2024 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread

[boozeman]

What am I missing here?

 

[bbgun]

 

[Genghis Khan]

Relevant part presented without comment.

"During the season, which is training camp through the postseason, my primary focus is assisting our offense, supporting our coaches and players during the week and on gamedays. It is a very regimented schedule. I am meeting with offensive coaches to see what kind of support they need weekly, analyzing our next opponent or from two weeks out, doing our own self-scouting and also in unit and position meetings. There is a constant barrage of requests on how we can become 1 percent better. For example, we might be looking at certain tendencies of our opponents, whether we want to implement certain things into our own game plan or how we fare in a particular game situation over a specific span of games. It's constantly buzzing, and I love it.

During the offseason, we are primarily focused on the draft and roster-building, supporting our scouts leading up to the draft. I went to the Senior Bowl and the NFL Scouting Combine this year, and I am doing anything I can do to save our scouts even a few minutes of time, whether that's pulling up certain stats or organizing information on prospects. Right now, we are doing prospect rankings and assisting our staff with prospect measurables and stats, providing value for the draft in that way."

 

[Simpleton]

These fucking morons.

 

[boozeman]

Wait…what?

 

[SaveAHorseRideACowboy]

Great !! We’ve been shipped to India

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Jerry Jones turns up heat on Mike McCarthy, sending pointed message to Cowboys coach

Mike McCarthy is entering the final year of his contract as the Cowboys' coach, and Jerry Jones has no plans to provide a safety net.

www.usatoday.com

McCarthy survived with his job intact following the disastrous ending against the Green Bay Packers in January – arguably the worst playoff loss in franchise history, which included a 27-0 deficit in the first half – but his future seems murky as Jones has declared (again) that he’s "all-in" for chasing that elusive championship glory in 2024. McCarthy is on the final year of his five-year contract as the poster image for the NFL hot seat.

"I’m not concerned about that," Jones told USA TODAY Sports during a 45-minute chat at the resort where owners, coaches and other NFL biggies convened.

"Most of America gets up and they don’t have it guaranteed in front of them. You’re going to write what you’re going to write, but when you ask me about not extending him, my answer is that most of America doesn’t have anything guaranteed down the road. Most folks don’t have guarantees."

Jones, the league’s most high-profile (and loquacious) owner running the most high-profile franchise, maintained that he isn’t trying to send a win-big-or-else message as McCarthy and most, if not all, of his staff of assistants proceed with lame-duck status. Yeah, right. Intentional or not, that’s exactly what he’s doing with the thick drama hovering above the Cowboys.

The heat is turned up, for better or for worse.

"I’ve had coaches in their final year before," he said, pointing to McCarthy’s predecessor, Jason Garrett, as an example. "I just am comfortable like this. There’s nothing that keeps me from extending him next week. Or during training camp. So, it’s not fait accompli that he’s going to coach this year without a contract (extension). I didn’t want to get into it as this particular time. We’ve had other contracts come up that we haven’t extended. No reason other than I wanted to manage it that way.

"You’ve got a very significant problem in the NFL with dead money for coaches. And it’s because you’ve got extended contracts, to where if you let somebody go, you’ve got to pay off their contract. It’s gotten to be so much of an issue that you can decide if you want to do what you do this year and reshuffle the cards next year with them. There’s nothing that says I won’t be extending those coaches next year. They’re all good coaches. Obviously. That’s just the way I do it.

"I’m doing it, to be very candid with you, because we have such a problem with dead money with coaches in the NFL. So, that’s what I’m trying to avoid."

 

[Cotton]

Jerry Jones turns up heat on Mike McCarthy, sending pointed message to Cowboys coach

Mike McCarthy is entering the final year of his contract as the Cowboys' coach, and Jerry Jones has no plans to provide a safety net.

www.usatoday.com

McCarthy survived with his job intact following the disastrous ending against the Green Bay Packers in January – arguably the worst playoff loss in franchise history, which included a 27-0 deficit in the first half – but his future seems murky as Jones has declared (again) that he’s "all-in" for chasing that elusive championship glory in 2024. McCarthy is on the final year of his five-year contract as the poster image for the NFL hot seat.

