RomoIsGod
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Jimmy was the defacto GM.
Jerry Jones should be worshiping the ground Jimmy Johnson walks on
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The only thing he was ever good for was his checkbook.
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This shouldn't even be a debate if common sense prevails.
In this corner:
He became head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys after taking his college team, The Miami Hurricanes to the national College Championship four months earlier. It was the 2nd time he took them to the championship game. Along the way he recruited 26 future NFL draft picks, five of them 1st rounders, two in the Hall of Fame.
Prior to that, he was head Coach for Oklahoma State for 5 seasons where he recruited 14 players that would eventually be drafted in the NFL while rebuilding their program. In his final season they compiled an 8-4 record and won a bowl game.
Before that, Jimmy was DC at the University of Pittsburgh under Jackie Sherril where he coached future NFL stars like Rickey Jackson and Hugh Green. This was after he was DC at Arkansas under Lou Holtz and D-line coach at Oklahoma under Chuck Fairbanks. just before those he was an assistant coach at Iowa under Johnny Majors.
Jimmy's first gig was at Louisiana Tech in 1965 when that Duck Dynasty guy, Phil Robertson, was their quarterback. He helped recruit a quarterback from a neighboring high school by the name of Terry Bradshaw.
In all Jimmy had 24 years of experience in coaching and talent evaluation, culminating in that championship.
Jimmy Johnson was a member of the 1964 Arkansas National championship team.
And in this corner:
Jerry Jones was a member of the 1964 Arkansas National Championship team.
In this corner:
He became head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys after taking his college team, The Miami Hurricanes to the national College Championship four months earlier. It was the 2nd time he took them to the championship game. Along the way he recruited 26 future NFL draft picks, five of them 1st rounders, two in the Hall of Fame.
Prior to that, he was head Coach for Oklahoma State for 5 seasons where he recruited 14 players that would eventually be drafted in the NFL while rebuilding their program. In his final season they compiled an 8-4 record and won a bowl game.
Before that, Jimmy was DC at the University of Pittsburgh under Jackie Sherril where he coached future NFL stars like Rickey Jackson and Hugh Green. This was after he was DC at Arkansas under Lou Holtz and D-line coach at Oklahoma under Chuck Fairbanks. just before those he was an assistant coach at Iowa under Johnny Majors.
Jimmy's first gig was at Louisiana Tech in 1965 when that Duck Dynasty guy, Phil Robertson, was their quarterback. He helped recruit a quarterback from a neighboring high school by the name of Terry Bradshaw.
In all Jimmy had 24 years of experience in coaching and talent evaluation, culminating in that championship.
Jimmy Johnson was a member of the 1964 Arkansas National championship team.
And in this corner:
Jerry Jones was a member of the 1964 Arkansas National Championship team.
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He is owner and GM...now fairly build Jerry' picture around those two jobs and in his holy water sprinkling inclue his disloyalty to the Dallas players and his own wife along the way as way;;;
Yeppir best damned football man there ever was and 'pertty' near walked on water...you bet.
The Dallas Head Coach in Dallas who won the most in College and in the NFL was Barry Switzer...quick, get the make-up back out. Change some more words around.
He was a good coach...but he fell short more than once. how about in Miami...nothing is being said about immediately failing standard. He didn't have Jerry backing him there.
Really be honest here...you.
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In some ways I think winning those three titles with Jimmy's team hurt the Cowboys more than it helped. Think if we didn't win Jerry would have sold the franchise.
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You have played the same insult with the same song and dance and presented a number count to hide all good football provided. How many 12 win seasons have the Cowboys had since Jimmy was told to leave? First item, do more than run your mouth and insult Jerry Jones and CCBoy...Houston is still #2 violent crime center in the Country...and that is a fact. Behind San Antonio. One may ask why that is included...simple, that is where you live! Why did they fire Bum Phillips and release Earl Campbell?
I already have posted an OP that stated the fact on Dallas winning, playoffs, and facts in comparisons to the entire NFL as well as the 13 teams in today's NFL who have never won a Super Bowl. Get a real dirty complaint line, and stick with it beyond a crap load of an arbitrary 25...I again tell You I don't care about what is actually a number and not a description or explanation of accomplishments and opportunities created by Jerry Jones.
