Yes, and all those perceptions have valid answers to them, but a message board doesn't afford the face to face time to answer and refute. Which is why, after stating an opinion, it is just better to let everyone run on about it.
For example, all those times that Emmitt didn't play and when we had trouble. When were those times?
Primarily TWO GAMES. (He didn't miss many games you know) Opening of 93 season. Why did we have so much trouble? It wasn't just football, it was a divided team as well, upset over contracts and money.
I can point you to PLAYOFF games, where Smith left very early in the game, due to injury, and we blew people out. But no one remembers those games and some don't want to. When we won the Super Bowl in 1995, Emmitt scored 2 gimme TD's, both set up by passes down to around the 2 or 1 yard line, but he made a VERY minimal impact in that game.
Nor do they want to remember 1990 when the Cowboys went on a winning streak to climb back into playoff contention with 2 games to go. Aikman went down to an injury at Philly. Babe Laufenburg came in.
EMMITT WAS STILL THERE.
Result? 2 straight losses.
People don't remember that, they remember 1991 when Aikman went down and Dallas went on a win streak with Beureline (sp?)
It is all about people creating the scenarios in their mind that they like.
Same with Roger. I was a HUGE Staubach fan. My favorite player ever. But I can point you to games I have on tape of him playing, at his height, when he stunk it up.
Roger WASN'T a better passer than Aikman. Just wasn't. Didn't win as many games. Didn't win as many SB's. But some will continue to think that Roger did nothing but win.
So, again, we all have our opinions, state them, have fun with them. But they are all (including mine), just that, opinions, and many of them based on superficial standards.