"I’m not concerned about that," Jones told USA TODAY Sports during a 45-minute chat at the resort where owners, coaches and other NFL biggies convened.

"Most of America gets up and they don’t have it guaranteed in front of them. You’re going to write what you’re going to write, but when you ask me about not extending him, my answer is that most of America doesn’t have anything guaranteed down the road. Most folks don’t have guarantees."

Jones, the league’s most high-profile (and loquacious) owner running the most high-profile franchise, maintained that he isn’t trying to send a win-big-or-else message as McCarthy and most, if not all, of his staff of assistants proceed with lame-duck status. Yeah, right. Intentional or not, that’s exactly what he’s doing with the thick drama hovering above the Cowboys.

The heat is turned up, for better or for worse.

"I’ve had coaches in their final year before," he said, pointing to McCarthy’s predecessor, Jason Garrett, as an example. "I just am comfortable like this. There’s nothing that keeps me from extending him next week. Or during training camp. So, it’s not fait accompli that he’s going to coach this year without a contract (extension). I didn’t want to get into it as this particular time. We’ve had other contracts come up that we haven’t extended. No reason other than I wanted to manage it that way.

"You’ve got a very significant problem in the NFL with dead money for coaches. And it’s because you’ve got extended contracts, to where if you let somebody go, you’ve got to pay off their contract. It’s gotten to be so much of an issue that you can decide if you want to do what you do this year and reshuffle the cards next year with them. There’s nothing that says I won’t be extending those coaches next year. They’re all good coaches. Obviously. That’s just the way I do it.

"I’m doing it, to be very candid with you, because we have such a problem with dead money with coaches in the NFL. So, that’s what I’m trying to avoid."

I think he is confusing dead money with sunk cost. Fucking idiot. God damn, I hate that man.

 

[boozeman]

This bitching about paying coaches that are gone is why that fuck Garrett had to be forced out of the building when his goddamn contract expired

 

[p1_]

This bitching about paying coaches that are gone is why that fuck Garrett had to be forced out of the building when his goddamn contract expired

Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

[ravidubey]

Relevant part presented without comment.

"During the season, which is training camp through the postseason, my primary focus is assisting our offense, supporting our coaches and players during the week and on gamedays. It is a very regimented schedule. I am meeting with offensive coaches to see what kind of support they need weekly, analyzing our next opponent or from two weeks out, doing our own self-scouting and also in unit and position meetings. There is a constant barrage of requests on how we can become 1 percent better. For example, we might be looking at certain tendencies of our opponents, whether we want to implement certain things into our own game plan or how we fare in a particular game situation over a specific span of games. It's constantly buzzing, and I love it.

During the offseason, we are primarily focused on the draft and roster-building, supporting our scouts leading up to the draft. I went to the Senior Bowl and the NFL Scouting Combine this year, and I am doing anything I can do to save our scouts even a few minutes of time, whether that's pulling up certain stats or organizing information on prospects. Right now, we are doing prospect rankings and assisting our staff with prospect measurables and stats, providing value for the draft in that way."

Thoughts ... drifting... to an evil interpretation of this... must stop

 

[Genghis Khan]

Jerry Jones turns up heat on Mike McCarthy, sending pointed message to Cowboys coach

Mike McCarthy is entering the final year of his contract as the Cowboys' coach, and Jerry Jones has no plans to provide a safety net.

www.usatoday.com

McCarthy survived with his job intact following the disastrous ending against the Green Bay Packers in January – arguably the worst playoff loss in franchise history, which included a 27-0 deficit in the first half – but his future seems murky as Jones has declared (again) that he’s "all-in" for chasing that elusive championship glory in 2024. McCarthy is on the final year of his five-year contract as the poster image for the NFL hot seat.

