Here's the announcement they made at halftime of the Packers/Seabag game:
As some "wise" old sage pointed out in another thread, Aikman doesnt like Jimmy and held a grudge against him and apparently its never gone away. You can see the disgust on Aikman's face as he watches Jimmy get the news.
Its a miracle those two ever won anything together.
Looking forward to Garretts induction as well.
Guess I just see football differently than you.
“I had turned him down twice already. So it created a little bit of a friction between us that took a few years to overcome."Aikman and Jimmy buried the hatchet before 1992.
He personally tried to mend Jimmy and Jerry’s falling out in early 94 and even filmed commercials with Jimmy after he left Dallas.
He took Garrett to Jimmy’s home and they went out on his boat to drink beers and talk coaching. Jimmy would never have done that for Garrett without Troy.
Upon hearing the story that someone posted in here from a book excerpt, I'm not even sure the 1994 Jimmy as he exists in our timeline really wanted to leave, at least not at that point in time.I wonder how much does the ‘what if Jimmy stayed’ eats at Jimmy.
If he could go Back to the Future and talk to Jimmy 1994, would he advise to make it work with Jerruh or continue with parting ways.
You can't tell the story of the NFL without Jimmy.Lookit, I love Jimmy Johnson. My favorite coach of all-time.
But even I question his HOF induction. Seems to be a very short career. 4 years. Yeah, nothing he did for the Dolphins contributes to his HOF election. If he’s Hall of Famer worthy now, he’s HOF worthy even if he never coached the Dolphins. In comparison, though, to all the other coaches, just seems like a short career.
Now, this was before Cowher was inducted. If Cowher is inducted, this re-establishes the bar and Jimmy is in front of Cowher.
And that should be embarrassing to Jerry at this point. Hopefully the election to the HOF spurs him on.Hell, Jimmy Johnson may be the only HOFer excluded from his own team’s ROH.
Pretty pointless at this point. Jimmy might give JJ the finger if he offers it to him now.And that should be embarrassing to Jerry at this point. Hopefully the election to the HOF spurs him on.
I completely disagree that it's pointless now.Pretty pointless at this point. Jimmy might give JJ the finger if he offers it to him now.
Jerry made it for being the league's premier carnival barker and huckster, not for anything having to do with X's and O's, or winning, or actual football. The NFL's popularity took off and Jerry had enough animal cunning to ride the wave, extorting the networks and putting a lot of money in the pockets of his fellow owners. They had to vote him in as payback.I completely disagree that it's pointless now.
The fans have a right to see a place of honor for their team's greats in their stadium and the owner has an obligation to provide it.
Jerry made the HOF before Jimmy (which is a joke in itself), so he doesn't have to worry about jimmy's greatness overshadowing him. Put the bullshit aside and fucking do it. We all want to see it, and he deserves it.
He was looking at Tampa Bay at the time, he really hates not being in Florida.Upon hearing the story that someone posted in here from a book excerpt, I'm not even sure the 1994 Jimmy as he exists in our timeline really wanted to leave, at least not at that point in time.