Here’s a sobering thought:

Since the Jimmy Johnson – Jerry Jones split occured, now beginning to approach two decades ago, a Jones-led Cowboys team has managed to improve its record from the previous season just FOUR times.

Two of those occurences came with Jerry in a limited capacity when Bill Parcells was head coach. Another came with Bill Parcells’ roster and assembled talent and was mainly the result of a full year with Tony Romo as the starting QB.

The only other time? 1998, with Chan Gailey as a first year head coach, rebounding from the disastrous Switzer regime.

Every single other year (that’s 11 seasons, for those of you at home slightly intimidated by basic math), the Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys have either gotten worse or failed to get better from their previous campaign. Here’s the full list:

1994 12-4
1995 12-4
1996 10-6
1997 6-10
1998 10-6 IMPROVED
1999 8-8
2000 5-11
2001 5-11
2002 5-11
2003 10-6 IMPROVED
2004 6-10
2005 9-7 IMPROVED
2006 9-7
2007 13-3 IMPROVED
2008 9-7

What does this data indicate, trend-wise?

Consistent backsliding at a fairly alarming pace, interrupted by brief periods of managerial competence that has a short term boosting effect, but in the long term is diluted and eventually the positive aspects of the new administration are eroded.

There’s only one constant through all this.

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Jimmy and his guys made the draft look easy. Jerry thought ‘Well, that’s not hard’. What he failed to understand was the importance of what happened in the 364 days and nights before the draft.

-Former scouting director Dick Mansperger

The Cowboys are Jerry’s team and he can do what he wants. But if you want to chart where things began to go wrong, look at the point when he started making the moves.

-Larry Brown

Man, the drafts under Jerry were terrible, just terrible. Jerry would draft a guy and he would come out to minicamp and I just couldn’t believe it. I’d say “This is our first round pick?’

-Darren Woodson

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Why are we calling for GM Jerry’s head?

In 1996, the FBI arrested the Unabomber.
In 1996, scientists introduce Dolly, the world’s first cloned sheep.
In 1996, Tupac Shakur was killed.
In 1996, Braveheart won Best Picture.
In 1996, “Macarena” was Billboard #1.
In 1996, Y2K was still a concern.

Do these events seem like ancient history? Well, in 1996, your Dallas Cowboys won its last playoff game.

Ask yourself this…do you have accomplishments from 12 years ago that allow others to forgive your pisspoor performance since?

So let’s break the perception. Jerry Jones is still basking in the glory of the early 90s. Question his ability and the early 90s are thrown in your face.

It doesn’t work for M.C. Hammer, why does it work for Jerry Jones?

History is history and, unless he’s sporting Zubaz pants, Jerry Jones can’t continue to ride off of the early 90’s.

Fact of the matter is that, since 1996, the Dallas Cowboys have:
- Suffered 5 losing seasons
- Gone 0-6 in the playoffs
- Only two division titles
- With the Top Pick, drafted Quincy Carter, Dwayne Goodrich, Ebenezer Ekuban, David LaFleur, Kavika Pittman.

Again, why are we calling for GM Jerry’s head? It’s because history is long gone and we need the present. Unfortunately, history is all Jerry Jones can claim.

-phildominator

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Life-long Dallas Cowboys fan here. I have never known anything else. My father left the U.S. Navy when I was two years old and we moved back to East Texas with my grandparents. Grandpa was an avid Cowboys fan and never missed a game. He would sit me on his lap and we would watch the games together. I was hooked.

I have missed one televised game, the day of my grandmother’s funeral — Dallas vs St. Louis, October 19th, 2008. The Cowboys lost that day, pathetically. They gave up thirty four points to one of the NFL’s worst teams. Inexcusable, even without Tony Romo. It’s the Dallas Cowboys, the worlds most famous sports team, and they laid down. I didn’t see it, but I listened to the radio the entire trip home and could visualize the beating we were taking and it cut deep. I was embarrassed, ashamed and let down. It got worse.

The Cowboys fell for the second time in three weeks as the New York Giants thumped us. A bit expected, though, as the Giants were a good team and we weren’t full strength.

Romo’s return seemed as if life eternal sprung into the hearts of fans and his teammates. Dallas would go on to win out in November, beating Washington, San Francisco, and Seattle… (more…)

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