He was pissed cuz the cowboys didn’t pay him what he felt he was worth . His attitude was deserved. He was a champion and you can’t take that away from him ..great runner
His attitude was deserved? He was an arrogant nasty poor excuse for a human being ....but that is expected from his type, especially now.....and he was an ok runner, he is not even in the top 50 running backs...
Excuse me Mr styles… I didn’t know you had to live with him, nor did I put him in the top 50 runners 🤷🏻♂️… all I’m saying if they had paid him more money, his attitude would probably have been different..AND he’s still a champion. Keep hatin ezra
@@davidcharles34 Agree. The NFL was not paying well. If the Cowboys had paid Thomas even a little like they capitalized off their celebrity athlete status then I believe Thomas would’ve acted differently. It’s amazing how little many of the players were paid in those days.
I had the pleasure of meeting him about 10-12 yrs ago in LA very cool deep thinking man we kept in touch for a few yrs he moved from San Diego to Arizona They invited me out but time and Life stepped in and I was not able to do so,I live on the east coast He drove me to a Film festival a couple times would not take any money I had to trick him to buy us both a breakfast one morning lol I even had to guess who he was by seeing a old Dallas cap in his car, we stayed at the same hotel we talked music art and finally I asked are you Duane Thomas who played with the cowboys ? He said yes I said wow we listened to a cd of Rick James and Tina Marie cruising thru L A I gave him that copy May the Most High comfort him and his family and close Friends
He would often visit my neighbor Charlie Henderson in Dallas back in the 70s. They played college ball together at then was West Texas State or A&I college. He often commented that Charles was the better running back of the two.
@@georgeanthony7282 Great backs had 1000 yards in a 14 game season. Let's face it, the dude was very talented, but he thought too highly of himself and never realized his potential. It was a waste, plain and simple, and all due to his own hubris.
Duane Thomas ran like he was governed by a gyroscope. He would stop on a dime for a split second and then spurt in another direction. He always maintained impeccable balance.
His running style was fantastic. He blocked for Mercury Morris in college. In Super Bowl VI, Mercury Morris was a kickoff return specialist for Miami, but not a running back till the following year when they went undefeated.
@@josephedwards9645 Granted, he threw his career away. But part of the blame has to go with the organization which for years cheated its players out of much-deserved money!
This film doesn’t include that Tom Landry welcomed him back to the Cowboys after Thomas was released by Washington. I was shocked the night that channel 8? Sports Segment had Landry and Thomas as guests announcing that Thomas was coming back to the Team.
Duane thought first that the issue was a racial thing but found out it was a greed thing. Thomas once said tex shramm was a man you really couldn't trust
Remember that other Cowboys back then thought they were under paid. Didn't Bob Lilly catch a flight back to Dallas in '71 and threaten to retire? Staubach wanted to be traded, but that was because Landry couldn't decide between him and Craig Morton. I think DD Lewis was also highly disgruntled about being under paid as was Bob Hayes.
@@StellarFella Where's the reward for his actions? In reality he was a fool to listen to Jim Brown's advice and behave like Brown did when he was in the same situation. By then, Jimmy Brown had already established himself as a superstar... and could call his own shots. In fact, he called Art Modell's bluff (owner of The Cleveland Browns) and quite the game to go into acting and Hollywood. Thomas had no such fool proof plan up his sleave. So I ask you once again, where's his reward? And let me ask you this, would you have done the same exact thing as Thomas were you in the same situation? I can guess no...
whoever coined the phrase the saddest thing of all is wasted talent had duane thomas in mind when he said it he could've been great really special but his demons got the best of him very very sad
He should have kept in mind that He & All NFL Players were basically Entertainers- there to Perform in a Show...and that it was Never a Good Idea to Alienate the Customers (Fans)...I don't think he got much sympathy either in Dallas or Washington (to say Nothing of San Diego)... What a Ripoff!!
