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Originally Posted by paulemcrae
Well...he inherited Michael Irvin and Herschel Walker from a 3-13 team. Maybe you can count Nate Newton and Mark Tuinei as well if you want to push it. However, he shrewdly traded for and drafted a slew of great players (Aikman, Smith, Novacek, Haley, Johnston, Stepnoski, Williams, Woodson, etc.). Certainly, the core of the Superbowl teams was put in place by Johnson.
I totally agree with the point about having good assistants like Turner and Wannstedt. You have to surround yourself with good people and Johnson was smart enough to know what he didn't know.
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Actually he inherited Aikman too.
Walsh was his guy. Thats why he spent a #q1 in the Sup draft for him.
Another thing about Johnson was that he was the master of trading, and it wasnt just Walker. He moved up and down at will in just about every draft he did. He came up with the pick value chart that most teams use today.
Johnson's problem in Miami was that he never mastered free agency. I think if he would have stuck around the NFL after his Miami stint and figured that system out, he may have a few more SB's