European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 3,1993 sports the stars and stripes b Pago 33 scree Grumpy by John Nelson the associated press the pregame show finally ended the super bowl started and that s when it became Clear. Mike Ditka is meant to be a to announcer. Bob Timpy in t. If the super bowl proved one thing to Abc it s that despite losing Pat Riley despite losing Bill Walsh de spite losing Bill Parcells maybe it should try hiring one More coach As a sports announcer anyway. Abc teamed Happy go Lucky play by play Man Dick Enberg with Trumpy two seasons ago when Walsh re turned to coaching. The network knew what it was get Ting night and Day. Trumpy was to play bad cop to Enberg s Good cop. Problem is Trumpy docs it too Well. He s not likable at All remember what grandma used to Tell you if you can t say something Nice about a per sorr Don t say any thing. No one s suggesting that a network sports analyst should follow that code of behaviour to the letter but if Trumpy did he could go to work making movies for . Griffith. Witness near the end of the first half with Dallas leading 28 10 after five Buffalo turnovers Trumpy Sard boy is this a recurring theme for the Bills in the super bowl give it away give it away give it away or take it away if you re a Dallas fan Enberg said. Thank you Dick. Or How about this one in the third Quarter As Abc showed us some of Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman s statistics for the super bowl and postseason. Troy Aikman is posting some real Joe Montana like commentary Abc Mike Ditka Dob Timpy statistics Enberg said. I m not sure Joe Montana s Ever had a postseason like that Trumpy said. Of yes he has Enberg said. Again Tea Ink Phi Dick. It seems that if Trumpy docs say something positive he feels compelled to follow it up with a disclaimer. It s almost like lie s embarrassed. Like when he complimented Dallas running Back Emmlit Smith for a Block on Cornelius Bennett he had to follow it with there Are linemen who Don t do it that he s just got to Knock somebody. Ditka fired by the Chicago bears was Only a Small part of Abc s 2-hour pregame show. He could very easily have been a big part though. Abc could have shortened its pregame by about two hours Xvi Hout losing a thing if it had shown Only the skills contest Between players turned announcers Cris Collinsworth and Todd Chrislyn san and Ditka playing . Simpson in computer football. It was John Madden football by the Way but Abc did t plug the lbs analyst until the end of the pregame when it quickly flashed a Brief thanks to message on the screen. That s what i hate about football. I be got to put my Fate in somebody else s hands Ditka said As his com Puter kicker missed a 31-Yard Field goal giving Simpson a 14-13 Victory. And i Don t even know the kicker s Well Trumpy is no Madden and Enberg in t quite Pat Summrall for that matter but we do have one thing to be grateful for As we make our Abc lbs comparisons. Neither of Abc s sideline reporters is Lesley Vissr. Simpson and Christensen actually did a pretty Good Job and that s saying something since the Job they be got is pretty bad. When s the last time you saw a net work sideline reporter add anything to an event these Days the answer is sunday. At half inic after Michael Jackson got finished Sim son told us he saw More frustration on the Buffalo sideline in the super bowl than he did when the Bills had to rally from a 35-3 deficit to beat Houston Early inthe playoffs. At the worst part of the Houston game i never saw a helmet being thrown. Here i saw at least four Hel mets thrown Simpson said. From the other locker room christens in reported that Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson said we re no cowboys h a Vedy n a Sti c a i r by Bob Santa Monica Calif. Just assuredly As the pfc team will win the super bowl two obligatory morning after questions arc asked 1. Can you repeat next year 2. Can you become a dynasty invariably players and coaches nod yes to both questions through squinty eyes bereft of sleep. And invariably both an Swers Are the new York giants or the Washington redskins or the Chicago bears All of whom talked As if they had the Power to remain n dominant team following their super bowl victories indecent years. Only the san Francisco 49ers, who won the 1989 and 90 super bowls were right. They became the first team to repeat since the Steeles of the 1970s, and were judged to be a dynasty with four championships in nine seasons. And now come the cowboys who said monday that yes they too can repeat and that yes they can become the dynasty of the 90s. History tells us not to be Lieve everything else tells us that history can get lost in this a look at what s right with the cowboys and you get the feeling this team is going to win some More super bowls before Jimmy Johnson goes Bald and Jerry Jones goes Back to Arkansas. They play in the nil s Best division so perhaps they won t repeat next season. But rest assured the cowboys will be hoisting the Vince Lombard trophy and mussing Johnson s hair a few More times in the coming seasons Here s Why the Young guns Dallas is the youngest team in the nil with an average age of 26.6 Yea Sand an average of 4.3 years experience. All of their key players Are under 30 quarterback Troy Aikman the super Cowboy coach Jimmy Johnson greets bowl map is 26, and comparisons to Joe the Media As he Steps off plane in Texas. Montana already have begun. Analysis running Back Emmitt Smith who be came the first player to Lead the nil onrushing and win the super bowl in the same season is 23. All Smith needs is a capable backup to prevent Early burnout. Defensive end Charles Haley is 29 and barring injury should have at least three More productive seasons. Linebacker Ken Norton is 26 and Likely will be a pro bowl player. Only one starter left tackle Mark Tui Sci has 10 or More years experience. The Jimmy and Jerry show Johnson and Jones have formed one of the most aggressive partnerships the nil has their blockbuster Trade in 1989 of pro bowl running Back Herschel Walker to their 1992 Trade for Haley to their Bevy of Superb draft selections Johnson and Jones have disproved the theory that Only through patience can championship team be built. We Don t ask anybody to judge us As right or give us approval about what we re doing Johnson said monday. We re just doing it because it s the right thing to do for us because it s the deep be Lief that that s what makes things happen i m not saying we re doing it the right Way we re doing it the right Way for the no name defense we re not looking at the second coming of the 1985 bears or Pittsburgh s steel cur Tain or Minnesota s purple people we Are seeing from the cowboys is the prototype defense of the 90s.speed and quickness not overpower ing strength and Sie Are the Hallmarks of this defense. It s part Bend but Don to break and Partin your face. They can pressure the quarterback Ashaley did to Jim Kelly and Fra in Reich on sunday. Or they can Lay Back in a zone and Loo for turnovers As the secondary did throughout the postseason. People should Start noticing who we Are because we have a great defense defensive end Jim Juffcoat said. We can play with any team you want to put out there.". The Achilles Heel depth is the one problem that loom for the cowboys specifically at quarterback and running Back. Aikman s backup Steve Blu Carlein is expected to leave As a free agent in the offset son making it imperative that Johnson re Cruit a competent replacement. Cue Rem got the cowboys into the1991 playoffs by winning four starts and another game in which Aikman went Outwith a knee injury. Johnson also must address the Lack of depth at running Back. Smith can last Only so Long accounting for almost All of the cowboys running game. Like the Bills who signed Kenneth Davis As a plan b free agent to help Thurman Thomas Dallas must either use the free agent Market or the draft to help Smith. What to expect Johnson claimed monday that hell be prepared to Deal with the Challenge of repeating. If you re aware of the problems com ing in you can try to adjust he said. But Johnson and his players won t truly be aware of the problems until they go through the experience. They la go int training Camp after spending an entire of season listening to everyone telling them How Good they Are. Then other teams will approach game against the cowboys like mini super Guowu. For those reasons there s a Good Hance the cowboys will stumble at some Point next year. Perhaps it will be nearly season slump. Or a loss or two to bad teams in the Middle of the season. Or perhaps even a late season no lock not Cven Jor a team this Good. But this much is Clear about the Cove boy they re going to be a very very Good team for a very very Long time. V
