Tangle_Foot
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I agree with this, this was the day Jerry put ego before logoThe worst day was when Jimmy Johnson left.
I agree with this, this was the day Jerry put ego before logoThe worst day was when Jimmy Johnson left.
Yeah, it’s been rough since 96. But I promise any fan base that isn’t the Steelers, Packers, Patriots would kill for 3 Super Bowls in that time
Unfortunately,ego got in the way.Considering we do not know what another owner would have done, would they have hired Johnson and agreed to trade the franchise? Would they have been under the gun and taken drastic measures to turn it around and get it out of the red?
Those 3 rings came with a price but who knows if they're still stuck on 2 if not for Booger buying the team and hiring Johnson? They're relationship going back to the mid 60's gave Booger the comfort level to turn the team over to Jimmy while he dealt with more pressing matters like not going the way that Bum Bright did.
Because we've had Booger for so long and this 26 years thing hangs around, we really do overstate it. He is not the worst GM and the Cowboys could have done worse, many other teams have and continue to do so.
The Cowboys were the first to win 3 in a 4 year span and still only 1 of 2 teams to do that. Prior to that, they'd won 2 in a 6 year span and it was 16 years between the 2nd and 3rd. With all of the hoopla surrounding the Dallas Cowboys, that 90's team is still the only one that can be entered in the best ever contest.
As fans, we feasted and thought that's the way we'd eat forever but it would have been better to have spaced out those 3 wins every 9 years and we might not have this 26 year thing that haunts this forum.
Envy got in the way. He saw what a rock star Jimmy had become and the old jealously at Arkansas reared its head. They were roommates and I can tell you every Arkansan could recite the names on the defense because they set the record for fewest points and had 5 games that were shutouts. The stars of that national championship team were on the defense and Jimmy was a brash young man on the DL back then, think he didn't rub a little of that in on his roomy?Unfortunately,ego got in the way.
Great info that’s not just someone’s twitter feed.I love it!Envy got in the way. He saw what a rock star Jimmy had become and the old jealously at Arkansas reared its head. They were roommates and I can tell you every Arkansan could recite the names on the defense because they set the record for fewest points and had 5 games that were shutouts. The stars of that national championship team were on the defense and Jimmy was a brash young man on the DL back then, think he didn't rub a little of that in on his roomy?
Booger becomes the Satan of Arkansas, who Texans thought were shoeless Neanderthals to begin with, by firing Landry and Landry's replacement not only skates by that he becomes a local legend. Booger gets credible death threats over the Emmitt holdout and Jimmy gets credit for riding in and saving the day and saving the season. Booger gets credit for the 0-2 start.
And to top all of that off, Booger gets blitzed one night and wants a little credit, and respect in his mind, and Jimmy and his boys won't even toast him as the owner. In most businesses, it's not good to slight the boss. They had finally stepped over the line and made it personal.
In the SEC Network doc "Before They Were Cowboys", Jimmy talks about how Booger really wanted to be a coach and Switzer was their mentor but his drive to be rich trumped his desire to be a coach. The he sees Jimmy have success at OK State and a national championship at Miami and Jimmy is who Booger wanted to be. Hiring him had the reverse effect, Booger discovered he could never be Jimmy and Jimmy's boys confirmed that. One really was a football man and the other signed checks and contracts.
Jimmy's shadow will never leave Booger. Jimmy, his one time roommate and friend, really is his adversary. Jimmy lives rent free in Booger's ego. He looks at those 3 rings and knows, those are not his, they are Jimmy's. Hell, Jimmy even gets credit after he's gone for two years.
Lol yeah from Charles Haley.Booger gets credible death threats over the Emmitt holdout....
And I also wouldn’t trade my Cowboys fandom for a joke like Philly…Broncos probably wouldn’t trade their last 33 years (Jerry era) for yours
3 rings, 5 SB appearances, 7 Championship game appearances (8?), 20+ playoff wins
And I also wouldn’t trade my Cowboys fandom for a joke like Philly…
I agree with this, this was the day Jerry put ego before logo
Not by some very vocal ABD’s, but the evidence is staggering—more fans, better ratings, more franchise value, a huge edge in head to head matchups, a nicer stadium, more playoffs and Super Bowls in 62 years than Philly has in 80-something, etc., etc.You believe the Cowboys are held in higher regard today than Philadelphia?
I have some cheese to go with all the wHine.
I was just about to post this as well.The worst day was when Jimmy Johnson left.
Not by some very vocal ABD’s, but the evidence is staggering—more fans, better ratings, more franchise value, a huge edge in head to head matchups, a nicer stadium, more playoffs and Super Bowls in 62 years than Philly has in 80-something, etc., etc.
Was there anyone else bidding for the Boys?
That would be the question. Bum Bright was a POS. Really was a BUM.
We have become what the Raiders were those last ten years Al Davis was alive.
a joke.
Those continually defending Jerry by referring to what happened almost 30 years ago are MORONS. It is very clear that virtually all that success was due to Jimmy. If Jerry really was doing anything other than signing checks he sure hasn't been worth much since.
Broncos probably wouldn’t trade their last 33 years (Jerry era) for yours
3 rings, 5 SB appearances, 7 Championship game appearances (8?), 20+ playoff wins