Troy Aikman: A Football Life

[robjay04]

Man Troy made TO look like a choir boy.

Thank goodness social media was not around then.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Troy was a true leader.

 

[tyke1doe]

I think it was a reference to the fact that Manziel's parents had money and he's a complete disaster.

Oh. Okay.
But that's the same with poor people too.
Again, I'm not saying that parenting is determined by the amount of money you make.
I'm also not as naive to believe it doesn't help.

 

[conner01]

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 leaving was as much jimmy as Jerry
They both had big ego's and that's a hard partnership

 

[JDSmith]

Jimmy leaving was as much jimmy as Jerry
They both had big ego's and that's a hard partnership

I agree. The issue was that after Jimmy left Jerry wanted a drinking buddy and the team needed a coach. I think that had Jerry assuaged Jimmy's ego we could probably have gotten another year out of him, but I doubt we would have gotten more than that.

 

[cej757]

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.

Yep and the Eagles had the best defense in the league but they just didn't have the offense to go with it. They always scared me when we had to play them because that defense could dominate and take over a game.

 

[theebs]

Theebs - this might make you feel better.

Although Stephen will still be tied at the hip to McClay and football operations, Charlotte Jones will succeed Jerry as the head of the Cowboys and I think she will reign all that stuff in.

having good coaches is the only answer the issue. Charlotte and Jerry jr are marketing people. They are good at what they do but they have nothing to do with personnel. As long as stephen keeps good coaches around and they don't bring in anymore hardy's or mccain's we should be ok for a while!

 

[cej757]

I liked seeing Aikman yelling at the lazy coaches and lazy players! Aikman was THE diamond among the trash!

I still remember when Aikman gave Deion Sanders the death stare in a game when Deion was playing Wr. Aikman signaled for Deion to motion on a play and Deion didn't move and it forced Aikman to burn a timeout. The look he gave Deion was unbelievable. I was like omg did you see that stare from Aikman. Deion just put his head Down and said nothing. Aikman was the man.

 

[theebs]

I still remember when Aikman gave Deion Sanders the death stare in a game when Deion was playing Wr. Aikman signaled for Deion to motion on a play and Deion didn't move and it forced Aikman to burn a timeout. The look he gave Deion was unbelievable. I was like omg did you see that stare from Aikman. Deion just put his head Down and said nothing. Aikman was the man.

on the 95 americas team episode there is a segment where the mics catch garrett and aikman complaining about jerry and switzer because of all the praise they were giving the rookies who had done nothing. you could see both of them hated it and its pretty evident who their disgust is with.

 

[mrmojo]

Once Switzer took over it was over, took the leadership of Aikman, Moose, Emmitt and Michael to will another championship. Acquiring Deon was the death nail, he helped us win the SB by keeping him away from niners, but the discipline was never the same after that, that's what I think frustrated Troy.

 

[Thomas82]

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.

If I remember right, Troy also said that he considered retiring after the 1994 season. I don't even want to imagine the direction the team would have gone in if that happened.

 

[plymkr]

Never heard of him.

Lol

 

[plymkr]

Once Switzer took over it was over, took the leadership of Aikman, Moose, Emmitt and Michael to will another championship. Acquiring Deon was the death nail, he helped us win the SB by keeping him away from niners, but the discipline was never the same after that, that's what I think frustrated Troy.

I was watching something the other day on Youtube, if I find I will link it on this thread. But in the year that Deion was with the niners he fueded with Jerry Rice. I guess it was kind of a known fact that Jerry didn't like Deion. They went at it a couple times during the year but the biggest was during super bowl week. Jerry was telling the players at a team meeting that their focus was on winning a super bowl and not partying. Deion disagreed with him and they got into it.

Jerry Rice and Troy Aikman had one thing in common, they were there to win championships and win games, partying wasn't high on the list.

 

[dallasdave]

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!

Was a good show.

 

[dallasdave]

Jimmy WANTED to leave

But yes, Jerrys ego was way too big

The State of TEXAS was not big enough for the egos of Jerry and Jimmy. If they went to a wedding they both wanted to be the bride, and if they went to a funeral they both wanted to be the corpse.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I remember those Switzer days. It was horrible.

Terrible drafts ended Troy's career.

That and the new salary cap and free agency rules. I remember being so mad that we finally had a great team after all those years of futility in the 80s and then they changed the rules to let other teams disassemble the Cowboys. That was back before anyone had figured out how to thrive in free agency. Suddenly the old ways didn't work anymore.

 

[yimyammer]

Damn! I've never seen Troy that angry wow

Yes he was, this gives you an idea of why a lot of old timers like myself have such disdain for jeri, Troy concurs imo

 

[yimyammer]

Jimmy WANTED to leave

But yes, Jerrys ego was way too big

Eventually, sure but just a few months before jeri's drunken house cleaning, Jimmy is recruiting Deion to join him in Dallas for the up and coming season. Not the actions of a coach who didn't have plans to return in 94'.

 

[haleyrules]

Fond memories of Troy. Any QB that brings 3 SB's to the fans is a lifelong friend of mine. Troy was serious and hard working from the very beginning.

 

[yimyammer]

Can't remember which game it was, but I will never forget the vision of Switzer sitting at the end of the bench with his legs crossed eating a hot dog. That made me laugh.......and cry at the same time.

Switzer eats while NFC team is embarrassed in Pro Bowl