Switzer is a great all around person and coach . His strength is relationship building . He is a great recruiter . Knows a lot about football and his achievements at Oklahoma are outstanding.
Barry is very loyal . He was always closer to Jerry than jimmy . Jimmy used to criticize and belittle Switzer despite Switzer having been his coach at Arkansas and hired him to OU in 1970 , and helped him land other jobs . Jimmy was simply not loyal or appreciative. In fact he used to take swipes at Switzer behind his back. Jimmy would rub it in when he beat barry . Barry is not like that even when both met for the last time as opposing coach , barry for dallas and jimmy with the dolphins ,at Miami . Barry won big , and refused Jerry’s request to score another late TD In a lob-sided game that dallas won.
When Barry was hired by Jerry , it was tough for him to get any credit , and he had to let Jerry do what he wants , out of respect to Jerry and out of friendship . No other coach after jimmy was able to manage the team and select players .
give barry some credit , he had to get the respect of Jimmy’s players and win Super Bowls immediately. He did fine on both verticals . No other coach sniffed a super bowl since barry left .
