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ESPN Flashback: The Jimmy & Jerry Show (1999)

Mar 28, 2024
They ended up at a resort called Treasure Island where there is a big NFL party and at one table, Jimmy was at the head and presiding. He had consumed a lot of alcohol. All this during a two-point conversion. Hardly all this because Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson abruptly left the Johnson told the Dallas Morning News that he was reevaluating his future with the Cowboys following comments Jones made Monday night suggesting he might fire his coach the last night unofficially. Basically, which is something I do quite frequently. I threw out a lot of stuff about the cowboys, the league, the nfl and uh, that was one of them, but it wasn't given any serious consideration on my part.
espn flashback the jimmy jerry show 1999
What may have upset Johnson was that Jones even mentioned a possible successor, Barry Switzer, a rival from Jimmy's college days at Oklahoma State. Jerry's comments arose from a case Monday afternoon in an NFL function in Pleasant Island, I proposed a toast to a group of five or six people, five of whom had rings from the Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl, a kind of toast, job well done, Jimmy didn't want to participate and everyone The world is stunned by this and it's a very awkward moment and no one will raise a glass because the guy at the head of the table, Jimmy.
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Johnson doesn't lift his glass, so Jerry tried again and rested. The toast lifted the glass from him and took a drink. No one moved and Jerry's face, uh, they explained it to me, turned about five shades of angry red, not embarrassed, but angry red, and he cursed. to the table, basically, screw you all, they turned around and stormed out two hours after the bad toast at the nfl function. I was with another colleague, rick gosselin, and i sat with

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in the hotel lobby bar for about three hours and listened to him rant about the guy. of a person who thought he had become

jimmy

, who was selfish, insecure and

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really felt like he had been betrayed and jerry's anger was very real the two directors did not speak on wednesday but they did speak on tuesday shortly before johnson decided leave when i visited

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.
espn flashback the jimmy jerry show 1999
I got out of a meeting real quick, it wasn't a long meeting, he basically said I heard some rumors and I said you're still the coach of the cowboys. I talked about the circumstances very briefly and he continued and I'm not that worried about it. Did you get the feeling he was worried yesterday? Basically, initially, because there had been a lot of rumors and a lot of innuendo. Certainly, to the extent that I was concerned, I certainly said: He told him that he certainly coached California after leaving the owners' meetings. Johnson went to his yacht in Miami to assess the confusion.
espn flashback the jimmy jerry show 1999
He returned to Dallas a few days later and was still attacking his cowboy boss. I do not accept that he was drunk and made comments. because a few hours later he made the same disparaging comments to his business partner Mike McCoy regarding this smokescreen that it was off the record, off the record, I mean, does that mean you don't have to tell the truth? I mean you're going to lie and also off the record there were men and women around who were not reporters and how did they get the record off the record? The reason I came to the cowboys is because I wanted to be able to control the staff and that's why I didn't change that responsibility last summer I read where all that happened obviously again he must have said it off the record because again it's something that's not true the next johnson and jones will take refuge to resolve the impasse I'm not going to go quit without a job and without compensation it's an unsafe condition security situation with weapons you don't know who he's bringing you don't know what this guy is like you don't know if you're going to continue before you don't know if he got along well with him, you don't know what system he's incorporating, maybe he's just laughing.
You know, Ground Chuck Sports, our night starts with the Hatfields and McCoys version of pro football. All we need is Richard Dawson, we have the family feud. happening on big d tonight as far as we know jimmy johnson is still the cowboys coach that may change in the next 24 hours a long meeting today between the owner and coach will lead to a second meeting and perhaps a divorce tomorrow pam oliver on jimmy jerry watch at valley ranch now he's talking about firing me it's the best soap opera in texas the tongues around here are cars i think jerry jones is being a complete idiot jerry and jimmy are enemy owners and trainers in Amounting to a bitter power struggle between men with enormous egos fighting for control of the team they share, Jones and Johnson spent two and a half hours trying to resolve their most serious and public dispute to date, the two emerging without a word definitive about Johnson's future, it was a real Address together the past, every aspect of our relationship and how we have worked together in the past, both positive and negative, and we have been honest about our feelings for the last five years and nothing was resolved and we are going to return. tomorrow and let's talk about where we go from here this all started when jones muttered something about firing johnson after drinking all night at the recent owners meetings in orlando, even naming former oklahoma university coach barry switzer, as a possible replacement, jerry then backed out, but by then jimmy got angry i told him i wouldn't quit i had a chance to get another job i'm not going to quit without a job and without compensation no matter what jones and johnson try to put into this soap opera Their obvious disdain for each other is a growing concern for the players.
Troy Aikman met with both men but recused himself from the role of mediator. We are talking about two very intelligent adults and I think they can solve their own problems. That's not my intention. save save the organization an organization built by two determined men who seem determined to take it down or each other in the process in dallas pam oliver

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you know what surprises me given the already tense circumstances very public nature of this telegram from the star of fort worth reported that on sunday jerry was quoted saying i have a mental list of replacements, you think he backed off a little at this point, we'll wait and see what happens tomorrow and of course we'll let you know here in sports that another one of those unofficially Yes, the most provocative thing he said was that he minimized what Jimmy had done in winning two consecutive Cowboys Super Bowls by saying that he thought 500 guys could coach the Cowboys and win the Super Bowl with the talent Jerry had assembled. continuation. on

