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Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones has also been the general manager of the team since he purchased it in 1989. Since that time, he’s made some moves that a brilliant GM would and then some mistakes that even a 6-year-old would never consider. Newest Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett completed his first draft in April, making some picks that suggested he was truly in charge of the drafting process as Jones indicated at the time. If that truly was the case, maybe the draft was the first step in Jones firing himself as general manager of the Cowboys.
If you are a faithful follower of The Cowboys Central, you know I’m not a fan of Jones. I catch flack all the time for blaming Jones too much for the Cowboys’ troubles following the glory days of the early 1990s. Probably the greatest bumper sticker ever made has the Cowboys’ star on it and simply reads: “The Problem is Jerry!” The best part about that? He knows it.
Any man that has his own language named after him because of the convoluted wording he uses should know he’s not a good manager. If you’re not familiar with what we call Jerry Speak here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, check out ESPN Dallas’ Ben Rogers of the Ben and Skin Show explaining how to decipher “Jerryism.”
Jones often answers reporters’ questions in a way that very few can understand. He usually says things in a way that makes it sound like a bad situation is not his fault. Heck, sometimes he says things in a way that makes you think he just picked 100 words out of the dictionary at random and plastered them into a meaningless run-on sentence.
We hear a lot of both, but a majority of the former is proof that Jones shouldn’t be a general manager. In the words of Charles Barkley, let me tell you something; Cowboys legendary head coach Jimmy Johnson is the main reason Dallas won three Super Bowls in four years in the early 1990s and seemingly made Jones look like a genius. Jones had just bought the team, fired Hall of Famer Tom Landry (God rest his soul) and named himself team owner and general manager.
Johnson was in completely charge of the draft, in which he accumulated a truckload of picks by trading away star running back Herschel Walker. With those picks, Johnson constructed arguably the best team in NFL history. After two consecutive Super Bowl victories, Jones got jealous of Johnson’s growing fame and ran his college teammate out of town. Then Jones brought in Barry Switzer, under whom the Cowboys managed to win one more Super Bowl with virtually the same squad.
From the time Johnson left, Jones took over the draft in an attempt to gain the praise Johnson had received during the back-to-back titles run. Then the Cowboys went through the dark ages, which included things like three consecutive 5-11 seasons and a bunch of “yes men” as head coaches. Then Bill Parcells came to town and Jones was forced to back off the draft. The Cowboys instantly became a playoff team and Parcells was praised. What happened next? You guessed it; Parcells split when Jones’ grimy hands started reaching for the controls.
Now Garrett is in charge. It seems that way at least. Garrett took an offensive lineman in the first round of the draft, something the Cowboys had never done since Jones bought the team. That was a smart pick! Dallas desperately needed a fresh stud up front and that’s exactly what Garrett got. He also finally drove the final nail into the coffin of running back Marion Barber’s tenure in Dallas by drafting Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray. He addressed an age issue at inside linebacker by adding Bruce Carter to Sean Lee in the waiting ranks. Finally, he added depth to the offensive line with two late-rounders, supplied competition at fullback and inserted another potential contributor in the secondary. Those are all things Dallas needed to do to solidify its roster.
Did Jones really step back and let his head coach do his job? We may never know, but I’d sure like to think so. Garrett’s potential has no ceiling after what he did with the Cowboys following a 1-7 start under Wade Phillips last season. Maybe Jones realizes that. Of course, he may go back to his old ways if Garrett starts getting a ton of praise for making the Boys contenders again.
We know as well as Jones that what he needs to do is fire himself so the Cowboys can truly become contenders again. Maybe, just maybe he’ll finally get it…ha, who am I kidding? It’ll never happen.
Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones has also been the general manager of the team since he purchased it in 1989. Since that time, he’s made some moves that a brilliant GM would and then some mistakes that even a 6-year-old would never consider. Newest Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett completed his first draft in April, making some picks that suggested he was truly in charge of the drafting process as Jones indicated at the time. If that truly was the case, maybe the draft was the first step in Jones firing himself as general manager of the Cowboys.
If you are a faithful follower of The Cowboys Central, you know I’m not a fan of Jones. I catch flack all the time for blaming Jones too much for the Cowboys’ troubles following the glory days of the early 1990s. Probably the greatest bumper sticker ever made has the Cowboys’ star on it and simply reads: “The Problem is Jerry!” The best part about that? He knows it.
Any man that has his own language named after him because of the convoluted wording he uses should know he’s not a good manager. If you’re not familiar with what we call Jerry Speak here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, check out ESPN Dallas’ Ben Rogers of the Ben and Skin Show explaining how to decipher “Jerryism.”
Jones often answers reporters’ questions in a way that very few can understand. He usually says things in a way that makes it sound like a bad situation is not his fault. Heck, sometimes he says things in a way that makes you think he just picked 100 words out of the dictionary at random and plastered them into a meaningless run-on sentence.
