Rain Man
12-17-2016, 04:54 PM
It was very interesting. A few tidbits if you're interested.
He won the state typing championship in Oklahoma in high school.
When he was highly recruited as a high school kid in Oklahoma, the two major college coaches at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson.
He chose Switzer over Jimmy Johnson, but he lost his starting job at Oklahoma after he got hurt, to Jamelle Holieway. Jimmy Johnson was now at Miami and tried to get him to go there, but he went to UCLA because he'd lived in California as a kid and liked it.
The Packers were in line for the top pick and wanted Aikman, but won their last game, giving Dallas the top pick. He threw for Tom Landry, but then before the draft the team was sold and the new coach was named...Jimmy Johnson. In the auxiliary draft before Aikman, Jimmy Johnson drafted his former Miami QB, Steve Walsh.
Johnson said he planned to trade Walsh and created a controversy to build up Walsh's value, but his coaching staff was all from Miami and they all liked Walsh. The QB coach had to stand up and say, "You all are crazy."
Aikman got hurt his first couple of years. The Cowboys' first playoff victory in the Aikman era was quarterbacked by Steve Beuerlein, and Aikman's first playoff game was a blowout loss to Detroit.
After Aikman fought off Walsh and Beuerlein for the starting job, they won a couple of Super Bowls and then Johnson was fired and replaced by Barry Switzer, who had benched Aikman back in college.
The story implied that Aikman basically led the entire team when Switzer was there because Switzer was all lazy and laid back. One day Michael Irvin took players out to "party" all night and they all showed up to practice hung over. Aikman yelled that they should run laps and then that they should cut the borderline players, but Switzer just decided to call off practice. They showed a pretty epic sideline rant during a game where Aikman was calling out Switzer to that little guy who ended up being head coach. (Campo.)
Irvin was grateful that Troy showed up at his drug trial. That's the Irvin we all know.
He almost came back three years after retirement when Dave Wannstedt called from the Dolphins. He started training, but the Dolphins decided not to sign him.
He won the state typing championship in Oklahoma in high school.
When he was highly recruited as a high school kid in Oklahoma, the two major college coaches at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson.
He chose Switzer over Jimmy Johnson, but he lost his starting job at Oklahoma after he got hurt, to Jamelle Holieway. Jimmy Johnson was now at Miami and tried to get him to go there, but he went to UCLA because he'd lived in California as a kid and liked it.
The Packers were in line for the top pick and wanted Aikman, but won their last game, giving Dallas the top pick. He threw for Tom Landry, but then before the draft the team was sold and the new coach was named...Jimmy Johnson. In the auxiliary draft before Aikman, Jimmy Johnson drafted his former Miami QB, Steve Walsh.
Johnson said he planned to trade Walsh and created a controversy to build up Walsh's value, but his coaching staff was all from Miami and they all liked Walsh. The QB coach had to stand up and say, "You all are crazy."
Aikman got hurt his first couple of years. The Cowboys' first playoff victory in the Aikman era was quarterbacked by Steve Beuerlein, and Aikman's first playoff game was a blowout loss to Detroit.
After Aikman fought off Walsh and Beuerlein for the starting job, they won a couple of Super Bowls and then Johnson was fired and replaced by Barry Switzer, who had benched Aikman back in college.
The story implied that Aikman basically led the entire team when Switzer was there because Switzer was all lazy and laid back. One day Michael Irvin took players out to "party" all night and they all showed up to practice hung over. Aikman yelled that they should run laps and then that they should cut the borderline players, but Switzer just decided to call off practice. They showed a pretty epic sideline rant during a game where Aikman was calling out Switzer to that little guy who ended up being head coach. (Campo.)
Irvin was grateful that Troy showed up at his drug trial. That's the Irvin we all know.
He almost came back three years after retirement when Dave Wannstedt called from the Dolphins. He started training, but the Dolphins decided not to sign him.