When you realize that Aikman basically coached the team post 1993, you realize just how impressive he truly was as a player with all that he had on his shoulders.

You can see why Troy was so emotional when Jimmy Johnson got announced for the Hall of Fame. He knew what kind of man and coach he had and what could have further been achieved together.

That last blast from Aikman about tired of being a babysitter -- that's a big part of why you set the numbers aside when you look at why he's in the HOF. That's a leader right there.

This kind of Mentality is what the Cowboys are missing The hate of losing

damn Troy Aikman called out his head coach

I remember Ken Norton Jr. talking about his time under Jimmy Johnson. He said after losses you better not be playing around on the plane ride home because you might not be on the team the following week. The fear and hatred of losing was paramount and Jimmy Johnson had everyone by the balls. This team has never rebounded from Jimmy leaving.

It's different hearing a pro be honest about themselves, Troy Aikman definitely has my respect.

Hell of a player, great leader! Doesn’t need the aggravation, but would make a terrific coach. For what it’s worth, he’s one of the few NFL color announcers worth listening to. Doesn’t talk to hear himself talk, and doesn’t try to bring attention to himself, or take over a broadcast. Knows that every play doesn’t require an extensive analysis or a dissertation.

"Why don't we have a f*cking coach who gets over there and does something about it instead of patting everyone on the ass and they haven't done their f*cking job all night." Wise words from Aikman. I say that all the time about Jason Garrett lol.

damn. I knew Troy and Barry didn't get along but for Troy to say the second half of his career was not fun and tired of babysitting etc... You gotta feel for that guy. My respect for that guy

My respect for troy aikman went up alot watching these nfl sideline clips ,this man's passion to win and perform at your best is inspiring...1990s cowboys could have won 5,6 superbowls.

Troy, this is why you will forever be my all time favorite cowboy. You stood for what’s right, and were the ultimate teammate. Besides Brady, I don’t see another leader like this.

Aikman was the coach 94-95, Switzer was along for the ride.

I am not a huge fan of Troy Aikman, but seeing him get into his guys like this was not only eye opening, but gained my respect. He was a winner that wanted to win and didn't want to settle for mediocrity. #RESPECT

Jerry still doesn't get the importance of having a great coach.

"Jimmy Johnson couldn't coach my way." LOL. That's true. Jimmy was a very good coach.

Reality is Barry was out partying with Irvin and the boys lmao

Die hard Giants fan, but Jimmy Johnson should NOT have been let go

This is exactly how I feel at work. Poor management, no accountability.

He coached like a father at Oklahoma. He coached like a grandpa at Dallas.

This whole special makes me respect Aikman even more than I already did. He was basically trying to coach and play QB while Switzer stood around looking useless and disengaged. What a shame to waste that kind of talent when he still could have been playing in Super Bowls. Very interesting to watch that all unfold. I appreciate the Brady/Belichick dynamic even more now.

Wow. My respect for Aikman just doubled! (Pats fan)

Even though he's in the Hall of Fame, Aikman remains an underrated quarterback.

04:36 ... Holy shit! I've never seen that side of Aikman. He always seemed so calm.

Troy actually comes off really well in this. He's not being rude or unreasonable, he's fired up. Lots of guys would get personal, but he keeps it professional while booting people in the ass. A real field general type.

Jimmy Johnson wins 2 super bowls back 2 back. Jerry Jones: Your stealing my thunder and I dont like it, your fired!

This made me love Troy talk about a guy you want leading your team and being all business

When Switzer hung out with Aikman, it was RC....when he went out with Irvin, it was definitely Coke!

Wow that was front page material by Aikmen on that sideline if he said that nowadays Espn would play that clip for 48 hours straight

New found respect for Troy - these guys were untouchable in my childhood years - never knew he went through this

As a 49ers fan I loathed the cowboys back in the 90's...but mad respect to Aikman for his leadership. This right here is why i love the internet. ya get to see all this awesome footage and it helps ya get to know the real person and situations.

