It’s so hard not to like the guy and respect him as a coach. His personality made him seem like a defuse at times because he did it his own way that no one was used to, but the guy was successful everywhere, and when he is asked a question, you know you’ll get an honest, entertaining answer.
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Barry Switzer was the right and only choice to replace the 2nd Hall of Fame Coach Jerry Dumbo GM Jones fired.
Switzer was going to get players on his side, and was not going to change anything offensively of defensively that the Cowboys did to win back to back Super Bowls. He would tell the story of his bootlegger father, his mother's suicide, his father's black mistresses, how he would play with the black kids, his father black friends, and how his father died in a car crash with his black mistress getting to the hospital after being shot by her. That got most of the black players to sympathize with Switzer who would cry when telling them the story.
The problem with Switzerland is that it was not meant to last. He could not coach at the pro level, he did not pay attention to the draft like Jimmy Johnson so he could not and did not give his valuable insight to Jerry Jones, who as he said knew nothing about X and O, and talent of football. Switzer slept through his first draft on live TV waking up wondering why they drafted a thin frame pass rusher from Arizona St. Larry Lacewell and Jerry Jones was the worst Director of Pro Personnel and GM in football history. They destroyed a dynasty built to last through 2002 in 2 years.
Switzer use to fly to watch his son play football Saturday before a Cowboys game on Sunday. So collecting a paycheck is applicable. However, he also had the charm to get players on his side by the end of the day. However, it might have been at the expense of his relationship with Troy Aikman. Switzer gave Jerry enough rope to hang himself or tie it around his waste to save himself. Jerry chose hanging a dynasty thinking he and Lacewell could create what Jimmy Johnson, Bob Ackles, and John Wooten created in the Team of the 90's.
In regard to Jimmy Johnson not letting Jerry Jones in his football team, Jimmy was trying to save Jerry from himself. +25 years later we see that Jimmy Johnson was right in keeping Jerry Jones out of the football sided of the business of Pro Football. Switzer therefore killed the Cowboys Dynasty right along with Jerry Dumbo GM Jones.
