'Wrongdoing' on either parties' part slowly eroded to nothingness. This is not 1994. It is 2023.
Jerry Jones holds complete autonomy over Ring of Honor inductions. He holds a perpetual grudge against Jimmy Johnson over real or imagined wrongs committed against him. Simms is correct. Jones sees Johnson as a jerk for all the reasons anyone supporting Jones' position has stated up to this point.
Jones constantly cites Tex Schramm's process criteria for inducting Dallas Cowboys' individuals into the Ring. What Jones states were Schramm's words of advice to him for choosing inductees run counter to his holding a grudge as the rationale for blocking Johnson's selection.
https://cowboyszone.com/threads/jer...son-in-the-ring-of-honor.512340/post-12835578
These are Jones' own citation of Schramm's words (allegedly):
"...And don't just put in it the greatest players or the greatest coaches. Put in the ones who make the greatest contribution to the franchise and help build and are cornerstones of the franchise."
Johnson coached the franchise to back-to-back NFL championships. That is an undeniably great contribution.
Johnson helped construct the second era of championship caliber achieving teams in the (then) 34 year history in an abbreviated amount of time. Johnson undeniably helped build that 'modern Cowboys era' Super Bowls.
Both of the above are cornerstones Schramm (again allegedly) advised Jones to use in selecting worthy candidates for the Ring.
By his own actions, Jones dismisses the criteria he said is necessary for making Ring decisions. Why? Because Johnson was a bad employee. Because Johnson dissed him. Because Johnson hurt him emotionally.
Well. Those are not the criteria Schramm supposedly entrusted Jones to follow, probably because he may not have realized he was entrusting a narcissist with his advice.