Can we fire Jerry Jones???
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Unless/until Jerry Jones completely removes himself from the picture OR has an Irsay-like conversion the Cowboys are destined to be no better than a .500 team. Originally Posted by txcwby6I am going to disagree. Jerry spends enough money on quality football players to consistenly have 9+ win seasons. it is one thing to have good football players but it is another to have them playing together as a team.
I think Tony Dungy rather than Cowher would be a good choice as head coach. When Irsay packed up the Baltimore Colts and took them to Indianapolis he was regarded as one of the worst owners in the league. Whatever happened to him needs to happen to Jerry Jones. Originally Posted by txcwby6The old man, Bob Irsay died is what happened.
In January 1984, a drunk Irsay appeared before the Baltimore media and exclaimed, "This is my goddamn team!" He reiterated that, despite problems, the rumors that he was moving the team were untrue. With negotiations over improvements to Memorial Stadium at an impasse, one of the chambers of the Maryland state legislature passed a law on March 27, 1984 allowing the city of Baltimore to seize the Baltimore Colts under eminent domain, which city and county officials had threatened to do. Irsay later claimed the city promised him a new football stadium, something they later denied, citing the team's poor attendance.Yeah, I was one of those 143,000 fans
The next day, Irsay, fearing a dawn raid on the team's Owings Mills headquarters, accepted a deal offered by the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut contacted his friend John B. Smith, at that time the CEO of the Mayflower Transit Company, who arranged for fifteen trucks to hurriedly pack the team's property and transport it to Indianapolis in the early hours of the morning of March 29.
"The state legislature and the city of Baltimore] not only threw down the gauntlet, but they put a gun to his head and cocked it and asked, 'want to see if it's loaded? They forced him to make a decision that day."
—Michael Chernoff, the team's general counsel, after the move.
An ecstatic crowd in Indianapolis greeted the arrival of their new NFL team, and the team received 143,000 season ticket requests in just two weeks.
Baltimore was without a National Football League team until 1996, when Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns there, where they were renamed the Ravens.
IMO - The special teams are bad not because of the special teams coach, the problem is the talent. The current special teams are mostly made up Jerry's picks (rookies - 3rd and 4th yr players), whereas most of our current starters are linked to the Big Tuna, and are largely considered some of the most talented at their respective positions. It's also the reason we have ZERO depth.
Thanks to Jerry the GM and the current head coach, the bottom of our roster is arguably the worst in the league, and it's obvious Wade cannot get the max out of the top of our roster.
We have a small window left with the current core, so hopefully JJ will get a leader in here to salvage what Parcells built. After this core is gone and if JJ is still in charge of the draft, we'll see a return to the dark ages, AKA the Chan Gailey/Quincy Carter era. Originally Posted by Par_Shooter
I must correct you.Baltimore was without a National Football League team until 1996, when Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns there, where they were renamed the Ravens.Yeah, I was one of those 143,000 fans Originally Posted by Chica Chaser