Roy Firestone Up Close/Sports Look with former Cowboys Coach Tom Landry (1999)
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Motorola
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Watched it when it first appeared.
Appreciated viewing it again.
Thanks for posting, Hardline.
Killerinstinct
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Good stuff. Thanks for posting
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I became a Cowboys fan in ’79 watching the SB with my grandpa. He was a massive Bengals fan and, naturally, hated the Steelers. He was pulling for the Cowboys. I followed suit since grandpa always knew best. Landry was mostly past his prime by then. The 3 NFC championship losses in the early 80’s was as close as I got to witness Landry with the Cowboys as a champion. I don’t wish I were older, but I do feel I missed out greatly in not having seen those 70’s SB victories.
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interesting that he said he and schram found out they were fired watching tv, and when they were called in schram was in a corner standing
with no chair for him.
I wonder if this was part of the deal jerry made with bum bright, or does it show jerrys lack of class in the dealing with those 2?
No one has ever said, why bum hated landry and possibly schram, anyone have info on that?
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So many memories, exciting wins, heartbreaking losses. I miss that period of football history so much.
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What happen to ole ROY? Really liked his show and loved his interview with Rod Tidwell...........................LOL!
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One of the most insightful relevations Landry talked about was how he as a Head Coach\the Cowboys \ the NFL as whole - were unaware or not knowlegable enough about players' addiction to drugs - thus were incapable and ill-equipped to address the problems that arose among a number of athletes.
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This is when America had real leaders and heroes. He was not perfect, but strove for perfection hitting on excellence.
Only in America would America's Team be the Dallas Cowboys with Tom Landry as Head Coach, and Roger Staubach as Quarterback.
But now, just like America, Oh how the mighty have fallen.
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Wasn't it the scenario that Bright didn't want to be the guy that fired Landry; he requested Schramm to do it...but Tex replied no.
Thus the fallout from the franchise sale to Jones was that the new owner accepted the task of getting rid of the longtime, fabled, and accomplished GM & HC.
If my thinking on that was what took place is wrong...CZers put forth what actually happened back then.
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DandyDon52
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well I dont know, but any time a team is sold, it is up to the new owner to decide on keeping or firing the current HC.
Most times they are let go, fired isnt really what happens.
So I dont know why bum would even feel the need to fire tom, or ask schram to do it.
In the interview with landry , he said that it was done with no class whatsoever, and landry felt that both him and schram were treated
in a very not classy way.
they heard about it on tv first lol, then at the official meeting there was no chair for schram and he had to stand in a corner.
That says a lot about jerry and how he operates.
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A legendary figure he was , I started watching the Cowboys in 1973 with my dad in west virginia . Tom Landry had an aura about him , what a great coach and even better human being thanks Hardline for the video.