"I’m not concerned about that," Jones told USA TODAY Sports during a 45-minute chat at the resort where owners, coaches and other NFL biggies convened.

"Most of America gets up and they don’t have it guaranteed in front of them. You’re going to write what you’re going to write, but when you ask me about not extending him, my answer is that most of America doesn’t have anything guaranteed down the road. Most folks don’t have guarantees."

Jones, the league’s most high-profile (and loquacious) owner running the most high-profile franchise, maintained that he isn’t trying to send a win-big-or-else message as McCarthy and most, if not all, of his staff of assistants proceed with lame-duck status. Yeah, right. Intentional or not, that’s exactly what he’s doing with the thick drama hovering above the Cowboys.

The heat is turned up, for better or for worse.

"I’ve had coaches in their final year before," he said, pointing to McCarthy’s predecessor, Jason Garrett, as an example. "I just am comfortable like this. There’s nothing that keeps me from extending him next week. Or during training camp. So, it’s not fait accompli that he’s going to coach this year without a contract (extension). I didn’t want to get into it as this particular time. We’ve had other contracts come up that we haven’t extended. No reason other than I wanted to manage it that way.

"You’ve got a very significant problem in the NFL with dead money for coaches. And it’s because you’ve got extended contracts, to where if you let somebody go, you’ve got to pay off their contract. It’s gotten to be so much of an issue that you can decide if you want to do what you do this year and reshuffle the cards next year with them. There’s nothing that says I won’t be extending those coaches next year. They’re all good coaches. Obviously. That’s just the way I do it.

"I’m doing it, to be very candid with you, because we have such a problem with dead money with coaches in the NFL. So, that’s what I’m trying to avoid."

If he wasn't so "loquacious", he could just say "I'm cheap" and be saying the same thing.

Anyone reading this who thinks that their handling of player contracts and player acquisition isn't 100% about being cheap and trying to save money, is just willfully ignorant at this point.

 

[Genghis Khan]

This bitching about paying coaches that are gone is why that fuck Garrett had to be forced out of the building when his goddamn contract expired

In a strange twister way, thank God he at least believes in letting coaches coach in their final year without extending them because we'd be forever stuck with Garrett given that he doesn't want to pay them to sit on the couch.

 

[Texas Ace]

In a strange twister way, thank God he at least believes in letting coaches coach in their final year without extending them because we'd be forever stuck with Garrett given that he doesn't want to pay them to sit on the couch.

10 years sure felt like forever.

 

[p1_]

10 years sure felt like forever.

Dog years . It felt like 70.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

In a strange twister way, thank God he at least believes in letting coaches coach in their final year without extending them because we'd be forever stuck with Garrett given that he doesn't want to pay them to sit on the couch.

Or just don't be cheap and afraid to fire a coach with a year or two left on his deal.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Or just don't be cheap and afraid to fire a coach with a year or two left on his deal.

It's infuriating that he wants to run the most valuable franchise in the world like this. Cheap, wrinkly fuck.

 

[ravidubey]

Or just don't be cheap and afraid to fire a coach with a year or two left on his deal.

This is the bottom line, almost literally, in that article, and it underscores so much of the Cowboys’ new attitude towards keeping their money.

For one, it’s the one thing they can control.

Since Jimmy and the Walker deal, the Jones tried winning by spending money for years and it failed, often spectacularly.

The one thing they took from the Parcells years was how to properly free the scouts from the coaches, producing a relatively low cost approach to winning a majority of games in the NFL through the draft.

Basically the Joneses have given up on trying to win it all because they realize they never will have anything more than a punchers chance at it while retaining 100% control of football operations, and so they might as well make all the money they can in the process as a consolation.

 

[boozeman]

It's infuriating that he wants to run the most valuable franchise in the world like this. Cheap, wrinkly fuck.

Do you need to hear the Love Field Credit Card Story again?

 

[Genghis Khan]

Do you need to hear the Love Field Credit Card Story again?

No.