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it's doomsday in dallas jimmy johnson and jerry jones cut the rope we've been through a little transition here and well maybe it's a big transition and all i have to say is how's your

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Those cowboys, I don't think we'll be hearing that line coming from Jimmy Johnson anytime soon. Mike the team, the owner, the coach. The end of off-the-record comments has caused an official split tonight. Jerry Jones is looking for a new director. Coach Jimmy Johnson is looking for a new job. Pam Oliver reports that boys will be boys, but not these boys. Jimmy Johnson's grimace after the second round of meetings with Jerry Jones reflected the news to come so they can continue from here. We have mutually decided. that he would no longer be the Dallas Cowboys football coach.
This is not something that has been thought about frivolously. This isn't something we've talked about for a couple of hours. We have analyzed it from start to finish. Sternly, they say the feeling is mutual that Johnson should move on, but Jimmy and Jerry insist that it's not bad blood that's driving them apart or Jones' recent threat to fire Johnson or even a case of uncontrolled egomania. There is nothing negative when you really look at it. but we took all the positive aspects of that and maybe turned it into something that, in our judgment and in our instincts, we didn't think would be the best thing for the Dallas Cowboys, for Jones and Johnson to be able to say this.
It's a good thing, it's probably more than most people interested in or associated with cowboys can handle. Many may see this as a change in the US team, as subtle as an earthquake in California. It was a positive thing because you know we were able to open. We rallied around each other and went from here and I really believe this, I really believe that the Dallas Cowboys will be a stronger and better organization because of that and the move is also very good for Johnson, he is away from Jones because of his contractual commitment to the organization is free to look elsewhere and away from the pressure that comes with enormous success, the replacements well, jones wouldn't say, although he does have what he considers a mental list of candidates, as for jimmy, he says there is no regrets, just joy at the thought of Coming out, we've gone through a little transition here and well, maybe it's a big transition, but hey, the Dallas Cowboys will be on top, those were two of the best acting performances I've ever seen.
I've seen in a long time, you'd never know. That these two were breaking up, he pulled the trigger on Jimmy when I think Jimmy least expected it because he's thinking I'm the two-time Super Bowl coach and I'm Jimmy Johnson, I own this city, I own professional football. I'm going to win another couple of Super Bowls and say goodbye. The big sticking point with him was that Jimmy always thought Jerry wanted football, he wanted football credits. That Jerry was trying to go beyond the normal role a franchise owner had to become a coach and Jimmy. He would never give him that satisfaction, even if Jerry deserved some, Jimmy wasn't giving one bit.
I think jerry jones made a big mistake by forcing jimmy johnson out of the organization. I accept most of the responsibility for that because I think it's my job to be more tolerant if jimmy johnson had stayed on board, i think the dallas cowboys would have done things that no other organization in football had done maybe there would have been three in a row or four out of five, it's unfortunate that it happened instead of I really look back and say, hey, who's who is responsible and why did this have to happen. I'm fortunate and grateful for the fact that we were able to get two Super Bowls before it was over, let's play a little bit about what's next. starting with jimmy johnson well, i think you look at florida the miami dolphins don chula has one year left on his contract which would undoubtedly be the place where jimmy johnson would like to train they have a new owner wayne hyzenga let's see what happens a year from now he replaced tom landry in dallas why not don schula in miami then barry switzer takes over and michael irvin melts no and you can't get in there cuz I'm getting to our champ stay out oh y'all ashes out let's go out I'm cool before that you don't know if he got along with him, you don't know what system he's bringing, maybe he's just throwing punches, you know, chuck, you don't always want to go to a The day after Johnson resigned, it was bootlegger Barry Switzer who was hired, not Ground Chuck as in Chuck Knox, nothing is going to change.
Cowboy fans are getting ready to see the Dallas Cowboys be the best in the NFL. We have a job to do and we. We're going to do it, the move was not received warmly by Cowboys players, judging by Michael Irvin's unwillingness to even address it, y'all, stay out, let's get out, I'm raising it remotely, hey, I'm Switzerland led the Cowboys to a 12-4 record and the NFC title game in his first season; a year later, the Cowboys became the first team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls. in a period of four years. I want to tell you that we did it our way, baby, we did it. we did it we did it after spending two seasons as a television analyst johnson, the man who succeeded a legend in tom landry, would follow another icon replacing don schula in miami, where johnson would get his wish for the coveted dual head coaching role and general manager of the dolphins days before christmas 1998, when johnson's mother passed away, it was jerry jones, of all people, who reached out to jimmy in his moment of sadness, i'm down, you know, with dad, uh, and at his funeral, and uh, and dad spoke. about jerry sending, you know, a lot, a lot of food for all the people that were there and you know, just, you know, he was very thoughtful and I wrote him a note, I said, hey, you know, people don't understand and you know , hey.
You are a special guy and I appreciate that, from my perspective and that of my family, it was just the right thing to do and let your family know that we thought our relationship translates into over 30 years of success we have enjoyed working together. For five years and being able to go to those Super Bowls, that's very, very positive and anything that can come close to being negative or sensitive in that way is so overwhelmed by the good things that have happened since we've known each other. I hope you enjoyed this sports center

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