(20 Years of Jerry!!! Report Card) Feb 25th 1989

Please, "DMN" Don't steal my article please come up with your own original idea.

Well it's officially been 2O years (Feb 25th, 1989) since the Oil Tycoon from Arkansas purchased America's team and fired America's coach. I took a look out how he's done as owner in those 20 years, breaking it up into three areas. First, most importantly winning. Second the Draft. Lastly, how he's grown the franchise as far as income and building for the future.

"WINNING"

OVERALL RECORD:

170-150

MADE PLAYOFFS:

11 out of 20 Years

PLAYOFF RECORD:

12-8

SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS:

3

GRADE B

If you just landed from Mars you'd probably look at this and question the grade. Why not a better grade you say? The overall winning was front-loaded in the first ten years. There was great potential to do more but Jerry's head got too big and he let his ego get in the way. Jerry has shown he will work hard and do what takes to but sometimes get in his own way. Jerry needs to learn to share the spotlight or let others get the praise. He still doesn't understand that everyone will benefit from it.

"THE DRAFT"

2008 Mike Jenkins, DB South Florida

2007 Anthony Spencer, DE, Purdue

2006 Bobby Carpenter, LB, Ohio St.

2005 Demarcus Ware, DE, Troy

2004 Julius Jones, RB, Notre Dame

2003 Terence Newman, CB, Kansas St.

2002 Roy Williams, S, Oklahoma

2001 Quincy Carter, QB, Georgia

2000 Dwayne Goodrich, CB, Tenn.

1999 Ebenezer Ekuban, DE, UNC

1998 Greg Ellis, DE, UNC

1997 David LaFleur, TE, LSU

1996 Kavika Pittman, DE, McNeese St.

1995 Sherman Williams, RB, Alabama

1994 Shante Carver, DE, Arizona St.

1993 Kevin Williams, WR, Miami

1992 Kevin Smith, CB, Texas A&M

1991 Russell Maryland, DT, Miami

1990 Emmitt Smith, RB, Florida

1989 Troy Aikman, QB, UCLA

Grade B-

I'm basing this grade upon drafts as a "whole" not just the first round picks/first pick in the draft that are listed above. I still cringe every time I see Quincy Carter's name. I'll still never forget how excited Jerry was after he drafted him. He had a smile on his face that said, I just pulled the wool over everyone's eyes. Silly man. It would take too long to break down each draft but if you broke down the years that Jerry had a "tutor" Jimmy, Bill or Jeff you can clearly see a difference in the years where he was the sole shot caller. Regardless, he still got 2 HOF'ers with the first round picks alone and (maybe a 3rd with D Ware). His only big knock is he tends to get a little to cute with the trading up and down rather than just picking a position of need. Sometimes you are going to swing and miss so I guess he gets a pass on greats such as Q Dog, Sherman Williams, LaFleur and Goodrich. Again, Jerry should just trust his talent evaluators to do their jobs and realize after all these years this his not his area of strength Jerry's only jobs in the War Rom should be to say yes or no, look pretty and make the phone call to the Draftee.

"The Franchise"

Grade A-

Jerry has always treated this team as a business. He's spared no expense when it comes to growing and expanding the business. He's helped put the

team even further into the national spotlight. Although this sounds great

it's not without it's pitfalls. More media attention means more pressure

on the players. That's fine for some but as we can see with the current roster of Cowboys....it's not helping. Whether it be a high priced free

agent or a new stadium the Oil Tycoon has dug deep without hesitation.

The man really does want to win, whether he does it for the loyal, passionate die-hard fans (yours truly) or just to feed his own ego is your call. Spending money has never been the problem. The problem is he made "America's team" the "America's Joke" National Pepsi commercials, Pre Season games in Mexico, HBO Training Camp Specials and instilled a culture of bad behavior. I guess he's never heard the expression "lead by example".

When it comes to revenue, Jerry is King.

Buying this franchise for a messily $150 million and turning into $1.6 Billion 20 years later is no small feat. I don't agree with everything

he's done like owning the licensing on all Cowboy merchandise and price

Gauging on ticket prices at the new stadium just to name a couple.

Bottom line is this man knows business and knows how to make a buck.

To bad he didn't know as much about football.

Jerry's like a "Hot Stripper Girlfriend." Awesome to look at, sex, however, whenever and wherever you want it. Not afraid of upgrading their best "assets." Sounds perfect, right? The problem is they love the spotlight

and love to flirt with your friends, they try to make business decisions in department's their just not qualified for. Worst of all they don't realize when their old and it time to to get off the pole because even plastic surgery won't help wrinkles lines and sagging ass.

"Suggestions"

Jerry should be happy with his body work but it's time for him to

take a step back and admit it's time to hire a GM. Let his son Steven

Start calling the shots and just enjoy his Golden years. If he really

Cares about this franchise, he will brush the giant ego aside and make

the changes needed. Hasn't he learned anything from Al Davis?