The Vikings and General Manager Mike Lynn made one of the greatest mental farts of all time by giving up those picks for Herschel Walker and that plus a favorable schedule gave the Cowboys their championships…

The real question is who maserminded the Walker trade? I have a feeling it was Jimmy and that trade is what built that dynasty. The closest thing we’ve seen as a trade of that magnitude is what the Rams did this year with RGIII.
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Really? Do you have any idea what the Rams received in compensation for dealing Eric Dickerson?

The RGIII trade is closer to that of Eli Manning for Phillip Rivers deal.

The HW Trade was only 1 step of the process – 15 teams and 55 players were a part of all the various trades from the original 5 players and 8 conditional picks that went to Dallas – who would eventually wind up with Russell Maryland, Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, Kevin Smith and Clayton Holmes from the deal.

Also, he gave up on Marino too quickly.

GO NINERS!

Parcells wanted to draft Marcus Spears instead of Demarcus Ware. Jerry overruled him, and they ended up getting both (They got Spears later in the first round with a pick they had from trading down the previous year).

Parcells did draft a few competent late round guys (Jay Ratliff, Bradie James), but really his draft classes were nothing special.

If you look at the last few years of Cowboys draft picks, they’ve been getting better. Sean Lee, Bruce Carter, DeMarco Murray, Tyron Smith and Morris Claiborne have all been really good picks. Dez Bryant… not so much, but you can’t win them all.

Of course, all of those “good picks” came in the first three rounds. The Cowboys have not drafted well in rounds 4-7 lately, and that is part of why they aren’t very good.

What might be the Cowboys biggest weakness is their inability to evaluate and/or coach offensive linemen. Everything to the right of Tyron Smith is sort of a disaster, and has been for a while.

When Nepotism exists in the management it is a sign of complacency. Here are some examples:

Redskins
Eagles
Cowboys

Giants–Team has been in the Mara family for 80 years.

Bengals–Mike Brown inherited the team from his father, and many Brown family members are employed there.

Steelers–On their third or fourth generation of Rooneys.

Colts–Jim Irsay inherited the team from his father.

I don’t really see a trend there. Five Super Bowl wins in the last seven years, offset by the hot mess that is the Bagels.

In my opinion, nepotism isn’t so bad if the family members actually know what they’re doing, or at least if they know how to get out of the way of those who do know football.

Still, a Walker-like steal/trade doesn’t come along very often.The Vikings GM (Lynn) said at the time something to the effect of, “For the good of the NFL this will remain the worst trade of all time”.

And, I will also note that I told football fans back in 1989, that the Cowboys were “the best 1-15″ team you were likely to see. There was some decent building blocks there, and they got Aikman with the first pick of the draft.

So, I would add a footnote that Tom Landry deserves at least some mention in providing some building blocks to those dominant early 90s teams.

Secondly, if Jimmy’s team was so amazing how come they didn’t win the year after he left, but the year after that? Was it Jimmys players that won it? If so, that makes Jimmy a good scout and doesn’t say much about his coaching.

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That being said you know how hard it is to repeat as super bowl champions? So what they didn’t win in 1995. if you look back you can see there was another equally great team during the cowboys run; the SF 49ers lead by future hall of famers steve young and jerry rice. They met 3 times in the NFC championship from 93-95, they won the 2 times with jimmy and lost in ’95 to the eventual SB champs without him.

Many writers have already debunked this whol story and showed in many programs (while Jimmy was here) that he was indead president and Gm during those days. Jimmy had control but Jerry still had to sign off on moves.

Secondly, if Jimmy’s team was so amazing how come they didn’t win the year after he left, but the year after that? Was it Jimmys players that won it? If so, that makes Jimmy a good scout and doesn’t say much about his coaching.

Also, Jimmy went 2-3 in the playoffs after he left Dallas including a 62-7 ass whooping to send him off.

They needed each other, not one way or the other.

The fact is Johnson built those teams, & in my mind is the only credible, modern GM/coach in history (because Parcells won his SB with George Young). It’s puzzling why the guy Johnson beat over & over(Marv Levy) is in the HOF, but the guy who won 3 SBs (essentially) is out. Dumb dumb dumb.

And in spite of that, he went to the playoffs three times in those four years. Yeah. He didn’t win SBs, but he had some success. To say he wasn’t successful is to deny the record.

And trust me, I’m no JJ fan (can’t stand the U of M, hate the Cowboys and don’t care for the Fish), but the facts speak for themselves.

What GM would be allowed to run and build a team for that long, consistently hype themselves up as Super Bowl contenders, and fall flat on their face year after year after year? 1 playoff win in 16 years? What other GM, what other team, what other owner would allow this trend to hopelessly continue?

It’s not about the best interest of the team, it’s not about regaining the glory days, it’s about Jerry and his ego not being able to concede that he cannot do a job he thought he could do. He just has to be at the forefront, it’s all about him, he wants the attention. His over inflated sense of self worth will continue to doom this franchise for years to come, and judging from his comments to the media about how he will never fire himself, there is no end in sight. That comment must have just sent chills down the spines of Cowboys fans, didn’t it? And brought big giant smiles to the rest of the NFC East.

Here’s to another decade of over hyped under achieving directionless Cowboys teams with no leadership and no identity. I’m really glad i hate that team. Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett, Tony Romo, lol what a joke that place is.

Whether they had lots of picks from the Herschel trade or not, the fact is they drafted prolifically when Johnson was with the Cowboys and they have drafted horribly since he left.