Bigger shocker, Landry's firing or Jimmy Johnson's "firing"?
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:52 am
And I got that last such word in quotes in that it always, with me at least, reeked of a hybrid between he resigning and getting shown the door. A very rare case of both owner and HC being present together for such a press conference (mutual divorce).
I guess you can say the latter was more shocking being this was a back-to-back defending SB-champ HC we're discussing. But with Landry, despite recent struggles, it was generally assumed that he would never, actually, get fired. But be allowed to stay as long as he wants, no matter who the owner, until he does decide to hang it up.
Watching a documentary on youtube chronicling that 5-day period of Jerry's Big D takeover (a local doc likely filmed shortly after the fact) and then watching a doc on Switzer's time at the helm inspires this thread. Nice interview with Landry in the former that was held shortly after he was out. Much class he shows as well as saying that he looked forward to drafting Aikman along with the he-vs-Pelluer QB-competition to come; feeling the team was bound to improve in '89, close losses the previous year being the rationale. The latter doc basically supporting what I've opined before about Switzer's time in Big D - did a better job than given credit for; many other HCs not being able to do what he did those first 2,3 years there, etc.
I guess you can say the latter was more shocking being this was a back-to-back defending SB-champ HC we're discussing. But with Landry, despite recent struggles, it was generally assumed that he would never, actually, get fired. But be allowed to stay as long as he wants, no matter who the owner, until he does decide to hang it up.
Watching a documentary on youtube chronicling that 5-day period of Jerry's Big D takeover (a local doc likely filmed shortly after the fact) and then watching a doc on Switzer's time at the helm inspires this thread. Nice interview with Landry in the former that was held shortly after he was out. Much class he shows as well as saying that he looked forward to drafting Aikman along with the he-vs-Pelluer QB-competition to come; feeling the team was bound to improve in '89, close losses the previous year being the rationale. The latter doc basically supporting what I've opined before about Switzer's time in Big D - did a better job than given credit for; many other HCs not being able to do what he did those first 2,3 years there, etc.