.Jerry was an offensive lineman at about 189 pounds at Arkansas. They loved football and over coming to achieve. If they were looking for fun in sport, they would have played baseball instead.
The very first NFL team that came to Dallas was in 1952. It was called the Yanks prior to moving to Dallas, and then renamed the Dallas Texans. It survived a partial season, ended up 1-11 and then moved to Baltimore and then became the Colts and a Johnny Unitas led team there allowed by George Halas.
The team had been part of the American Football Conference, before landing in Dallas. The Colts won the 1958 NFL Championship Game five years later!
Clint Murchison, Sr. was estimated with a fortune of around $300 M. He was friends with J. Edgar Hoover, FBI. His second son, Clint, was a 130 pound halfback with MIT.
H.L. Hunt was another oilman and wealthy. Lamar Hunt was his son. Both Lamar Hunt and Clint Murchison both wanted intensely to participate in professional football.
George Halas, the owner and coach of the Chicago Bears was the most powerful man in the NFL. He was the chairman of the Expansion Committee and had no plans on expanding to a 13th and 14th team.
Lamar Hunt decided that he wasn't going to wait and in 1959 founded the American Football League with it's opening season in 1960. That forced Halas to reconsider and to offer Clint Murchison a franchise in Dallas with the rights to the Washington Fight Song as blackmail against a non-vote. Then the price tag was $6,000,000.
Murchison hired Tex Schramm as his General Manager. He was only a sports writer in Austin at the time. Schramm then hired Gil Brandt, who was at that time a professional photographer. Brandt and never before played or coached football before that ... but he had done some scouting.
'When in 1965 Joe Robbie bought the Miami Dolphins, Jerry Jones tried to purchase a minority ownership. He was no able to accomplish that.
A year later there was a legitimate chance for Jerry Jones to purchase the San Diego Chargers for $5.8 M, but he couldn't quite handle the loan requirements then.
Jerry was lucky as a wildcatter and built his own monies up from there.
In 1987, Bill Walsh offered to Jerry to fully explain finances, workings, and how to run an NFL organization from top to bottom. Jerry spent a lot of time learning the franchise necessary perspectives and caught up completely with the NFL at that time. This included scouting, player management, and evaluations determined by Head Coach directions in changes.
Jerry stretched everything, especially finances that carried a cost of $160 M and took him to task trying to stay ahead of Turk who was head of collections for the Dallas Cowboys even then.
It was Jerry who provided the opportunity to both Jimmy Johnson and players alike.
Information taken from 'American's Team' by Jeff Sullivan.
Gil Brandt
He served as the Dallas Cowboys' chief talent scout since the club's inception in 1960. He had served as a part-time scout for the Los Angeles Rams under General Manager Tex Schramm in the 1950s. When Schramm took command of the newly formed Dallas franchise in 1960, Brandt was one of the first people he hired. Schramm, Brandt and Coach Tom Landry formed the triumvirate which guided the Cowboys for their first 29 years.
He helped pioneer many of the scouting techniques used by NFL clubs today,[3] such as:
- Creating a new scouting and evaluation system for prospects, which would later spread throughout the NFL. In the NFL Films' documentary series Finding Giants, Ernie Accorsi mentioned how then-general manager George Young built the New York Giants scouting process based on the Cowboys system.[4]
- Using computers for scouting and talent evaluations. To achieve this level of automatization, the Cowboys had to systematically define which were the traits, measurable qualities and skills that could be expressed into numbers and formulas in order for a computer to understand them.[5] Different traits were prioritized for different positions.[6]
Player evaluations and developments there developed to where it is today, but through the leadership of Jerry Jones!
