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To: BenLurkin
Daryl Johnston was on a local sports talk show today, talking about Raiders-Cowboys scrimmages back in the days when the Cowboys and Raiders both held training camps in Southern California - he said the Cowboys were endlessly entertained by Al Davis, who used to simply walk onto the field during drills and announce that he'd seen enough of that particular drill, move on to the next - while coaches from both teams grinned and bore it.

But then, Davis had been a successful pro coach, a successful GM, commissioner of the AFL - before he reached his dotage old Al knew what he was doing. But Jerry Jones seems to have taken his cue from Al in the early days of his ownership and now he endlessly entertains football fans by appearing on the air and making silly, long-winded pronouncements that he isn't qualified to make.
13 posted on 08/13/2014 12:57:09 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Bingo - Jerry Jones inherited the Al Davis crown.

Al DID know what he was doing. He brought multiple SB teams to Oakland in the 70’s and 80’s. They were also in SBII vs the Packers.

Time passed Al by. Jerry fired the only guys who knew how to bring Super Bowls to Dallas. Now nobody with real coaching talent will work with him.


20 posted on 08/13/2014 7:41:44 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs ((What is the R0 of Ebola Guinea?))
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