We hear a lot of both, but a majority of the former is proof that Jones shouldn’t be a general manager. In the words of Charles Barkley, let me tell you something; Cowboys legendary head coach Jimmy Johnson is the main reason Dallas won three Super Bowls in four years in the early 1990s and seemingly made Jones look like a genius. Jones had just bought the team, fired Hall of Famer Tom Landry (God rest his soul) and named himself team owner and general manager.
Johnson was in completely charge of the draft, in which he accumulated a truckload of picks by trading away star running back Herschel Walker. With those picks, Johnson constructed arguably the best team in NFL history. After two consecutive Super Bowl victories, Jones got jealous of Johnson’s growing fame and ran his college teammate out of town. Then Jones brought in Barry Switzer, under whom the Cowboys managed to win one more Super Bowl with virtually the same squad.
From the time Johnson left, Jones took over the draft in an attempt to gain the praise Johnson had received during the back-to-back titles run. Then the Cowboys went through the dark ages, which included things like three consecutive 5-11 seasons and a bunch of “yes men” as head coaches. Then Bill Parcells came to town and Jones was forced to back off the draft. The Cowboys instantly became a playoff team and Parcells was praised. What happened next? You guessed it; Parcells split when Jones’ grimy hands started reaching for the controls.
Now Garrett is in charge. It seems that way at least. Garrett took an offensive lineman in the first round of the draft, something the Cowboys had never done since Jones bought the team. That was a smart pick! Dallas desperately needed a fresh stud up front and that’s exactly what Garrett got. He also finally drove the final nail into the coffin of running back Marion Barber’s tenure in Dallas by drafting Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray. He addressed an age issue at inside linebacker by adding Bruce Carter to Sean Lee in the waiting ranks. Finally, he added depth to the offensive line with two late-rounders, supplied competition at fullback and inserted another potential contributor in the secondary. Those are all things Dallas needed to do to solidify its roster.
Did Jones really step back and let his head coach do his job? We may never know, but I’d sure like to think so. Garrett’s potential has no ceiling after what he did with the Cowboys following a 1-7 start under Wade Phillips last season. Maybe Jones realizes that. Of course, he may go back to his old ways if Garrett starts getting a ton of praise for making the Boys contenders again.
We know as well as Jones that what he needs to do is fire himself so the Cowboys can truly become contenders again. Maybe, just maybe he’ll finally get it…ha, who am I kidding? It’ll never happen.
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jason_garrett_is_catalyst_to_dallas_cowboys_owner_jerry_jones_firing_himself/5468566?linksrc=mb_right_col
If you are a faithful follower of The Cowboys Central, you know I’m not a fan of Jones. I catch flack all the time for blaming Jones too much for the Cowboys’ troubles following the glory days of the early 1990s. Probably the greatest bumper sticker ever made has the Cowboys’ star on it and simply reads: “The Problem is Jerry!” The best part about that? He knows it.
Any man that has his own language named after him because of the convoluted wording he uses should know he’s not a good manager. If you’re not familiar with what we call Jerry Speak here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, check out ESPN Dallas’ Ben Rogers of the Ben and Skin Show explaining how to decipher “Jerryism.”
Jones often answers reporters’ questions in a way that very few can understand. He usually says things in a way that makes it sound like a bad situation is not his fault. Heck, sometimes he says things in a way that makes you think he just picked 100 words out of the dictionary at random and plastered them into a meaningless run-on sentence.
We hear a lot of both, but a majority of the former is proof that Jones shouldn’t be a general manager. In the words of Charles Barkley, let me tell you something; Cowboys legendary head coach Jimmy Johnson is the main reason Dallas won three Super Bowls in four years in the early 1990s and seemingly made Jones look like a genius. Jones had just bought the team, fired Hall of Famer Tom Landry (God rest his soul) and named himself team owner and general manager.
Johnson was in completely charge of the draft, in which he accumulated a truckload of picks by trading away star running back Herschel Walker. With those picks, Johnson constructed arguably the best team in NFL history. After two consecutive Super Bowl victories, Jones got jealous of Johnson’s growing fame and ran his college teammate out of town. Then Jones brought in Barry Switzer, under whom the Cowboys managed to win one more Super Bowl with virtually the same squad.
From the time Johnson left, Jones took over the draft in an attempt to gain the praise Johnson had received during the back-to-back titles run. Then the Cowboys went through the dark ages, which included things like three consecutive 5-11 seasons and a bunch of “yes men” as head coaches. Then Bill Parcells came to town and Jones was forced to back off the draft. The Cowboys instantly became a playoff team and Parcells was praised. What happened next? You guessed it; Parcells split when Jones’ grimy hands started reaching for the controls.
