cowboyeric8;3313616 said:
I think alot of the players started having problems with Jimmy. It may not have lasted if he had stayed. I didn't care for his players, which is evident because he didn't bother to show up for Aikman or Irvin's HOF.
The players all had problems with jimmy. They couldnt stand him all week, even wanstedt his closest friend on the staff had felt they had enough, but they all continued to run through walls for him because they knew he was right and they knew his plan worked.
His tirade on the way back from the loss in december of 92 at washgton made alot of the players and staff view him differently. Alot of guys just thought he was overboard. He jumped frank cornish for no reason and dressed down the stewardess trying to serve food.
Other coaches and scouts on the team who were there all felt he went overboard....but he was staying who he was and it is a huge part of why we won.....
all the players loved him though on sunday and they knew he had a plan and knew what was going on and that winning was the only thing that mattered.
Nate newtwon had a funny nickname for jimmy but of course I cant remember it right now, I will look it up.
oh and as far as aikman goes, He hated jimmy. He got word in 1990 that jimmy told the staff in a meeting that he was a loser in high school, college and at that point they were 3-7 and he was worried he was going to be a loser in the nfl......
when aikman got word about that on friday evening, he decided saturday night in the hotel he was going to jimmys room and demand a trade. He didnt like jimmy because jimmy never talked to him and never complimented him...everything towards him was negative....and the loser comments sent him over the top.....
but, The greatness of babe laufenberg sat down aikman and talked him out of going to jimmys room and sticking it out......what happened next was the cowboys went a 4 game winning streak and were on the verge of making the playoffs, until aikman was hurt.....
anyway, aikman never even had a relationship with jimmy until a team party in the summer of 92 before camp started, when aikman was getting ready to leave he was looking for his bag and it was missing.......he then found out jimmy took it and hid it as a joke.....aikman was mad and went to jimmy and johnson was out of character and happy and sat with aikman....as the story goes by mike fisher...the two sat and drank beer and talked all night.....
from that day on they have been close and it changed everything between them.
anyway, rant over.....but point being...players dont like coaches like jimmy or parcells or ditka during seasons and during the week during practices......but the smart players appreciate guys like them on gamedays and once they are not around those kinds of people later on.....
look at james washington, jimmy wrote behavioral clauses in his contract when he came to Dallas. He was a problem with the rams and was a pain in the side of the staff...when he came to dallas jimmy had it so that if he caused problems he could be released and not get paid...!!!!! Washington was livid that he was being replaced in nickel and other defensive sets but he couldnt say or do squat about it......and he still speaks highly of jimmy today.