Under Schram, who developed Tom Landry teams via scouting:
In late 1959, when it became apparent that the NFL was intent on expanding to Dallas, Schramm told his friends in football that he was interested in running the team. Chicago Bears owner George Halas introduced Schramm to Clint Murchison Jr., who had tried to bring the NFL to Dallas several times in the past. Murchison hired Schramm as the general manager for a potential Dallas team, which became a reality when the league awarded a franchise to the city on January 28, 1960.[citation needed]
In 1960, Schramm hired head coach Tom Landry and chief scout Gil Brandt. By the mid-1960s, the three men had built the Cowboys into an elite team. The Cowboys, despite two consecutive losses to the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship Game in 1966 and '67, had 20 consecutive winning seasons, and won the most games of any NFL team of the 1970s. They appeared in five Super Bowls that decade, winning Super Bowls VI and XII, and losing Super Bowls V, X, and XIII by a combined 11 points. The Cowboys became a marquee NFL franchise, their popularity inspiring the nickname "America's Team".
In 1966, Schramm met secretly with American Football League (AFL) founder Lamar Hunt to begin the negotiations that led to the 1970 merger of the NFL and AFL, as well as the first Super Bowl in 1967.
Schramm was known as the most powerful general manager in the NFL. The Cowboys' owners during his tenure, Murchison (1960–84) and Bum Bright (1984–1988), largely left day-to-day operations in his hands. Schramm represented the Cowboys at league meetings and exercised the team's voting rights, something normally reserved for team owners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Schramm
History of playoff appearances since 1996 following the last Lombardi:
1996-Switzer
1998-Chan Gailey
1999-Chan Gailey
2003-Bill Parcells
2006-Bill Parcells
2007-Wade Phillips
2009-Wade Phillips
*(real gap in team successes)
2014-Jason Garrett
2016-Jason Garrett
2018-Jason Garrett
2021-Mike McCarthy
2022-Mike McCarthy
That is the playoff years.
Switzer had 3 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Chan Gailey had 2 playoff seasons in 2 seasons.
Dave Campo no playoff seasons in 3 seasons.
Bill Parcells 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Wade Phillips 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Jason Garrett 3 playoff seasons in 10 seasons.
Mike McCarthy 2 playoff seasons in 3 seasons.
Jason Garrett's record at Dallas and by year
| DAL | 2014 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1st in NFC East | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Green Bay Packers in NFC Divisional Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 2015 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 4th in NFC East | – | – | – | – |
| DAL | 2016 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st in NFC East | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Green Bay Packers in NFC Divisional Game |
| DAL | 2017 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2nd in NFC East | – | – | – | – |
| DAL | 2018 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 1st in NFC East | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Los Angeles Rams in NFC Divisional Game |
| DAL | 2019 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2nd in NFC East | – | – | – | – |
First Green Bay loss, a last second field goal. 34-32.
Second Green Bay loss...Dallas held a lead in the second half, but after losing the lead due to a late Aaron Rodgers touchdown pass, had a potentially game-winning catch by Dez Bryant overturned in official replay, therefore sealing a 26–21 defeat to Green Bay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Garrett
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I would predict Jerry Jones would counter by saying or suggesting Barry Switzer was his best head coach. For the most part, Switzer did not tinker with what Johnson left for him. Switzer did what was necessary to appease Jones' narcissism in public, with his famous 'We did it our way, baby!' victory exclamation following Super Bowl XXX. Nothing akin to that display of employee subservience has ever been seen or heard in any other 55 post-Super Bowl celebrations and likely never will again.
In short, Switzer embodied everything he could want in a head coach. Switzer handed him a Lombardi (literally) and bowed to Jones' 'greatness' before the entire world after doing so.
In my opinion, Bill Parcells was Jones' best coaching hire post Jimmy Johnson by far. However, Parcells did not receive the same level of head coaching autonomy Johnson had. The purposeful restriction has been one of Jones' conditions for never having another Johnson-type work for him again.
Any general manager should attempt to find the best qualified head coach whenever there is a job vacancy. A simple review of all the head coaching prospects he could have sought after over the past three decades, in contrast to those he settled with, sums up Jones' level of commitment to that particular job duty.
Too great in Jones' opinion. So great that Jones could not concede to Johnson's decision-making, leading to Johnson's resentment and subsequent employee disobedience, which Jones' narcissism could not assimilate and intelligently weigh all ramifications before... Well, history documents what finally happened.
Narcissism is only accepting of one person in its spotlight. And it was not going to forever shine on Johnson.
