I can't think, off the top of my head, of a coach who left the game for 10 years, came back and realized the game had passed him by.For 200 dollars, who was Barry Switzer? :) Okay, he had been the winning OU coach whose idea of team discipline was holding them down to only one orgy a week, but the Cowboys got stuck with him.
Series, with the great Gibbs back with the Redskins and Parcells now with the Cowboys this could get really fun.
I'd even add in Tom Coughlin with the Giants. The Jags downfall was really attributed to some unlucky drafts:
99: 1. Fernando Bryant 2. Larry Smith 3. Anthony Cesario
00. 1. R.J. Soward 3. T.J. Slaughter
01. 2. Maurice Williams 3. Eric Westmorland
Given, the 02 draft was strong with three solid starters and Leftwich looks like a star in the making, but getting a below average RT out of a group of seven day one picks will catch up with you sooner or later.
Also I should say that all of the players listed above were widely thought to be very good prospects, it's just that they didn't pan out for one reason or another.
There's going to be some great football to be played in the NFC East in the years to come!
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
What in the world are you talking about? Barry Switzer won a freaking superbowl with Dallas in 95. Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson are the only coaches to ever win a national title in college and in the NFL. Granted Barry did ride Jimmy's coat tails with his players to the title but he still has a title. As Jim Rome would say SCOREBOARD.