Michael Irvin Lost It When Jimmy Johnson Left

Michael Irvin relives hearing the news that Jimmy Johnson was leaving the Dallas Cowboys, and shares the emotions he was going through at the time.
#Undeniable #NFL #Cowboys

[@Stevesautopartsify]

As a diehard Niner fan, Jerrys ego has defeated the Cowboys far more many times then we ever could!!

[@dionthornw9838]

I agree. I already got my flight to SFO on the 27th booked this year. I'm coming with my Boys.

[@DallasCowboy2011]

The cowboys had the 49ers number in the 90s. Now the 49ers have the cowboys number.

[@TL2354]

They. You didn't defeat anyone you loser

[@Michael15_25]

That hurts to read as a Cowboys fan 😂 never really thought about it from a different perspective. Jerry did the league a favor

[@bpm5403]

Absolutely nailed it.

[@TheStarWarsCurmudgeon]

Jerry deprived Cowboys fans of the greatest dynasty of all time.

[@SilverBullet22250]

Jerry Jones mindset...... #1. Ego #2 Fans

[@mattburke5491]

He gave the cowboys a dynasty. He fired landry and brought in jimmy.

[@suave_d]

​@@mattburke5491 and he ruined it by allowing Jimmy to walk. You knew what he meant -- you people say the dumbest things humanly possible.

[@mattburke5491]

@@suave_d 3 championships is a dynasty dude. That’s known in every sport. 6 championships is a super dynasty.

[@aaronchapman3]

He also enabled it. Half full, half empty, both true

[@reygarciaiv484]

Michael's perspective on Barry Switzer has to be the nicest thing anyone has ever said about that man. Much nicer than what Troy would've said.

[@aaronchapman3]

Barry Switzer was put in an unwinnable situation

[@jamargraham6707]

Barry shouldn't have been 🎉 with his players. He was supposed to be the coach not Troy that is why Troy is pissed.

[@scorpionsfan8407]

Barry was probably his supplier. Lol

[@MyBodyWash]

@@jamargraham6707Troy doesn’t like Switzer because of how Troy was treated by switzer during the OU days

[@jamargraham6707]

@@MyBodyWash Players and Switzer said he was 🎉 with players.

[@keepcalm1224]

Jerry Jones getting rid of Jimmy Johnson was one of the worst ownership decisions in the history of sports. All because of Jerry's ego and micromanaging, he gets rid of a guy who just won back to back Super Bowl titles, who could have won at least 2-3 MORE had he stayed. Jerry needs to let the coach, COACH. This is one reason why I believe Dallas has not been to a conference championship game or Super Bowl in 28 years.

[@encinobalboa]

Jerrah getting stuck with Dak says everything about the man.

[@CristiWard-hl7ws]

agree!!!

[@bobbyklein2255]

Dallas will NEVER win another sb while a jones owns the team.

[@gracenmercy579]

And they lost big time yesterday

[@scorpionsfan8407]

I’m a 49ers fan. And have been saying the same thing for decades. Jerry sale tickets make money and stay out of the coaches way. Quit hiring “yes men.” I don’t know about belicheck but take a big swing for Jim harbaugh.

[@seanlagrone601]

Facts

[@davester1970]

@@scorpionsfan8407 - I don't think Jim Harbaugh is going to want to leave Michigan for the Cowboys if he has aspirations of returning to the NFL coaching ranks. Jim Harbaugh has too much resume to end up being Jerry Jones' boot licking yes man to coach the Cowboys. I am sure Jim Harbaugh is going to want to be able to make player decisions as part of the deal to be coach. Don't think for a moment Jerry is going to give up that kind of control.

[@jameservin1333]

I said that too

[@dogger37JC]

Cowboys with Jerry and Jimmy. The Lakers with Shaq and Kobe. Egos killed dynasties.

[@llkla4507]

he broke down the different between 94 and 95 but all i heard was primeeeetimeee

[@barbaralovenvirth8726]

You gotta love Michael Irwin..

[@anthonys3631]

Well there you go. Jimmy wanted to run a football team and Jerry wanted to run a circus! SMH! What could've been, SMH!