Like I said. The narcissism spotlight will not shine upon Johnson as long as Jones has control of its on/off switch.
It has not been for lack of trying on Jones' part. He has been trying to re-create that Lombardi wheel for decades. Johnson was one of the parts he had and tossed aside. He keeps contacting RockAuto for what he needs but they never have what he asks for in stock.
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Your kind of regular, stud, is here...
When the team was winning Super Bowls in the mid 1990s, Jones looked at every option to keep the momentum going. If that meant adding Deion Sanders on a massive contract, he was willing to open his wallet. If it meant adding a veteran quarterback in Bernie Kosar when Troy Aikman was injured in 1993, he went and signed him. The moves paid off then, but Jones has pulled back since some moves went south.
Dallas made some big trades this offseason, but it has been a few years since Jones was willing to bring in players with resumes like Stephon Gillmore and Brandin Cooks. Some of the trades Jerry has made throughout his time have gone well, but a good amount failed.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones
The Dallas Cowboys, aware of Walker's earlier interest in playing for them, acquired Walker's NFL rights by selecting him in the fifth round (114th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.
In 1986, he was signed by the Cowboys and moved to fullback, so he could share backfield duties with Tony Dorsett, becoming the second Heisman backfield tandem in NFL history, after George Rogers and Earl Campbell teamed with the 1984 New Orleans Saints. This move created tension, as it would limit Dorsett's playing time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker
The Cowboys were interested well before Jimmy was a dream.
He came in along with the presence of Tony Dorsett...no, Jimmy Johnson didn't just have a divine intervention.
In 1989, the Cowboys traded Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for a total of five players (linebacker Jesse Solomon, defensive back Issiac Holt, running back Darrin Nelson, linebacker David Howard, defensive end Alex Stewart) and six future draft picks.
All of Jimmy's drafting wasn't a backside shining act...then staff started to step in with college scouting of players he was no longer knowledgeable.
Here, Gil Brandt and other Cowboys influential in personnel, well, had intense and long talks with Jerry as well.
*The five players were tied to potential draft picks Minnesota would give Dallas if a player was cut (which led to Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith, and Darren Woodson).
That was the over the top additions.
The Wall was with dropped NFL players and no-names drafted...all Jimmy?
Walker's $5 million five-year contract exceeded his $4.5 million five-year contract. Think that did not involve Jerry?
A coach takes a money matter to his GM. All coaches are required to do that. The GM gave the money, when that money was badly needed for that group of Cowboys to even survive existence. Jerry really not involved?
Not in the picture involved here.
Jimmy was a part...not the whole. Take out all realities for achievement, then yea, one is left with sure, yea, he walked on water and turned water into wine also...
Haley came to Dallas with question marks, having clashed with 49ers coaches and management, but Jones was willing to take the risk. The move paid off immediately as Haley had six sacks with 39 tackles and helped the Cowboys defense rank first in the NFL in 1992. Dallas won its first of three Super Bowls in the 1990s.
Haley helped Dallas win two more Super Bowls in 1993 and 1995. While his off-field problems were well known, he continued to be a force for the defense. Haley retired after the 1996 season, but returned to San Francisco for the final two years of his career.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones/4
He also was acquired under Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones.
“I think everybody understands the last couple of years we have been looking for a pass rusher,” Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said. “We felt we had improved our defense significantly over the last couple of years, and I think this undoubtedly will make it even better. He will have an immediate impact on our pass rush.”
https://www.profootballhistory.com/charles-haley/
Even Cowboys owner Jerry Jones felt confident that Haley would work out fine for the team.
In exchange for Walker, the Cowboys received Jesse Solomon, David Howard, Issaic Holt, and Alex Stewart along with a first second and sixth round pick. Dallas cut all five players also giving them conditional draft picks for the 1991 and 1992 drafts. With a boatload of draft picks, the Cowboys could now build a new team around Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin.
Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, and Russell Maryland are just a few of the players Dallas acquired over the next few seasons that helped turn the franchise around. To this day, it remains one of the biggest and arguably most notable trades in NFL history. Trading one player who ultimately helped a team rebuild and win three championships is an unbelievable story.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones/5
At this point in a discussion, it should be noted that how teams are run now has changed in almost all factions of management and play today.