Wow this was eye-opening. I knew Switzer sucked in the NFL but not to the point that he drove Aikman insane. Yeah Switzer won a ring, but ANYONE could have with the kind of talent Dallas had.

Jerry Jones is responsible for the Cowboys downfall. Look at Jerry's draft history since Jimmy Johnson's departure.

Most people don’t realize what a great QB Aikman was.

You never saw Romo or even Dak behaving like Aikman. And that’s what’s missing in Dallas today... strong, genuine leadership.

That’s why Troy gave Tom Coughlin so much respect he loved his hard nose discipline coaching style. He would’ve love to play for Coughlin.

As tough as they come, Aikman was soooooooooo damn competitive & when you have a QB like that, you want to fight for him !!!!!! He's absolutely right; the difference between Johnson & Switzer was like night & day. Troy's always been a winner !!!!!!!

Switzer called him out saying the only person I’ve ever heard say that is the quarterback and I love it

I'm a cowboys fan. I miss Jimmy Johnson more than some of my deceased relatives

If Jimmy had stayed, they definitely would've three-peated, maybe even four in a row, but after that, the Packers and Broncos were coming up strong. Mad respect for Troy for saying it as it was, then and now!

I always wondered why Troy never smiled. Now it makes sence.

I don't know how it was before, but if you were born in the mid-late 60s like I was, what you see in Troy's frustration at the end of this clip is EXACTLY how we were taught on the field, and right or wrong this tough love or whatever the f you want to call it, breeds greatness and brings out that 5th gear in certain individuals that they are aware of and can tap into for life.

Decade later. That Still what's going on with the COWBOYS . Well said AIKMAN

Barry Switzer was a totally different coach in Dallas than he was at Oklahoma. In his heart, and I think we all know it looking back, Switzer was done coaching when he resigned in 1989 from Oklahoma. When the Cowboys came with an offer for the best coaching job in football and an enormous amount of money, he absolutely took it. The Switzer at Oklahoma was a badass leader that cultivated an incredibly strong team culture during his time there. He had a way of creating an 'Us vs. Them' attitude and the players wanted to please him. He was cocky and the reason why OU was widely seen as the nastiest group of football players during his time there, and most successful. As West Virginia head coach Dana Holgerson put it just 2 weeks ago in reference to Switzer's Oklahoma teams, "Oklahoma invented intimidation". You better believe Switzer was the reason why.

Took Jerry Jones 20 years to figure out what the problem was........himself.

Barry Switzer: "Hey don't look at me I just work here"

You have to counter balance that with the love so many of the team felt for Switzer and still feels to this day.

Dallas was head & shoulders above everyone else once Jimmy got his system in place. They were acquiring talent at an unbelievable pace. I'm confident the Cowboys would've went on to dominate the NFL like nobody had ever done if Jimmy & Jerry could've gotten along.

It's pretty amazing how the lives of Troy, Jimmy Johnson, and Barry Switzer were so intertwined over Troy's development in college and his career as an NFL quarterback.

I just gained even more respect for Aikman through watching this video. He was absolutely right about Switzer not being hard enough on the players. That culture shift made Dallas much softer. Aikman and the Boys could've won several more rings if the coaching was better.

Barry Switzer- The one who made life miserable for Tom Osborne and Nebraska when he was coaching Oklahoma.

I've always thought Johnson/Aikman is the best HC/QB combo of all time. Hearing this basically confirms it. With all do respect, and I mean with all do respect to Bill and Tom.

I see this and i picture Jason Garrett clapping on the sidelines after a blown assignment

Barry said we not going to drink RC Cola....LMAO. Man Troy was going off! He was not FUCKING around

Jerry Jones killed this franchise.

