Can Dallas win their next Super Bowl with JJ as GM? (1 Viewer)

[Ministry of Pain]

I say they can't. Time is on my side with this. He hired a good coach who got real lucky via the Vikings in a trade and stock piling draft picks. He then could not figure out a way to get along with Johnson and backed him into a corner where he finally resigned. Since then he did manage to win another Super Bowl in 1996 largely with the same talent that was stockpiled by the previous coaching staff. Then there was a slow steady downturn and over the last 15 years they largely have been a non factor.

I watched Jones on Charlie Rose and I thought he came off looking terrible and really not the type of GM that can succeed in today's NFL. Put it another way if Jerry Jones were just a GM and Dallas let him go, would you hire him? I would not and the fact he owns the team means he will never fire himself, it's all ego.

 

[pittstownkiller]

Al Davis syndrome. JJ will eventually roll through so many coaches that they will only coach exactly the way that he wants and when it doesn't work he'll fire them; a lot of indecision will be coming for DAL these days.

 

[LarryAllen'sJockstrap]

This is a cop-out, but I won't answer until this off-season is over.

If JJ is willing to understand that roster can't be top heavy (5-10 great players/rest below average), I beleive so.

For example, let's take the worst part of the team; the secondary. They already signed Sensabaugh and Scandrick to new deals during the season, so I assume they stay. Cut Newman, Elam, Ball and if the talent evaluators (coaching staff) feel Jenkins isn't worth keeping, can him too and bring in 4-5 new DBs.

Around here, a single domiant good season or being a high draft pick keeps Jerry thinking "potential" way too long when the results aren't there on the field. Unfourtantenly, far too often, those guys get locked up to long term deals. Plus, the bottom half of the roster gets very little attention. On the D, guys like Spencer, the DBs, DEs, any LB but Ware, Lee and Carter should all probably be at least looked at for replacement.

Last year Jerry made a start in that direction by cutting Flozell, Gurode...

Romo, Ware, Lee, Bryant, Felix, Austin, Witten, Murray, Tyron, Free and Ratliff make a nice core; that's 11 damn good players. Too bad it usually takes 45-52 good players to win Super Bowls. Everything else should be evaluated and upgraded if possible.

 

[Pickle Rody]

Sure - anything could happen. I wouldn't want to see it happen, but it could.

(I never really thought the guy who won my league this year could ever do it, but I knew it was remotely possible. Sure enough it happened. Didn't want to see it happen either.)

 

[coolnerd]

Jerry Jones is an expert marketer and mediocore at best at every other part of being a GM/owner. His attention to true detail is too poor to put to together a legitimate, consistent contender. Lucky for him, is that almost any team in the NFL can have everything break right, but year in, year out the Cowboys under Jerry Jones are no different than the Vikings or Jaguars or whoever(insert your favorite mediocore franchise). Until he realizes that the difference bewteen his team and the Patriots and Packers and Saints are player say 25-40, not at the top, the Cowboys will be top heavy with "talent" and below average with real quality.

 

[Bankerguy]

Jerry Jones is an expert marketer and mediocore at best at every other part of being a GM/owner. His attention to true detail is too poor to put to together a legitimate, consistent contender. Lucky for him, is that almost any team in the NFL can have everything break right, but year in, year out the Cowboys under Jerry Jones are no different than the Vikings or Jaguars or whoever(insert your favorite mediocore franchise). Until he realizes that the difference bewteen his team and the Patriots and Packers and Saints are player say 25-40, not at the top, the Cowboys will be top heavy with "talent" and below average with real quality.

I'm starting to come around on this.My biggest worry isn't that he "meddles", but he gets in the way of other possible people who DO know more then him.I worry we will never have a coach with true clout.To answer the question though, Jerry doesn't instantly mean we wont EVER win a SB with him as GM.It's a fair question though.

 

[Dr. Gobbler]

The problem is at QB.

 

[BassNBrew]

Not a Dallas fan, but this team has too much talent to write them off. A few good additions and a few breaks and they are right in the mix.

 

[Bankerguy]

The problem is at QB.

Wrong.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

I think they are a few solid defensive players away. The offense is good enuff

 

[TwinTurbo]

There are teams like the Cowboys in every sport. They try to buy the best individual players, but it doesn't always result in a great team. The problem for Jerry Jones is that there is a salary cap. He's only good at outspending the other teams, not outsmarting them.

 

[cobalt_27]

The problem is at QB.

I'm far from convinced Romo is a necessary piece for a Super Bowl run, but he's certainly sufficient.On the list of Cowboy problems, he's way down there. I'd like to address about 30 or 40 things before I came across Romo's entry on that list.

 

[Ridgelake]

There are a few things that I know:

1) Jerry wants to win very badly. No one can say he doesnt give his all to this cause.

2) Jerry does learn from his mistakes. Some of them, at least.

3) Jerry is willing to subvert some of his ego if he thinks it will help the team win.

4) Jerry is loyal to people and generally treats them well.

5) Jerry likes to gamble. This is both good and bad. It sometimes pays off. But he also exhibits the addictive personality that so many gamblers have. This causes him to be blinded outside of the payoff, just like so many other gamblers.

So do I think they CAN win a Superbowl with him as GM? Absolutely. Do I think they WILL? Odds are actually against it. Only 1 in 32 each year does. How many dice rolls does he have left? Probably not 32.

 

[Ranethe]

The problem is at QB.

I'm far from convinced Romo is a necessary piece for a Super Bowl run, but he's certainly sufficient.On the list of Cowboy problems, he's way down there. I'd like to address about 30 or 40 things before I came across Romo's entry on that list.

How many losses was Romo responsible for this year?I have been a Romo supporter in the past ( not here, but in general) but I'm no longer convinced his decision making skills are good enough to win consistently enough to be legit contender. Give the Cowboys back a couple of those games he threw away-games his team.was in a position to win- and the Cowboys are in the playoffs. He makes too many mistakes at the worst time. I don't see the Cowboys winning it, or getting close, with him at QB

 

[cobalt_27]

The problem is at QB.

I'm far from convinced Romo is a necessary piece for a Super Bowl run, but he's certainly sufficient.On the list of Cowboy problems, he's way down there. I'd like to address about 30 or 40 things before I came across Romo's entry on that list.

How many losses was Romo responsible for this year?I have been a Romo supporter in the past ( not here, but in general) but I'm no longer convinced his decision making skills are good enough to win consistently enough to be legit contender. Give the Cowboys back a couple of those games he threw away-games his team.was in a position to win- and the Cowboys are in the playoffs. He makes too many mistakes at the worst time. I don't see the Cowboys winning it, or getting close, with him at QB

Yup. All fair. He has a history of some pretty big--really big--gaffes dating back to the muffed hold in the Seattle playoff game. I can't explain it because his decision-making and talent are just fine, otherwise. That said, there are so many glaring flaws on this team, so many bad football players just running around clueless, that I just don't see replacing the QB here as a priority. Jerry needs to get over the "triplets" mentality and start building a football team from the core.