Jerry Jones: The mastermind of mediocrity in Dallas

Sharp Decline

Since winning the Super Bowl in 1995, the Dallas Cowboys haven’t gotten past the divisional round of the playoffs. That’s now 23 seasons without having playoff success, never mind winning a Super Bowl.

Jerry has gone through five (and soon to be six) head coaches in an attempt to get something going. He has also brought in future Hall of Famers in DeMarcus Ware and Jason Witten.

Jerry’s job is to acquire talent and to ensure that his staff is doing their job well. He has done his job as far as acquiring talent, but not so much ensuring his staff performs well. He has allowed head coach Jason Garrett to stick around far too long.

One reason for this may be that he possibly feels he was not patient enough with past coaches. Before Garrett was given nine seasons, the next longest-tenured coach under Jerry was Jimmy Johnson with five seasons.

Johnson had success but was only there for five years before he quit. After Johnson, the next longest-tenured head coach would be a three-way tie for Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips, and Barry Switzer.

Having Garrett as long as the Cowboys did is unusual considering the organization’s past. With the mediocre outcomes for the Garrett-led Cowboys, questions will continuously arise.

There would be 12 winning seasons and 10 playoff appearances since 1995. The regular-season record since then is 202-182.