Dallas Cowboys brain trust proves unworthy of trust

The latest handling of another franchise pillar shows the Dallas Cowboys brain trust is the biggest reason for this organization’s constant failures.

I have spent the better part of the last four days trying to find a positive in this Dallas Cowboys/Dez Bryant debacle.

Here’s the best thing I am capable of coming up with. The only thing the Dallas Cowboys organization is good at is being highly dysfunctional. At least fans now know exactly what they are getting themselves into by supporting this front office.

We can agree to disagree on whether or not Bryant is losing his skill set. We can find common ground in the fact that $16.5 million was probably a little too rich for his recent production.

What cannot be up for discussion is just how poorly this organization handled the entire situation.

For the better part of four months, the Dallas Cowboys have acted more foolishly and clumsily than an awkward teenage boy would pursuing a girl out of his league.

Pick your favorite protagonist in this public train wreck. There are many to choose from.

You can start at the top with the owner who likes to show a lot of bravado and talk a good game. When push comes to shove, however, Jerry Jones will cower and shrivel up quicker than George Costanza in a pool.

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Maybe you prefer his son. Stephen Jones has more titles on his name plate than this team has on the field over the last 20+ years. Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President/Director of Player Personnel. It all smacks of someone so insecure in his manhood, he’s clearly overcompensating.

How about the pathetic excuse of a head coach? Jason Garrett, aka “The Clapper,” has been anointed as Jerry’s Tom Landry. The only thing those two share is a history for failure to begin their coaching career.

Don’t forget the joke of an offensive coordinator. Somehow Scott Linehan has a big voice into the inner workings of this team. Clearly when you need input, you should ask the guy with the career 11-25 win/loss record.

Last but not least, you have the “franchise” quarterback who is entering his third-year on the job. Dak Prescott claims that Bryant was like a brother. Prescott claims he only knew about the “speculation” of Bryant being the latest scapegoat in Dallas. If you believe that, I have some oceanfront property in Nebraska for sale.

Whoever you choose, the bottom line is simple. This organization looks bad for treating one of its best players like they did. Not only is it a bad look, it’s a bad decision on many levels.

Even if you are firmly in the camp that Bryant’s skills are/were diminishing, everyone can do simple math. Bryant clearly is on record as saying he would have taken a pay cut if it was an option.

Dallas could have kept a recently borderline number one receiver at a discount cap friendly to the team while giving Bryant an opportunity to earn his money. The team could have offered to lower his base salary, turn more money into incentives and created a win-win situation.

Doing so would have kept Bryant on the team and avoided $8 million of dead money on the salary cap. Whatever arbitrary number the Cowboys would have turned into incentive-laden money would have become instant cap space. Now we are talking win-win-win.

It’s also bad business when it pertains to future free agency. What player would want to come to Dallas after seeing how they treated someone who gave so much of himself for the Star? Why did this team take so long to make this move? Why would you allow for so much speculation to be made so public?

After Bryant’s parting shots, it’s clear to anyone paying attention that you either fall in line with the “Garrett guys” or this can happen to you too.

That leads me to the final puzzling piece. Garrett and the rest of the bumbling idiots under his employ are all supposedly on the hot seat. What happens when this team fails again in 2018? Not only will you have to replace all these prominent voices, you also won’t have a star receiver to start anew with.

Whatever your opinions are about Dez, there is clearly a much bigger issue. This organization, its structure and those with the biggest voices are all responsible for this debacle. The perception is that this team craves drama more than success. The reality isn’t too far from that either.

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The owner and his son cannot agree on the direction of the team. The head coach has his pet players and allows for the ostracization of anyone outside that group. Meanwhile, lost seasons continue to pile up and franchise guys keep being shown the door.

Dallas is often called “Big D.” Right now, there are several words that “D” can represent. Sadly, disaster, disappointment and debacle all fit too well.

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