Jimmy Johnson ROH Appreciation - What are your favorite memories?

[VaqueroTD]

In appreciation for Jimmy‘s upcoming ROH induction this weekend, and hopefully breaking the curse - what are your best memories of Coach?

I recently read his autobiography Swagger and would encourage every fan to check it out. Hearing his story… what makes me appreciate him more than anything is how much Jimmy revolutionized football. So many things that did not exist in Dallas or the NFL when Jimmy took over:

• Created the first draft value chart. Jimmy would purposefully find teams that always traded too much and take advantage of them.
• Created the Dallas Cowboys TV Network and Production Team with his former University of Miami crew. Cowboys were making squat on that with Landry and Schramm.
• Stopped using the Wonderlic to weigh a player’s intelligence. Psychology major and understood emotional and behavioral intelligence and used it in recruiting and drafting.
• Created the monster offensive lines that we see everywhere in NFL now. Biggest decade weight gain for average O-Lineman was 80’s to 90’s: +30 lb. Increase and due to teams trying to copy ‘The Great Wall of Dallas’ concept that created a dynasty.
• Miami 4-3 which he brought to Dallas. Revolutionized Landry and other’s old 4-3 concepts. Simplified the 4-3. Defensive lineman generate more pressure and don’t read first. LBs further back. Faster players at all levels. League started going back to 4-3 with his innovations which spawned the Tampa Cover 2, and one could say even the godfather of DQ’s defense.

Acording to all his ex-players, a master motivator. Knew how to push the right buttons, and get his team ready. Here is a great example. This is from 10 years ago at Fox sports. Just an off-the-cuff team speech he gave on TV to show how he would motivate the Jags, but shows you what it must have been like in those Cowboys locker rooms and meetings in the days before everything was on social media or reality TV.

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[BoysForLife]

1) Asthma field. Classic Jimmy
2) HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS! Birth of a dynasty
3) Put it in 3" headlines. We will win the ball game. Like you said, he knew what button to push and when.
4) I would have asked Buddy about it but he ran his fat butt of the field before I could find him. Jimmy knew we were headed where we wanted to get to and it was a matter of time.

Honorable mention: the "fatigue makes cowards of us all speech". I know that was a U thing, but I find that kind of stuff riveting. The man had a consuming passion to not only win, but dominate. Deserving HOF Coach. Legend. Period.

 

[OGSixshooter]

1) Asthma field. Classic Jimmy
2) HOW BOUT THEN COWBOYS! Birth of a dynasty
3) Put it in 3" headlines. We will win the ball game. Like you said, he knew what button to push and when.
4) I would have asked Buddy about it but he ran his fat butt of the field before I could find him. Jimmy knew we were headed where we wanted to get to and it was a matter of time.

Honorable mention: the "fatigue makes cowards of us all speech". I know that was a U thing, but I find that kind of stuff riveting. The man had a consuming passion to not only win, but dominate. Deserving HOF Coach. Legend. Period.

Great List.

"We're not Houston" - when asked during the SB if he was worried about the Bills coming back. I still use that one even when folks don't know what I'm talking about...
(For those who don't know, earlier in the playoffs, the Bills came back from a 35-3 deficit to win a playoff game...which was UNHEARD of in those days...)

 

[nightrain]

The 1992 NFCCG.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Great List.

"We're not Houston" - when asked during the SB if he was worried about the Bills coming back. I still use that one even when folks don't know what I'm talking about...
(For those who don't know, earlier in the playoffs, the Bills came back from a 35-3 deficit to win a playoff game...which was UNHEARD of in those days...)

1) Asthma field. Classic Jimmy
2) HOW BOUT THEN COWBOYS! Birth of a dynasty
3) Put it in 3" headlines. We will win the ball game. Like you said, he knew what button to push and when.
4) I would have asked Buddy about it but he ran his fat butt of the field before I could find him. Jimmy knew we were headed where we wanted to get to and it was a matter of time.

Honorable mention: the "fatigue makes cowards of us all speech". I know that was a U thing, but I find that kind of stuff riveting. The man had a consuming passion to not only win, but dominate. Deserving HOF Coach. Legend. Period.

Classic Jimmy Swagger!

 

[KingintheNorth]

Him being in charge of player personnel.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

There is only 1 by far from the rest of the memories.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Him being in charge of player personnel.

One of few coaches I can confidently say would have been HOF as just a GM too.

 

[BoysForLife]

Great List.

"We're not Houston" - when asked during the SB if he was worried about the Bills coming back. I still use that one even when folks don't know what I'm talking about...
(For those who don't know, earlier in the playoffs, the Bills came back from a 35-3 deficit to win a playoff game...which was UNHEARD of in those days...)

