Well, I will simply step aside. However, understand that Spock would shoot holes in your “logic” …
You sure don't...
When asked in the summer of 2014 why Johnson was not in the ring of honor despite his two Super Bowl victories as coach of the Cowboys, Jones stated: "Disloyalty ... I couldn't handle the disloyalty."
[4] The Cowboys Ring of Honor has been viewed as the "gatekeeper to the Pro Football Hall of Fame" for Dallas players, coaches, and executives;
[5] despite this snub, it was announced in 2020 that Johnson would be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Miami Dolphins[edit]
After working as a
television analyst with
Fox Sports for two years and briefly flirting with an offer for the head-coaching job of the
Philadelphia Eagles in 1994,
[7] Johnson joined the
Miami Dolphins in 1996, replacing head coach
Don Shula, who retired at the end of the 1995 season. After a below-expectations year for the Dolphins in 1995, capped off by a blowout loss in the playoffs versus the
Buffalo Bills, there was a groundswell among Dolphins fans who wanted Shula to step aside in favor of Johnson.
[8]
Johnson's tenure in Miami did not live up to expectations. Johnson won fewer games in his first season than Shula had in his final season (8–8 vs. 9–7). Johnson's overall winning percentage at Miami was 55.3% vs. 65.8% for Shula.
[9] Brian Billick related a story about Johnson in 2019 when each were broadcasters, with the latter stating his advice of how to not go back into coaching unless one had the passion and proper reasons to do so, since plenty of coaches went back without those reasons. As related by Billick of what Johnson said, “I was one of them. I went back for the wrong reasons. If you go back for ego, if you go back for money, it’s the wrong reason."
[10]
Johnson inherited one of the NFL's best offenses, led by Hall of Fame quarterback
Dan Marino; the defense was considered mediocre, though it was ranked 10th in fewest points allowed in 1995. As a defensive specialist, Johnson expected to put together a championship defense. With complete control over personnel decisions, Johnson and his staff signed several excellent defensive players, drafting future Hall of Famers
Jason Taylor and
Zach Thomas, and Pro Bowlers
Sam Madison, and
Patrick Surtain. But Johnson's brilliant draft record was blemished by several disappointments, including fifth-round pick running back
Cecil Collins, and two first-round picks, running back
John Avery and wide receiver
Yatil Green. The Dolphins finished 8–8 in 1996 and then 9–7 in 1997, losing to the
New England Patriots in the wildcard playoff round. In 1998, the Dolphins finished 10–6 with the league's best defense, defeated the Buffalo Bills in the wildcard playoffs, then were crushed 38–3 by the
Denver Broncos in the divisional round.
In a 1996 interview, Johnson said he did not feel he could ever reach the stature of Shula or Landry, simply because he did not feel able to stay with the job as long as they had: "26 years or so as a head coach. I don't think I'll make it that long. This is my sixth year as a head coach, and whenever this contract's done, I think I'll probably be done coaching."
[11]
In January 1999, Johnson resigned as Dolphins head coach, citing burnout. He reversed his decision in one day, after Marino—with whom Johnson had a strained relationship
[12]—pleaded with Johnson to come back. Dolphins owner
Wayne Huizenga also hired the recently fired
Chicago Bears head coach
Dave Wannstedt, a former assistant under Johnson both at the University of Miami and at Dallas, as defensive coordinator/assistant head coach.
In the face of Super Bowl expectations, Miami faded from a 7–1 start down the stretch, and Johnson's relationship with Marino, which had briefly blown up following a
Monday Night Football loss to the Bills in Week 4, dissolved completely. The Dolphins still finished the season 9–7 and defeated
the Seahawks in the wildcard round of the playoffs, but in the divisional round they were crushed in an embarrassing
62–7 loss to the
Jacksonville Jaguars. Johnson resigned the day after the game and Marino soon thereafter announced his retirement. Johnson was succeeded by Wannstedt.
In a 2021 interview, Johnson revealed that the Dolphins could have traded for
Peyton Manning in the
1998 NFL draft, theoretically offering the
Colts their entire draft board in exchange for the first overall pick. Johnson declined to give more details to this trade, with him stating, "I probably gave you too much already."
[13]
Above I referenced FOX and CBS with quotes and was instead met with heresay, and told it is a direct quote by Jimmy Johnson...
Dr. Spock...and children? Want to compare real histories in life?
Better study some BF Skinner as at least he believed in a foundation of I'm OK, you're OK. He didn't believe in electrical shocks as the alternative...and the first head of the Psychological Center for Corpus Christi was Nick Huestes...the first of the local run heads.
You are a make believe insult tosser...as you were.