Now, most things are tasked to certain management groups, scouts, until there is some source indicating interest or have made it known that a team is in the market.
Usually a Head Coach first introduces this on up, still ends at Jerry Jones' desk.
Naw, it doesn't take press clippings or congressional votes to get something done today.
When Jimmy and Jerry started out the team of Cowboys were losing a $1M a game. Jerry and Jimmy literally had to do most of what was done then. That took a team atmosphere. But Jerry was the owner and Jimmy apparently wanted more control than was doable at that point for survival of ownership. Jerry even had loans of significant to even qualify for the purchase. That's the facts and not just, hero worship. Jerry tried to walk a supportive road in a very hostile and polarized time of history. He has maintained a world view now, as well. Top Team in revenue for sports. Jimmy angered at the Saudi Prince being shown the functions of a NFL team. Some was ego and some was lack of true loyalty to his players, by Jimmy Johnson.
The role of scouts are very advanced for now and evaluations about all things on the carpet are both good and effective. Jerry is a role, not a fool.
In the spring of 1991, in Dallas Cowboys headquarters, a petroleum engineer named Mike McCoy sat down at his desk to devise one of the most influential innovations in the past three decades of the NFL. He plotted on logarithmic paper every trade involving a draft pick over the previous four years. He wanted to quantify the value of each pick.
Over the previous two years, the franchise’s brash leaders, owner Jerry Jones and Coach Jimmy Johnson, had built a war chest for the draft. They had shipped star running back Herschel Walker to Minnesota for a massive haul, including eight picks, and quarterback Steve Walsh to New Orleans for three more. Now, Jones’s oil-and-gas business partner was trying to figure out how much the picks were worth.
In his office, McCoy created a graph, assigned the No. 1 pick a random value (3,000) and used a regression formula to calculate the rest. The result — the famous but misunderstood and misattributed “Jimmy Johnson draft-pick value chart” — revolutionized the NFL draft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/25/nfl-trade-value-chart/
Coaches under Jimmy:
David Shula. Shula was the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1989-1990 seasons, a total of two years. Shula's record as the team's offensive coordinator was 8-24-0, making him the least successful offensive coordinator in Dallas Cowboys history. Shula was again, Jimmy's selection.
Now explain why 'walk on water' Jimmy had to replace him or lose Troy Aikman. with Norv Turner. He coached from 1991 to 1993.
He was replaced by :
Under Switzer, his Defensive Coordinator was:
Those changes were all forced by that same Jimmy Johnson...now say they weren't.
Bill Parcells
He began as an assistant coach at Hastings (1964) before moving on to Wichita State (1965), Army (1966–69), Florida State (1970–72), Vanderbilt (1973–74), and Texas Tech (1975–77). In 1978, he became the head coach at the Air Force Academy for one season.[7]While serving as linebackers coach at Army, Parcells was also a part-time assistant basketball coach for Bob Knight during the 1966–67 season, which led to their longtime friendship.
He served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the head coach of the New York Giants from 1983 to 1990, where he won two Super Bowl titles.
Parcells was later the head coach of the New England Patriots from 1993 to 1996, the New York Jets from 1997 to 1999, and the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. Nicknamed "the Big Tuna", he is the only NFL coach to lead four different franchises to the playoffs and three to a conference championship game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parcells
Now, on coaches after Jimmy Johnson, except for Chan Gailey and then Jason Garrett, the records of coaches were as follows:
Switzer had 3 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Chan Gailey had 2 playoff seasons in 2 seasons.
Bill Parcells 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Wade Phillips 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Mike McCarthy 2 playoff seasons in 3 seasons.
I guess Jerry learned pretty good from San Francisco how to win in the NFL when he studied with the owner of them just prior to his purchase of the Cowboys as well with studying under Oakland's owner and GM.
That's the facts and not a rewrite by fans feeling the desire to Hero Worship. Jimmy was good, but he was very lucky that he did sign on with Jerry before he returned to Florida, again...
