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re: Tom Landry had a streak of 20 consecutive winning seasons
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:29 am to Ghost of Colby
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:29 am to Ghost of Colby
That Bum Bright person sounds like a massive pussy who wanted Jerry Jones to do the dirty work and get the blame for firing Landry. People should be a lot more critical of Bright for the Landry mess instead of Jones.
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Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:07 am to Bench McElroy
Those Cowboy teams of the late 60’s and all through the 70’s were just really good every year.... Landry made the Cowboys “America’s Team”......
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:40 am to Ghost of Colby
He was only 36 when he took the job. Hard to picture him as anything other than the stately older man I grew up watching.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 11:32 am to Northwest Louisiana
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it would have been called the Landry Trophy after they won the Championship that year.
Landry only passed away in 2000 (and the Lombardi Trophy was only named such after Vince’s death in 1970).
Posted on 12/30/20 at 11:36 am to Finkle is Einhorn
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Didn’t new England’s entire defense opt out of playing this year? But still count against the cap so they couldn’t sign many players to replace them?
They had 8 players opt out, but only two were on defense (Chung and Hightower) but the opt out players don’t count against the cap, their contract just basically gets frozen until next season
The opt outs did happen late in the process tho so it gave them a lot of cap space that couldn’t really be used because free agency was over with
Posted on 12/30/20 at 11:44 am to Wally Sparks
I really don’t care about the field conditions at Green Bay that day.... however the Packers noticed that if Bob Hayes from the Cowboys kept his hands in his pockets he wasn’t gonna be involved in that play. But when he kept his hands out of pocket they knew to spy on him... fun fact that most may not know......
Posted on 12/30/20 at 11:49 am to Ghost of Colby
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Landry was his own DC trying to stop the Lombardi Sweep in the 60’s...
He and Lombardi were on the same staff with the New York Giants.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 11:55 am to Wally Sparks
This is just off the top of my head and I’m old and may miss something but here is what the Cowboys did under Landry....
1966 NFL CG lost
1967 NFL CG lost
1968 lost in playoffs
1969 lost in playoffs
1970 got to SB and lost
1971 won SB over Miami
1972 lost NFC CG
1973 lost in playoffs
1974 finished 8-6
1975 went to SB and lost to Pitt
1976 lost in NFC CG
1977 won SB
1978 lost SB to Pitt
1979 lost to Rams in playoffs
1980 lost to Philly in NFC CG
1981 lost to San Fran in NFC CG
1982 lost to Redskins in NFC CG
That’s a hell of a resume......
1966 NFL CG lost
1967 NFL CG lost
1968 lost in playoffs
1969 lost in playoffs
1970 got to SB and lost
1971 won SB over Miami
1972 lost NFC CG
1973 lost in playoffs
1974 finished 8-6
1975 went to SB and lost to Pitt
1976 lost in NFC CG
1977 won SB
1978 lost SB to Pitt
1979 lost to Rams in playoffs
1980 lost to Philly in NFC CG
1981 lost to San Fran in NFC CG
1982 lost to Redskins in NFC CG
That’s a hell of a resume......
Posted on 12/30/20 at 7:10 pm to Wally Sparks
The way I understand the naming of the Super Bowl trophy was since Lombardi won the first one (good coach, blah, blah) it was named after him. Back to my point, if he wouldn’t have cheated by turning off the field heating system that had been installed in GB the night prior to the game Dallas would have more than likely won. Obviously this is just my opinion.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 7:34 pm to Ghost of Colby
Tom Landry was a tremendous coach and snappy dresser.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:01 pm to kywildcatfanone
Landry flew B-17 missions over Nazi occupied Europe in WW2.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:12 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Yes sir. Landry was a man.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:17 pm to wildtigercat93
Oh my bad. Just two all pros on defense
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:56 pm to Finkle is Einhorn
Landry was awesome.
The problem was...he should have retired long before it ever came down to getting fired. He stayed too long. It was never going to end well.
The problem was...he should have retired long before it ever came down to getting fired. He stayed too long. It was never going to end well.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:42 am to Backinthe615
B17 pilot. One very cool customer.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 12:09 pm to Ghost of Colby
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No one can deny that firing Landry and bringing in Jimmy Johnson was the right move in 1989.
Replace him by retiring him. NOT firing him
Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:45 pm to navy
quote:Shula should have been fired around the same time . He failed to field consistently good defenses for Marino( UNLIKE the 49ers did for Montana).
Landry was awesome.
The problem was...he should have retired long before it ever came down to getting fired. He stayed too long. It was never going to end well.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 2:12 pm to dukke v
quote:Paul Brown with the Browns
This is just off the top of my head and I’m old and may miss something but here is what the Cowboys did under Landry....
1946/47/48/49 - 4 consecutive AAFC Championships
1950- NFL champs
'51- Runner ups
52- Runner ups
'53-runner ups
1954- NFL Champions
1955- NFL Champions
1956- 5-7(wtf Paul)
1957- lost Championship
10 consecutive championship games with a 7-3 record, 7-4 overall). Plus a National championship at OSU( Their 1st).
Paul Brown innovations:
-West Coast Offense
-Film sessions
-Play book tests/ Studies
-full time Coachihg staffs/ assistants
-Advanced scouts
-Radio communications with QB
-QB Passer Pocket
-Draw Play
-40 yard dash to test explosiveness
-Face mask
- Practice Squad
-Zone defense
GOAT coach. Paul Brown innovations 70 years ago are still commonplace now.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 2:25 pm to sugar71
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GOAT coach. Paul Brown innovations 70 years ago are still commonplace now.
I wont argue with what Brown did......
Posted on 12/31/20 at 3:42 pm to Ghost of Colby
I feel like somebody could beat it. Hell, some established coach coaching now might be able to beat it. Maybe not Andy Reid, because he is too old and too fat. But I would give Sean Payton an outside shot
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