First, in the college levels.
Rich talent at doing just that talent has permeated the NFL today.
To excell today, coming out of the college level takes either a football ‘player’s’ approach. To wit a passing strength and sophisticated running ability. Or it takes an intensely sophisticated knowledge to read play developments and strong down range accuracy. To wit, a ‘passer first’ ability, but knowledge of pocket.
Now, the player’s career is somewhat limited by an individual injury history and how a team builds up a scheme to empower the quarterback towards his skill set.
The Cowboys are still locked into a recent history where a player was forced to comply. This with more of forcing him into a coach’s mold to be used. Then he had to challenge the opponent.
Also, Jerry’s team still forces a player to buy into the team and not just maximizing his pay opportunity. That was the way the NFL survived back to when Jerry entered the league. He learned well and provided well, even for Jimmy Johnson. He earned with a real team’s achievements. His philosophies were strong as well as based upon valid ethics and morales.
With successes, Jerry attempted to pay the star players and maintain a valid sense of rewards. Then when Jimmy’s personal knowledge of talent at the collegiate level was no longer up to date, he had to rely more upon outside sources for knowledge and directions involved.
Why were drafts so many rounds? They were extensive because evaluations were limited and more projections than composites of real alternatives for those players. Scouts were important in his team from that point forward. From backroom events they became a ‘Vegas affair’ with all then and there and challenging to team stability. Jerry and Jimmy both had to develop new skills not just based upon ego.
Jerry learned about their importance and development from that point forward.
Fast forward here, the Scouting department for the Dallas Cowboys has arrived at a high state for an NFL team now. It is functioning and producing in what now is becoming cap strengthening as well. This is an important aspect and what is bringing Jerry and his organization again to a pretty competitive picture, now.
Jerry fought for player’s rights with the 1995 resolution for the NFL that allowed free agency…and money into a picture for players.
Money versus loyalties. That shortened productivity for many who started out flashing talent.
Previously not having come through those type management tendencies, beyond what one could afford, he stuck to star power in trying to win. That had too many pitfalls based upon experiences prior to teams struggling to be able to stay together.
As a wildcatter, his mold was set in high stakes gambling. Jimmy Johnson was similar, as his gambling was based more upon a four year projection coming from the college ranks. When his ‘great wall,’ made up of cast off linemen and unknown players from college, he struggled to keep up, also on his Head Coach side of his ledger.
Jimmy sold out to his own hero worship perspective and didn’t learn the ethical element in sticking to the grind when player’s good was the ultimate reward. He wouldn’t swallow his pride and sold them out down the river for his own pride. That part was his, then.
Jerry then still attempted to win from season to season.
He attempted to provide needs for the team and support him as well as he could. That part was class, even if applications still didn’t achieve fully as did some other teams.
He did achieve through the progression developed, but San Francisco and later New England passed him by on football application. They were better teams until Jerry’s scouting department got up to date and good. Slowly, Jerry caught up.
Stephen holds a good in the black – cash flow team picture, but application has still been a step behind the smart side of business. Jerry lost a bit of his gambler’s perspective here. He didn’t keep up.
Right now, the picture is all upon what Dak Prescott does, this season. Sorry, but success is in his corner of the arena. Oh, he is talented and not the goat in application on achievements.
He has been removed from his own ‘player’ type quarterback abilities by injuries. Now, he should be well and allowed to, and developed towards, returning him to his real strength as to his type of a player.
He either succeeds being led by Mike McCarthy, or the team needs to make an immediate decision and cost effectiveness towards change at quarterback.
That will then be the biggest failure point on this team if he doesn’t succeed here and now.
If he does succeed, then he should stay and the team signs all of the young top shelf stars. Then it continues to grow towards dominance in Jerry’s and our team of Cowboys’ way of life.
Yes, Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys have finally caught back up with a potential legendary opportunity once again.
The catch is still this: It is the NFL and football is a challenge full of trips and fall opportunities. Each team has to face adversity, overcome, and resume momentum in each game, over a season, and through the playoffs. A team has to overcome all and succeed.
That is where I come into my picture. I am a fan. I root for my team, and yea, have been elevated by their struggles as well as accomplishments as well. I won’t allow my own pride stand in the way of supporting them also. Pride is great…when it is pushing to achieve.
All considered in the sacrifices.
GO COWBOYS!
