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This is what Jerry does to us
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He lies.
Communist.
No doubt about it.
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Jerry Jones: the NFL’s new Al Davis
Posted by James Cobern
Jerry Jones is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and since he owns ‘America’s team’, Jerry is ‘America’s owner’ as the boss of the franchise. However Jerry Jones is starting to become known as the new Al Davis of the NFL with seemingly too hands of an approach. The late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis was famous for having a successful football team that won three Super Bowls, but in his later years of owning and managing the team. The Raiders became one of the most dysfunctional franchises in the history of the NFL. It largely was because of Al Davis being too hands on of an owner.
Al Davis was the boss and he would regularly want the team run a certain way and if you crossed him you lost your job. You can’t tell your boss no, even if he is making some bad decisions, because you’ll lose your job. Jerry Jones is becoming the new version of Al Davis, because of his outspokenness and hands on approach to the team. If he wants to draft a player like Dez Bryant, they are drafting Dez Bryant and if Jones wants the Cowboys to run the ball more. The Cowboys are going to run the ball more and it’s that simple.
Jones will regularly be on the sidelines during games at one point just like Davis and always has a point to make to the media like Davis. Jones is cocky, eccentric and loves the spotlight he places on the Dallas Cowboys. However it has led to losing years and struggling times by the Cowboys to find out what their identity is. Jerry Jones like Al Davis won three Super Bowls with their precious teams, but that time is over. When fans think of the Cowboys, they think of Tony Romo never winning a Championship and that crazy owner who has something to say.
You can’t fault Jerry Jones for having enthusiasm for his team, but he is more inclined to make money off of the Cowboys then to win championships. After all, the Dallas Cowboys franchise even with the losing years is the richest franchise in the NFL worth 2.1 billion dollars according to Forbes magazine. What incentive do you have to win championships if you are better off-putting a likable poster boy in Tony Romo to rake in the cash from the nostalgia fans get from what the Cowboys use to be? Jones almost creates conflict to put the Cowboys in the media in order to get people to watch them rather than win games. It’s all a reality show to Jerry Jones almost, because having a franchise make noise in the newspapers is just as good as winning games.
The outspoken Jones is intimidating for anyone to work for someone like that, because he will say something to the media that will get you to make safer choices for fear of backlash in the media. Not every owner in the NFL carries the persona Jerry Jones has and ultimately it is a distraction. A distraction to the front office, the coaches and the players to have Jerry Jones in the media every week, when the Cowboys need to focus on winning games. Al Davis became a distraction to the main goal of football with his antics and Jones needs to realize that he needs to take a step back allowing everyone to just do their job without fear of scrutiny. Does Jones have the power to let power go?
People in positions of power who remain in power for too long, become inefficient, uninventive and cling to the success of their former life as seen in Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones is by far one of the most hands on owners in the NFL now and the more the team struggles, the more he will tighten his grip toward solutions to problems that he can’t fix. Problems that are not helped by Jerry Jones running his mouth off to any person or news outfit who will listen. The Cowboys have become nothing more than a doll to Jerry Jones, that he won’t stop playing with. No matter how brittle and worn done the doll becomes, he continues to play. Jerry Jones has to stop playing with the Dallas Cowboys, because otherwise things will get worse before they get better for this once proud franchise in the future.
Posted by James Cobern
Jerry Jones is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and since he owns ‘America’s team’, Jerry is ‘America’s owner’ as the boss of the franchise. However Jerry Jones is starting to become known as the new Al Davis of the NFL with seemingly too hands of an approach. The late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis was famous for having a successful football team that won three Super Bowls, but in his later years of owning and managing the team. The Raiders became one of the most dysfunctional franchises in the history of the NFL. It largely was because of Al Davis being too hands on of an owner.
Al Davis was the boss and he would regularly want the team run a certain way and if you crossed him you lost your job. You can’t tell your boss no, even if he is making some bad decisions, because you’ll lose your job. Jerry Jones is becoming the new version of Al Davis, because of his outspokenness and hands on approach to the team. If he wants to draft a player like Dez Bryant, they are drafting Dez Bryant and if Jones wants the Cowboys to run the ball more. The Cowboys are going to run the ball more and it’s that simple.
Jones will regularly be on the sidelines during games at one point just like Davis and always has a point to make to the media like Davis. Jones is cocky, eccentric and loves the spotlight he places on the Dallas Cowboys. However it has led to losing years and struggling times by the Cowboys to find out what their identity is. Jerry Jones like Al Davis won three Super Bowls with their precious teams, but that time is over. When fans think of the Cowboys, they think of Tony Romo never winning a Championship and that crazy owner who has something to say.
