To get to a harvest level, seeds have to be planted. Here, Jerry invests heavily to bring success to his Dallas Cowboys. There was once doubts as to his place in the franchise.
He did his homework first, talking with San Francisco and then Oakland at their ownership/management levels of knowledge.
He made a starting financial base in the oil exploration – wildcatting industry. Additionally, he secured enough financial backing to make his ownership and directions even possible. At purchase time, Dallas Cowboys were losing a $1M a week. He started planting seeds so that his franchise could have a season where rewards were harvested.
From that point forward, Jerry planted so that seeds for the team could slowly build to a harvest. That included Jimmy Johnson as well. Jerry moved mountains in trying to ensure Jimmy had all essential building materials and took a lot of gambling chances to get to that desired harvest – a Lombardi. All knew direction as did fans then.
What Jerry and Jimmy, both, were shy in their knowledge was that corrections in a role and relationship express character.
What Jimmy didn’t realize was that obedience determines trust.
What Jerry under rated was that pursuit determines passion. Both he and for Jimmy.
Jerry realized early on that routine also proves passion. Here, Jimmy lost perspective of that point and was blinded by his own achievement. He felt the whole picture rested on his own self worth. Not planting enough seeds for the total good of his team to reap from.
Delayed obedience to his boss is disobedience!
That comes to the foundations of loyalty and a team concept set in planting future seeds as well. Jimmy cracked foundations and undermined his own players here as well.
What he kept was his own reward. If trying to listen up above for guidance…instruction followed determined the direction of his future that he, himself, created.
Jerry has gone from the ‘prison’ of all gambling and challenged by dogs outside the door, to being in a palace.
This is the second time that his base is again at the level that it was in and around 1989.
Hey, we are here again…but that takes planting seeds as fans as well. The fans knew what it took for Murchison and Tom Landry from their beginnings. We followed along when Jones and Jimmy Johnson arrived. We’ve been there on the planting seeds level, but we always stood up and planted seeds along with the team.
To have a reaping season, it is again support that needs to be added by us in planting seeds. That was part of the team achievement in the past, twice, and is part of the coming together of the Dallas Cowboys now.
GO COWBOYS!