While Thomas had a legitimate gripe about being underpaid, it still isn't right to take out his frustrations on the whole organization. After all, most everyone on that team was being railroaded as well. Also, he had the opportunity to make a good salary when traded (first to the Patriots, then to the Chargers). Instead he brought along the chip on his shoulder when moved... which in essence destroyed his career. So he's partly to blame for his downfall. His final two seasons of professional football with the Redskins were a total waste. In fact, he didn't even get to complete his final year with them, as they tired of his behavior. Being a shell of himself just a year later, he attempted a comeback with the (guess who) Cowboys and later the Packers. He had changed his attitude. But by then his skills as a runner were gone. The late New York Daily News sports writer Dick Young said it best... "Duane Thomas is attempting to say hello when he should be saying goodbye."
Is there Absolute PROOF that Thomas was on Cocaine ala Thomas 'Hollywood' Henderson?? I read that Thomas was seriously into eating health food- only taking fruit & veggies from the training table, so somebody taking that much interest in keeping healthy doesn't seem like he would be a Coke Addict... My Guess would be Mental Illness, like Depression or Bipolar Disorder...
Characterized as a black sheep is typical of the mentality of the one speaking, Duane Thomas made Dallas proud, Duane Thomas was the reason that The Dallas Cowboys won their first Super.Bowl, Duane Thomas was a native of Dallas, Texas, home grown talent. Duane Thomas and Harvey Martin were both from Dallas. Dallas didn’t treat the Black Football players good back then.
@@georgeanthony7282 Its natural for us to see it different and that's ok. Go Dallas Cowboys, Americas Team you know, those other teams don't like that title.
@@georgeanthony7282At least Thomas wasn't a Total Asshole like Clint Longley Was- attacking Staubach in the locker room just so He would force the Cowboys to trade him- because he didn't want to be a backup after his One Hit Wonder performance against the Redskins in 1974... Thomas also didn't let loose Rattlesnakes in the locker room like Longley did Either.... What a PUNK...
@StellarFella Dave Manders recovered the ball in Superbowl 5 but Billy Ray Smith jumped up yelling Colt Ball Colt Ball and the idiot ref believed him!! In Superbowl 6 the game was out of reach so it really didn't matter!!!
Mental health wasn't addressed as seriously then as it is now... I would have to imagine he would have more options, tools and medications today to deal with whatever that was bothering him
Wow! Attitude very disruptive as a team member! Man you robbed your own self a place in history! Meaning a place in The NFL Hall of fame! Man it's an honor to play this game!
8273!! Do U have any idea the racism black players had to endure living in Dallas and playing for the Cowboys?? The state of Texas was a racist STATE!!! Dallas back then had a history of under paying their players. The players had to strike just to form their own union.
Either Bipolar or Depression... I don't buy that he was on Cocaine...he was too much into healthy eating- only taking fruit and veggies from the training table, I read...he might have done Pot- but That was Seriously Risky in Texas back then- especially for a Black guy, football star notwithstanding... My Guess is Mental Illness...he wasn't Thomas 'Hollywood' Henderson...
I have always felt that the Cowboys did not need Thomas that year. In Super Bowl 6, Calvin Hill and Walt Garriso also had huge days behind the outstanding offensive line that opened gaping holes in the Miami Dolphin defense.
Could have been one of the greatest running backs ever. Was a lot like Jim Brown and he had a great Cowboy team behind them. He beat out Calvin Hill who was a very good running back.
@Anthony Wright Calvin Hill had injury problems they were unsure were going to get satisfactorily resolved in time. They drafted Dwayne Thomas for insurance. Dwayne Thomas fumbled on the one foot line in Super Bowl V. Calvin Hill fumbled on the one foot line in Super Bowl VI.
It's sad to realize that even as late as 1979, Thomas was still trying out for the Packers, eight years after SB VI. For almost a decade, he had been living at cross purposes with himself, self-destructively refusing to get his act together while at the same time announcing to the entire world he wanted to play in San Diego, Washington, the WFL, Dallas again, the CFL, Green Bay. Some people can't get out of their own way. A Jekyll and Hyde character if there ever was one. The salary issue became less credible with each stop on his downward spiral. Two passable seasons in DC were his last realistic chance, but even that he screwed up by demanding his salary be almost tripled from $60,000 to $160,000 after the 1974 season. As if he was on his own plane of reality, pacing back and forward in an ever smaller room, the real world at one end, his private inner logic at the other, bumping his nose faster and faster. One doesn't get that type of pay hike as a situation second string back, whether Tex Schramm is signing your pay checks or not. Watching Thomas slowly walk off the field while his Charger teammates were playing Dallas with the game still going on (This Week in the NFL) feels voyeuristic, like staring at a bloody car wreck on the highway. The difference being many motorists have the opportunity to avoid such a fate. Social militancy, a psychological disorder and drugs are a bad combination.
