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America’s Team Is Officially a Clown Show: Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Threatens to Fire Radio Hosts
PJ Media ^ | 15 Oct 2024 | Scott Pinsker

Posted on 10/15/2024 4:27:49 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Tom Landry, Don Meredith, and Tex Schramm are all spinning in their graves. (Roger Staubach is still alive, but if he was dead, he’d be spinning like a dreidel, too.) America’s Team has hit rock bottom.

Jerry Jones purchased the Dallas Cowboys in 1989 and assumed the title of general manager. (Nobody realized it at the time, but apparently, it was a lifelong title.) The first head coach he hired — Jimmy Johnson — worked out extremely well. The early-to-mid-'90s Cowboys were disciplined, talented, and very successful. But Johnson only lasted five seasons. (He was fired after not drinking shots of liquor when Jones offered a toast to the Cowboys’ success. Seriously.)

Then there was head coach Barry Switzer (bad!) in 1994. And Chan Gailey (bad!) in 1998. And Dave Campo (bad!) in 2000.

Dave Campo only won 15 games in his three(!) years as head coach and was replaced by Bill Parcells (good!) in 2003. This was probably the high point of the Dallas Cowboys after all the superstars Jimmy Johnson developed had finally aged out. Optimism was everywhere. With Parcells’ success, the Cowboys fans rewarded Jones with a shiny new stadium.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: barryswitzer; billparcells; changailey; clownshow; cowboys; dallascowboys; davecampo; detroit; detroitlions; donmeredith; football; jerryjones; jimmyjohnson; judybattista; lions; michigan; rogerstaubach; scottpinsker; texas; texschramm; tomlandry
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I know I know it’s the NFL and many Freepers will comment WGAS. But as I’ve said before sometimes we need a break from serious subjects and Jerruh is certainly entertaining ….. especially if you are not a Cowboys fan!
1 posted on 10/15/2024 4:27:49 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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Do you want stone-cold proof that Jerry Jones cares more about ego than winning? I’ll give it to you: The NFL is actively promoting minority advancement in the head coaching and general manager ranks. It’s known as the Rooney Rule. Teams that hire a minority head coach and/or general manager are rewarded with extra draft picks — as high as a third-rounder.

The Cowboys really could’ve used an extra draft pick this year


aaand I’m out.
2 posted on 10/15/2024 4:33:17 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Rummyfan

Terrell Owens on the star was good.


3 posted on 10/15/2024 4:33:30 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Rummyfan
He was fired after not drinking shots of liquor when Jones offered a toast to the Cowboys’ success.


4 posted on 10/15/2024 4:34:38 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Rummyfan

Jerry Jones kneels when they play the National Anthem, so he and his team can go to hell.


5 posted on 10/15/2024 4:34:46 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Rummyfan

America’s team. Joe Biden’s America.


6 posted on 10/15/2024 4:37:47 PM PDT by Gman
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To: mmichaels1970

Idiot brings back washed-up Ezekiel Elliott.

And he rewarded Elliott for his suspension, which cost the team, with an extension even though running backs are a dime a dozen.

He deserves all the failure he’s getting.


7 posted on 10/15/2024 4:42:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

Before the major sports adopted anti-American woke crap, I marveled at the huuuuge Dallas JumboTron screens. They are, at least, 50 yards wide.

Don’t miss them at all.


8 posted on 10/15/2024 4:43:09 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Rummyfan

Stop calling it America’s Team. What drivel.


9 posted on 10/15/2024 4:43:49 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Yeah, pay $200+ a ticket just to watch the game on a JumboTron.


10 posted on 10/15/2024 4:44:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Seruzawa

They aren’t even Texas’ team.


11 posted on 10/15/2024 4:44:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Seruzawa

Sunday’s game sounded like it was played in Detroit.


12 posted on 10/15/2024 4:45:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

Sometimes getting what we want is its own punishment. The longer Jones has called the detailed management shots the more convinced he is that such is his forte. I have family members who were very involved with the Cowboys organization both before and after his purchase. It is not pretty what they say.


13 posted on 10/15/2024 4:45:55 PM PDT by KC Burke
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To: Rummyfan

Switzer at least won them a super bowl


14 posted on 10/15/2024 4:48:18 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Clay Bevis and Cuck Butthead are panty wadded, pearl clutching cowards. Rush deserves better.)
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To: Fledermaus

More like Neil O’Donnell won them that Super Bowl.


15 posted on 10/15/2024 4:51:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Larry Lucido

I think Johnson was let go because of Jones ego. Johnson was getting too much credit to suit Jones. That being said, it’s Jones’ franchise and his money so he should be able to what he wants. As a side note, “America’s Team to me has always been The Steelers.


16 posted on 10/15/2024 4:53:10 PM PDT by Rlsau1
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America’s Team is whoever plays the Cowboys.


17 posted on 10/15/2024 4:53:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fiji Hill
Jerry Jones kneels when they play the National Anthem

Omagosh, I did not know this.

Tom Landry was a WWII B-17 pilot. What an awful, negative trajectory since.

Jones just disappeared from my 'okay or better' list.

18 posted on 10/15/2024 4:58:38 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: dfwgator

It certainly is in our household.


19 posted on 10/15/2024 5:01:24 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Seruzawa

A long time ago, it was America’s team with Tom Landry at the helm. He knew how to control his criminals.


20 posted on 10/15/2024 5:03:05 PM PDT by Texas resident (Que Mala= Bad Juju.)
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