Why Hasn't Jeff Saturday Resigned?

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

I think I can give you a better example. Tom Landry didn't win a game with the Cowboys until their 15th game, spanning 2 seasons. He also did not have a winning season or take the team to the playoffs until his 7th season as HC, 1966.

Obviously no owner is going to be that patient today. But 7 years seems like an awful lot of time to learn on the job.

Let me add that I have always hated the Cowgirls, but Landry was a class act. Jones fired him, so I don’t like him, either.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Let me add that I have always hated the Cowgirls, but Landry was a class act. Jones fired him, so I don’t like him, either.

Huge difference between now and the 1960’s, there was no free agency. John McCay from USC had three terrible years and finally made the playoffs around the time the NFL opened up free agency.

[Oldcolt]

I don't think you can count Landry. The Cowboys were a brand new team, most of the players were cast offs from the other franchises. Everyone knew they would be a horrible team. Quality old time coach. Hard ass from the get go. Their first draft choice, Bob Lilly, set the tone I didn't hate them at first. Took time.

Could say the same thing about McCay. People knew he could coach, he has cast offs for players.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I don't think that you can count Landry. The Cowboys were a brand new team, most of the players were cast offs from the other franchises. Everyone knew they would be a horrible team. ) He was a quality, old-time coach. He was a hard-ass from the get-go. Their first draft choice, Bob Lilly, set the tome for the future of the franchise. I didn't hate them at first, it took time.

I could say the same thing about John McKay ...... people knew that he could coach, but he has cast-offs for players.

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Good point about Landry ...... unlike Bill Parcells and Jimmy Johnson, Landry started with an expansion team in which everybody knew that they would be terrible for at least a few years.

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