeding building the most valuable franchise in any sport, anywhere in the world. I am at the top.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Yeah this is not like Barkley left the Giants in free agency. The Cowboys got two first round picks and cap space.

what cap space? what for? will they sign a bunch fo FAs? will they build a championship team? its not about winning the cap space race. its about team building. and is this team any closer to a championship team? and given the past few drafts, do you trust them to make the right picks. specially picks in the 20s. now, they have had success picking in the top 10-12. but 20s and below they have sucked really bad.

 

[Creeper]

Jerry lost. He played chicken with Micah and Micah beat him. Jerry traded Micah to save face.

Things I do not believe:

1. This trade was made to stop the run. This is either a blatant lie or a revelation about how bad Jerry is as a GM.
2. All the coaches and other executives were in favor of the trade. This has to be a blatant lie. It is hard to imagine every single person in the Cowboys organization thinking that this was a good deal. No one thought it was a bad idea to trade Micah? Maybe this is why the Cowboys have been so bad for 30 years. No diversity of opinion, no devil's advocates, is really bad for an organization. I think Jerry told everyone they had to pretend in public it was a unanimous decisions to give himself cover for making such a blunder with his best player and a generational talent.
3. I do not believe the Cowboys got the best end of this deal. I think Micah was worth more than two late first round picks and Kenny Clark.
4. Kenny Clark is clearly better than any of the Cowboys DTs but I do not think he fixes their run defense. Also, he will cost ove $20 million next year and the year after - if he is still in Dallas. Why would they pay him but not sign a DT last year when there were several top free agents available?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Jerry lost. He played chicken with Micah and Micah beat him. Jerry traded Micah to save face.

Things I do not believe:

1. This trade was made to stop the run. This is either a blatant lie or a revelation about how bad Jerry is as a GM.
2. All the coaches and other executives were in favor of the trade. This has to be a blatant lie. It is hard to imagine every single person in the Cowboys organization thinking that this was a good deal. No one thought it was a bad idea to trade Micah? Maybe this is why the Cowboys have been so bad for 30 years. No diversity of opinion, no devil's advocates, is really bad for an organization. I think Jerry told everyone they had to pretend in public it was a unanimous decisions to give himself cover for making such a blunder with his best player and a generational talent.
3. I do not believe the Cowboys got the best end of this deal. I think Micah was worth more than two late first round picks and Kenny Clark.
4. Kenny Clark is clearly better than any of the Cowboys DTs but I do not think he fixes their run defense. Also, he will cost ove $20 million next year and the year after - if he is still in Dallas. Why would they pay him but not sign a DT last year when there were several top free agents available?

Jerry won the trade in his mind.

if your goal is to win a championship. then yeah jerry lost.

but if that's not your primary goal, then Jerry won.

do you think Jerry's goal is to win a championship?

 

[heir]

Could you imagine the valuation bump this team would get if they actually made it to a superbowl? Could you imagine the ratings for a Cowboys super bowl? I wish Jerry would look at it from that perspective just once.

Been saying that for years. It is crazy how much more valuable they would become if they actually won something

 

[thunderpimp91]

well on the surface that makes a lot of sense. but from a business perspective, its about ROI. how much do I have to invest to get that bump. how much bump will I get as a result. the team is already increasing in value like crazy. like no other franchise. so how much more can it get? if he has to invest like eagles, then its not worth it from business perspective. and that's what its going to take. spend a lot of FAs to build a team that can compete.

The Rams and oddly the GIants are right on the Cowboys heals....Granted the Cowboys growing 20% is different than the Bengals growing 20% because of the starting points, but the growth % of the Cowboys seems to be right in line with most of the bigger markets in the league. That top spot could be in question the next 3-4 years as odd as that sounds.

 

[jazzcat22]

Yeah this is not like Barkley left the Giants in free agency. The Cowboys got two first round picks and cap space.

Right.
This is a long term win for Dallas.
Fans know this, but still feel the need to bag on Jerry. They wanted Micah gone, many seemed to anyway. And for at least 2 first rounds picks. They got that and a DT that can make a difference, for which everyone also wanted.
But yet, Jerry gets bashed.

 

[boysfanindc]

My problem with the trade is when it happened and it was done without a plan.

This should have been done in the off season when the return would have been higher. If you have a plan you go to Micah in the off season saying here is what we can do, you determine at that time if a deal you can live with can happen. Instead of just letting it sit there, if you think this deal will cost you $45 M a year and you do not want to pay it then make that decision and let teams know you are open for business. You then have a lot more teams competing for Micah.

