Jerry Jones; while may he may not be the most incompetent owner (that title is being fought for by Ford and Davis), he is certainly the most evil (yes, moreso than Jeffrie Lurie).Recap -- He bought the team in the late 80s. His first act of business - fire iconic head coach Tom Landry. While I do hate the man as a coach, he had a tendency to run the score up in strike seasons with scabs and also served as DC for the Giants before taking this post, he will go down in history as one of the great ones (if not already).
Secondly, he built his team up with known troublers and fire starters. Most notably he traded for Charles Haley and Deion Sanders, but he also drafted Michael "I can't get open without throwing the cornerback to the ground" Irving and Nate Newtown.
Jim Johnson handled them well enough that they weren't out of control for the first two super bowls. However, Jones' domineering personality forced Johnson out which left him to hire former OU coach Barry Switzer, who just didn't care. Coincidentally, these are the only two coaches in history to win both a college nationa championship and the super bowl as head coach, as if anyone cares.
Well, he's at it again.
Recently he forced iconic coach Bill Parcells out of the job, which left him with Wade Phillips -- a coach of a much "weaker" personality.
Personel -- well after to left the eagles, he went to the cowboys, where he replaced Keyshawn Johnson -- a man, while troubled, looks like a saint as far as recent cowboys go.
He then personally fought the league for reinstatement of adam "Pacman" jones. No, he didn't think Pacman could be a normal, no trouble-causing human being. He just thought maybe he could have him avoid enough legal problems until he won a superbowl.
The altercation before last weeks game, it was a serious offense. Most teams would suspend their player for attempting to fight their own body guard. Not Jerry Jones. No, he needed a good cornerback while his secondary nursed some injuries.
Well, Roger Goodell looked into the matter(another man who doesn't really know what he's doing), finally decided -- hey, this is a serious matter. It is not consistent with what was required of Pacman to play in the NFL.
He is now out for four games, possibly more, possibly his whole career. Hey, there's always Canada.
Also, this kinda slipped under the radar at the trading deadline -- he traded for trouble maker receiver Roy Williams, who often whined about being the number two receiver, much more often than he whined about losing.
The fact of the matter is Jerry Jones cares not for the image of the National Football League. It's gotten to a point where I don't really care about what team it is. Yeah, I hate the Cowboys. But more importantly, i hate the image that they're giving the rest of the NFL and its players. Winning at all costs isn't winning at all. The worst part about it is he is the owner and GM. This means he is his own boss. He is responsible for removing himself from making these poor decisions, and I really don't see the man swallowing enough pride to do that.
Point is, he needs to be removed from his office.
--Knuttel
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