4,000 yard seasons under Jerry Jones:
1983 - 4156
1985 - 4236
1986 - 4003
2006 - 4067
2007 - 4290
2009 - 4483
2010 - 4208
2011 - 4453
2012 - 4992
2013 - 4226
2014 - 4008
2019 - 4902
2020 - 4511
2021 - 4963
2022 - 3911
(4,000 yard seasons with coaches)
Bill Parcells 2003-2006 (1)
Wade Phillips 2007-2010 (3)
Jason Garrett 2010-2019 (5)
Mike McCarthy 2020-Present (2)
The passing game efficiency for Dallas has steadily improved since Jimmy Johnson.
By the way, did Troy have a single 4,000 completion season? No
Did Roger Staubach? No
https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/4000-yard-seasons-by-quarterback/
When the team was winning Super Bowls in the mid 1990s, Jones looked at every option to keep the momentum going. If that meant adding Deion Sanders on a massive contract, he was willing to open his wallet. If it meant adding a veteran quarterback in Bernie Kosar when Troy Aikman was injured in 1993, he went and signed him. The moves paid off then, but Jones has pulled back since some moves went south.
Dallas made some big trades this offseason, but it has been a few years since Jones was willing to bring in players with resumes like Stephon Gillmore and Brandin Cooks. Some of the trades Jerry has made throughout his time have gone well, but a good amount failed.
1. Terry Glenn (Best)
2. Amari Cooper (Best)
3. Charles Haley (Best)
4. Hershel Walker (The Best)
5. Joey Galloway (Worst)
6. Roy Williams (The Worst)
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones
The Dallas Cowboys, aware of Walker's earlier interest in playing for them, acquired Walker's NFL rights by selecting him in the fifth round (114th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.
In 1986, he was signed by the Cowboys and moved to fullback, so he could share backfield duties with Tony Dorsett, becoming the second Heisman backfield tandem in NFL history, after George Rogers and Earl Campbell teamed with the 1984 New Orleans Saints. This move created tension, as it would limit Dorsett's playing time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker
The Cowboys were interested well before Jimmy was a dream.
He came in along with the presence of Tony Dorsett...no, Jimmy Johnson didn't just have a divine intervention.
In 1989, the Cowboys traded Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for a total of five players (linebacker Jesse Solomon, defensive back Issiac Holt, running back Darrin Nelson, linebacker David Howard, defensive end Alex Stewart) and six future draft picks.
All of Jimmy's drafting wasn't a backside shining act...then staff started to step in with college scouting of players he was no longer knowledgeable.
Here, Gil Brandt and other Cowboys influential in personnel, well, had intense and long talks with Jerry as well.
*The five players were tied to potential draft picks Minnesota would give Dallas if a player was cut (which led to Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith, and Darren Woodson).
That was the over the top additions.
The Wall was with dropped NFL players and no-names drafted...all Jimmy?
Walker's $5 million five-year contract exceeded his $4.5 million five-year contract. Think that did not involve Jerry?
A coach takes a money matter to his GM. All coaches are required to do that. The GM gave the money, when that money was badly needed for that group of Cowboys to even survive existence. Jerry really not involved?
Not in the picture involved here.
Jimmy was a part...not the whole. Take out all realities for achievement, then yea, one is left with sure, yea, he walked on water and turned water into wine also...
Charles Haley (Best)
Jerry and other players from the Super Bowl teams have often said they could not spell Super Bowl until Charles Haley arrived. After making the playoffs in 1991, Dallas knew they still needed more help. The team traded a 1993 second round pick and 1994 third round pick to the 49ers for Haley in the 1992 offseason.Haley came to Dallas with question marks, having clashed with 49ers coaches and management, but Jones was willing to take the risk. The move paid off immediately as Haley had six sacks with 39 tackles and helped the Cowboys defense rank first in the NFL in 1992. Dallas won its first of three Super Bowls in the 1990s.
Haley helped Dallas win two more Super Bowls in 1993 and 1995. While his off-field problems were well known, he continued to be a force for the defense. Haley retired after the 1996 season, but returned to San Francisco for the final two years of his career.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones/4
He also was acquired under Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones.
