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Netflix has a new trailer for their Cowboys documentary and it features an infamous Jimmy Johnson moment.
When it comes to the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s and the dynasty that they were, there are plenty of stories to go around. These stories have been told for many years at this point and some of them have grown a bit in legend. That is the way that these things tend to work.
You have likely seen a documentary or film of some kind on the 90s Cowboys at this point given that their success happened almost 30 years ago. Odds are that you are also aware of a new documentary that Netflix has been working on which is set to be released on August 19th. “America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys” appears to be covering Jerry Jones’ purchase of the team and their rise to extreme prominence.
On Monday a new trailer for the series was released and in it was one of those stories that has been told many times in the past. Jimmy Johnson, then the team’s head coach, is told by a player who has asthma that the player in question has the condition. Johnson proceeds to tell him to go have asthma on the “other” field, making the point that he does not have time for that relative to the work he was trying to do with the team at that moment.
You can see the part in question at the 47-second mark.
The next line in question comes from Michael Irvin. The Playmaker notes that Johnson made practices hell so that the games were heaven. If you know anything about the 90s Cowboys and Johnson’s methods, you know he instilled a serious sense of work in his team that he believed would translate to the field on Sundays. Given the results, it is hard to say he was not right.
It is certainly exciting to potentially get a new look at teams and stories that we believe we know well. It goes without saying that we are all ready for new teams to forge their own paths so that documentaries can be made about them someday.
