Jerry insisting on being GM (when he is not qualified to be one) is overstepping his boundaries as Owner. That's the complaint. Not that he oversteps as GM, but by being GM he is overstepping.
Haha and why is he not qualified to be one?
This is what really gets me. Jerry won a national championship as a college player. He's spent the last 25 years of his life owning an NFL team. For about 20 years he's also been the GM.
How many GMs in the league have a longer resume than this? I don't see how anyone could say he's "not qualified". You might not love the job he's doing but he's certainly qualified to be a GM.
Here's the funny part to me: for YEARS we used to hear that the Cowboys are LOADED with talent but were underachieving. Remember all those Pro Bowlers we had in 2007? Someone should've gotten credit for that... but nobody did because it was Jerry who built that roster. But once we fell off and age/injuries caught up to us? JERRY'S FAULT! JERRY'S THE PROBLEM!
The GM can only build the roster. He isn't responsible for what happens after that. And by and standard, we had a pretty darn good roster for awhile there. We've been rebuilding under Garrett and Jerry HAS let Garrett "buy some of the groceries". But alas, it's Jerry Freaking Jones, the guy who does all the interviews and puts his face-lifted face out there all the time, so he's the easy target.
Hell, NOT ONLY has Jerry allowed Garrett to bring in his kind of guys, Jerry doesn't even do contracts anymore! That's all Stephen. But I still read stuff like "another horrible contract by Jerry!"
Jerry wants attention/credit but he's not this authoritarian owner/GM like many want to believe. People would rather blame the easy target than actually look at the picture objectively and ask, "how much is Jerry REALLY responsible for behind-the-scenes?"
