dude. That last 45 seconds is painful to listen to.
Heartbreaking. So many feels.
I'd personally pack Garrett's bags if you could show me another Jimmy Johnson.
I will never really "forgive" (and I put that in quotes because at the end of the day, it's just entertainment), the organization for how they handled the whole thing.
Yes, Jimmy may have wanted out personally. He may have wanted out even if Jerry bent over backwards for him. But maybe you also convince him to stay another year or two. Drive a Brinx truck full of money up to his house, give him a blank check.
And if he still leaves, or if he leaves a year or two later, then I still can't forgive Jerry for how badly he botched the next coach. We really wasted the remaining prime of three All Time players under Switzer. We really did.
I just cringe to think about, if we had a tight ship and a good coach, there is no out of control team. Sure, they are still partying like they did under Jimmy, but he keeps it under control. Maybe Irvin still gets suspended, but Jimmy would have reigned it in with the other guys. Jimmy would have found Patrick Surtain and Sam Madison and Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor to add to our defense as guys like Haley, Norton, Brown, Everett, etc.
We probably would have drafted Randy Moss in 1998.
Ugh.
Can you imagine adding Thomas, Taylor, Madison, and Moss to the late 90's Cowboys? Might have been a LOT different.