[@TL2354]

OMG, did you really "shake your head" TWICE?! That's amazing! Next time shake it off your neck

[@anthonys3631]

@@TL2354 how bout them cowboys!!! LMFAO! You must be upset they choked today I'm assuming with your 2 cent comment? Lol! Hey I laughed my head off TWICE!!!!

[@viralx927]

Well it’s definitely a circus 🤡

[@davester1970]

That's the problem. Jerry Jones seems like he wants to run the Cowboys like a bad reality TV series.

[@antoniohoward981]

@@davester1970Jack Ewing from the show Dallas

[@lawrencefranck9417]

Left 3-4 rings on the table

[@DallasCowboy2011]

The cowboys could have over 6 Super Bowl wins if it weren’t for Jerry jones and his ego. Jimmy Johnson was a one in a million coach. Jerry jones ruined the cowboys.

[@benitojuarez999]

As a niner fan, i was very surprised and glad jimmy johnson was no longer the coach

[@drestathagangsta8880]

I think we all were lol.

[@NeilTruick]

50-year citizen of Steeler Nation here. No respect for Barry Switzer at all. Players get you to the playoffs, but the coaches get you to the Super Bowl. When you have a team with Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Ervin, Charles Haley, Darren Woodson, AND Deion Sanders, you are _supposed_ to be in the Super Bowl. I'm glad Playmaker admitted that Super Bowl win was more about the players' wills than the coaches' leadership. I'm sad it came against my boys, but, seriously, they were the better team that season. If Jimmy stayed, the history would be markedly different. Thank you, Jerry, for giving us almost three decades worth of jokes and laughs at your team's expense...

[@jasonpdsi]

The 90s Dallas Cowboys could have been what the Patriots were under Brady and Belichick. If anyone could have navigated the salary cap era and kept the team competing at a high level for years, it was Jimmy Johnson. And this is coming from a 49er fan.

[@seanlove2000]

This is such revisionist history by Cowboy fans. Its not based in reality. The Cowboys were a great team but there is no way Aikman would have stayed healthy enough for 6 rings. It was a different NFL back then. QB's got crushed every other play. Younger and healthier teams would have emerged and knocked the Cowboys out. I was alive during this time. Went to the games when they came to California. The Raiders were in LA then. Its nonsense.

[@aaronaverheart4567]

Jerry Jones needs to sell the team or get a GM. But that will never happen

[@hamb817]

Aikman didn't like Switzer from OU dayu. Aikman got hurt so Switzer had to go to the back-up. A freshman Jamelle Holliway who led OU to National Championship. So Aikman wanted to transfer. And So Switzer called Donahue at UCLA.Aikman got what he wanted and got drafted number 1. Yet all Aikman does is talk down about Switzer. There were coaches after Switzer and Aikman didn't whine about them

[@captainchaosxx3866]

Troy was the one having to play bad cop while Switzer was partying with the players. "Boys will be Boys " great read if you ever wanna know the team.

[@jw3638]

I was a cowboys fan at the time. Got so upset about this and now I wait to watch them lose each season

[@robkessler8300]

Looking back, I was absolutely MISERABLE when this happened. And I know that entire team was too, especially Mike Irvin, my all-time favorite Cowboy. He was SO PISSED. But now, I think those 3 guys - Aikman, Emmitt, & Michael - really REGRET not chasing Jimmy down, dragging him back, handcuffing Jerry to his office chair, and making them work it out to restore the relationship AND get Jimmy back to the Cowboys. When you are a player under Jimmy (& Jerry), you don't think you have that kind of power. But these guys certainly did. Looking back with the benefit of hindsight, now those guys KNOW that they probably could've intervened and corrected such a travesty. At least, that's what I keep telling myself could've happened. And, being a Celtics fan, I sure also wish that better friends could've intervened in Len Bias' fateful final night, as well. Most importantly, his young life would've continued and, selfishly, the world champ Celtics would've been even more unbeatable for the foreseeable future. These were 2 of the worst sports tragedies I remember.

[@speedracer2336]

I made a prediction years ago that under JJ Cowboys would never win another SB! After Green Bay destroyed the boys today in the playoffs, I am very confident with that prediction.

