Anybody remember Thurman's Thieves?

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ABQCOWBOY said:
Come back and talk to me about a thing like this when you've built a thing, from the dirt up, that is and was the Dallas Cowboys Franchise. Jerry screwed Coach Landry and he knew it. why on Gods green earth would Coach Landry watch or help or do, literally, anything to help Jerry? I don't blame him one bit. You don't treat people that way and expect them to show you respect, of any kind. I wouldn't have either if I were Coach Landry. Hell with Jerry.
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Those are fighting words.
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Pantone282C said:
It's the dried blood of opponents.
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Bully Billy Bates, Madden would repeat ad nauseam.
Bully Billy Bates! Yes, old fellow, old chap Johnny Madden. After he said it the 10th time I was ready to retch me lunch of sardines and chips.
 
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GimmeTheBall! said:
Set your bar higher, good lad!
Bates once lost a race against a possum from East Philly. He survived on hard hits in the NFL (when he could catch a receiver) and breathless hype from the local media.
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GTB: I first came on to Cowboys Zone three years ago, (January 2018) after the franchise's official website discontinued the avenue for fan commentary.

Although I initially liked your archaic wordsmith style...to me it has now become with time increasingly nebulous verbiage- devaluing valid topic points & counterpoints by you ...your CZ posts are SCHTICK
 
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GTB: I first came on to Cowboys Zone three years ago, (January 2018) after the franchise's official website discontinued the avenue for fan commentary.

Although I initially liked your archaic wordsmith style...to me it has now become with time increasingly nebulous verbiage- devaluing valid topic points & counterpoints by you ...your CZ posts are SCHTICK
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OK. And we are richer to have you, handsome lad.

And, I'm sorry, TV model.
You dont have to read me meanderings.
But yoy see me interaction here breaks up an otherwise dreary day at the group home.
I wish I had a home. A real home.
 
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Plankton said:
The 1985 Cowboy defense had 33 interceptions, 27 fumble recoveries and 62 sacks. And, gave up 44 points to the Bears, 50 to the Bengals and allowed Eric Dickerson to go off for 248 yards rushing in the playoffs. Without those big plays on defense, the Cowboy record of consecutive winning seasons would have been one year less. All due to Thurman's Thieves.
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True, but that defense gave up a lot of big plays too, hence the large point differential and yards.
 
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ABQCOWBOY said:
Come back and talk to me about a thing like this when you've built a thing, from the dirt up, that is and was the Dallas Cowboys Franchise. Jerry screwed Coach Landry and he knew it. why on Gods green earth would Coach Landry watch or help or do, literally, anything to help Jerry? I don't blame him one bit. You don't treat people that way and expect them to show you respect, of any kind. I wouldn't have either if I were Coach Landry. Hell with Jerry.
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I will fight you!
Tom helped to build it. Then pulled it into mud as a laughingstock of the NFL.
Jerrry and Jimmy built something beautiful from the ashes of Tom' s intransigence, bullheadedness (redundant), his leather helmet ways and predictability on Defense and undermined Paul Hackett on defence because of envy of PH's innovative ways and youth..
Even Hank Schram saw the writing on the mall and wanted Tom out (to preserve his job, too).
Ohhhh! you make me so mad!
Just don't go to acoma pueblo or Santa Clara pueblo because I got good friends there, and they mean business!
 
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Did you know that Bill has very serious dementia due to CTE. In looking at the picture and the way he played, sadly not surprising.
 
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GimmeTheBall! said:
I will fight you!
Tom helped to build it. Then pulled it into mud as a laughingstock of the NFL.
Jerrry and Jimmy built something beautiful from the ashes of Tom' s intransigence, bullheadedness (redundant), his leather helmet ways and predictability on Defense and undermined Paul Hackett on defence because of envy of PH's innovative ways and youth..
Even Hank Schram saw the writing on the mall and wanted Tom out (to preserve his job, too).
Ohhhh! you make me so mad!
Just don't go to acoma pueblo or Santa Clara pueblo because I got good friends there, and they mean business!
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Santa Clara Pueblo person here...we may be related
 

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eromeopolk said:
I remember Dennis Thurman and know where he is today (DC Jackson State with Deion Sanders). But I remember Thurman's Thieves...
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We had as many picks in that game as we’ve had for entire seasons under Garrett/Marinelli.
 
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GimmeTheBall! said:
I will fight you!
Tom helped to build it. Then pulled it into mud as a laughingstock of the NFL.
Jerrry and Jimmy built something beautiful from the ashes of Tom' s intransigence, bullheadedness (redundant), his leather helmet ways and predictability on Defense and undermined Paul Hackett on defence because of envy of PH's innovative ways and youth..
Even Hank Schram saw the writing on the mall and wanted Tom out (to preserve his job, too).
Ohhhh! you make me so mad!
Just don't go to acoma pueblo or Santa Clara pueblo because I got good friends there, and they mean business!
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No, together with Tex Schramm, Coach Landry did build this franchise. The tearing it down part is not accurate GTB. Teams don't stay at the top forever. Teams eventually lose talent and have to start over. That's what happened to Coach Landry after 20 years. Tex Schramm didn't want Coach Landry out, he just didn't have any choice because of that idgit Bum Bright, and is desire to sell the Cowboys. Once that happened, you know Jerry wasn't going to let Coach Landry stay. He was going to replace him with Jimmy. But seriously, Tom was not allowed to build back, he was just fired and not treated very well after being fired, by the team. But Bright, he was losing money hand over fist. He had lost like 30 mil in other business dealings, which at the time, was considerably more then it's worth today, and he decided to sell the Cowboys. He was not a Football guy and a pretty bad owner as well. There is a long history there of bad ownership with Bright that contributes to the issues the team had at the time.
 
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No, together with Tex Schramm, Coach Landry did build this franchise. The tearing it down part is not accurate GTB. Teams don't stay at the top forever. Teams eventually lose talent and have to start over. That's what happened to Coach Landry after 20 years. Tex Schramm didn't want Coach Landry out, he just didn't have any choice because of that idgit Bum Bright, and is desire to sell the Cowboys. Once that happened, you know Jerry wasn't going to let Coach Landry stay. He was going to replace him with Jimmy. But seriously, Tom was not allowed to build back, he was just fired and not treated very well after being fired, by the team. But Bright, he was losing money hand over fist. He had lost like 30 mil in other business dealings, which at the time, was considerably more then it's worth today, and he decided to sell the Cowboys. He was not a Football guy and a pretty bad owner as well. There is a long history there of bad ownership with Bright that contributes to the issues the team had at the time.
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I appreciate the revisionism. And the excuses as to why old Tom was pushed to failure on the field.

At the end of the marathon, Tom, old but bull headed and wheezing, looked around and saw 7-8 in 1987 and 3-13 in 1988.
Bright had had enough. Business losses and a clown team.
Thank goodness Jerry and Jimmy, after rebuilding, brought us back some semblance of respectability and then pride, old fellow.
Had old man Tom, steeped in 1950s football, held on, the fans would have stormed the field and handcuffed him and turned him over to the old folks home. The other 20 fans, mostly old farts, would build a statue to Tom, 2 super bowls in 28 years, but mostly heartache.
Too busy to meet like a man with Jerry to determine his coaching future. BS!
Too busy to watch the 1992 Super Bowl. Liar!
Senile, irrelevant and unwanted.
Blimey, what good riddance!

I will fight you on the West Mesa. No weapons. Only fists and me fists of stucco.
 
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