zrinkill;2583810 said:
I am not questioning Landry's greatness ..... just how he would not have been coach of a team for 28 years in this day and age.
Regrettably, you're correct.
Someone said yesterday, that a SB trophy will get you maybe four years more. That's the going rate.
Gruden, Brian Billick, Parcells, etc...............doesn't mean what it used to in the Landry and Knoll and Schula era.
But, at these prices, what it costs to get the guys, the stadiums, even THEIR OWN SALARIES as coaches, it's become clear that PRODUCTION NOW is the new "normal".
I have now problem with what Jerry did with Landry. I question "how" and "the way" he did it, like everyone else. But Landry's time was behind him. I give Jerry credit for having the courage and nuggets to pull the trigger that NOBODY else would ever dare to do.
And, look what it got us? You cannot argue with those early 90's "Jerry Jones" teams. I remember all the laughing and "tsk-tsking" and "what an idiot" stuff when Jerry fired Landry and hired Jimmy. Remember, Jerry was the FIRST EVER to hire a Collegiate coach directly to be an NFL HC. And EVERYONE, TO A MAN, called him a fool.
All that was conveniently forgotten after the trophy's started piling up. No recants, now "mea culpa's", no apologies from the prom queens on ESPN. So, give Jerry at least a little credit for sticking his neck out and hiring "the genius" Jimmy Johnson. I mean, THAT was ALL Jerry. HE PICKED JIMMY!! And then Jimmy just couldn't live without getting "all the credit".
I for one always gave Jerry props for orchestrating all that stuff, and getting us back to what probably and arguably was the greatest NFL team ever assembled.
That said, I've been "running cover" for Jerry the last decade, and I can no longer do so. The last two years................Jerry is officially "the problem". Can't cover for him or deny it any longer................
