The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry Book excerpts...Landry died a Giants fan?

[WoodysGirl]

Bart Hubbuch ‏@HubbuchNYP 34m
STORY: Got my hands on a new book that quotes Tom Landry's widow saying he died a Giants fan because of Jerry Jones. http://******/16Qq41H

Tom Landry died a … Giants fan!

Yes, according to the widow of the legendary Cowboys coach who says in a new book that Landry was so disgusted by Jerry Jones’ treatment of him during and after his 1989 firing that he spent the rest of his life rooting for Big Blue instead of America’s Team.

Landry’s widow said she still cheers on the Cowboys’ NFC East rivals to this day.

“The Giants are still like family,” Alicia Landry said in a December 2011 interview, according to the book. “I still have dinner with Ann Mara [Wellington Mara’s widow] when she comes in. …The Giants never stopped being our family.”

"The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry," also says Jones confiscated the Landry family box and barred his son from buying season tickets.

According to “The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry,” by Long Island author Mark Ribowsky, Alicia Landry also claims that Jones took away the Landry family’s suite at since-demolished Texas Stadium and barred Landry’s son, Tom Jr., without explanation from continuing to buy Cowboys season tickets.

The book also quotes Tom Landry's widow as saying Landry would never have wanted Jones' new stadium named after him. http://******/16Qq41H

Landry’s widow said her relationship with Jones is still so icy that she has never been to lavish AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for a football game since Jones opened it in 2009.

“I don’t know him at all,” she reportedly said of Jones. “I really don’t. I know what he looks like. I’ve seen him a few times and we say hello to each other in a friendly way. But I don’t know him.”

The Cowboys said Jerry Jones is unavailable to comment on the Landry book but just released this statement from him: pic.twitter.com/EiXTZ4sOcz

 

[Apollo Creed]

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[big dog cowboy]

Bart Hubbuch ‏@HubbuchNYP 34m
STORY: Got my hands on a new book that quotes Tom Landry's widow saying he died a Giants fan because of Jerry Jones.

That isn't a big surprise.

 

[Zordon]

 

[WoodysGirl]

For full disclosure, the article's author and tweeter work for the NY Post. But the book certainly sounds interesting.

 

[cowboys2233]

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Awesome. LOL.

 

[Plankton]

For full disclosure, the article's author and tweeter work for the NY Post. But the book certainly sounds interesting.

Fuller disclosure: he used to write for the Dallas Morning News.

He also wrote some pointed articles about the Irvin-McIver situation in 1998, and relocated to Jacksonville at the end of that season.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

 

[bark]

Not surprised and don't mind one bit. Tom got his start w the giants was always close to the maras and was on the opposite end of the human spectrum from Jerry.
I can tell you this, come game day he fought with all his might for the boys and put many a spanking on the g men

 

[17yearsandcounting]

OMG Garrett was playing for the Giants at the time. THIS MUST BE THE REASON. HE RECOGNIZED THE GREATNESS.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Wow, I didn't realize that it was this bad, ... this kind of jolts me a little bit.

Tom Landry's widow saying he died a Giants fan because of Jerry Jones.

"The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry," also says Jones confiscated the Landry family box and barred his son from buying season tickets.

I'm serious, I've got some thinking to do.

 

[Plankton]

I can't believe that I am doing this, but I am actually going to defend Jerry Jones here.

Yes, he completed handled Landry's firing in a ham-handed, amateurish manner.

However, he was led astray somewhat by both Bum Bright and Tex Schramm, who should have handled Landry's dismissal, but didn't. The press conference that night was also a train wreck, and Jones has never recovered from it.

As to the seat and luxury suite situation, Jones did the same thing with a number of former Cowboys, and they were not pleased either. He did this when he basically introduced the first PSL since Clint Murchison built Texas Stadium - his company called ProSeat. I think that it is bad form, but I doubt that he told Tom Jr. that he could never buy tickets again - what businessman would turn down money from someone who wants to buy tickets?

And, considering that Tom Jr. participated in the commissioning of the statue that was at Texas Stadium (and now at AT&T Stadium), and also participated in the ceremony for the closing of Texas Stadium, this all rings a little hollow.

For as Christian as Tom Landry and his family were and are, they have not necessarily been the most Christian like when it comes to forgiveness.

 

[Nova]

Wow, I didn't realize that it was this bad, ... this kind of jolts me a little bit.

Tom Landry's widow saying he died a Giants fan because of Jerry Jones.

"The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry," also says Jones confiscated the Landry family box and barred his son from buying season tickets.

I'm serious, I've got some thinking to do.

Let's go egg old man Jones' mansion.

 

[Vintage]

Wow, I didn't realize that it was this bad, ... this kind of jolts me a little bit.

Tom Landry's widow saying he died a Giants fan because of Jerry Jones.

"The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry," also says Jones confiscated the Landry family box and barred his son from buying season tickets.

I'm serious, I've got some thinking to do.

Let me help you.

http://boards.giants.com/

http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/

http://giantsfans.net/message_board/

 

[jobberone]

For full disclosure, the article's author and tweeter work for the NY Post. But the book certainly sounds interesting.

Ahhh, soo!

 

[CATCH17]

OMG Garrett was playing for the Giants at the time. THIS MUST BE THE REASON. HE RECOGNIZED THE GREATNESS.

LOLLLLLLL

 

[CaptainMorgan]

I knew it!

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Well, why the hell not?

The team is trapped in the dark cavern of mediocrity with no end in sight; we don't even know which direction is the right one; and, what we thought was the light at the end of the tunnel was actually an undiscovered underground species of reptile that's carnivorous, fluorescent, and the size of a large bear.

Why shouldn't the most legendary figure in Cowboys history have died rooting for the Giants? Par for the course around here.

 

[LucaBrasi]

Not surprising, but stings a bit to read it. Yet another reason to love Jerry.

 

[dboyz]

This is interesting. I think it helps to read the whole article. It makes it sound like Tom was fairly indifferent to rooting for football teams after his retirement, which is not that surprising. As I recall, Landry said some good things about the way the 90s cowboys played, or am I mis-remembering.

Also, in my experience, difficult experiences, like the firing in this case, are often harder on the spoue than the individual it happens to, i.e. it is hard for Alicia Landry to let go of these things, because of the pain that the firing of her husband caused her. My guess is that Landry had no great relationship with Jones, but also probably bore no ill will.