Jerry Jones not giving up Cowboys GM job: ‘I bought an occupation’

For the 29th straight season, the Dallas Cowboys will end the year without a Super Bowl championship. But that seemingly doesn’t mean that Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones plans on making any significant change to how things are run within the organization.

It’s still unclear whether Jones will part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy, which media members have been debating back and forth for months.

But following the team’s loss on Sunday to the Washington Commanders, Jones made it incredibly clear when speaking with reporters that he has no plans of relinquishing his role as general manager, saying that when he purchased the team in 1989, he “bought an occupation” he has no intention of giving up.

“No. Just, no,” Jones said Sunday afternoon via Cowboys beat writer Saad Yuseff of The Athletic when asked about potentially giving up his role as GM. “I bought the team, I think the first thing to come out of my mouth… Somebody asked, ‘Did you buy this for your kids?’ I said, ‘Hell no. I bought it for me.’ And I didn’t buy an investment. I bought an occupation, and I bought something I was going to do.

“I was 46 (years old). I bought something I was going to do for the rest of my life. That’s what I’m doing. So, no. The facts are, since I have to decide where the money is spent, then you might as well cut all of the bull**** out. That’s who’s making the call anyways.”

Jones has of course caught some significant flack over the years for the amount of control he has over personnel decisions. This year has been no exception as he has had to address the decision not to attempt to bring in star running back Derrick Henry this past offseason in free agency on several occasions throughout the year.

At 82 years of age, Jerry Jones is perhaps as invested in personnel decisions as ever for the Cowboys. And clearly, that isn’t going to change anytime soon, or perhaps ever, based on these comments.

[The Athletic]