Great interview with Tom Landry

[Hardline]

Last part of the interview Landry speaks of his Christian faith in case anyone gets triggered. He addressed the term America's Team .

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Everything this man built has been destroyed.

 

[rambo2]

Everything this man built has been destroyed.

Most of the board would have wanted him fired after the 1968 or 1969 season.

 

[Dallasfann]

How would the last part trigger anyone. I feel bad for this world.

 

[cityochamps]

What a class act he was!

 

[Fmart322]

Sadly we have spent more time with Jerry Jones as a Cowboy then Tom Landry

 

[Asklesko]

With the franchise in the hands of a self-obsessed chimp for thirty years, the legacy has well and truly dwindled.

 

[Chuck 54]

Most of the board would have wanted him fired after the 1968 or 1969 season.

I think everyone in Texas wanted him fired after his final season in 1989 after 3 straight losing seasons. Most just didn't like Jerry and Jimmy when they first got here, so they got up in arms on the way he was fired. Even the media referred to Jerry and Jimmy as the Beverley Hillbillies in their first year of going 1-15 and looking like they had no clue what they were doing.

 

[rambo2]

Can you imagine keeping the same coach for over a decade with the playoff failures he had from 1966 to 1970.

 

[Risen Star]

Only Satan would get "triggered" by a Christian.

 

[cowboysfan99]

Can you imagine keeping the same coach for over a decade with the playoff failures he had from 1966 to 1970.

What do you mean imagine? We lived through a decade of failure with Garrett.

 

[EST_1986]

How would the last part trigger anyone. I feel bad for this world.

Its like getting pissed about Santa or the Easter Bunny.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

I was not born yet but I read many books about the Cowboys of the Landry Era.

And there was a time they were called "Next Year's Champions" (mockingly). From 1966-70 they had the reputation of beating up all the easy teams in the regular season and then falling short come the playoffs when the competition was tougher.

Yes, different game, different era, no free agency, etc. But if this doesn't sound strikingly familiar to the Cowboys from 2021-present, I don't know what does.

 

[Hardline]

Its like getting pissed about Santa or the Easter Bunny.

Those that are pissed about Santa Clause or the Easter bunny are the same ones that would get pissed about Christianity.

 

[Aikmaniac]

Thanks for posting, but it's a shame a disclaimer must be posted about religious content in the same way you would about profanity.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Can you imagine keeping the same coach for over a decade with the playoff failures he had from 1966 to 1970.

3 of those failures were in the NFL championship game. Two in the "old" NFL and one after the merge.


Those teams truly were "close", unlike this team that flops in the first playoff game. Much easier to say they should keep the coach back then.

 

[J_Allen]

My dad was a lifelong Cowboys fan and the very first Christmas I remember I came out of my room and there was a Cowboys jersey and helmet hanging on the mantle. That must have been 1986. He quit the team on the spot as soon as Landry was fired. He hated the Cowboys after that.

He told me about the heartbreaking losses to the Steelers in the Super Bowl and yet he was still rooting for the Steelers in Super Bowl 30.

 

[EST_1986]

Those that are pissed about Santa Clause or the Easter bunny are the same ones that would get pissed about Christianity.

everyone's free to their fairy tales and imaginary friends, dont bother me at all

 

[nate dizzle]

Thanks for posting, but it's a shame a disclaimer must be posted about religious content in the same way you would about profanity.

Honestly the disclaimer didn't do anything but throw the thread off the rails. Doubt anyone would have noticed or said anything.

 

[rambo2]

3 of those failures were in the NFL championship game. Two in the "old" NFL and one after the merge.


Those teams truly were "close", unlike this team that flops in the first playoff game. Much easier to say they should keep the coach back then.

They were saying that Landry can't win the big one and they were trashing the Cowboys saying they would always be next years champions.