{"id":40746,"date":"2020-01-13T17:51:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T17:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40746"},"modified":"2020-01-13T19:25:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T19:25:21","slug":"hall-of-fame-awaits-coach-johnson-how-about-ring-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40746","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame awaits Coach Johnson … how about Ring of Honor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I cannot believe I am going to write these next few sentences, but here goes.<\/p>\n

Former Dallas Cowboys head football coach Jimmy Johnson should be inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor \u2026 now that he is heading for enshrinement into the Pro Football of Fame in Canton, Ohio.<\/em><\/p>\n

Johnson’s stint as Cowboys’ coach was brief, but it was, um, highly productive. He coached the team to two Super Bowl victories in the 1990s. Then he mouthed off to his boss, owner\/general manager Jerry Jones, who fired him.<\/p>\n

The men once were friends, teammates at the University of Arkansas. Jones hired Johnson — a native of Port Arthur, Texas and a high school classmate of (get ready for this!) Janis Joplin<\/em> — after purchasing the Cowboys and firing legendary coach Tom Landry. It was thought to be a marriage made in football heaven.<\/p>\n

Hah!<\/em> It didn’t last.<\/p>\n

So now Johnson is going to be honored with a plaque and a statue, and he will get to wear a mustard-colored blazer at the televised induction ceremony in Canton.<\/p>\n

He doesn’t yet have his name inscribed on the Ring of Honor at AT&T Stadium. He deserves the honor.<\/p>\n

C’mon, Jerry Jones. Do the right thing, just as you did when you agreed to put Tom Landry’s name up there.<\/p>\n

There. That wasn’t so painful after all, even for someone — such as me — who is no fan of the Cowboys or certainly of the team’s egomaniac owner.<\/p>\n