News: Gil Brandt passes away

[America's Cowboy]

This hurts badly. He was the last of the original founding fathers of our Dallas Cowboys. :'( I'm glad Mr. Gil Brandt at least got to experience being inducted into both the Dallas Cowboys Ring Of Honor (2018) and the NFL Hall Of Fame (2019).

Thank you for all you did to help create the Dallas Cowboys, put them in the hearts and minds as their favorite team of so many around the world, and help build them into America's Team! Rest In Peace, Mr. Gil Brandt...

 

[JW82]

A pioneer. RIP.

 

[jazzcat22]

RIP Gil.
One of the true innovators of the NFL and Dallas Cowboys as we know them.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

RIP Gil…..legend.

 

[ErikWilliamsHeadSlap]

Sleep well Gil.

 

[plasticman]

Gil Brandt pioneered the science of player evaluation. He was the "secret weapon" this franchise used to produce two decades of dominance that will never be repeated again.

Computers allowed Brandt to design a deeper system of evaluation with far more variables that other teams were not taking into consideration. For them, scouting was subjective and anecdotal. They would use contacts and relationships to evaluate talent.

Gil Brandt based his evaluation system by grading those traits that would make a good football player like quickness, strength, balance, mental alertness, etc.

Brandt wasn't looking for the best or worse players. He wanted to find the "gems" in between.

This is the best article I have found on Gil Brandt.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/brandt-computer-helped-revolutionize-scouting

The NFL lost one if it's true pioneers today.

R.I.P..

 

[Cowboysheelsreds058]

RIP LEGEND, seems like no time ago was just listening to you on the NFL network on Sirus.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

So cool that he remained relevant and active in the NFL for so long after leaving the Cowboys and into his old age. Amazing person!

 

[CowboyMort]

This man had so much knowledge. Truly one of the greatest in the executive ranks in NFL history. I always enjoy listening to what he had to say.

His recall on events that happened decades ago would amaze me. Up until fairly recently he was on Sirus/XM radio. I was astounded at how old he was and his memories of something like, "I sat in his parents living room in 1975 for five minutes talking about football" or something like that. We lost a good one.

 

[fredp22]

started with the Cowboys in 1960 when the team was formed until Jerry bought the team in 1989. One of the originals. We will all miss him.

 

[mldardy]

Guy had Emmitt as the 11th best running back of all time and **** on Dwayne Haskins immediately after his death.

When I became a Cowboy fan it was towards the latter half of his tenure with the Cowboys in the early 80s and gladly booted out of the door by Jerry.

Almost everyone will have nice things to say about him but I really don't. HOF executive but seemed very bitter old man.

 

[Risen Star]

This goes down right up there with when we lost the likes feature as the saddest in Zone history.

 

[rags747]

Always loved Gil’s story’s about various players, you can see why he was so successful in acquiring talent for our Boys. RIP to the Godfather Mr Gil Brandt.

 

[LifetimeBoysFan]

What an absolute legend, is what he is. The guy was still sharp as a tack too. I was so amazed at the level of details he knew about even current players. If you wanted to know what there is to know about a player, see Gil, period. There will never be anyone like him for sure.

 

[RS12]

RIP Gil. Thanks for all you did to make Américas team what it was.

 

[dagreat1_87]

RIP Gil

 

[The Quest for Six]

Pioneer and innovator, a legend.... R.I.P Gil Brandt

 

[The Fonz]

Rest in Peace Gil
your impact will last forever

 

[quickccc]

I'm so glad we got Gil Brandt into the NFL Hall of Fame.

Gil was the last of the three major figure heads of the 70's Dynasty (Landry, Tex) and a pioneer that helped put Cowboys on the map as " America's Team " ..FOREVER !!

RIP Gil

 

[ShortRound]

Cowboys Legend. RIP Gil.