You can’t fault Jerry Jones for having enthusiasm for his team, but he is more inclined to make money off of the Cowboys then to win championships. After all, the Dallas Cowboys franchise even with the losing years is the richest franchise in the NFL worth 2.1 billion dollars according to Forbes magazine. What incentive do you have to win championships if you are better off-putting a likable poster boy in Tony Romo to rake in the cash from the nostalgia fans get from what the Cowboys use to be? Jones almost creates conflict to put the Cowboys in the media in order to get people to watch them rather than win games. It’s all a reality show to Jerry Jones almost, because having a franchise make noise in the newspapers is just as good as winning games.
The outspoken Jones is intimidating for anyone to work for someone like that, because he will say something to the media that will get you to make safer choices for fear of backlash in the media. Not every owner in the NFL carries the persona Jerry Jones has and ultimately it is a distraction. A distraction to the front office, the coaches and the players to have Jerry Jones in the media every week, when the Cowboys need to focus on winning games. Al Davis became a distraction to the main goal of football with his antics and Jones needs to realize that he needs to take a step back allowing everyone to just do their job without fear of scrutiny. Does Jones have the power to let power go?
People in positions of power who remain in power for too long, become inefficient, uninventive and cling to the success of their former life as seen in Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones is by far one of the most hands on owners in the NFL now and the more the team struggles, the more he will tighten his grip toward solutions to problems that he can’t fix. Problems that are not helped by Jerry Jones running his mouth off to any person or news outfit who will listen. The Cowboys have become nothing more than a doll to Jerry Jones, that he won’t stop playing with. No matter how brittle and worn done the doll becomes, he continues to play. Jerry Jones has to stop playing with the Dallas Cowboys, because otherwise things will get worse before they get better for this once proud franchise in the future.
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Dallas Cowboys: No Super Bowl Trophies For Jerry Jones
By Crippled Shark
I was thinking back to 1997 and trying to recall why I was so upset with Dallas Cowboy Head Coach Barry Switzer. I mean he was the spirit and soul of my proud Oklahoma Nation and his resume is definitely a "Top Ten" collegiate coach in the history of the NCAA.
Then I realized that it wasn't Coach Switzer that I was angry with nor his stupid antics like boarding a plane flight with a loaded gun (imagine if this had been after 9/11?).
In fact I kind of liked his "shedding of tears" and his "attaboys" and the rah rah rants and boy could he ever say "dem thar purdy words" and just about talk anyone into anything. By the way, why is it so many smooth talkers come from Arkansas? As one Razorback friend told me once about Coach Switzer "he could talk a virgin out of her panties, have his way with her and then give her panties back and tell her it was a Birthday gift". But anyway, I digress........
No sir, it was not the "Bootleggers Son" that I was angry with, it was his boss.
Jerry Jones the Owner and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys had just won Super Bowl No. 3 (for him, No. 5 for the franchise) in 1997. He did all of this sending two coaching icons packing. Tom Landry the only coach the Cowboys had ever known was sent on his way and I suppose the game had passed him by in some regards but it still hurt when Coach Landry was let go and in a manner that was less than professional I might add.
But in rides Coach Jimmy Johnson to save the franchise and boy did he ever! In no time at all, the Cowboys were dominating the NFL and thus the three Super Bowl titles in a five year span. Yes, we give one of those to Coach Switzer but everyone knows it was Jimmy's players that won the last Super Bowl. That's okay, Barry is a good guy - give him his moment.
However, things began to take a horrible downward spiral.
Somehow GM Jerry Jones became so full of pride and greed that he actually started selling "America's Team". The marketing wiz that Jerry is known for became the focal point of the franchise and thus the slow and painful erosion of "America's Team".
Fast forward 15 years later and Dallas can boast of a 122-122 won loss record. About a half dozen head coaches and many other staff changes. A plethora of players rotating in and out and a monolith of a TV screen that sits inside the 8th, 9th and 10th wonder of the world......
My wife and I toured this "wonderment of wow" this past summer and we almost signed on the dotted line to foolishly become season ticket holders. I mean after all the luxury suite we were hosted in was so elite and luxurious that our breath was taken away. And the personal guided tour by Max was beyond anything I've ever seen in a sports venue and I seriously doubt that it will ever be out done.
One thing kept me from signing my life away that day as this little voice inside kept saying "what about the team". This is beyond anything we could ever comprehend and the business possibilities and the impressions we could make upon others......ohhhhh would they ever be envious......
