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"I had my entire coaching staff from college." -Jimmy Johnson on Urban Meyer

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Came across an article about Jimmy Johnson commenting on his buddy Urban Meyer's situation after finishing one where Rex Ryan absolutely dragged him, and came across the interesting bit:

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“Going to Jacksonville, just like when I went to Dallas, you knew you were gonna lose, you’re gonna have adversity,” said Johnson, whose resume includes a successful transition from coaching at the college level in Miami to the NFL with the Cowboys.

“The difference is, in Dallas, I had my entire coaching staff from college. I had my administrative assistant, I had my P.R. director, I had my trainer. We were all on the same page when we had adversity. He didn’t have that in Jacksonville. There was a lot of backstabbing, one thing or the other, because he didn’t have his people.”

If you're interested in the full article, you can check it out here.

Rhule has his people, yet the only page that they all seem to be on is that anybody not part of their Mean Girls clique gets thrown under any and every bus that rolls by. -_-

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2 hours ago, thennek said:

This was also 32-years ago when Jimmy went to Dallas. The NFL has changed a lot since then. And yes, Rhule is no comparison to Jimmy. 

Yeah, back when 2 teams lined up and slammed into each other for 3 hours.  Damn good fun, too.

Defenses could actually be intimidating instead of looking for flags.

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Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy

You walked into a HoF WR Michael Irvin who was drafted the year before you got there by Landry, and you tried to trade him before Al Davis talked you out of it. Ken Norton Jr was already on the roster. Nate Newton, Kevin Gogan and Mark Tuinei already anchored an OL for you before you arrived because of Herschel Walker. You had Herschel Walker on the roster to get the picks needed to load your roster with Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson, Kevin Smith, and Russell Maryland... and you picked very well. You signed a vet TE for Aikman in Jay Novacek. You drafted Daryl Johnston and Alvin Harper to compliment the offense. You filled the OL with Mark Stepnoski and Erik Williams in your early draft classes. Let's not forget you had to replace your OC and bring in Norv Turner with pro coaching experience to make your offensive talent work.

 

If Rhule had done half of what you did in his first 2 seasons, I would have a different opinion and hope. What you did Jimmy is closer to what Rivera did when he was a new HC in the NFL.

It also helped you did not have to deal with free agency under the CBA until after your success. You actually ran away as fast as you could before free agency started picking your team apart. We all know how well it went in Miami when you had to deal with free agency.

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2 hours ago, thennek said:

This was also 32-years ago when Jimmy went to Dallas. The NFL has changed a lot since then. And yes, Rhule is no comparison to Jimmy. 

You could almost buy a championship back then.  The NFL was also a much slower game and coaches got more time.  Everybody knows the story of Dallas sucking out loud for the first few seasons Johnson and Aikman were there.

I remember some dude who got drafted by the Bucs back in the 80s talking about how his high school had a better weight room than Tampa Bay.  Also that he got a game ball on Sunday and then a bill in his locker for $50 on Monday.

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