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Irish Wrist Watch

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  1. What was Sark doing all off season? Nothing interesting so far. They're gonna break some long balls to #4.
  2. Hope Sark turns Manning loose on the short runs/scrambles. He needs to play his game. He can't hold back.
  3. Waiting for Corso to try and shake hands with the air. Looking mighty feeble.
  4. Jimmy was becoming a god in Dallas and a coaching god in the NFL. He was on his way to a dynasty and becoming the next Tom Landry, one of the greatest of all time, but he had a nasty little owner constantly bitch-jabbing him in the ribs. Jeez, can you imagine having to listen to that moron every effing hour of every effing day? Calls late at night or five in the morning? (Just a guess here)(Hey, Jimmy, I got an idea, or hey, I just thought of a play, or a scheme that if you don't seriously consider I'm gonna whine and bitch till the cows come home.) I know you're putting in 80-hour weeks, but we need to talk about one of the players who told a banjo joke. It's like get the hell off my ass, you little (expletive stream deleted). I don't care what Johnson said later, Jones had to be the reason he left, (and people lie all the time about their opinions of their bosses). Since this is/was America's Team, and finally got its own high-quality documentary, maybe Hollywood should consider a movie next. Say an alternate reality blockbuster, wherein Jerry, after Jimmy's second SB Win, suffers a stroke and can't talk or move. He's confined to a wheelchair and Jimmy takes over the franchise. Jimmy's Cowboys proceed to win the next five Superbowls. He's the toast of the town. He's elected Governor, but continues to coach the Cowboys to victories. And he keeps the fully alert invalid Jones around so that in private moments he can mercilessly taunt the guy. Jerry can only drool. Nobody understands what he's trying to say. I'd watch it.
  5. I thought there was a Schramm connection to that trade. It really screwed the Vikings. Seems like somebody eventually got fired over that. HC maybe?
  6. That's news to me. The documentary, at least Episode 1, has Jimmy and Irvin as Miami Hurricane blood brothers. Re why Jimmy left, I don't care what he said years later. I think he loved that team, but he probably couldn't stand Jerry. Looks to me like the only good thing Jones did (hiring Jimmy), he undid a few years later, and it probably cost us two or three more Super Bowl appearances. I must have missed the news stories where Jimmy came out when he left and said what a wonderful owner Jerry was, and how he loved every minute working with Jones, but that he wanted to go fishing instead.
  7. That's news to me. The documentary, at least Episode 1, has Jimmy and Irvin as Miami Hurricane blood brothers. Re why Jimmy left, I don't care what he said years later. I think he loved that team, but he probably couldn't stand Jerry. Looks to me like the only good thing Jones did (hiring Jimmy), he undid a few years later, and it probably cost us two or three more Super Bowl appearances.
  8. You got me on the Walker trade - my failing memory. Schramm resigned in April, 1989, the trade happened at the end of the year. Can't help but think Jimmy was the real force behind the deal. On fighter planes? The show simply played a statement from George Bush saying that
  9. According to this docu, Jones was spotted eating with Jimmy (at Tom's favorite Mexican restaurant) and the media went bonkers. Landry had not been notified. It was considered a PR disaster. Also per this documentary, seems Jones said in a press conference that he wanted Tex's job with Schramm over to the side watching on in shock.
