DMN: Former Dallas Cowboys S Darren Woodson explains what made team most successful

[Rock Slamdance]

Yeah you know who else had structure? Hitler. Then again, his underlings tried to kill him.

Fingers crossed.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Troy talked about this subject on the Ticket this week. He didn't say he wouldn't work for Jerry, he said he thinks the structure is in place and won't be changing. Probably a politically correct way of saying the same thing

Or he's just saying that Jerry will always be president of football operations here.

 

[yimyammer]

I dunno, the more you think about it, how many of those "trees" are really that good. Everyone talks about Parcells, but who other than Belichick was really that good? (And Belichick learned more from his dad than Parcells, I think.) A ton of guys have gotten jobs off the Parcells name, but how many were any good? Guys like Dan Henning and Charlie Weiss and Romeo Crennel and for god's sake Todd Haley weren't really good. I guess you can give him credit for Sean Payton -- that's one really good one. Weird that it happened here.

One of the only trees I can think of that was really pretty good is all those Walsh WCO guys, like Wyche and Holmgren and Mariucci and... Uh, some others I'm blanking on. Gruden?

But one thing that bugs me on Garrett hitching his wagon to Jimmy the way he tries to do is, he played for Jimmy one year. How many people over the years were a backup for Jimmy one year? Hundreds. It's kind of like him always talking about Saban. How many two-year position coaches has Nick Saban had in a 30 or 40 year career? Tons. Doesn't mean much.

Tom Coughlin

 

[Jon88]

Who? Campo? Ernie Zampese?

Butch Davis was still there in 1994. Why not him? Someone, anyone who could have kept that same discipline and continuity going. Switzer shattered the whole team into units.

 

[Rock Slamdance]

I think Davis and Switzer are a push. Butch wasn't exactly a disciplinarian at his college gigs.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

True, Coughlin is a good one on Parcells.

 

[dbair1967]

Butch Davis was still there in 1994. Why not him? Someone, anyone who could have kept that same discipline and continuity going. Switzer shattered the whole team into units.

Davis wasn't ready to ne a HC then.

That said, everyone knows exactly why Jones sought out Barry Switzer. It was the beginning of just an uncountable number of Jerry FAIL decisions.

 

[dbair1967]

And isn't Holmgren a Walsh disciple?

Yes