[@ZedBeiFeng]

The guy’s respected Jimmy for putting his foot down when Jerry wanted to be buddy buddy with the team. Sadly no other coach has gotten that respect from the locker room since because they know he’s just Jerry’s puppet.

[@carybensilhe4869]

Love Michael Irvin, and this is coming from a Commanders fan.

[@1Maddd2mackxxx]

I might not be a Dallas Cowboy fan, but I am a Michael Irving fan oh the best for that. John Mayer to all his trials and tribulations but him still being successful

[@Enfield-1853]

As a Commanders fan, I was amazed and happy Jerry did this. It was one of the dumbest moves an NFL owner has ever made. Dan's move getting rid of Marty was a close second. But, Jimmy won SB. So, that makes Jerry number one.

[@Ornitorrincopozolero]

And that is why Jerry hasnt won shit since the 90s. As a business guy, the man is a genius. No questions. But as a football guy, he doesnt know shit

[@chrisnipper8573]

At halftime Jimmy Johnson was so Passionate about what he would have said to the at halftime! He was mad as he@@

[@michelleschultz472]

As a lifetime niner fan, when Jerry pushed Jimmy out, I knew the niners had a shot. That led to the 94 super bowl. I'm not sure that the niners get past Dallas in the NCF championship.

[@the_Sage71]

The 92 and 93 teams were the best teams i ever saw before or since. Even better than my '74 Steelers.

[@AlHusker]

Barry Switzer gave his player's to much leash at Oklahoma and Dallas.

[@davester1970]

The problem with Jerry Jones is that he has a major ego problem. Jerry Jones wants to win, but he wants to win AND get all the credit when the Cowboys do. There is no room on the Cowboys for Jerry Jones and a strong head coach like Jimmy Johnson. Everyone talks about Mike McCarthy potentially getting the axe. I say firing Mike McCarthy wouldn't matter because Jerry Jones will just replace him with another boot licking yes man like him, Jason Garrett and pretty much everyone who has coached the Cowboys since Jimmy Johnson left. A real head coach with resume is going to want to have major say in the people and players they bring in. Something Jerry Jones WILL NEVER cede to.

[@Banzai51]

That Cowboys team was the only time where winning CAUSED the problems. Jerry's ego wouldn't let him share credit.

[@chad3452]

now u know how 80s bears fans felt when Buddy Ryan announced he was out the day of the super bowl.... yall kept your qb and team in tact a lil longer too! im tellin ya the 80s bears defense with walter mf payton was a dynasty with a qb1

[@Sandy-xb1jp]

It’s easier to speak of their egos. Remember, ego means self. We were just like Mike. Jerry could have taken one (lose an argument) for the team. He didn’t and has to regret that to this day. He has to regret missing out on 3 more trophies. Let’s hope it’s like the Red Sox, reversing the curse, with Jimmy in the Ring. We haven’t lost anything, even a penalty call, since 12/30/23 when Jimmy was brought in. I’m hanging my hopes on that.

[@williammarchand253]

Tough😂

[@WilliamBlount-t7l]

Good to see him back at work. I want to know about the Marriott lawsuit the woman need to go to jail.

[@MattyB5151]

Amen 🙏 true story he doesn't care he's about money but he works side by side with the NFL and Goddell remember that

[@MattyB5151]

Goddell gets the boot Jerry Jones goes into the Sunset and Stephen Jones will be a nobody his best bet is for him to sell the team

[@henrymanzano2201]

Jerry Jones made the Cowboys about himself. When Jimmy Johnson left,he took what last little bit of class the Cowboys organization had with him. This is why we hate the Dallas Cowboys and their fans. Realize,it's not even your team anymore. It's Jerry Jones' team,and has been since 1996

[@troyb.4101]

Jerry Jones has been paying for Jimmy Johnson leaving for a long time

[@cncaliguy09]

Cowboys still cursed till this day and afflicted with with JerryJonesitis

[@Itz_dank]

True story i met Barry in Tulsa on my 21st bday

[@TheBryanLareeShow]

I chauffeured Michael Irvin to radio stations around L.A. during his first Hall of Fame nomination. Very nice guy. He made the Hall of Fame the following year. ❤ At 6'5", he towered over me. :-D

[@antoniohoward981]

Why they say Mike 6”2 ?