It’s called the Jerry Jones ego curse! 25 years and counting.

even as an eagles fan I feel bad for Aikman because he was a great qb with a great team but without Jimmy they really didn't do anything

"Am I gonna drink RC colas with him?" lmao

Thank you Jerry, thank you Jimmy, thank You Barry, thank You Troy, thank You Michael, thank You Emmitt, thank You Moose, thanks to All the Guys, coach’s for a wonderful time of Great Memories. I truly hope All NFL teams can somehow find the success that this Cowboys team found in the 1990s to give their Fans the same wonderful feelings that we all Felt

Got to give props to Aikman here 💥

There's an anecdote in Jeff Pearlman's book about how, during the week leading up to the Super Bowl, Switzer was spending more time carousing and having fun rather than preparing for the game. His attitude was "I might not get back here, so I might as well enjoy it." Looking back, I'm impressed they even won one title with Switzer.

Without a doubt Troy had to do such after Jimmy left. Man if Jimmy would have stayed they would have been the first team to win 3 in a row. And the first team to win 6 in a decade.

After watching this video, my respect for Troy Aikman just went up substantially!

Saints fan here, if Jimmy Johnson had stayed, they would have won 5 or 6 Super Bowls in the 90s.

Jerry prefers 'yes-men' over actual football coaches!

wow aikman was a big time leader. didn't know

3:57 The 94' team was just as good as the 92' and 93' team. Just happened to have some key injuries, 49'ers stacked their team and we spotted them 21. 95' team was a touch below the 92-94 teams but still incredible and obviously won the SB "We did it our way baby" Troy doesn't mention free agency and the salary cap is what robbed our team of a bunch of talent. Jimmy staying wouldn't have made a damn difference. 96 and 97 Troy Aikman the offense went on hiatus. Wasted an absolutely dominant 96' defense and a really good 97z' defense.

Troy was right the Dallas Cowboys have been missing that leadership ever since....

Great video. The Cowboys were Jimmy Johnson's team. Jerry Jones is a clown. Troy was one of the best ever

I was always curious to know what happened during the later years of Aikman's career because not much is said about it because of the struggles the Cowboys had. The thing I am glad to see from this video is that you can tell Aikman was still giving it everything he had in the later half of his career and that he tried to be what the team needed when it was the coaches' jobs to do what he was forced to do in terms of holding players accountable for their mistakes.

I'm an Eagles fan but love Troy Aikman, now that is a man's man....

Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys: the most glamorous position in American sport, but also the toughest.

Troy Aikman to Michael Irvin: "i know you're injured but i just need you out there. Please just come to practice; you change the way the team practices." My friends, that says it all about the greatness of Michael Irvin! Great leaders change the way others do business. /dh

Wow respect for Aikman! Actually more respect really! Always respected the guy. And this is coming from a G-men fan who never really had a problem with him calling games...I like him as a play by play guy and now after seeing this I like him even more.

That's what made Jimmy so great was that he knew how to get the most out of his players. He knew how to motivate them and press the right buttons. Jimmy's coaching style never changed and he never was lackadaisical like Barry's was at the end of his career. Jimmy knew again how to lay the law down and get the most of out of his players and this quote perfectly describes how great Jimmy was. "Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be." That's how he molded a team of losers of 1989 into winners in 92.

I remember how frustrated Aikman would get at the O when guys were lining up in a wrong formation or wrong spot. He expected perfection like Jimmy. Switzer was clueless

The more I watch this, the more I start to realize, I’m not gonna see another Super Bowl for a long time. The more I see Troy struggling, I realize 1995 Super Bowl was gonna be the last time for The cowboys in 25 years from now.

Troy is in Gangsta Rap mode with all that cussing!

And you could tell Aikman didn’t wanna be the one chewing guys out for not doing their job right. It’s not the QBs job to issue that sort of wake up message. The lack of discipline continued to grow leading to their falloff.

Jerry Jones shouldn’t even be talking in this documentary 💀

Jerry Jones ruining everything

Aikman = legend

I appreciate Troy for doing this story. That guy was a Lion!!! Dude you need to start coaching! I’m a huge Cowboys fan and never liked Barry Switzer.... this confirms it. Glad I got the opportunity to see you play in person.

To be fair, RC Colas are a very underrated carbonated beverage.

