Inside The Star
Yesterday, Jerry Jones delivered what will be a fatal blow to some Dallas Cowboys fans. Whether you are with that crowd or vehemently against them, people are going to leave this fanbase because of the Micah Parsons to Green Bay trade.
Some will say those fans were never “real” Cowboys fans; that a true supporter would never ditch the star. That, my friends, is wrong.
There is one person to blame for fans dropping out, and that person is Jones.
The 82-year-old owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys is the man behind the curtain of every team failure and fanbase departure.
Yesterday’s blockbuster deal with their most bitter non-divisional rival, and the rambling, blame-throwing, excuses-filled press conference that followed, was all the proof you needed of that statement.
https://twitter.com/JoshNorris/status/1961216990560899098 Jones, a once-revered business and football mind who brought Dallas to a dynasty, has delivered the death of that same franchise nearly three decades later.
Let me explain how and why.
The boxing legend, Marvin Hagler, once famously said, “It’s tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 a.m. when you’ve been sleeping in silk pajamas.”
It is human nature to lose the hunger for something you’ve already achieved time and time again.
We see it across professional sports: dynasties fade, champions grow complacent. The rare individuals who push that comfort aside—the Tom Bradys, the Michael Jordans—become the true greats. They refuse to let success dull their edge.
Jerry Jones allowed the ’90s Cowboys’ dynasty to steal his hunger for success.
When Dallas hoisted three Lombardi trophies in four years, the pressure on Jones subsided. Nobody was saying he was just some rich oilman from Arkansas; nobody questioned the firings of Tom Landry and Tex Schramm, or the trading of Herschel Walker; he had proven his worth.
The second that happened, Jones lost the plot. It was no longer about championships; it was about ego.
Ego ruined his relationship with Jimmy Johnson, which cut the dynasty short. Ego pushed winning to the side in favor of media attention. Ego pushed for ratings as decades of mediocrity ensued. Ego traded Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers.
Jones lost his hunger to win on the field and held on to his seat at the table anyway.
Nobody is quicker to pull a small, unnecessary, petty fib than Jerry Jones. These are “the lies.”
For example, saying this offseason they’d conduct a true head coaching search; saying just a week ago that he wouldn’t trade Parsons; saying yesterday that this team gives them their best chance to win in years.
How did the “search” go? Well, he first caused a media frenzy with fake interest in Deion Sanders, Jason Witten, and “Rooney Rule” candidates Robert Saleh and Leslie Frazier.
Then, he interviewed Kellen Moore and Brian Schottenheimer (whom he ultimately promoted from within), two career...
