Troy Aikman: A Football Life

[DFWJC]

I sure hope you all are able to see the Troy Aikman "A Football Life" on the NFL Network, if you havent already.

Its on now

Really great!

 

[CowboyStar88]

It's really good! Really enjoying it right now

 

[DFWJC]

Oh, and next up tonight is the Roger Staubach "A Football Life "

 

[FiveTime]

Oh heck, I just saw him with his hat on backwards. That is not acceptable.

 

[Nexx]

my favorite cowboy of all time. highly underrated.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Damn! I've never seen Troy that angry wow

 

[J_Allen]

Never heard of him.

 

[Eddie]

I remember those Switzer days. It was horrible.

Terrible drafts ended Troy's career.

 

[cowboyfan4life2]

Just saw it, very well done, did anyone see the top ten cowboys? I like Irvin but not sure how he is ahead of Bob Lilly.

 

[Bigdog]

That was great but the one thing I enjoyed most is when he said being a father is toughest thing he ever had to do. Tougher than a blind side hit and that he can be MVP, win all these SB but the one thing that wants to be most remember by is being the best father he can be. I think every parent can relate to that. Like the saying says: parenting; the toughest job you will ever love.

 

[Eddie]

That was great but the one thing I enjoyed most is when he said being a father is toughest thing he ever had to do. Tougher than a blind side hit and that he can be MVP, win all these SB but the one thing that wants to be most remember by is being the best father he can be. I think every parent can relate to that. Like the saying says: parenting; the toughest job you will ever love.

I'm a dad of 3 girls ... it's a piece of cake.

 

[DFWJC]

Watching that reminded me of how preposterously good the best teams in NFL were back then....early or pre-salarycap era.

San Franciso, Buffalo, and Dallas were so balanced and dominant in all three phases.

3-4 TDs better than what the NFL is putting out there now.

 

[MichaelValentino]

This was a great segment. I enjoy "A Football Life," and have to say this was one of the best.

Troy Aikman was the prototypical quarterback, as if chiseled by God to play the position - and maybe he was. He had the strength and stature of Bradshaw and very nearly the same type of arm, a perfect release like Marino or Fouts, and better accuracy than Montana, yes, Montana. And Troy was the consummate leader.

I don't think Troy gets the respect he deserves. Even today, many place him in the shadows of contemporaries Brett Favre and Steve Young, despite winning more Super Bowls than both of them combined and despite going 4-1 against them in the playoffs. For me, going into battle against any team at any time, I take Troy over Favre and Young every time.

I mentioned recently on another thread that Super Bowl XIII was the greatest heartbreaking loss in Cowboys history because it was not just a game that determined the champion of the 1978 season, it was a game that determined the team of the 70s and one of the greatest teams in NFL history. Similarly, one cannot look at the 92-95 Cowboys and not come away thinking of what could have been. The Cowboys won three Super Bowls in four years, and yet we all know they "left a lot of meat on the bone."

Had Jimmy Johnson not left, had the team not lost control, had Erik Williams not hit that retaining wall in October '94, had they kept their focus and had Jimmy been there to drive them hard, I believe those Cowboys would have won four or five world championships in a row. And, had they done so, it would not have been a matter of naming the Dallas Cowboys the team of the 90s - it would have been the recognition, beyond all disputing to the contrary, that the 90s Cowboys were the greatest football dynasty in NFL history.

Thanks Troy. It was a pleasure and privilege to watch you play.

 

[JDSmith]

I love Jerry, but damn was he an arrogant, dumb son of a ***** back then. Firing Jimmy and replacing him with Switzer may not have been the sole reason the team fell apart, but it played a huge role. You could see how much it hurt Troy to have to see the discipline of the team degrade while he was forced to play the 'bad cop' in an effort to keep it all together and create a sense of professionalism because the coaches weren't doing it. Combine that with the arrogance of Jerry, assuming he could figure out being a GM on the fly...

Thank god for Stephen and Will McClay, and thank god Jerry started to develop the humility to let other guys take more control in certain areas.

 

[Eddie]

Had Jimmy Johnson not left, had the team not lost control, had Erik Williams not hit that retaining wall in October '94, had they kept their focus and had Jimmy been there to drive them hard, I believe those Cowboys would have won four or five world championships in a row. And, had they done so, it would not have been a matter of naming the Dallas Cowboys the team of the 90s - it would have been the recognition, beyond all disputing to the contrary, that the 90s Cowboys were the greatest football dynasty in NFL history.

Thanks Troy. It was a pleasure and privilege to watch you play.

Jimmy didn't need to stay. We needed another hardcore HC with balls of steel. Switzer won with Jimmy's talent.

We also needed to draft better. Those late 90's drafts were horrible. Heck, the drafts were horrible all the way through to Parcells. Entire draft classes were wasted.

I remember vividly watching Troy get killed because the OL was horrible. Jerry Jones was the reason Troy's career ended 4 - 5 years too early, and why we didn't win at least another 2-3 Super Bowls.

 

[NEODOG]

Irvin was great in this.....

Troy earned a lot more of my respect than previous.....he was the MAN

 

[pugilist]

Miami almost signed him out of retirement

 

[MichaelValentino]

Jimmy didn't need to stay. We needed another hardcore HC with balls of steel. Switzer won with Jimmy's talent.

We also needed to draft better. Those late 90's drafts were horrible. Heck, the drafts were horrible all the way through to Parcells. Entire draft classes were wasted.

I remember vividly watching Troy get killed because the OL was horrible. Jerry Jones was the reason Troy's career ended 4 - 5 years too early, and why we didn't win at least another 2-3 Super Bowls.

If Johnson stayed in 94-95, they had a golden opportunity to win four straight world championships - I'm convinced they would have done just that. I was not referring to the late 90s when Johnson was 4-6 years removed from drafting and coaching the talent he drafted.

Four consecutive championships and any mention of Noll's Steelers or Walsh's 49ers, or even Lombardi's Packers would be for the second greatest dynasty.

 

[Bigdog]

I'm a dad of 3 girls ... it's a piece of cake.

I am father of teenage twin daughters so I sympathize with you but it sure is fun.

 

[DFWJC]

I love Jerry, but damn was he an arrogant, dumb son of a ***** back then. Firing Jimmy and replacing him with Switzer may not have been the sole reason the team fell apart, but it played a huge role. You could see how much it hurt Troy to have to see the discipline of the team degrade while he was forced to play the 'bad cop' in an effort to keep it all together and create a sense of professionalism because the coaches weren't doing it. Combine that with the arrogance of Jerry, assuming he could figure out being a GM on the fly...

Thank god for Stephen and Will McClay, and thank god Jerry started to develop the humility to let other guys take more control in certain areas.

Jimmy WANTED to leave

But yes, Jerrys ego was way too big