Now Garrett is in charge. It seems that way at least. Garrett took an offensive lineman in the first round of the draft, something the Cowboys had never done since Jones bought the team. That was a smart pick! Dallas desperately needed a fresh stud up front and that’s exactly what Garrett got. He also finally drove the final nail into the coffin of running back Marion Barber’s tenure in Dallas by drafting Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray. He addressed an age issue at inside linebacker by adding Bruce Carter to Sean Lee in the waiting ranks. Finally, he added depth to the offensive line with two late-rounders, supplied competition at fullback and inserted another potential contributor in the secondary. Those are all things Dallas needed to do to solidify its roster.
Did Jones really step back and let his head coach do his job? We may never know, but I’d sure like to think so. Garrett’s potential has no ceiling after what he did with the Cowboys following a 1-7 start under Wade Phillips last season. Maybe Jones realizes that. Of course, he may go back to his old ways if Garrett starts getting a ton of praise for making the Boys contenders again.
We know as well as Jones that what he needs to do is fire himself so the Cowboys can truly become contenders again. Maybe, just maybe he’ll finally get it…ha, who am I kidding? It’ll never happen.
Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones has also been the general manager of the team since he purchased it in 1989. Since that time, he’s made some moves that a brilliant GM would and then some mistakes that even a 6-year-old would never consider. Newest Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett completed his first draft in April, making some picks that suggested he was truly in charge of the drafting process as Jones indicated at the time. If that truly was the case, maybe the draft was the first step in Jones firing himself as general manager of the Cowboys.
If you are a faithful follower of The Cowboys Central, you know I’m not a fan of Jones. I catch flack all the time for blaming Jones too much for the Cowboys’ troubles following the glory days of the early 1990s. Probably the greatest bumper sticker ever made has the Cowboys’ star on it and simply reads: “The Problem is Jerry!” The best part about that? He knows it.
Any man that has his own language named after him because of the convoluted wording he uses should know he’s not a good manager. If you’re not familiar with what we call Jerry Speak here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, check out ESPN Dallas’ Ben Rogers of the Ben and Skin Show explaining how to decipher “Jerryism.”
Jones often answers reporters’ questions in a way that very few can understand. He usually says things in a way that makes it sound like a bad situation is not his fault. Heck, sometimes he says things in a way that makes you think he just picked 100 words out of the dictionary at random and plastered them into a meaningless run-on sentence.
We hear a lot of both, but a majority of the former is proof that Jones shouldn’t be a general manager. In the words of Charles Barkley, let me tell you something; Cowboys legendary head coach Jimmy Johnson is the main reason Dallas won three Super Bowls in four years in the early 1990s and seemingly made Jones look like a genius. Jones had just bought the team, fired Hall of Famer Tom Landry (God rest his soul) and named himself team owner and general manager.
Johnson was in completely charge of the draft, in which he accumulated a truckload of picks by trading away star running back Herschel Walker. With those picks, Johnson constructed arguably the best team in NFL history. After two consecutive Super Bowl victories, Jones got jealous of Johnson’s growing fame and ran his college teammate out of town. Then Jones brought in Barry Switzer, under whom the Cowboys managed to win one more Super Bowl with virtually the same squad.
From the time Johnson left, Jones took over the draft in an attempt to gain the praise Johnson had received during the back-to-back titles run. Then the Cowboys went through the dark ages, which included things like three consecutive 5-11 seasons and a bunch of “yes men” as head coaches. Then Bill Parcells came to town and Jones was forced to back off the draft. The Cowboys instantly became a playoff team and Parcells was praised. What happened next? You guessed it; Parcells split when Jones’ grimy hands started reaching for the controls.
Now Garrett is in charge. It seems that way at least. Garrett took an offensive lineman in the first round of the draft, something the Cowboys had never done since Jones bought the team. That was a smart pick! Dallas desperately needed a fresh stud up front and that’s exactly what Garrett got. He also finally drove the final nail into the coffin of running back Marion Barber’s tenure in Dallas by drafting Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray. He addressed an age issue at inside linebacker by adding Bruce Carter to Sean Lee in the waiting ranks. Finally, he added depth to the offensive line with two late-rounders, supplied competition at fullback and inserted another potential contributor in the secondary. Those are all things Dallas needed to do to solidify its roster.
Did Jones really step back and let his head coach do his job? We may never know, but I’d sure like to think so. Garrett’s potential has no ceiling after what he did with the Cowboys following a 1-7 start under Wade Phillips last season. Maybe Jones realizes that. Of course, he may go back to his old ways if Garrett starts getting a ton of praise for making the Boys contenders again.
We know as well as Jones that what he needs to do is fire himself so the Cowboys can truly become contenders again. Maybe, just maybe he’ll finally get it…ha, who am I kidding? It’ll never happen.
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jason_garrett_is_catalyst_to_dallas_cowboys_owner_jerry_jones_firing_himself/5468566?linksrc=mb_right_col
