Your least generous reading is correct. Jones doesn't want anyone in the organization who will get more attention that he does. That's why he didn't try to hire Deion or Belichick.
Did you read Mark Leibovich's Big Game? Not a good book, but the section on Jones was illuminating. First, he admitted that making the hall of fame was more important to him than winning another championship. Second, he's clearly been a functioning alcoholic for decades.
“If it ain’t fixed, why break it?”
This is a great line Rodger
Your least generous reading is correct. Jones doesn't want anyone in the organization who will get more attention that he does. That's why he didn't try to hire Deion or Belichick.
Did you read Mark Leibovich's Big Game? Not a good book, but the section on Jones was illuminating. First, he admitted that making the hall of fame was more important to him than winning another championship. Second, he's clearly been a functioning alcoholic for decades.