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Cowboys Owner Acting Out Of Desperation
Published by MoonDog on October 17, 2008
Earlier this week Dallas Cowboys’ owner and general manager Jerry Jones announced a trade that sent Dallas’ first, third, and sixth-round picks in 2009 to the Detroit Lions for wide receiver Roy Williams.
It was a questionable move considering the Cowboys have greater needs on defense, created as a result of injuries and the recent suspension of cornerback Adam Jones.
For an organization that was picked by many to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XLIII, Dallas has gotten off to a 4-2 start, playing well below expectations to this point in the season.
The acquisition of Williams for such a costly price wasn’t about improving an already respectable offense.
Dallas Cowboys Owner and GM Jerry Jones
It was designed to take the focus off the embarrassment created by the Pacman incident and an effort, albeit a weak one, to generate positive news after the Cowboys suffered a rash of injuries in Sunday’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
But more importantly, it showed Jones’ anxiousness to get the Cowboys back to the Super Bowl, an act that appeared more out of desperation than an attempt to improve the team.
Dallas isn’t any better off with Williams than they were when the week began and are no closer to the Super Bowl either. For someone like me that’s followed this team for 40 years, Jones’ actions make perfect sense.
The Cowboys haven’t won a playoff game since 1996 and haven’t won a Super Bowl in 13 years, the second longest drought between championships in the team’s history.
Jones is absolutely driven - even possessed - with trying to rekindle the Cowboys glory years of the middle 90’s, when the team won three Super Bowls in four years.
Obviously, every team in the NFL strives to win a Super Bowl each season. Some teams have realistic expectations while others know it may take a few years.
Even more enter training camp knowing their chances of making it to the pinnacle of professional football are as likely as Paris Hilton passing a driving test.
But things are different in Dallas, a team tied with the 49ers and Steelers with the most Super Bowl victories and the only organization to make eight appearances in the game that has become the greatest spectacle in sports.
Former Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Jimmy Johnson
Since buying the team from then-owner H. R. “Bum” Bright in 1989 for $150 million, Jones has remade the Cowboys in his image. While he enjoyed tremendous success with Jimmy Johnson as the head coach, he’s had more failures since Johnson’s departure.
Jones hasn’t won a Super Bowl without Johnson or the players that he brought to the franchise during his time as head coach from 1989 until 1993.
Sure, everyone points to the Cowboys Super Bowl victory in 1995, with Barry Switzer coaching the team. But the fact is, Dallas won that Super Bowl with the players Johnson drafted or traded for.
Following their second straight Super Bowl victory in 1993, Johnson resigned amid reports that Jones, in an inebriated condition, stated “any one of 500 coaches could have won those Super Bowls,” implying the Cowboys success wasn’t the result of coaching.
Although there have been mild successes with former coach Bill Parcells and current coach Wade Phillips, the Cowboys have never been the same since Johnson resigned.
For an organization that enjoyed stability when Tom Landry coached the team and Tex Schramm served as GM, the Cowboys have become a franchise fraught with indecisiveness and consistent meddling by Jones.
Former Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Bill Parcells
Since Johnson left Jones to his own devices, the Cowboys have had five head coaches since his departure, and with the exception of Parcells, none of them have had a true voice in building the team.
Were it not for Parcells, the Cowboys wouldn’t be in this position today, with a roster full of talented players and a realistic opportunity to win a Super Bowl.
History has proven without a strong head coach, someone with an eye for talent and the ability to build a team - as were the cases with Johnson and Parcells - the Cowboys are a rudderless ship when Jones is left to make personnel decisions.
If Johnson or Parcells were coaching this team, the trade for Williams wouldn’t have happened. With Jones making nonsensical moves that don’t benefit the team, the Cowboys may have actually weakened their chances of making a Super Bowl run.
The Cowboys could very well end up grasping for reasons why they didn’t win a Super Bowl this season when everything seemed so right. But the real reason will be the actions of a desperate owner, and only Jerry Jones will have himself to blame.
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CK0712 on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 03:57
Moondoggy, gotta prop this write up. you are on point & 100% correct here. i’ve been trying to tell ppl. for days, but no one listens *i’m a girl* HA!
i couldn’t agree with you more & it’s a damn shame & hey this is coming from a hard core eagles chick! but to see any football dynasty take a proverbial dump the way it has happened recently is just sad. i’m probably gonna get slammed for this, but i don’t think rainman brought anything to the team except a whole lotta trouble. you have solid players that do their job day in & out……..and they look around at the diva’s & the bullshit going on with other players & it’s spilling over into the locker room.
guess my bottom line & what i’m trying to say at 5:56am in the fricken morning is, GREAT WRITE UP & i’m showin love for you as a fan of that team!
Past The Pylon on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 06:37
Amen brother. Great write up
MoonDog on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 11:12
CK - You might be a girl, but you love the game, have access to a wealth of information and you write based upon an educated opinion.
I love the Cowboys and want to see them do well. But I’ve always felt if Jerry Jones would cast aside his ego and recognize he’s not the right person to make personnel or coaching decisions, Dallas would be much better off.
CK0712 on Fri, 17th Oct 2008 17:44
AMEN!!!!!
ditto for Al……they both need to step aside & let the teams they own heal!! Hopefully that will happen, because it’s awful to see football dynasty’s dump
MWAH babeeee
McCafferty Himself on Sat, 18th Oct 2008 11:38
There are very few players worth first, third and sixth round draft picks all in the same draft. This was a truly bonehead move by Jones. What kind of draft will they have next Spring?
MoonDog on Sat, 18th Oct 2008 22:11
Not a terribly good one. Maybe T.O. becomes trade bait or he has another player or two in mind he’d be willing to trade to reacquire a first round pick.