[@jiveassturkey8849]

Yeah he was listed as 6’2” all through his career.

[@TheBryanLareeShow]

Mandela Effect 😃

[@davidoswald5749]

Jerry's ego is why Jimmy left and why they couldn't continue to work together - they could have probably won more rings, but power and recognition was more important to Jerry - even today he doesn't know when to back off and let his staff do what they are hired for - he is the worst kind of owner.

[@alexott8258]

Jerry Jones is a curse. It's about him. Not about winning. He THINKS he wants to win, but he won't do what's necessary to win. I've been a Cowboys fan my whole life, 38 years, and I believe this organization will not make a deep playoff run until he's dead or sells the team.

[@juanlimon5984]

First time ever! Michael said something I agreed on Never should have gotten rid of Jimmy Johnson! the rest of what he say's is B.S.! NOT only AMERICAS TEAM, WE ALL ARE, WAKE UP!

[@zigwil153]

What happens to Cowboys control when the old man kicks? He looks dead, but he has an energy about him...

[@JJJJ-he8bz]

The 94 49ers weren’t going to be beat no matter who the coach was.

[@tubenachos]

Jerry Jones was the NFL Jerry Krause. Egos

[@TheBigsqueezer]

jimmy gave us 5 years. then he went fishing. jerry saved the nfl and the cowboys. wow in michael irvins own words! what jimmy wanted.

[@InUteroKDC]

Irvin’s mustache always looks like you could just peel it off.

[@KentCruz-l1p]

Jerry built the stadium. He made the cowboys more valuable by hiring Jimmy in the first place.

[@JoseIsraelDelaTorre]

What happend Dallas Cowboys, we need Super Bowl.

[@leshemingway3352]

Great interview very true. Jimmy would have won four more bowl games. Jerry just cant stay on his lane. BARRY came in under Jimmy's team sure Barry won. Jimmy still could take over the team today and we could be in yet another super bowl. Yet Jerry will never let Jimmy back in the organization which really sad

[@antonemorris9644]

Which why they won't win another until his grip is off that team. Which is won't happen until he dies

[@xlargetophat]

Jimmay!

[@DogWater2011]

Jerry's ego ruined a mega dynasty. Skip's ego ruined a great show. Shag and kobe's ego ruined a dynasty. And on and on.......and yet, people never learn from history.

[@Mrtellitlikeitis]

Jerry screwed that team up. Look at them now. Right Jerry?

[@Brad88ford]

Both Jimmy and Jerry were too big for each other. Irvin did help with the downfall of the boys as well with the White House doing the wrong thing the right way haha

[@sholland42]

Jerry can ruin any team, he’s an expert, lots of experience. Now go pay $300 for tickets to seats so far from the field you watch it on the giant TVs. That’s after walking up thousands of stairs, after waiting in a long line for a $15 draft beer. No thanks.

[@millerarant3629]

Well, didn’t Michael Irving have a lot of off field issues at that point?

[@sp4604]

Jerry Jones likes to see his cowboys like a Plantation

[@angelajohns2853]

Jimmy left because Jerry would not let him run the team as coach ? Could he hire Jimmy Johnson back and let him control the team ever , I doubt it ?

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Jerry there ya go that's the problem still to this day

[@joshpitts7256]

O'DONNELL gave them a Gift in 95

[@RoySkilletz]

Until Jerry Jones publicly apologizes for what he did to Jimmy Johnson in 1993 and gives up his ego, The Dallas Cowboys will never win a championship. Not saying “I'm sorry” brings a curse he can't see

[@DeplorableJaredBrodersen]

I know Michael thinks they should've won the Niners in '94 but I disagree. That was Steve Young's year and though both teams matched up equally the Niners wanted it more because the Cowboys had stopped them two years in a row prior. I remember that game well. It was the Cowboys turn to go home. They fought a good fight but it just wasn't their year. I wish Michael could've admited that. You go down 21-0 early due to turnovers mostly and you think you should've won that game? No sir. He just can't say it. The 49ers were a little better that year. Having said that, even as a Niners fan I loved Jimmy Johnson as a coach and person and hated to see him go. He was the best thing to ever happen to the Cowboys. And those superstars on the early nineties Cowboys were truly amazing. I don't think the Cowboys will ever get a team of superstars like that again.

