what is going on with this organization??? this is downright embarassing.

We’re Dallas fans remember?

Nothing is simple.

This is ridiculous. Seriously. Almost humiliating. I was actually looking forward to Reeves coming in, and in a matter of hours, that’s history.

Jerry’s lost it. Seriously. That’s absolutely absurd.

My head must be scratched.

Jerry: Hey, Dan your old pal Jerry Jones here. Listen, I would really like it if you can be a consultant so you can bring some credibility back to the team.

Dan: Ok, cool. Let’s do this.

Jerry: Now how do we fix this mess?

Dan: Well, the first thing i’d do is cut Terrell —-

Jerry: Yeah, this is not gonna work out.

Dan Reeves moves into an office BEFORE a final contract is agreed upon and signed? I’m not buying that explanation. Something happened to cause Reeves to say adios, and it had nothing to do with a contract or a misunderstanding about his consultant duties.

their is no way that this deal gets scrapped unless something really irked Jerry

He occupied a team office, brought a positive aura with him, and then without a whimper of a mutter of a hint, the whole operation kamikazed.
Something happened, and this is going to do nothing but magnify the already massive circus currently going on in this town. God, these days I wish this team had no history, no enormous fanbase, no attention.
And as much as I’ve supported Jerry over the year, no insane owner.

Before everyone goes ballistic, we should wait and see if there is a concrete reason why it didn’t happen.

Right now the entire board is littered with speculation.

Perhaps it is right… perhaps it is wrong.

I guess after seeing everything happen this year that has happened, a consultant that was never formally introduced… not being introduced just doesn’t bother me that much.

Will it look badly on the organization?

Possibly.

But come on guys, lets face it.. until the regular season starts… HELL until Dallas wins a playoff game EVERYTHING will be scrutinized… by us and the media.

you think maybe there was a dispute of power here? This is terrible. I wonder if Jerry has anyone else in mind.

it doesn’t take more than 2 days to consult a team in the off-season. Dan consulted, Jerry listened. If Dan didn’t sign the contract that’s his fault, but I strongly doubt that this was a contract deal.
Dan probably said, “Jerry you need a GM, get rid of Rowdy, and you need to cut T.O.” Then Jerry walked out and told Stephen to tear up the contract.

So for all of you TO haters looks like he’s here to stay at least one more year. C’est la vie! I wasn’t too excited about bringing in a washed up 5 time superbowl loser in to change "the culture ", to undermine the coaches we have, while inviting double teams on witten and giving up 10 offensive tds in the trade off. Seems like a no brainer to me.

I don’t disagree that he needs to hire a GM and pretty much just do his owner thing but…

“But at least he won’t have the stain of the Arkansas goofball on his resume’”

Look I was born in 1982, so I didn’t really get to see much(if any) of the Landry years, but wasn’t Jerry the owner when the franchise won 3 Superbowls?

Not disagreeing…I just kind of find it funny. I mean do the “old school” people just not count the super bowls that were won under Jerry? Or did they celebrate them too?

……..does it come out today that Dan has been here since Monday am and even has an office……..then later…well…..we can’t agree on the contract, so long……….this is another unwanted or needed public distraction……like Troy said about Romo needing to understand about “perception”…Jerry needs to understand that….ah but what do i know?

Tex takes one afternoon off and all hell breaks loose. It took one year of tirades to get Brian Stewart fired. And now, in between 18 holes and a good steak, a Landry disciple is ushered out the door. Unbelievable.

One can only conclude that the highly-respected Dan Reeves wanted to move away from the Hollywood era of Tony Romo. He wanted a quarterback who was accountable to the team, not the paparazzi. He wanted to restore discipline and fundamentals, which meant Jerry would have to part with the best quarterback never to win a playoff game.

this decision was solely made by JJ…….the coaches had no say so in the contract negociations ……..or whatever actually caused the breakup…….

Tony Romo is Terrell Owens without the resume, the passion, and physique. The celebrity quarterback embodies everything that is wrong with this team, and this new generation of reality stars in general. Celebrity without real-world success. A bizarre sense of entitlement fed by the 24/7 media. Style over substance. A laissez faire attitude towards things that once mattered to the likes of Dan Reeves.

A Landry-trained disciple would certainly be able to identify the problem with this team… a quarterback who doesn’t care. Tex can only speculate that the great Dan Reeves pointed out the turnovers, the attitude, and the giant pink elephant in the room. For this team to advance, Romo has to be seriously challenged, if not replaced. That probably didn’t sit well with Jones, who prematurely paid the poor-man’s matt leinart.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3884953

I still don’t understand how it got to the point it did without specified job title and duties agreed upon before he gets an office in Valley Ranch and starts working. Very bizarre. I wonder if the real story about what happened will ever come out.

What has Reeves actually done as front office person? Houston? You mean the scary successful Texans? Sorry, I’ve seen nothing that makes me think Reeves was going to turn this team around. His biggest success (aside from his playing days) has been getting absolutely blown out in 4 Super Bowls.

“Honestly, I do feel strongly about team chemistry even though I played on a Cowboys team that won a Super Bowl with Duane Thomas,” he said. “But there were so many other strong team leaders in that locker room. I’m not sure that’s the case here. I was asked about [Owens] but when I previously spoke about, it was as an outsider. So I wanted more time as an insider before I could make an honest assessment.” Asked if Jones had made a decision on Owens’ future, Reeves said, “No, I really don’t think one has been made yet. They have a lot of decisions to make and that’s one of them because they understand they have to become a unified team. It’s one of the things that needs to be addressed.” VERY INTERESTING—MY INTERPRETATION—SEEMS LIKE REEVES WANTED OWENS GONE.

Reeves seemed impressed with Garrett, whose performance was often criticized by Owens last season and also by quarterback Tony Romo following the team’s 44-6 loss to Philadelphia that eliminated Dallas from making the playoffs the final week of the regular season. “Jason is someone I have a tremendous amount of respect for,” Reeves said. “I was looking forward to working with him, but I’m still really excited about who he is, what he does and how he handles himself.” A PRETTY STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF GARRETT

“I think Jerry has an awful lot on his plate with the stadium and the football team right now,” Reeves said.

Maybe folks in Texas have a more up to date view, but I seem to recall that the Cowboys organization is on the hook to finance the cost of the stadium beyond $650 million (that $650 million coming from tax revenues). The current price tag is $1 billion, so the Owner/GM needs to come up with $350 million. The Cowboys were trying to raise that difference through the credit markets and, unsurprisingly, were struggling to do so. If the Owner/GM is struggling financially (who isn’t these days), then we should expect some retrenchment. Perhaps you can justify cutting Owens to save the cash necessary to extend Ware in these circumstances and work with the weapons you got, no?

All in all, given the multitude of issues the Owner/GM has to deal with, it would seem to me an ideal time to bring in an experienced hand like Reeves.