Everything Jerry is saying now to justify the move could have been executed much earlier if there indeed was such a plan and you would have gotten a better return.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

The Rams and oddly the GIants are right on the Cowboys heals....Granted the Cowboys growing 20% is different than the Bengals growing 20% because of the starting points, but the growth % of the Cowboys seems to be right in line with most of the bigger markets in the league. That top spot could be in question the next 3-4 years as odd as that sounds.

its not about winning championships. its about staying relevant. filling seats. selling merchandise. you don't need to spend godly amounts and win a championship to achieve that. and because of that, Jerry makes one year moves. no long term plans. last year, he thought he can just cruise through, end up second at worst and continue. then disaster happened. it was much worse than expected. him forcing coaches to use Zeke when it was painfully obvious he sucked real bad. the back up ended up getting a 1000 yards, playing 3/4 of the season.

Jerry got desparate, got scared, saw empty seats and boos, so he traded for Mingo. stupid move, as if that is what was ailing the cowboys. a total desparation move. I said it mid last season. when disaster was obvious and evident that Jerry will make one big move the off season and enter stage left Pickens. generate hope. create buzz. get attention. bring fans back. even the parsons saga was pure marketing move. all the attention. all the talk.

so Jerry will make enough moves to keep cowboys relevant. this team was on National TV 17 weeks last year. why? they had 5 prime time games. Why?

Jerry will do just enough, long enough to keep cowboys relevant. if we have another 7-10 season, then a couple of more off season moves are coming. probably on the defensive side, because I think this defense is going to suck.

 

[JohnsKey19]

come on folks. In Jerry's mind he won the trade. he won this whole fiasco. its obvious and well known that Jerry doesn't care about winning championships as a top priority. he himself has said as much. he likes to stir things up. he likes the soap opera and the drama. Could he have traded Parsons in March? April? May? absolutley. would have gotten better deal and improve this team this year? Heck yes.

but Jerry the marketing, salesman LOVES the drama. loves the soap opera. so he held on. can you imagine...no, did you notice how much publicity Jerry got out of this drama? it was all anyone talked about for the past month and half. sports shows opened with Parsons drama. morning, evening, night, weekends, local, national, every personality you can imagine was chiming in.

and then he made the trade because relationship was broke. Jerry for a moment thought, I will milk the heck out of this and then sign parsons, but didn't imagine that Parsons would just say I have had enough.

did jerry care about 47M a year? all the pundits talk about Cap and now we have money and now we build a championship team and sign a bunch of players....yeah, keep saying that. when was the last time that happened. we had 40M on the cap this year......what did we do but sign a bunch of JAGs!!!!

Jerry won this trade because it worked exactly as he wanted it to. Jerry cares about value of the franchise more than winning. there is cost control measures in place. you can't spend more than the cap. you have to spend a minimum. who cares who gets the money. Jerry doesn't. somebody is going to get it and as long as the franchise is now more valuable. as long as we get free publicity without spending a dime, well heck yeah, give me more!

if you look at this from an NFL goal of a team being winning a championship. Dallas lost. if you look at it from Jerry's perspective, Dallas won.

30 years and counting. 31 to come.

If you told me part of this transaction included Jerry and Stephen giving up GM duties, I'd actually have some excitement about the 4 1st round picks over the next 2 drafts. But with business as usual, they will fumble and stumble those assets away with no real plan or direction. So yes, 30 years and counting...

 

[maryquality]

Jerry lost. He played chicken with Micah and Micah beat him. Jerry traded Micah to save face.

Things I do not believe:

1. This trade was made to stop the run. This is either a blatant lie or a revelation about how bad Jerry is as a GM.
2. All the coaches and other executives were in favor of the trade. This has to be a blatant lie. It is hard to imagine every single person in the Cowboys organization thinking that this was a good deal. No one thought it was a bad idea to trade Micah? Maybe this is why the Cowboys have been so bad for 30 years. No diversity of opinion, no devil's advocates, is really bad for an organization. I think Jerry told everyone they had to pretend in public it was a unanimous decisions to give himself cover for making such a blunder with his best player and a generational talent.
3. I do not believe the Cowboys got the best end of this deal. I think Micah was worth more than two late first round picks and Kenny Clark.
4. Kenny Clark is clearly better than any of the Cowboys DTs but I do not think he fixes their run defense. Also, he will cost ove $20 million next year and the year after - if he is still in Dallas. Why would they pay him but not sign a DT last year when there were several top free agents available?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If you told me part of this transaction included Jerry and Stephen giving up GM duties, I'd actually have some excitement about the 4 1st round picks over the next 2 drafts. But with business as usual, they will fumble and stumble those assets away with no real plan or direction. So yes, 30 years and counting...

my concern is that although some may argue we haven't been bad in first round picks last few years, its actually when we pick in the top 10-12. anything in the 20s has been total waste, ala Mazi Smith, I am not high on Guyton as he sucked last year (this is his redemption year), Tyler smith was good (a guard) and then we had LVE and Taco.

so history of picking in the 20s is not in our favor, unless we pick an OG man, which we shouldn't.