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Jerry Jones compares running the Cowboys to playing golf: 'I don't layup. I hit across the water to get to the green'
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Posted at 12:00 PM on Sat., Jan. 8, 2011 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones joined the 105.3 The Fan radio show Friday morning and discussed several topics including his work as general manager and why fans should support the team. Here are some highlights.
On why fans should buy in now after only seeing one playoff win over the last decade:
"Well, I have in my mind, I've used up any benefit of the doubt collateral we had with winning three Super Bowls years ago. I don't count those in terms of any gratification at all. I think if you would look at how much we shove out there. We do so more than anybody in the National Football League. We're designed so that if we don't win, it kicks a lot of butts, including mine the most. So, if anybody has an incentive to do the things that it takes to win, to try to get it right every time, whether it be a personnel decision with a player or coach, we got that incentive. It would be madness to sit here and not try to find the very best football player in the draft or the very best football player in free agency. So, I always look to the incentive plan. Are we aligned? Is it logical that we can step up here and go? I know I get criticized a lot. And a lot of people say, 'Well, go get football guys.' Have you seen the turnover in those guys? They are as rampant as the coaches. And then you've got a real quagmire. You've got a GM-type, quote football guy. ... which is the Bill Parcells types or the Mike Holmgren types. ... We've got a system that if we can get a few things right and not turn the ball over right before the half and start that thing going. Or if we can cut back on some penalties we can make some good things happen. We had some good personnel on the field, though."
On why he doesn't become one of those hands-off owners that hires a GM:
"Well, let's just be real clear. It's tough to win a Super Bowl. And I will admit to you that I'm going to look real bad most of the time when we don't because I don't layup. I hit across the water to get to the green. And that's risk taking. And so, when it misses it can miss looking bad. ... To hit on this thing it takes a lot of things happening right. And just look around here and see just how many people have won multiple Super Bowls. I know they've won more than we have this last decade, but if you really analyze these teams, sure New England, and I admire them. And I admire how and the way that has gone about it there. And my hat's off to them. But I see a lot of other teams that have not made it to the Super Bowl and won one. And that doesn't give me any solace at all. It just makes me want to be one of those that win one."
On if training camp will be only at one location next season:
"I think you've got a right to look at anything we did last year and say, 'Why don't we change that?' Because it didn't work last year. I've gone from a white car to a black car. I've gone from going in one door and out the other at the place to going in a different door. No joke. Did that have anything to do with the problems we had and why we're sitting at home while others are playing in the playoffs? I don't think so. The most traveling that we've ever done, the most moving around ... we won three world championships during those years. And we went all over the world during our training camps. So, I know you can win by traveling. It isn't necessarily the reason you win, but you can win by traveling."
uncePosted at 12:00 PM on Sat., Jan. 8, 2011 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
SportsDayDFW sports Bio | E-mail | News tips
Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones joined the 105.3 The Fan radio show Friday morning and discussed several topics including his work as general manager and why fans should support the team. Here are some highlights.
On why fans should buy in now after only seeing one playoff win over the last decade:
"Well, I have in my mind, I've used up any benefit of the doubt collateral we had with winning three Super Bowls years ago. I don't count those in terms of any gratification at all. I think if you would look at how much we shove out there. We do so more than anybody in the National Football League. We're designed so that if we don't win, it kicks a lot of butts, including mine the most. So, if anybody has an incentive to do the things that it takes to win, to try to get it right every time, whether it be a personnel decision with a player or coach, we got that incentive. It would be madness to sit here and not try to find the very best football player in the draft or the very best football player in free agency. So, I always look to the incentive plan. Are we aligned? Is it logical that we can step up here and go? I know I get criticized a lot. And a lot of people say, 'Well, go get football guys.' Have you seen the turnover in those guys? They are as rampant as the coaches. And then you've got a real quagmire. You've got a GM-type, quote football guy. ... which is the Bill Parcells types or the Mike Holmgren types. ... We've got a system that if we can get a few things right and not turn the ball over right before the half and start that thing going. Or if we can cut back on some penalties we can make some good things happen. We had some good personnel on the field, though."
On why he doesn't become one of those hands-off owners that hires a GM:
"Well, let's just be real clear. It's tough to win a Super Bowl. And I will admit to you that I'm going to look real bad most of the time when we don't because I don't layup. I hit across the water to get to the green. And that's risk taking. And so, when it misses it can miss looking bad. ... To hit on this thing it takes a lot of things happening right. And just look around here and see just how many people have won multiple Super Bowls. I know they've won more than we have this last decade, but if you really analyze these teams, sure New England, and I admire them. And I admire how and the way that has gone about it there. And my hat's off to them. But I see a lot of other teams that have not made it to the Super Bowl and won one. And that doesn't give me any solace at all. It just makes me want to be one of those that win one."
On if training camp will be only at one location next season:
"I think you've got a right to look at anything we did last year and say, 'Why don't we change that?' Because it didn't work last year. I've gone from a white car to a black car. I've gone from going in one door and out the other at the place to going in a different door. No joke. Did that have anything to do with the problems we had and why we're sitting at home while others are playing in the playoffs? I don't think so. The most traveling that we've ever done, the most moving around ... we won three world championships during those years. And we went all over the world during our training camps. So, I know you can win by traveling. It isn't necessarily the reason you win, but you can win by traveling."