Tom Landry learned he was fired listening to the radio on his way back from playing golf. Jerry didn’t even have the decency to tell him to his face. When this went down he lost the community and the Cowboys have gone down hill since. Jerry Jones has always been at fault.
Speaking of Vonore… most of y’all wouldn’t believe what transpired in a scrimmage in1970. We took about 25 players and we were putting it on them pretty good. We had a couple of players different from them and it didn’t take long before it was on. Fans coming off the sidelines , Coaches going at it, it lasted about 15 minutes. They called the scrimmage then the best part was in the locker room afterwards when a couple of their players came in where we were dressing. lol one guy had a pack of lucky strikes rolled up in his sleeves and all were smoking like nothing even happened. Never forget that. Went thru there last week to stop at Benton’s to get some Bacon and noticed the lake has changed that place since then.
Athletes, tradition, community involvement, and a dedicated Coach who has 100% backing from the School and Community, and half the kids eating plenty of biscuits and gravy will usually keep the fire out!
Ms. Metz gave me a well deserved thump on the head once.
I use to love her stories…especially about her escaping China hidden in a mailbag during the revolt!