Forgot about that but great call. I remember that moment. Very matter of fact and accurate.

Once again Jimmy nailed it. Good call OG

 

[OGSixshooter]

Forgot about that but great call. I remember that moment. Very matter of fact and accurate.

Once again Jimmy nailed it. Good call OG

this is why I get so irritated when our current coach just accepts the media narrative instead of providing his team a positive frame. "We have to own our problems on the road..." - because of a perfectly acceptable .500 average on the road...you tell your team you have 'issues'? Well, now you positively do after this game because you accepted the narrative.

Jimmy just dismissed any notion of his team collapsing with "We're not Houston...". It's why I always call our current coach a reactive doofus.

 

[rocknrobcowboy]

In appreciation for Jimmy‘s upcoming ROH induction this weekend, and hopefully breaking the curse - what are your best memories of Coach?

I recently read his autobiography Swagger and would encourage every fan to check it out. Hearing his story… what makes me appreciate him more than anything is how much Jimmy revolutionized football. So many things that did not exist in Dallas or the NFL when Jimmy took over:

• Created the first draft value chart. Jimmy would purposefully find teams that always traded too much and take advantage of them.
• Created the Dallas Cowboys TV Network and Production Team with his former University of Miami crew. Cowboys were making squat on that with Landry and Schramm.
• Stopped using the Wonderlic to weigh a player’s intelligence. Psychology major and understood emotional and behavioral intelligence and used it in recruiting and drafting.
• Created the monster offensive lines that we see everywhere in NFL now. Biggest decade weight gain for average O-Lineman was 80’s to 90’s: +30 lb. Increase and due to teams trying to copy ‘The Great Wall of Dallas’ concept that created a dynasty.
• Miami 4-3 which he brought to Dallas. Revolutionized Landry and other’s old 4-3 concepts. Simplified the 4-3. Defensive lineman generate more pressure and don’t read first. LBs further back. Faster players at all levels. League started going back to 4-3 with his innovations which spawned the Tampa Cover 2, and one could say even the godfather of DQ’s defense.

Acording to all his ex-players, a master motivator. Knew how to push the right buttons, and get his team ready. Here is a great example. This is from 10 years ago at Fox sports. Just an off-the-cuff team speech he gave on TV to show how he would motivate the Jags, but shows you what it must have been like in those Cowboys locker rooms and meetings in the days before everything was on social media or reality TV.

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Jerry Jones..JJ ,Bring JJ Back.

 

[BoysForLife]

this is why I get so irritated when our current coach just accepts the media narrative instead of providing his team a positive frame. "We have to own our problems on the road..." - because of a perfectly acceptable .500 average on the road...you tell your team you have 'issues'? Well, now you positively do after this game because you accepted the narrative.

Jimmy just dismissed any notion of his team collapsing with "We're not Houston...". It's why I always call our current coach a reactive doofus.

So many people in all areas of public life , both sports and otherwise, say what they think is the "safe" thing to say.

Jimmy was soaked in an aura of "I don't care what you think, I'm here to win". His players knew it. They responded to it.

 

[Pipelayer72]

I like when Jimmy Johnson said, 'Do you want to be safe and good or do you want to take a chance and be great'.

 

[CowboyStar88]

If you’re gonna talk the talk you better walk the walk.

This team today just talks.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Jerry Jones..JJ ,Bring JJ Back.

I used to hope that would happen. As the years went on though, it became apparent that even if Jerry was willing to forgive and forget, Jimmy never wanted to get back into coaching. Sucks.

 

[VaqueroTD]

So many people in all areas of public life , both sports and otherwise, say what they think is the "safe" thing to say.

Jimmy was soaked in an aura of "I don't care what you think, I'm here to win". His players knew it. They responded to it.

Emmitt has some good stories about Jimmy having a knack for saying it when it counted. He was like that on the field too. Just seemed to know when to go for it, when to fake punt, would have been a World Series Poker winner if he had given it the time.

 

[RS12]

3 inch headlines

We will win!

 

[cityochamps]

 

[Plankton]

I miss a coach who could have a team win a big game on the road. Washington in 1991, Philly in 1991, Chicago in the playoffs in 1991, San Francisco in the playoffs in 1992, the Giants in Week 16 in 1993.

 

[pitt33]

I miss a coach who could have a team win a big game on the road. Washington in 1991, Philly in 1991, Chicago in the playoffs in 1991, San Francisco in the playoffs in 1992, the Giants in Week 16 in 1993.

Denver in ‘92