As the legacy of Texas Stadium comes to a close this season, let's take a moment to remember one of the Godfathers of the NFL - Tom Landry. Forget Jerry Jones and the makeshift catastrophe they call the Cowboys now, and remember the Man that invented the 4-3 and changed the NFL forever.
He was a couple of plays from having the NFL's most prized item being named after him...1. Invented the 4-3 with Sam Huff moving back 2-3 yards from center and causing all kinds of blocking problems.
2. This was to counter his peer's design (the original zone blocking running scheme) - the "run to daylight" plan of Vince Lombardi.
3. A couple of Famous Quotes:
"When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn."
"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
4. Although I am a Cowboys fan through and through, I hope Jerry Jones has a special seat in hell for his rude dismissal of Landry.
5. 29 years - Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys: 270 wins - 2 Superbowls.
Quote from another NFL great - Mike Ditka
"He ways always the epitome of Fairness, Honesty, and Integrity"
He also faced a much smaller NLF at the time, but one that featured the greatest coach of all time and the great running back of all time. He did win 2 superbowls in that time.
S0 - Farewell to Texas Stadium and - How 'Bout them Cowboys?!!!
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