[@nigelkhan9278]

Jerry Jones ego could not take Jimmy Johnson getting all the credit for their Super Bowls. Jimmy Jones was just not a great coach he was an amazing evaluator of talent. He was making all the trades and drafting players.

[@1or2there]

To this day . . .

[@Jesus-iz2my]

JERRY destroyed One of the best teams ever Cowboys could have won 4 Superbowls maybe 5 Superbowls in a roll😫

[@chrisgarcia9629]

Jerry Jones ego ruined everything and he knows it too.

[@BirdGang6]

The Cowboys lost their swagger when they fired Jimmy

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

Why isn’t Jerry Jones booed by Dallas like Chicago boos Krause. You can make the argument that Krause was way more instrumental in those championships than Jerry was for the super bowls. We all know the Hershel Walker trade and dynasty team that was built in Dallas was built by Jimmy not Jerry. Jerry just paid the checks that’s it

[@joshuajackson7596]

Still to this day cant wrap my head around jerry firing jimmy. It makes no sense that a coach takes the worst team in football to back to back championships in 4 years and he lets him go... As a owner what more could you want? Yeah he got 1 more with switzer but that team won that ring in spite of switzer. Havent done anything since jimmys team got older and faded away. Ths red sox had the bambino curse maybe we got the johnson curse in dallas now

[@dmoody4628]

Jerry is the reason they are cursed lol

[@DarrellCline-b8s]

Switcher screwed 1994.

[@TL2354]

Jimmy did

[@reellivin9576]

I think Atlanta would be a good spot for Dak prescott

[@adrianjeffersjr.7867]

I been saying this for years season ticket orders & Cowboy Fans in Big D don’t show for home games Jerry & Stephen doesn’t want to win a Super Bowl, they have been lying to the Cowboy Fans for years!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@willoneil1456]

Naw maybe 4 if he hadn't left. But these guys were wild and crazy before Jimmy left. Michael and Nate and a few more were off the charts. 92,93,94,95 yes. By 96 they were nuts and drugged out jail.

[@jsmooth7217]

Jerrys ego and desire to be the face of the cowboys has ruined us these last 30 years.

[@ShadowThe771]

Remember that if it wasn’t for his son, Jerry Jones would have gladly drafted Johnny Manziel over Zack Martin in the 2014 NFL Draft.

[@BLACKICONOCLAST]

WHY IS MICHAEL IRVIN'S NUMMBER 88 NOT RETIRED BUT TROY AIKMAN'S NUMBER IS RETIRD?

[@Mr.SalmaHayek]

Lifelong Redskins/Commanders fan it hurts me to say I think they could have won 4 SB in a row if Jerry didn't get rid of Jimmy

[@zeppelinmexicano]

With Jimmy, I thought they would be good for a five or six burger. Barry did not provide the discipline and that hurt Troy a lot. A ton. Barry frustrated a few guys. What a waste of talent and momentum.

[@Giminey]

How bout them Cowboys. Its Jerrys world

[@tomsaywer9883]

I think they were getting old, would they have won more SB’s?

[@scarsstitches636]

"Throwing garbage cans at people", classy.

[@plainsimple244]

Look, you do this to a man who wins back-to-back championships, you are saying you don't want to win because you want football credibility and you are an owner....See when you do that crap, it makes nobody route for you at all....This shows you who Jerry Jones is at the core, he just doesn't know a great thing when he has it due to his own ego... he's not into winning, it's about him....Well, if you win, you'll get glory too....All you have to say is that based upon what has taken place, Jerry Jones messed it all up to rebuild it again from 1995 to 2023....Long time, huh?....IF I was owning the Cowboys, I would have let Jimmy run things his way when it came to football and I would have just dealt with the money and finances....Do you really believe Jimmy Johnson would have passed on Randy Moss in 1998? Jerry did. HAHAHA!

[@MckaigCole-ug1yb]

Why doesn't jones coach the team?! This guy is the george steinbrenner of the nfl.

