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Because speed demons Slater and Chung are game breakers???????
What do Slater and Chung have to do with Coderalle Patterson or Aaron Dobson?
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Wow, I'm really impressed with your fair and spot on impressions of Jones.Since this thread has turned into a Patterson thread, let me go in another direction. As a Cowboy's fan, what is the general consensus of fans on Jerry Jones?
I've never met the guy, but my wife's family has a modest place that overlooks one of his summer houses. Several of my wife's family have met him years (10-15) ago, they said he was friendly, engaging, and charming. The kids used to spend a lot of time up there and have a slight partying reputation, but that may have been gossip, they pretty much kept to themselves and never bothered anyone (a deputy sheriff often was on site to shoo away anyone who got too close to the house). In recent years I think it is the wife and grandkids that mostly stay there, I guess the kids are into the family business now.
To be clear: I don't think he is much of a general manager. However, clearly he is a very smart guy and an absolutely brilliant businessman (if you don't believe me, look up: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/08/20/the-nfls-most-valuable-teams/).
If I was a NFL owner, I'm 99% sure that I would follow Bob Kraft's lead and hire smart people and not interfere. However, 1% of me remembers years ago before I went into academia and I managed a small group of researchers. My boss and I busted our butt to bring in a research contract that looked like lots of fun, involving travel to an interesting place, several weeks of work at an interesting national lab. We were looking for some underling to train to do the job, and we looked at each other and said: "Why should we bust our butt only to have someone else have all of the fun?", and we went ourselves.
I guess there is a small part of me that understands a guy who busted his butt and now "doesn't want someone else to have all of the fun".
How do you and other Cowboy fans view him?
Wow, I'm really impressed with your fair and spot on impressions of Jones.
I actually agree with everything you're saying. I've met him at a couple of different events and he is just like you described- very genuinely friendly, engaging and charming with fans. He goes out of his way to be good to the fans. Every story I've ever heard from fans has always been the same.
And the players adore him. He's a father figure to some, and he's incredibly loyal to them. I think he gets emotionally attached sometimes.
And therein lies the problem. As a person, he's a actually great guy. But he's the biggest Cowboys fan there is and he makes decisions with his heart. And that hurts us a lot. You're right, he's an insanely smart man, but his love of his Cowboys and the coaches and players sometimes clouds his judgment.
He'd be a great guy to hang out with, he would be fun, friendly and he would buy beers for everyone. And if you needed a cab ride home, he would say no way and make his limo driver take you home. But as far as being a General Manager, I wish he would give up that gig.
Absolutely! Happy to talk anything Cowboys related. I appreciate your fair and intelligent opinion on it instead of being like most of the general public who believes everything the mediots tell them.Really interesting! I lot of the mediots attribute his mistakes to arrogance, but your take on how he just loves his team so much that he leads with his heart sounds more accurate. Thanks for the post. Chris
Wow, I'm really impressed with your fair and spot on impressions of Jones.
I actually agree with everything you're saying. I've met him at a couple of different events and he is just like you described- very genuinely friendly, engaging and charming with fans. He goes out of his way to be good to the fans. Every story I've ever heard from fans has always been the same.
And the players adore him. He's a father figure to some, and he's incredibly loyal to them. I think he gets emotionally attached sometimes.
And therein lies the problem. As a person, he's a actually great guy. But he's the biggest Cowboys fan there is and he makes decisions with his heart. And that hurts us a lot. You're right, he's an insanely smart man, but his love of his Cowboys and the coaches and players sometimes clouds his judgment.
He'd be a great guy to hang out with, he would be fun, friendly and he would buy beers for everyone. And if you needed a cab ride home, he would say no way and make his limo driver take you home. But as far as being a General Manager, I wish he would give up that gig.
McCourty vs Dez was a silly discussion then, and it's a silly discussion now.
DAL's biggest problem these past years is Romo IMO. He's that gambling gunslinger type of QB that Brady has proven is exactly NOT the type of QB you need to win games in today's NFL.
So what's his progress report for this Sunday?
I hope Dobson establishes himself as the better player than Patterson, but the truth is he is not the better player right now. Right now as we speak, New England coaches are game planning for Patterson. Minnesota Coaches are not game planning for Dobson.
Brady is 37 years old. He cannot carry this offense anymore. He needs Weapons to be able to help him out when he can't make that perfect throw. So far, no one meets that criteria other than a injured rob gronkowski. Julian Edelman is a good slot WR, but he is not a number 1 WR. No other team in the league would take Edelman as an outside WR. Thompkins is average, Lafell is average, Amendola is average. Dobson is a mystery.
I agree.Brady is 37 years old. He cannot carry this offense anymore. He needs Weapons to be able to help him out when he can't make that perfect throw. So far, no one meets that criteria other than a injured rob gronkowski. Julian Edelman is a good slot WR, but he is not a number 1 WR. No other team in the league would take Edelman as an outside WR. Thompkins is average, Lafell is average, Amendola is average. Dobson is a mystery.
McCourty vs Dez was a silly discussion then, and it's a silly discussion now.