Would you prefer that Troy stayed in Oklahoma after they switched from the I-formation back to the wishbone following Aikman breaking his ankle? Don’t think he was winning the Davey O’Brien Award while faking the fullback dive and running down the line with Lydell Carter or Spencer Tillman on his hip. He did the right thing for himself and ultimately OK by leaving.
Troy was team oriented. That’s why he got so hot at the coaching staff, wasn’t so much directly at the players, for not disciplining stupid and lazy on field and off-the-field antics. There’s some quality tape of him on the sidelines questioning the purpose of multiple coaches and he knew it filtered from the top down. I can only imagine what some of the closed door conversations were like.
After Jimmy, this guy had to answer questions about being gay and treating black athletes different than white ones. Nothing was done by Barry or Jerry to squash this crap. In fact, Barry basically fanned the flames cuz he knew his relationship with Troy sucked and he was in self-preservation mode.
With the writing on the wall that this team was headed toward the 1-15 crap it once was, where Troy took a daily ***-beating, is it any wonder he wanted out.
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He was encouraged to go to UCLA by Switzer who actually called the UCLA HC on Troy’s behalf. This was detailed in the Troy Aikman episode of “A Football “Life”.
I said that was fine , do what you need to do to benefit yourself. Just don't try to LATER act as if you always are this selfless guy , especially when you continually throw your contemporaries under the Bus.