“I think everybody understands the last couple of years we have been looking for a pass rusher,” Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said. “We felt we had improved our defense significantly over the last couple of years, and I think this undoubtedly will make it even better. He will have an immediate impact on our pass rush.”
https://www.profootballhistory.com/charles-haley/
Even Cowboys owner Jerry Jones felt confident that Haley would work out fine for the team.
https://www.profootballhistory.com/charles-haley/
Hershel Walker (The Best)
The only trade that could top Charles Haley is "The Trade". Jerry Jones dealt the team's best player Hershel Walker to the Vikings in 1989 for a bunch of random players and future draft picks. Dallas might have gone 1-15, but great changes were coming.In exchange for Walker, the Cowboys received Jesse Solomon, David Howard, Issaic Holt, and Alex Stewart along with a first second and sixth round pick. Dallas cut all five players also giving them conditional draft picks for the 1991 and 1992 drafts. With a boatload of draft picks, the Cowboys could now build a new team around Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin.
Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, and Russell Maryland are just a few of the players Dallas acquired over the next few seasons that helped turn the franchise around. To this day, it remains one of the biggest and arguably most notable trades in NFL history. Trading one player who ultimately helped a team rebuild and win three championships is an unbelievable story.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/4-best-2-worst-cowboys-trades-under-jerry-jones/5
At this point in a discussion, it should be noted that how teams are run now has changed in almost all factions of management and play today.
Now, most things are tasked to certain management groups, scouts, until there is some source indicating interest or have made it known that a team is in the market.
Usually a Head Coach first introduces this on up, still ends at Jerry Jones' desk.
Naw, it doesn't take press clippings or congressional votes to get something done today.
When Jimmy and Jerry started out the team of Cowboys were losing a $1M a game. Jerry and Jimmy literally had to do most of what was done then. That took a team atmosphere. But Jerry was the owner and Jimmy apparently wanted more control than was doable at that point for survival of ownership. Jerry even had loans of significant to even qualify for the purchase. That's the facts and not just, hero worship. Jerry tried to walk a supportive road in a very hostile and polarized time of history. He has maintained a world view now, as well. Top Team in revenue for sports. Jimmy angered at the Saudi Prince being shown the functions of a NFL team. Some was ego and some was lack of true loyalty to his players, by Jimmy Johnson.
The role of scouts are very advanced for now and evaluations about all things on the carpet are both good and effective. Jerry is a role, not a fool.
In the spring of 1991, in Dallas Cowboys headquarters, a petroleum engineer named Mike McCoy sat down at his desk to devise one of the most influential innovations in the past three decades of the NFL. He plotted on logarithmic paper every trade involving a draft pick over the previous four years. He wanted to quantify the value of each pick.
Over the previous two years, the franchise’s brash leaders, owner Jerry Jones and Coach Jimmy Johnson, had built a war chest for the draft. They had shipped star running back Herschel Walker to Minnesota for a massive haul, including eight picks, and quarterback Steve Walsh to New Orleans for three more. Now, Jones’s oil-and-gas business partner was trying to figure out how much the picks were worth.
In his office, McCoy created a graph, assigned the No. 1 pick a random value (3,000) and used a regression formula to calculate the rest. The result — the famous but misunderstood and misattributed “Jimmy Johnson draft-pick value chart” — revolutionized the NFL draft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/25/nfl-trade-value-chart/
Coaches under Jimmy:
David Shula. Shula was the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1989-1990 seasons, a total of two years. Shula's record as the team's offensive coordinator was 8-24-0, making him the least successful offensive coordinator in Dallas Cowboys history. Shula was again, Jimmy's selection.
Now explain why 'walk on water' Jimmy had to replace him or lose Troy Aikman. with Norv Turner. He coached from 1991 to 1993.
He was replaced by :
| Ernie Zampese | 1994-1997 | 40-24-0 |
Under Switzer, his Defensive Coordinator was:
| Coach | Years | Record | Win Percentage | Playoff Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Campo | 1995-1999 | 46-34-0 | 57.5% | 4-3 |
Those changes were all forced by that same Jimmy Johnson...now say they weren't.