  10. First episode. There were some nice moments surrounding Irvin, Aikman and Smith, and the creation of America's team via Staubach etc. I liked the way they wove "Lust for Gold" from the GB&U into the opening, but there was way too much time spent listening to and watching the smarmy Jones pontificate about himself. Calling Jones a "gambler" was probably a nice way of saying he got lucky. He got lucky hitting a gusher that made him a shitload of money. He got lucky that Bum Bright only saw dollar signs and didn't give a damn about the character of the people he was selling the Cowboys to. And finally, Jones got lucky when that number one pick (Aikman) fell into his lap. Lucky for us that picking Aikman was a no-brainer. Jones couldn't screw that up. (I'd go so far as to say that Jones (and we) got lucky when Schramm had the foresight to draft Staubach when he was facing several years of military service. Without Roger, America's team might never have happened. (I know, there was Dandy Don)) Speaking of luck, didn't Schramm also engineer the Herschel Walker trade? Thanks, Tex. Jones wisely hired Jimmy Johnson. That's about it. Everything else positive that happened for this franchise, maybe even the Jimmy Johnson hire, probably would have happened with a smarter, more professional, more likeable owner/management organization. Jones made a mess of the way he fired Landry and Schramm. What a fucking embarrassment. He coulda learned a thing or two from Schramm. My guess is Jimmy told him to pound sand after Jones didn't follow thru with some promises. (Just my guess, no proof of that. Johnson hasn't said squat all these years, probably on the advice of a lawyer.) Switzer was. in effect, Jimmy's buttboy. Robby the Robot coulda coached this team to another Super Bowl Trophy. Just about everything Jones did since has led this franchise in the general direction of becoming a second-tier team if not the worst team in the NFL. A long string of shitty coach hires stands as a testament to this. How may went on to be successful head coaches elsewhere? Even when Jimmy's teams were skyrocketing the Cowboys' reputation as America's team, Jones was a walking, talking, channel-changing embarrassment - and has been ever since those guys retired. Maybe they shoulda named this series "Man hires Jimmy Johnson." Looking forward to Episode Two and the Aikman years.
  11. We got lucky on that call. He slid too soon. Probably needed to go head first on that base
  12. I remember the callers to the talk shows who would say that with our #1 pick (gifted in a miracle from Green Bay on the last day of the previous season) we should take Tony Manderich over Aikman - that what you really needed was a good line. Anyone who saw any Aikman highlights knew he was something special. I mean after all, we had (or could draft) Steve Walsh (or was it Beurlein) - who I actually thought was a pretty decent QB. I also remember Aikman missing half a season over a shoulder injury, then coming back and in his first game scrambles for a head over heels spinning dive into the end zone, getting blasted by a couple of defenders. Everyone held their breath. What a gamer. Deserved everything he got.
  13. Breitbart has picked up on the Manning Recruitment story (the alcoholism part). Alabama Used Steve Sarkisian's Battle with Alcoholism to Pry Arch Manning Away from Texas They had this: Golding – who now serves as the defensive coordinator at Ole Miss – was apoplectic when told of Arch’s decision to go to Texas. He immediately texted Stewart, asking for an explanation. Stewart told Golding the above reasons, in addition to the fact that, given Austin’s size, it was felt that Arch wouldn’t attract as much attention as he would in a place like Tuscaloosa.
  14. I remember feeling pretty confident going into that USC game. We had some great playmakers and they made some great plays... yet there we were, a few minutes left with USC at our 35 or so and we needed to stop the repeat Nat'l Champs on 4th and 1. Fourth and fuckin' one! WTF. The Horns manned up, made some critical plays in that final drive and pulled it out. Greatest game ever! and the underdog Horns won it with the world watching!
  15. Gonna give it a look. Here's an IMDB User Review of the new Netflix Series (the only one so far): " The Gambler and his Cowboys: A high-level sports storytelling masterpiece I'm through Episode 5 so far, and this documentary has it all. It dives deep into the backstory of the Cowboys, with incredible real locker room footage and game highlights from back in the day. Even though you know the final scores, the buildup to each matchup keeps the tension and excitement alive. I love these kinds of documentaries! This is a high-level sports documentary engaging, authentic, and really well put together. It feels very much in the style of Man in the Arena: Tom Brady, as well as the recent Receiver and Quarterback series. If you're a football fan (or just love great sports storytelling), this is an absolute must-watch.
  16. Watched a video of Holmes' years at KC. He was a friggin' superstar. Stats, epic plays, you name it.
  17. You mean how to get them into the stadium? I'll bet this girl knows a way...
  18. Re the Babylon Bee joke, would hate to see fans throwing dildoes or vibrators onto the turf... They're big enough to be dangerous. OTOH, what about say, buttplugs.. No no. Would hate to see that, too. Imagine about 5,000 BPs littering the turf around the Dallas bench. It would be terrible. Definitely don't want to see that. Imagine if every time the TV camera did a closeup on Cowboy sideline discussion, a buttplug flies across the screen. That would be terrible. Forget I brought this up. Sir, step away from the buttplug. They're probably cost prohibitive. Someone on this board would surely know about that aspect - say bulk purchases. Fess up. Any BP experts out there?
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