Accountability & Responsibility: Jerry Jones claims both, has neither

For now, the best Dallas can hope for is to avoid back-to-back losing seasons.

The good news is they have games at Washington and at the New York Giants to close the year out. Neither one of those teams should be able to beat the Cowboys.

Notice I said “should” and not “can’t” there?

That’s because this year’s team simply can’t be trusted to get the job.

There is one person and only one person to blame for that. That would be the Owner, the General Manager, and the Three-Ring Circus Master we all know and love.

Jerall Wayne Jones Sr.

Jones On Accountability, Responsibility

Which brings us to comments Jones made recently on 105.3 The Fan. A quick hat tip to Jon Machota for subjecting his brain cells to listening to Jones (not actually) answering questions.

Having been through it in person myself, the experience does leave you with some brain damage in the aftermath.

As usual, Jones talks a good game. As usual, he’s all hat and no cattle.

Hell, I’m not so sure that he even has a hat.

“I know exactly who is ultimately responsible,” Jones says. “I’ve always had that because I’ve always had the responsibility.”

Okay then, Jones. Prove it.

Take full responsibility for 30 consecutive seasons of mediocrity.

Since the last Super Bowl/NFC Championship appearance at the end of the 1995 season, there have been eight different head coaches. There have been hundreds of players that have come and gone.

There is only one constant in all those 30 years.

The man sitting behind the General Manager’s desk at The Star.

If this record were presented to any of the other 31 NFL owners, or to any owner in any of the other primary sports leagues in the U.S. the response would be the same.

That general manager would be fired. Probably would have been fired immediately after the 2002 season and the third-straight 5-11 finish.

“I take it real serious,” he added. “And more importantly, there is accountability in a very, very big way.”

Where is this accountability to be found, Jones?

Has the owner fired the general manager just once in the last 30 seasons?

The answer is no, which means there has been no accountability within the Dallas Cowboys organization where it most desperately needs it.

Why No New GM?

Why won’t Jones turn over the reigns to another person? Here’s his reason/excuse:

“When you get a new general manager, he’s always thinking about, let’s get a new coach or let’s get a new quarterback or let’s get a new tackle,” Jones said on the show.

That would be his job, Jones. Evaluate the talent, look for areas of needed improvement, make moves to attain said improvement.

Look no further than the Eagles and Howie Roseman.

Notice they keep doing just that.

Notice they keep going back to the Super Bowl and just won the division for a second-straight year?

When Will It End?

Jones remains convinced that he, and only he, can lead the Cowboys back to glory. He also remains convinced he, and only he, was the reason why Dallas won three Super Bowls in four years, three decades ago.

In fact, it is he, and only he, that is the reason the Cowboys did not win four or five in a row back then.

Jones talks a good game about accountability and responsibility. In reality, he has taken neither.

He will continue on, not holding himself accountable, nor fully accepting responsibility, for 30 seasons of failure.

As fans, we can only wait this nightmare out until Jones and his entire family are no longer involved in running the Cowboys in any capacity.

May that day come sooner, rather than later.