Jerry Jones once again explains why he’s the Cowboys GM

[Irving Cowboy]

Jerry Jones once again explains why he’s the Cowboys GM

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did an interview with ESPN today and once again broke down why he has his hands in so many of his teams affairs while many owners take a hands off approach.

Jones was asked why he doesn't split delegate his responsibilities.

“For years when I first got involved….the discipline that I came from said…the owner was on the floor where the product was being built or where it’s being sold then he was really paying attention to things. It’s just a question of communication. It implies though that that same person, I’m not going to talk in third party, that I may call the decisions which has never been the case, ever. I respect so much our coaches input, our input from our scouting department, our input from our….from every constituent that we have,” said Jones.

Jones also went on that say that he’s replaced six head coaches as the owner of the Cowboys and that he’s never had to replace a general manager and that keeps some of the continuity.

What Jones fails to realize is that as much as he might love the continuity of himself as the Cowboys general manager, it’s produced zero Super Bowl titles.

[video=youtube;XSVzTCtYv7I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSVzTCtYv7I#t=39[/video]

 

[Sheik]

Omg.

I never had to replace a GM, so there is continuity there.

How in the fuck?

 

[diehard2294]

He can't go away fast enough

 

[junk]

I really hate him. The fucking wink when he talked about not having to replace a GM. Ugh

I'm sure Hostile and crew ate that up though. Oh I don't make all the decisions. I listen to everyone. Yep, that's part of the damn problem.

Do a Google News search for Jerry. Then do one for a GM or owner for a winning franchise. He's a media whore

Dallas will never be a consistent winner with this model. If you are really a fan, that should upset you

 

[Mr.Po]

No need to explain.

It's obvious your an over indulgent egotistical self absorbed bastard.

 

[boozeman]

I really hate him. The fucking wink when he talked about not having to replace a GM. Ugh

I'm sure Hostile and crew ate that up though. Oh I don't make all the decisions. I listen to everyone. Yep, that's part of the damn problem.

Do a Google News search for Jerry. Then do one for a GM or owner for a winning franchise. He's a media whore

Dallas will never be a consistent winner with this model. If you are really a fan, that should upset you

I feel the same but he is without a doubt an interesting case of ego and greed.

Deep down, he's an insecure asshole who is bound and determined to do it "his way". But ultimately, he's more driven by money than the wins.

The wins will allow the brand to survive and he's terrified that the lack of them will drive down the brand. He can sideshow bark his way with eight wins a year forever and ever with our stupid fan base.

But he needs to be rock bottom with that perverse stadium a hollow cathedral before he will even think about changing how he does things.

 

[junk]

But he needs to be rock bottom with that perverse stadium a hollow cathedral before he will even think about changing how he does things.

Sad thing is I think they'll back into the playoffs this year because the division sucks

We'll see the bottom fall out when Romo is done

 

[boozeman]

Sad thing is I think they'll back into the playoffs this year because the division sucks

We'll see the bottom fall out when Romo is done

Not if he drafts Manziel.

 

[Jon88]

I'm not watching it.

I hope we lose the rest of our games because of that piece of shit.

 

[dbair1967]

Not if he drafts Manziel.

Please no.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

This is just classic Jerry that we've all seen 100 times at this point. It's not that he doesn't know this isn't the best for maximizing wins -- he admitted that when he said he'd have fired the GM a long time ago if he weren't named Jerry Jones. He's basically saying I'm going to be the GM because I want to and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Like you guys said, until we have a terrible year or two and his Monument To Himself is dead, nothing's going to change. Makes you almost wish for a 5-11 year just to shake things up, though I'd hate it for our players.

But I'm with junk in that I think we have a decent 10-6 year or so, win this terrible division, and that keeps the status quo for at least a few more years.

 

[Jon88]

I'm not wishing for a 5-11 year. No way.

3-13 would be better.

 

[Omegasupreme]

“For years when I first got involved….the discipline that I came from said…the owner was on the floor where the product was being built or where it’s being sold then he was really paying attention to things. It’s just a question of communication. It implies though that that same person, I’m not going to talk in third party, that I may call the decisions which has never been the case, ever. I respect so much our coaches input, our input from our scouting department, our input from our….from every constituent that we have,” said Jones.

Look how he is careful not to reveal the influence on his decisions from an input source that is not his coaches and not the scouting department. Other than financial, what other input is necessary to make decisions? Who are these other "constituents" that he has?
My guess is (from watching the documentary on Jimmy Johnson) that Lacewell and Switzer are still influential.

Coaches and scouts...and....constituents.

#recipe for conquering the modern day NFL.