Gained major respect for Aikman after this. The guy was not only a winner but always tried to lead his unit in the right direction.

Aikman's rant about Switzer reminds me of Jason Garrett.

Aikman is very sharp. Great QB. Love him.

Switzer didn't win that ring, That was still Johnson's team and Troy had to play QB and coach.

I'm a Packer fan, but, man, Staubach and Aikman are right up there on the Mt. Rushmore of all-time great quarterbacks. If Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson had held that thing together, it would've been difficult for the Packers to have gotten to a Super Bowl in '96.

That last minute... shows you just how much you really cared about the game very inspiring.

The fact that he could sense their decline before the 95 is crazy. He saw it coming and couldn’t stop it

It kind of begs the question: How would Troy Aikman be as a football coach?

Switzer: Jimmy Johnson couldn't coach like I could, either. Me screaming at my screen: EXACTLY! THAT'S WHY JIMMY WAS THE BEST AND YOU'RE A CHUMP!!

young Aikman looks like Biff from Back to the Future

By the time Switzer was the team's head coach, they were a lot of crazies on that roster. It gotten so bad that Barry was once caught with a weapon at an airport and his reasoning was the players he was coaching were scary to him sometimes. Nuts!

Wow, I saw this football life when i was younger and it gave me more insight to research into my Cowboys...to see this years later is astounding. From my perspective, Jason Garrett is literally along for the ride, just like Barry Switzer was in the 90's, disregarding the short stint with Parcells when the century turned. If Aikman were to work his way into the GM position in Dallas, I have no doubts he can create a more formidable franchise than what Jerry has put forth over the last 23 years. Incredible stuff here.

Funny how Switzer was not concerned about his relationship with Aikman, but when it came to the rest of the team he just wanted to be everyone's friend.

I remember a game in 1996(I think), where the Cowboys lost at home to the Eagles, when they were 4th & goal on the 3-yard line, needing a TD, or the game was over, and they had Deion & Michael on the sideline - trying to throw a play-action pass to Bjornson or something and it gets pick-6'd. That's Switzer. Great guy, but haphazard as a coach at the top level.

Being an NFL headcoach is such a delicate balancing act. If the coach doesn't have the trust and respect of his players, if they don't believe he has their best interest at heart or is only being tough on them because he wants them to succeed, the players will just tune the coach out. Fast. Examples of recent coaches that didn't have the respect of their players: Bill Callahan, Raiders Mike Nolan, 49ers Mike Tice, Vikings Bobby Petrino, Falcons Nick Saban, Dolphins Rod Marianelli, Lions Jim L. Mora, Seahawks Norv Turner, Chargers Steve Spagnuolo, Rams Josh McDaniels, Broncos Chan Gailey, Bills Tom Cable, Raiders Wade Philips, Cowboys Lane Kiffin, Raiders Todd Haley, Chiefs Raheem Morris, Buccaneers Jim Schwartz, Lions Mike Smith, Falcons Chip Kelly, Eagles Marc Trestman, Bears Chuck Pagano, Colts Jason Garrett, Cowboys Adam Gase, Dolphins/Jets Jay Gruden, FootballTeam Bill O'Brien, Texans Gus Bradley, Jaguars Steve Wilkes, Cardinals Freddie Kitchens, Browns NOTES: -I did this all from memory, and tried to do it chronologically the best I could. -Tried to include every team at least once to give every fan base a chuckle, but a couple teams have had such little coaching turnover due to how good the coaching is (NE, NO, PIT, GB, BAL). Also teams with little coaching turnover rate, but less successful results than group above (CIN, TEN). -Not saying these teams never respected these coaches! This is more aimed at when the coach departed the team. Yes, it is possible for a team to still adore a departing coach (See Andy Reid/Eagles and Jim Harbaugh/49ers) -This was just for fun, hope you enjoyed!

I will never forget the beginning of this clip - Aikman and Switzer coldly shaking hands after winning the Super Bowl like they were at a business meeting.