Jones Considering Shanahan For '10?

…the Cowboys have had since Jimmy was fired.

And even he couldn’t put up with Jerry’s crap for that long.

Jerry Jones is a cancer in the Cowboys organization. He needs to go do missionary work or something, and let Stephen run the team.

I don’t think you’ll find too many on here that believe in it.

Yep, just like the Cowboys for the last decade, they periodically changed coaches but kept the same guy running the organization, despite the fact that the real problem with the organization was that guy (or in Detroit’s case both Millen and the owner).

that you’re coming to the conclusion that things are going well for the Cowboys? I didn’t think it went that far.

All the so called experts said this team should win the super bowl with the talent that Jerry had assembled. It did not work out, but the gm’s job is to put the best team in place. he could not rely on Romo missing three games and never , in my opinion being 100% healthy after his injury, missing Felix, and having Barber not healthy. It is funny that Jerry gets no respect because. Why? He was a billionaire before he was a gm? He has 20 years of experiance in the NFL , were the other Gm’s born to be gm’s? His team under achieved, true, but so did 5 of the other 6 teams in the nfc playoffs last year. Does this mean their gm’s suck and the head coach should be fired?

…and is something of a starhumper, going for the big name or the flashy guy regardless of if it is a good fit for the team. He isn’t much of a talent evaluator. He undermines the authority of the coaching staff, which results in a lack of respect for the coaching staff and an overall dysfunction in terms of the organizational structure, which (I tend to believe) leads to bad practice habits, sloppy play, mental mistakes, and increased penalties. He wants to be the football guy, but he also wants to be liked by the players and be their buddy, which isn’t helpful.

When Jimmy Johnson first got here, and did his famous “asthma field” stunt, it served notice from the outset that this was his team, and you were doing things his way or you were hitting the road. Same with when he released John Roper right before a playoff game for falling asleep in a meeting. The players didn’t jack with Jimmy. He had authority and respect, and kept things running tight.

Since Jimmy left, Jerry has (with the somewhat exception of the three years Parcells was here) made it clear that he was running things, no one else, and has not created any sort of fear of consequences for failing to work hard, practice hard, etc. That was one of the things that drove Troy Aikman crazy in his second half of his career, and is one of the things that some guys on the current team have complained about. With the Cowboys, all that matters is that Jerry likes you, and Jerry doesn’t demand accountability.

how would you define a “Hicks type” of owner? I suspect that you’re talking about someone who adheres to a normal organizational structure and has GMs who do the GM job. You are aware that that is not even a tiny part of the issue with him, right? It’s his individual tendencies and decisions that are the problem with Hicks, not the fact that he has GMs.

You can make a team look good on paper (see the 2004 LA Lakers), but as of now, they are sitting at home right now watching the playoffs instead of playing

he, not Parcells, did all of the decision making while this core was being built? Wow, I mean WOW. There are even first hand accounts from people like Brian Broadus that makes information on personnel decisions during those years readily available.

which was the case.

If Jimmy could have looked passed a drunk guy saying things (well, which actually went on to be true, a nobody did win a SB with that team) he would have stayed coach…

you are right…