[@jasongonzales2574]

Throwing trash cans at the media get him thrown out the league now

[@cwstewartjr1973]

Jimmy's big 3 stars choked in that NFC championship game and its Barry's fault? Jerry's fault? Please. The didn't execute. Jerry then goes out and gets HIS player...Sanders. and they win the next year. Deion wasn't Jimmy's player.

[@philnleblanc6664]

The downfall of the Cowboys isn’t Jerry’s fault, it’s the fault of his ego.

[@brichards989]

And as long as Jerry Jones is in charge, the Cowboys will NEVER make it to a super bowl again. Let that sink in, fans!

[@user-hh5rn4jz6o]

Just think cowboy fans Coming right up behind jerry is steven jones

[@dougcampbell9907]

Jerry unfortunately couldn’t handle that Jimmy was getting all the credit for the team becoming so successful. He couldn’t accept it, and he couldn’t appreciate that as an owner he did exactly what he needed to do in order to make them successful by hiring Jimmy and letting him do it his way. One thing I learned as a parent is when my kids turned into adults, I just had to get out of their way. If Jerry had been able to just step back, be the owner, enjoy the success, insured Jimmy had all he needed, he’d probably be considered the greatest team owner of all time. Instead, he’s known as the owner who destroyed a dynasty and is responsible for every failure since.

[@MarVet66]

Drop the mic 🎤

[@currypablo]

There's a reason you never hear of Pats owner Robert Kraft. He let's the football people do their thing.

[@TheMegatron673]

I'm glad robert kraft wasn't like that with bill belichick because he enjoyed winning too. Jimmy johnson was a great coach in my opinion.

[@silversoulken]

@@j.p.3274 Oh shit you knew Tugboat? That’s cool

[@RepublicConstitution]

The Meddler in Chief. That's Jerry Jones.

[@22s22a]

Jones has gotten his Karma the last 30 years, Some things are just not a coincidence

[@trailerparkcryptoking5213]

Jerry is a grandiose narcissist and wanted all the attention and couldn’t stand being secondary behind Jimmy! Jerry lives in a false reality where he reigns superior with or without Superbowls. He really screwed the entire community of Dallas and in some ways a lot of the state of Texas because of the support they gave the Cowboys! I can’t believe the community stood behind that selfish egocentric clown for the last three decades. They should have quit supporting the team and forced the narcissist to sell it and start fresh! I had been a lifelong fan since the 1960’s until Jimmy left and I was done and wouldn’t fart in their direction as long as the narcissist owns the team!

[@TL2354]

How long have you known Jerry?

[@SeanPynrose]

I truly think Jerry played a HUGE role in Jimmy leaving. Jerry hates anyone getting extended spotlight more than him and Jimmy was becoming, in all aspects bigger. Which makes me laugh hearing different sports people talk about Belichik going to the Cowboys. I don't ever see that working because of both Jerry's and Belichiks alpha personality.

[@davester1970]

If the Cowboys fire Mike McCarthy, Jerry is going to replace him with another boot licking yes man just like Jason Garrett and pretty much everyone who has coached the Cowboys since he ran Jimmy Johnson off.

[@davester1970]

Jerry Jones is the complete opposite of original Cowboys owner Clint Murcheson. People forgot all the time that Clint Murcheson was the owner of the Cowboys until 1984 because he shut the hell up, let Tex Schramm, Gil Brandt and Tom Landrey do their jobs and enjoy the 20+ years of winning.

[@edwardgiorgio2904]

That’s why most of America enjoys the curse of Jimmy Johnson.

[@ronb2008]

Jerry just has to have his yes men. Jason Garret NEVER should have lasted as long as he did. He got rid of two hall of fame coaches in Jimmy and Parcells. Who does that?

[@GULLEYMANE]

jerry jones wanted to be al davis so bad. but if anything he shouldve learned from al’s mistakes. when al pushed marcus allen away we never recovered. same thing here with jerry and jimmy johnson.

[@amracharles811]

Jerry Jones sucks

[@germ187]

So fucking sad seeing these players reminisce on their past now and what could have been and how just one little man’s ego destroyed their careers

[@bernardsloan8950]

I totally agree absolutely how could you destroy a dynasty