Jerry Jones, the Cowboys GM, Puts Himself on Record

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Published: May 19, 2009

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... Jerry Jones bought the Dallas Cowboys for $150 million, back in 1989, Cowboys fans weren’t sure what to make of their brash new owner and general manager.  Twenty years later, some still don’t.   

The baby boomer Cowboys fans have yet to forgive Jones for relieving Tom Landry of his head coaching duties, but should Jones really apologize for hiring Jimmy Johnson?  When the Cowboys won their third Super Bowl championship in 1995, it seemed that Jones was infallible.  My, how times have changed.

Ask a random Cowboys fan what he thinks of Jerry Jones as an owner, and unless they are graying in the temples and sporting a Fedora hat, the answer will be positive.  Ask the same fan their opinion of Jerry Jones as a General Manger, and the venom flies.

Jones is the longest tenured GM in the NFL.  Not because of his track record of shrewd personnel mo...

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