Team Site Phila. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones finally got around to taking the leftover Christmas trash to the dumpster on Friday at Valley Ranch. It's what got left behind that's still stinking up the place. Somehow, Jerry can't smell it, even though it's right under his nose. In fact, it is his nose.
Egos are that way, sometimes.
Before you know it, they can get a little over-ripe. Jerry's turned foul and rotten a long time ago. Someone still has to lasso Jones and get him back under control before he starts showing up wearing a white satin running suit, just like his idol, Al Davis. Had Jones left his old friend swinging in the wind much longer, the owner would have soon been risking an actual backlash of sympathy for the condemned man, much as the surprised Rangers encountered when they bungled the drawn-out Doug Rader firing in 1985. When the Cowboys won their last Super Bowl despite Switzer in 1995, the season was marred by turmoil and the ugly controversy between quarterback Troy Aikman and defensive line coach John Blake, which Barry handled so poorly that Aikman almost quit on the spot.