Bill Parcells
He began as an assistant coach at Hastings (1964) before moving on to Wichita State (1965), Army (1966–69), Florida State (1970–72), Vanderbilt (1973–74), and Texas Tech (1975–77). In 1978, he became the head coach at the Air Force Academy for one season.[7]While serving as linebackers coach at Army, Parcells was also a part-time assistant basketball coach for Bob Knight during the 1966–67 season, which led to their longtime friendship.
He served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the head coach of the New York Giants from 1983 to 1990, where he won two Super Bowl titles.
Parcells was later the head coach of the New England Patriots from 1993 to 1996, the New York Jets from 1997 to 1999, and the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. Nicknamed "the Big Tuna", he is the only NFL coach to lead four different franchises to the playoffs and three to a conference championship game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Parcells
Now, on coaches after Jimmy Johnson, except for Chan Gailey and then Jason Garrett, the records of coaches were as follows:
Switzer had 3 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Chan Gailey had 2 playoff seasons in 2 seasons.
Bill Parcells 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Wade Phillips 2 playoff seasons in 4 seasons.
Mike McCarthy 2 playoff seasons in 3 seasons.
I guess Jerry learned pretty good from San Francisco how to win in the NFL when he studied with the owner of them just prior to his purchase of the Cowboys as well with studying under Oakland's owner and GM.
That's the facts and not a rewrite by fans feeling the desire to Hero Worship. Jimmy was good, but he was very lucky that he did sign on with Jerry before he returned to Florida, again...
4,000 yard seasons under Jerry Jones:
1983 - 4156
1985 - 4236
1986 - 4003
2006 - 4067
2007 - 4290
2009 - 4483
2010 - 4208
2011 - 4453
2012 - 4992
2013 - 4226
2014 - 4008
2019 - 4902
2020 - 4511
2021 - 4963
2022 - 3911
(4,000 yard seasons with coaches)
Bill Parcells 2003-2006 (1)
Wade Phillips 2007-2010 (3)
Jason Garrett 2010-2019 (5)
Mike McCarthy 2020-Present (2)
The passing game efficiency for Dallas has steadily improved since Jimmy Johnson.
By the way, did Troy have a single 4,000 completion season? No
Did Roger Staubach? No
https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/4000-yard-seasons-by-quarterback/
CCBoy
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Know what selective bias amounts to? Lack of factual fairness...no thanks, I retain my integrity and not a stereotype backed by an insult of a complete picture involved.
Sorry, no thanks.
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Jimmy could come in and adjust the culture here in a month. He would get rid/trade the infected clowns and keep the ones with fight. I’d say we would lose 20% of the team.
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Is it just me? Or does anyone else ever come across a CCBoy post, glance at the avatar and immediately hear this tune inside their head while reading?Know what selective bias amounts to? Lack of factual fairness...no thanks, I retain my integrity and not a stereotype backed by an insult of a complete picture involved.
Sorry, no thanks.
Probably just me.
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What would Jimmy be without Jerry?
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That is not the organization created when it was gladly sold to Jerry Jones when things were transfered. They picked Jerry to sell the team to. Just the truth...
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Jimmy could come in here and fail.. Most retired guys couldn't go back to work and do very well.
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I realize you are a loyal Jerry Jones fan and I'm not going to disrespect that about you or any other Cowboys fan that feels the same way. However, I'm also not going to accommodate a perception that totally contradicts what I heard with my own ears and saw with my own eyes when it was actually happening.
The issue has never been about Jerry receiving some credit......as the owner. The problem is he wants to be perceived as being responsible for the success of the team as the GM, a ceremonial title while Jimmy was in Dallas.
You have a different opinion and I admire your courage as you are being called upon to defend your position far more than I am.
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That's not ball park on what he has achieved and earned. He should feel extreme pride in ownership of the very best sports franchise in the world. Not only that, but respect should immediately extended that fact from the start. To not acknowledge that association is really improper as well as high level disrespect in any business enterprise which the Dallas Cowboys still are a member of that group as well.
The facts on merit are being ignored, so that on both ownership and accomplishments are invalid as to voracity of truth. They just aren't. I think lies are a break with faith...in life and that includes sport.
Emotions are valid and motivation. That is supposed to be in sport...lying and insult are wrong where and when they occur.