atlantacowboy
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Not many bigger critics of Jethro than I’ve been but I also give him credit for providing that rubber stamp.
I’m not sure Tex Schramm approves trading Herschel our best and most popular at the time who he brilliantly used a 5th round pick that enabled us to get once the USFL folded.
Jimmy wouldn't have taken the job without roster control. He never would have worked with Tex. People forget, but at the time Jimmy agreed to coach the cowboys, it was Jerry on bended knee and Jimmy with all the leverage. It was Jerry trying to regain some of that leverage that lead to the break up. But at that time, There was clear separation of the football operations and the business side. Sure Jerry could have objected to a trade, but on what basis? He would be a guy off the street trying to argue with one of the great football minds of all time. I give Jerry credit for hiring Jimmy and getting out of his way. But in hindsight, I think the "getting out of the way" part was not borne out of wisdom but out of desperation to hire Jimmy. Its clear now that he wanted to be a part of the "fun stuff" all along.
Not only would tex have probably fought the Walker trade, he wouldn't have thought of it in the first place. Jimmy's idea was so outside the box for the NFL at that time even a seasoned GM like Mike Lynn got duped.