 

[peplaw06]

He's contradicting himself.

"It implies that I make all the decisions when that's not been the case, ever. I respect so much the input of our coaches, scouting department, and from every constituent that we have."

He says he's not making the decisions, but he's getting "input" from everyone. If he's not making the decisions, coaches and scouts wouldn't be having "input." They would be making the fucking decisions.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

The best look behind the curtain I've ever seen is that old article booze posted about the 2002 predraft meetings deciding between Buchanon and Jammer. Sure, the coaches and scouts give their input, but they all argue to Jerry and he makes the final call.

 

[peplaw06]

This is just classic Jerry that we've all seen 100 times at this point. It's not that he doesn't know this isn't the best for maximizing wins -- he admitted that when he said he'd have fired the GM a long time ago if he weren't named Jerry Jones. He's basically saying I'm going to be the GM because I want to and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Like you guys said, until we have a terrible year or two and his Monument To Himself is dead, nothing's going to change. Makes you almost wish for a 5-11 year just to shake things up, though I'd hate it for our players.

But I'm with junk in that I think we have a decent 10-6 year or so, win this terrible division, and that keeps the status quo for at least a few more years.

I don't think 5-11 or 3-13, or hell 1-15 will get Jerry to change things at this point. We've done 5-11 many times.

Junk and booze said it... His ego prevents him from doing serious self-critique. He'll never admit his way doesn't work, because he claims it worked 20 years ago. He refers back to where he came from... this ain't the oil business Jerry. And you have to evolve in this business. Football isn't the same as it was when he bought the team or when we were winning super bowls.

I think the whole "team has talent but can't put it together" thing just empowers him. He thinks he's responsible for bringing the talent here. He thinks it's the coaching that has to put it together on the field. In his mind I'm sure he thinks the coaching has been subpar all these years. That's why you see so many changes every year to our coaching staff.

What he won't see though, is that if the coaches don't have autonomy to make tough decisions, no level of talent will ever win here. When we were winning, Jimmy could do what he felt necessary to motivate and discipline the team. Since he left, the coach has had to go through Jerry (save on occasion Parcells). That's the worst part about him being "the GM." If he were just making player personnel decisions, that might not be the worst thing in the world. But he's more than just the GM. He's on the sidelines, he's making decisions on the coaching staff, he's in the media answering questions about the health of our players, etc. No other GMs in the league do that.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

No doubt, pep. One thing I think people underestimate sometimes is his huge desire to be buddies with his players, especially his pet projects. There are plenty of examples over the years, but just look at Pacman on Hard Knocks. Jerry loved the fact that he "saved" Pacman and Pacman then gave Jerry tons of love for it. He's not going to let a coach kick the butt of a player like that even when they need it.

So yeah, that problem is always going to be there. When I talk about change, I just mean a better coaching staff like with Parcells. As much as Jerry as GM is less than ideal, he's still not to blame for disorganization, mental errors, and poor scheming on the field. With better coaches who knew what they were doing, I think we'd at least be much better, even if not ever a New England type near-dynasty.

 

[peplaw06]

I'm with you mostly.

As much as Jerry as GM is less than ideal, he's still not to blame for disorganization, mental errors, and poor scheming on the field.

But I think the lack of accountability on the field stems from the general lack of accountability on the team.

Garrett has tried some little disciplinary things -- Marion Barber's suiting up incident, benching DeMarco Murray in the preseason game for fumbling -- but it feels to me like he'll make a disciplinary decision, but he has someone watching over his back when he does. I'm sure when those things were made issues in the media, he heard from Jerry about it.

And the players know that, especially the ones who will test the limits, such as Pacman. The head coach may try to discipline the players, but Jerry will decide whether they play or not, or whether they're on the roster or not.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

But I don't think most of those mistakes are due to guys not getting their ass kicked enough. I think it's due more to overcomplication and confusion. When Miles and Tony aren't on the same page, I don't think it's because Miles isn't disciplined, it's because he (and maybe Romo) haven't been trained and prepared properly leading up to the game.

Just look at the defense this year. It's vastly more organized and efficient looking, isn't it? That's Kiffin/Marinelli vs Ryan, not because of any change in Jerry.

 

[Hoofbite]

Is there any point to having the 3 titles other than ego?

Everyone knows it's him and he's the fucking owner which trumps all other titles. Why need the three?

Also, the other problem is that the root cause of everything can be found in the sentence that beings, "the discipline that I came from....."

End it there because the discipline you came from isn't fucking football so any sort of applicability of how you know how to run things can just fly right out of the fucking window.

Someone should ask Jerry if he's going to hire Garrett to drill some oil wells for him and run an oil company.