they were furious how he was managing things. Firing Landry, then trading away Herschel Walker both looked like the stupidest decisions in the history of sport to them at the time. But I saw how Jimmy Johnson drafted early on and told them it looked to me like they were building something pretty special. And they were. Give Jerry full credit for hiring Jimmy Johnson and empowering him to build a dynasty. But whatever magic Jones had early on running the Cowboys definitely fell apart after Johnson left. And they've never been able to find it again since. But Snyder could pretty much write the book on how to not run an NFL team.