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They sat undisturbed at a picnic table at Jimmy Johnson's favorite Italian restaurant along Highway A1A in the Florida Keys one Saturday night in early April.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame coach was with his Hall of Fame quarterback, Troy Aikman, three of his former assistant coaches -- defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt, offensive coordinator Norv Turner and offensive line coach Tony Wise -- his agent, Nick Christin, and the public relations chief at the University of Miami and Dallas Cowboys, Rich Dalrymple. Some of their wives were on hand, too.
After a day spent on Johnson's boat, fishing and telling stories, there was one more story to tell.
It was about the 1992 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers -- and what Dalrymple called the Cowboys' finest hour, borrowing the term from Winston Churchill.
Dalrymple presented those in attendance with a double-sided framed photo, and on one side, there's a picture of Johnson smiling, holding a towel with the words, "How 'bout them Cowboys?"
As Johnson readies for his induction into the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday, many will recall how he led the rebuild of America's Team with the help of the Herschel Walker trade -- drafting Aikman and running back Emmitt Smith and inheriting Michael Irvin as they formed the famed "Triplets" -- and led the Cowboys to back-to-back Super Bowls. Others will point to his calculating methods and bravado.
Link to the rest of the story: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31927679/how-bout-cowboys-story-jimmy-johnson-legendary-line
The Pro Football Hall of Fame coach was with his Hall of Fame quarterback, Troy Aikman, three of his former assistant coaches -- defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt, offensive coordinator Norv Turner and offensive line coach Tony Wise -- his agent, Nick Christin, and the public relations chief at the University of Miami and Dallas Cowboys, Rich Dalrymple. Some of their wives were on hand, too.
After a day spent on Johnson's boat, fishing and telling stories, there was one more story to tell.
It was about the 1992 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers -- and what Dalrymple called the Cowboys' finest hour, borrowing the term from Winston Churchill.
Dalrymple presented those in attendance with a double-sided framed photo, and on one side, there's a picture of Johnson smiling, holding a towel with the words, "How 'bout them Cowboys?"
As Johnson readies for his induction into the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday, many will recall how he led the rebuild of America's Team with the help of the Herschel Walker trade -- drafting Aikman and running back Emmitt Smith and inheriting Michael Irvin as they formed the famed "Triplets" -- and led the Cowboys to back-to-back Super Bowls. Others will point to his calculating methods and bravado.
Link to the rest of the story: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31927679/how-bout-cowboys-story-jimmy-johnson-legendary-line