DMN Blog: Gosselin: Among other Cowboys for Hall, Larry Allen most likely

[jterrell]

I think the HOF should be based on what you did while you played and not based on the morals of other people.

that is supposed to be the case but it isn't possible to be that way.

you get a media guy arguing for you and how hard they argue is up to them and their ability. how willing other media members are to hear determines a lot too.

 

[mldardy]

Nate was very good but not HOF. Jimmy same. His time at Miami pretty much showed that he was a one time genius who could not replicate it.
Woody comes close but not there either. I have to be honest that the only way I really justify putting in Pearson is because Swann and stallworth are in.
Howley and Harvey Martin on the other hand do deserve to go in. Cliff Harris is about the same level. Gil Brandt should have been in before now frankly- he really did change the way the NFL did business. Which SUPPOSEDLY is the #1 criteria for selection.

I totally disagree with this. There are coaches who have done less than Jimmy that are in the Hall. Bud Grant, Marv Levy, John Madden, etc don't have the titles Jimmy has. Marv Levy was not a good coach before he got to Buffalo. I hope to see Jimmy in one day because I think it will be a shame if he's not.

 

[rangers71]

Randle played tackle. That is why. He was a great pass rusher inside. He also had zero competition from teammates. Randle's only Viking counterpart is Cris Carter and he's not in. Essentially you have to be considered the best of your era at the position or one of the couple best plus have won titles.

Randle made 6 All Pro teams and had 137.5 sacks playing mostly DT. That's unheard of and thus why he got in.

Dent also had 137.5 sacks but only made 1 All Pro team.

Martin isn't in because the media didn't like him as he was very quiet even to teammates. And because they didn't officially record the most vital stat to getting him until his career was basically over. Harris has been bamboozled because we didn't beat the friggin Steelers more often.

So Harvey gets screwed because he was quiet and the media didn't like him, and Haley gets screwed because he was loud and the media hated him? What the hell do these jokers want. The whole thing is a sham.

 

[Royal Laegotti]

Everyone calls the Cowboys O-line of the 90's the greatest OL ever. Not just Cowboys fans, everyone. You hear it all the time when comparisons are made between Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders.

1 Hall of Fame player on the greatest O-line ever.

Yeah and he only played in 1 Superbowl. Erik Williams and Nate need to be in the HoF. I also think Novacek should get in, he was the best TE of his era. Moose was an extension of the offensive line and created holes for the all-time leading rusher, he needs to be in.

 

[Cowboysfan570]

He wasn't the same player after 1993. He got back into being a top caliber guy for around 95/96 but was aging by the time he fully recovered from the injury it seems.

I'd love to see him get in but the guy only made 4 pro Bowl teams and that's about the least of any Hall of Famer.

$%#!ing Lynn Swan was only in 3 pro bowls.