Just imagine sipping champagne and eating food that I don't even like while snapping hundreds of iPhone photos and blasting those pictures all over the social media universe. Who cares if Dallas is losing by 21 points and being embarrassed at home on "Monday Night Football". At least we look good while getting our butts served up to us at the "luxurious and impressive buffet".
NO......NO.......NO......
Stop this crap right now (my voice screamed inside).............
This is about football. This is about building a team with free agents only where one or two might help but the main components are built through the draft and this is about designing an offensive and defensive scheme and finding the players to operate within said system. This is about pride, history, legacy, dreams, visions.
This is about winning Super Bowl No. 6........
And I am ashamed to say that there is no one person with the kahunas or the control or even the influence at Valley Ranch to make that priority No. 1.
In the mean time, be sure to stop by Victoria's Secret and pick up a nice blue and silver thong with the Cowboys Star on the crotch. Just sayin'.
By Crippled Shark
I was thinking back to 1997 and trying to recall why I was so upset with Dallas Cowboy Head Coach Barry Switzer. I mean he was the spirit and soul of my proud Oklahoma Nation and his resume is definitely a "Top Ten" collegiate coach in the history of the NCAA.
Then I realized that it wasn't Coach Switzer that I was angry with nor his stupid antics like boarding a plane flight with a loaded gun (imagine if this had been after 9/11?).
In fact I kind of liked his "shedding of tears" and his "attaboys" and the rah rah rants and boy could he ever say "dem thar purdy words" and just about talk anyone into anything. By the way, why is it so many smooth talkers come from Arkansas? As one Razorback friend told me once about Coach Switzer "he could talk a virgin out of her panties, have his way with her and then give her panties back and tell her it was a Birthday gift". But anyway, I digress........
No sir, it was not the "Bootleggers Son" that I was angry with, it was his boss.
Jerry Jones the Owner and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys had just won Super Bowl No. 3 (for him, No. 5 for the franchise) in 1997. He did all of this sending two coaching icons packing. Tom Landry the only coach the Cowboys had ever known was sent on his way and I suppose the game had passed him by in some regards but it still hurt when Coach Landry was let go and in a manner that was less than professional I might add.
But in rides Coach Jimmy Johnson to save the franchise and boy did he ever! In no time at all, the Cowboys were dominating the NFL and thus the three Super Bowl titles in a five year span. Yes, we give one of those to Coach Switzer but everyone knows it was Jimmy's players that won the last Super Bowl. That's okay, Barry is a good guy - give him his moment.
However, things began to take a horrible downward spiral.
Somehow GM Jerry Jones became so full of pride and greed that he actually started selling "America's Team". The marketing wiz that Jerry is known for became the focal point of the franchise and thus the slow and painful erosion of "America's Team".
Fast forward 15 years later and Dallas can boast of a 122-122 won loss record. About a half dozen head coaches and many other staff changes. A plethora of players rotating in and out and a monolith of a TV screen that sits inside the 8th, 9th and 10th wonder of the world......
My wife and I toured this "wonderment of wow" this past summer and we almost signed on the dotted line to foolishly become season ticket holders. I mean after all the luxury suite we were hosted in was so elite and luxurious that our breath was taken away. And the personal guided tour by Max was beyond anything I've ever seen in a sports venue and I seriously doubt that it will ever be out done.
One thing kept me from signing my life away that day as this little voice inside kept saying "what about the team". This is beyond anything we could ever comprehend and the business possibilities and the impressions we could make upon others......ohhhhh would they ever be envious......
Just imagine sipping champagne and eating food that I don't even like while snapping hundreds of iPhone photos and blasting those pictures all over the social media universe. Who cares if Dallas is losing by 21 points and being embarrassed at home on "Monday Night Football". At least we look good while getting our butts served up to us at the "luxurious and impressive buffet".
NO......NO.......NO......
Stop this crap right now (my voice screamed inside).............
This is about football. This is about building a team with free agents only where one or two might help but the main components are built through the draft and this is about designing an offensive and defensive scheme and finding the players to operate within said system. This is about pride, history, legacy, dreams, visions.
This is about winning Super Bowl No. 6........
And I am ashamed to say that there is no one person with the kahunas or the control or even the influence at Valley Ranch to make that priority No. 1.
In the mean time, be sure to stop by Victoria's Secret and pick up a nice blue and silver thong with the Cowboys Star on the crotch. Just sayin'.