Video: Jerry/Jimmy Breakup 30th Anniversary: 30 Things You Didn't Know!

[Runwildboys]

He deserved better....I may be a homer, but Coach Landry deserved better.

Yes, but unfortunately, that was the deal Jerry had to make to buy the team. It would have been better if Tom had found out directly from Jerry, though.

 

[Runwildboys]

Jerry had nothing to do with it either, did he......

Jerry absolutely played a part in Jimmy throwing up his hands and saying 'screw it, it's time to go'. Or are you going to ignore all the circus atmosphere garbage Jerry had started that helped lead to Jimmy's decision.

Have you never heard Jimmy say that he wasn't planning to stay very long? I don't remember what show or interview it was, but he said it outright.

 

[Ranching]

Jerry had nothing to do with it either, did he......

Jerry absolutely played a part in Jimmy throwing up his hands and saying 'screw it, it's time to go'. Or are you going to ignore all the circus atmosphere garbage Jerry had started that helped lead to Jimmy's decision.

Jerry was the boss, Jimmy didn't know his place as an employee.

 

[Runwildboys]

Jerry was the boss, Jimmy didn't know his place as an employee.

He knew, and he knew which buttons to push to get to Jerry.

 

[Ranching]

Are you able to read Jimmy's mind and know this to be true? I think he quit on Jerry. There's a big difference.

I know Jerry and I know coaches...Jimmy quit! Not saying he was wrong, but he quit

 

[Ranching]

He knew, and he knew which buttons to push to get to Jerry.

He also got paid handsomely

 

[DUO_CORE]

Aside from the 95 season, which I credit as still a Jimmy Johnson team, the Cowboys haven't done squat, regardless of the QB. Aikman, Carter, Bledsoe, Testeverde, Romo, Prescott; squat.

 

[Montanalo]

All I know is that the Johnson Jones breakup was as bad as when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour.

Thank you, John Belushi... just trying to lighten the mood

 

[Starforever]

The day the music died was when Coach Landry was, unceremoniously, let go. Jimmy left on his own, because of his ego.

It was time for Landry to put the fedora on the shelf.

 

[Ranching]

It was time for Landry to put the fedora on the shelf.

Yes....but he deserved a better exist

 

[Cowboys5217]

It was time for Landry to put the fedora on the shelf.

Landry should have resigned immediately after the "Replacements" game in 1987. The most inexcusable loss in NFL history was a clear indicator that the game passed Landry by, and the team wasn't buying into him anymore if they couldn't even get up enough to beat far inferior scab players

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Yes....but he deserved a better exist

I do think the fans were spoiled back then. The Cowboys were really only bad under Landry for 2 1/2 years. He deserved better after all he gave to Dallas. I remember just getting goosebumps when the games would come on and they would show Landry on the sidelines. The Cowboys were really a special team back then. The young fans today have no idea what greatness felt like.

 

[GoCowboysGo]

Landry was 62 (or so), and supposedly, the game had “passed him by” despite leading them to 16 NFCCGs in 29 years.

Now…JJ is 80+, fueled by JWB, psoriasis of the liver, and whatever STD’s haven’t been discovered yet, and hasn’t done much in the cap era.

In one 18 year stretch he led this franchise to one playoff win! But somehow there’s no narrative that the game’s passed him by!

Why is that? Weak local media and fans clamoring for more, clinging on to the hope of being there for next year’s champs once again.

 

[tyke1doe]

Jerry was the boss, Jimmy didn't know his place as an employee.

You don't show up your boss in front of company. You do and expect repercussions.
Jimmy knew EXACTLY what he was doing, and he pushed the right buttons to get Jerry to pay him out of his contract.
Jimmy eventually wanted to return to Miami so he could be close to the ocean.

 

[erod]

The day the music died was when Coach Landry was, unceremoniously, let go. Jimmy left on his own, because of his ego.

A Jerry sycophant.....

Eesh, what that must feel like, yuck.

 

[Starforever]

Yes....but he deserved a better exist

His exit wasn't graceful, but it was timely. He was/is a much respected man in Cowboys history.

 

[buybuydandavis]

The day the music died.

That day I called the season.
Lose in the NFC Championship game.

 

[Big_D]

We really got the crap end of that divorce.

 

[DallasEast]

We really got the crap end of that divorce.

The one, who worked all the time, left and the alcoholic stayed.

 

[Ranching]

A Jerry sycophant.....

Eesh, what that must feel like, yuck.

Feels great, because it's true. Deny all you want....that's the yuck!!