Jimmy Johnson makes a confession while going to war with the Pro Football Hall of Fame for Belichick decision
The former Dallas Cowboys head coach is quite angry at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and he should be.
To say Dallas Cowboys iconic head coach Jimmy Johnson is mad at the Pro Football Hall of Fame is a massive understatement.
Johnson has made his feelings know about the voters’ decision not to induct Bill Belichick on his first year on the ballot, and he’s doubling down on it one day after the controversial news. And his current crusade against the Hall of Fame has reached the point of him making a confession about his practices when he was coaching.
Johnson calls ‘Spygate’ an excuse
Johnson joined The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday to discuss the news about Belichick and called the unknown voters who didn’t include Belichick on their ballots “ignorant, jealous, (expletive)” while adding their decision “tarnishes everything about the Hall of Fame.”
And while some have cited Spygate as the probably reason why Belichick didn’t get the votes, Johnson called it an excuse and even confessed to utilizing similar strategies to learn the opponents’ signals.
“Everybody was trying to steal signals, a lot of people would not admit to it but every team had an individual trying to steal the signals,” Johnson said. “One of the scouts at the Kansas City Chiefs came to us and said ‘we have the system, Howard Mudd is the best at doing it.”
Johnson added the Cowboys “tried doing it” but admitted they couldn’t do it efficiently so they abandoned the project. As I noted in a previous article, The Boston Herald issued a public apology after its initial reporting of Spygate, acknowledging its report had sources that weren’t credible.”
Pro Football Hall of Fame needs changes
The backlash for the Hall of Fame has been so strong that I wouldn’t be surprised if changes to the voting process are on the way.
Specifically, the process needs to be much more transparent. Johnson, who said on the show many voters are lying about voting for Belichick, posted on Tuesday night that he would like to know who didn’t vote for the eight-time Super Bowl champion.
According to Hall of Fame voter Darin Gantt, who refused on social media to reveal his votes, the Hall asks voters “to not disclose” their decisions with the public. Thanks to this week’s flabbergasting decision on who many consider the greatest coach of all time, that has to change one way or another.
The one thing the Hall of Fame cannot afford to lose is credibility. With Belichick being forced to wait at least another year, it already did.
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