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09-11-2009
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Right Kind of Guy
Years Donated 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
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Happy Birthday Coach Landry
Post some of your favorite Landry memories. Thought some of you might enjoy this.
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That was very funny. We miss ya, coach.
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Right Kind of Guy
Years Donated 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
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Walt Garrison was asked if Coach Landry ever smiled. He replied, "I don't know. I only played there 9 years, but you know he must have smiled at least 3 times in his life, because he's got 3 kids."
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Senior Member
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Happy Birthday coach!
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Favorite memory has to be from the Tom Landry Show. That's when you could really get a feel for what the man was like.
You could sit back and watch the coach go over film from the previous week's game and listen to his insights. He'd spin the projector backward, and we'd see a pass come zipping back into Staubach's hand, as the coach would point out the great line work on the play. For a 15-year run, from 1965-79, the Cowboys finished the season ranked in the league's top 10 in both offense and defense. And the same guy was in charge of both. |
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THE BIG DOG
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My favorite memory of Tom Landry was the American Express commercial he shot in a bar full of Redskirt players. The last line was the best when he looks at them and says "Howdy."
Happy Birthday Coach Landry! This is a team who is battling several major injuries to
key players including Pro Bowl talents like Lee, Austin, Jenkins, Murray, Carter and Ratliff. Other key starters missing include Costa, Smith, Church and Coleman. That is 11 key players - that's half the starting lineup. Yet we still went 8-8. |
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Pessimism Sucks
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 That was funny. Happy Birthday Coach Landry.
Ya Gotta Believe!!!
 RIP CBZ40 |
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A great, great coach and an even better human being. I still miss him.
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It's amazing how fickle fans are. Even with his history people wanted Landry run out of town on a rail three years prior to his release. His timely departure allowed them to embrace him once again. |
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We got a hat. I want a ring.
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Fantastic coach, an innovator with some of his offense and defensive stuff, and a great person to boot. You can't ask for much more than that.
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IMO the most underrated HC in NFL history. What he accomplished over such a long period of time sets him above Vince Lombardi by a good margin. But I guess that's just my opinion.
I rank only Paul Brown above Landry as a Head Coach in the NFL.
Captain Nathan Brittles: "Only the man who commands can be blamed. It rests on me... mission failure!"
"Jerry Jones is a billionaire fan who bought his own team for the express purpose of buying his way into the game. He wants to hang out with the players, stand in front of the cameras, be the face of the team (yech), make personnel moves as if this were a video game, and more than anything else, be seen as the guy who made it all happen." THUMPER 10/14/2009 |
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The hat. A touch of class on the sideline.
The way his former players talk about him is all you need to know about the man. He was a respected coach but a lovable man for those guys. |
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Happy Birthday coach.  (Didnt know he shares a birthday with my oldest son) |
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Favorite moment was the first SB win and him being carried off the field.
The lasting quote from him that I will remember is when they told him he was fired he said something to the effect of... "They're taking my team away from me?" I still get choked up when I think about that. We miss ya coach!  "Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves..."-Abraham Lincoln
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