18 Years Ago Today, "They're Brass" - Dallas Cowboys Forum

Hostile · 01-23-2012

In the days leading up to the 1993 NFC Championship, Jimmy Johnson took his bravado to the highest level it ever was in Dallas. He said that the Cowboys were going to beat the San Francisco 49ers. He was so confident of it, that he told the media, "Put it in 3 inch high letters, We Will Beat the 49ers."

This comment bothered the normally unflappable 49ers Head Coach, George Seiffert. He said of Johnson's boast, "Jimmy's got balls. I'll give him that. We're going to find out if they are paper mache' or brass."

When the final gun sounded the score read Cowboys 38, 49ers 21. It would be the penultimate game of Jimmy's career in Dallas. After the game he walked up to the microphone in the press room and simply said, "They're brass."

Richmond Cowboy · 01-23-2012

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Originally Posted by Hostile

In the days leading up to the 1993 NFC Championship, Jimmy Johnson took his bravado to the highest level it ever was in Dallas. He said that the Cowboys were going to beat the San Francisco 49ers. He was so confident of it, that he told the media, "Put it in 3 inch high letters, We Will Beat the 49ers."

This comment bothered the normally unflappable 49ers Head Coach, George Seiffert. He said of Johnson's boast, "Jimmy's got balls. I'll give him that. We're going to find out if they are paper mache' or brass."

When the final gun sounded the score read Cowboys 38, 49ers 21. It would be the penultimate game of Jimmy's career in Dallas. After the game he walked up to the microphone in the press room and simply said, "They're brass."

Aaaah the good times

JakeCamp12 · 01-23-2012

How I miss those days and having a Coach like Johnson that had a plan and spent every single second of his life executing it.

casmith07 · 01-23-2012

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How I miss those days and having a Coach like Johnson that had a plan and spent every single second of his life executing it.

Jason Garrett is the same way. We just have a roster full of bad talent.

JakeCamp12 · 01-23-2012

casmith, I hope you are correct. I just feel the drunk hillbilly will undo everything any good head coach would want to do.

casmith07 · 01-23-2012

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casmith, I hope you are correct. I just feel the drunk hillbilly will undo everything any good head coach would want to do.

I think people misunderstand the kind of relationship Jerry has with Jason.

yimyammer · 01-23-2012

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In the days leading up to the 1993 NFC Championship, Jimmy Johnson took his bravado to the highest level it ever was in Dallas. He said that the Cowboys were going to beat the San Francisco 49ers. He was so confident of it, that he told the media, "Put it in 3 inch high letters, We Will Beat the 49ers."

This comment bothered the normally unflappable 49ers Head Coach, George Seiffert. He said of Johnson's boast, "Jimmy's got balls. I'll give him that. We're going to find out if they are paper mache' or brass."

When the final gun sounded the score read Cowboys 38, 49ers 21. It would be the penultimate game of Jimmy's career in Dallas. After the game he walked up to the microphone in the press room and simply said, "They're brass."

Lol, ah man, those were the days

Hostile · 01-23-2012

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casmith, I hope you are correct. I just feel the drunk hillbilly will undo everything any good head coach would want to do.

The problem with thinking that is that there is literally no validation for it. Every coach who has been here says Jerry's bent over backwards to give them whatever they wanted. Look at all the FOBs Parcells got here for example. In 2004, Jerry wanted Kurt Warner and Bill wanted Vinny T. Who played here?

AMERICAS_FAN · 01-23-2012

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The problem with thinking that is that there is literally no validation for it. Every coach who has been here says Jerry's bent over backwards to give them whatever they wanted. Look at all the FOBs Parcells got here for example. In 2004, Jerry wanted Kurt Warner and Bill wanted Vinny T. Who played here?

Jerry need a coach with a big mane (like Parcells) to build his big stadium. Who coached here?

JakeCamp12 · 01-23-2012

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The problem with thinking that is that there is literally no validation for it. Every coach who has been here says Jerry's bent over backwards to give them whatever they wanted. Look at all the FOBs Parcells got here for example. In 2004, Jerry wanted Kurt Warner and Bill wanted Vinny T. Who played here?

Hos you could be right and normally I guess I am a bit more optimistic about the team, but after seeing how the Giants and 49ers played yesterday, I just don't think we are even close in terms of competing for a Super Bowl. Maybe I just very disgruntled about how poorly we played the last month of the season. I am sure it will pass...I just have zero faith in anything Jerry says or does...

bbgun · 01-23-2012

Bernie to the rescue.

gbrittain · 01-23-2012

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The problem with thinking that is that there is literally no validation for it. Every coach who has been here says Jerry's bent over backwards to give them whatever they wanted. Look at all the FOBs Parcells got here for example. In 2004, Jerry wanted Kurt Warner and Bill wanted Vinny T. Who played here?

Wow...first I had ever heard that. Incredible.

Hostile · 01-23-2012

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Hos you could be right and normally I guess I am a bit more optimistic about the team, but after seeing how the Giants and 49ers played yesterday, I just don't think we are even close in terms of competing for a Super Bowl. Maybe I just very disgruntled about how poorly we played the last month of the season. I am sure it will pass...I just have zero faith in anything Jerry says or does...

If you make it about Jerry, it's about Jerry.

I make it about building something we can be proud of. I seriously doubt the Patriots, Giants, or 49ers believe as our fans do that this team is going nowhere and spinning its wheels. We gave each of those teams all they could want, and we did it largely without all of our pieces in place.

Hostile · 01-23-2012

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Wow...first I had ever heard that. Incredible.

I've shared it here before man. In fact cajuncowboy can validate that he and I discussed it way back in March of 2004. I knew Quincy was gone. Even Warner's wife intimated on a Christian radio station that she liked stars when asked about where Kurt might play.

AMERICAS_FAN · 01-23-2012

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If you make it about Jerry, it's about Jerry.

I make it about building something we can be proud of. I seriously doubt the Patriots, Giants, or 49ers believe as our fans do that this team is going nowhere and spinning its wheels. We gave each of those teams all they could want, and we did it largely without all of our pieces in place.

There are 2 sides to this fence.

Yes, Garrett is building something beautiful, or trying to and Jerry is playing nice-nice, for now. That's one side of the fence that brings optimism.

The other side that brings pecimism is that Jerry does things to undermine the team, whether he intends to or not. For instance, his talking to Garrett on the sidelines of the second Eagles game caused an unneeded distraction. Him saying how he makes all final personeel decisions as GM, and so it would make no sence to bring in someone to provide perspective because it might muddy things; well that's a disstraction too that undermines the coach. So is Jones always playing "chummy" with the palyers and leaving his door open for them, undermining his coaches as players walk past that dooor to go knock on Jerry's.

Jerry Jones = undermining distractions all around!

Yes Jerry Jones brought in Parcells and he walked away a year or 2 early. By his last years Jones was being more "suggestive" and Parcells wanted out before it got out of hand. Before that Jerry had stooges running the team because he could treat them like, well, stooges. Him later admitting that he fired Gailey too early was a bad move. No Jerry the bad move was hiring him in the first place.

Jerry does not get it, and because he does not he'll ruin it for Garrett the more he tries to help him - and help (ruin) him, he likely will.

It's about jerry - Jerry says so himself! Hence why pecimism wins out.