Duane Thomas ran like Duane Thomas!!! If Dallas would have paid Duane what he was worth then Thomas would have left OJ in the dust! OJ ran on COCAINE ....Duane ran on ability!!!!!!
He could have been a more powerful Dorsett #33, but he had a bad attitude. BLduMb. Don't blame it all on Landry as Landry even told Staubach what to do until Roger said: That's it I'm retiring.
Duane Thomas didn’t seem arrogant. I think he battled with bipolar disorder. He understood the importance of the team he just wanted two incompatible goals. He wanted privacy and he was such a good player he drew attention to himself, attention he didn’t really want.
With his attitude, no team structure could reach him. One example of a variation of mental illness in the form of an anti social attitude. A totally unresolved situation. Such a shame.
Those two 800 yard plus seasons were undeniably magnificent. He delivered, but did so in a thoroughly painful way his second season. Painful for the way the entire team had to put up with his absurd behavior.
@StellarFella, How painful was it really for the team, though? He said what he was going to do and did it. His teammates were denied the possibility of maintaining any camaraderie with him, but at the same time, management didn't have to cope with any public statements critical of them. He did everything on the field which was expected of a talent of his magnitude and his work ethic was exemplary. Perhaps, the individuals who were most adversely affected were those in the media, denied any chance to fashion coverage truly speaking to the story of a man, rather than an enigma, and offering Thomas' perspectives on the society, as it was represented by one of its institutions, in the midst of gaining ever more prominence and influence.
@@mitchellmelkin4078 - Duane delivered and then some. The team members were forced to take sides and they did. With management. The wrong side it turns out. Duane Thomas was right. ALL the Cowboys were pathetically underpaid and there was no excuse for that.
His assertions were patently indefensible. When people talk in absurd circles like he did, it is so sad and aggravating at the same time. What did he end up doing in life?
He was such a talent. I grew up in Dallas and loved him. But he could be in the Hall of Fame had he not been so angry and rebellious. Don't get me wrong. Rebelling is good on occasion. You need to know where to pick your fights.
@@coreyjett39 He had a chip on his shoulder. He thought Cowboys management was not paying him what he was worth. He thought he was discriminated against for being black. He had the late Jim Brown telling him that he was a victim. He publicly insulted the coaches and management. That approach didn't work for him while he was still a young player.
Gil Brandt and Tex Schramm went after him during his high school days. They knew about his family situation and tried to put in a smaller school so he wouldn’t get hurt.
He was pissed cuz the cowboys didn’t pay him what he felt he was worth . His attitude was deserved. He was a champion and you can’t take that away from him ..great runner
His attitude was deserved? He was an arrogant nasty poor excuse for a human being ....but that is expected from his type, especially now.....and he was an ok runner, he is not even in the top 50 running backs...
Excuse me Mr styles… I didn’t know you had to live with him, nor did I put him in the top 50 runners 🤷🏻♂️… all I’m saying if they had paid him more money, his attitude would probably have been different..AND he’s still a champion. Keep hatin ezra
@@EzraStyles-b6n His type? What's his type? And are there any arrogant, nasty, sobs of your type? Think before you answer.
@@davidcharles34 Agree. The NFL was not paying well. If the Cowboys had paid Thomas even a little like they capitalized off their celebrity athlete status then I believe Thomas would’ve acted differently. It’s amazing how little many of the players were paid in those days.
@@EzraStyles-b6nbut he won.
My hero...."Evidently"
🤠🇱🇷🇱🇷
I had the pleasure of meeting him about 10-12 yrs ago in LA very cool deep thinking man we kept in touch for a few yrs he moved from San Diego to Arizona They invited me out but time and Life stepped in and I was not able to do so,I live on the east coast He drove me to a Film festival a couple times would not take any money I had to trick him to buy us both a breakfast one morning lol I even had to guess who he was by seeing a old Dallas cap in his car, we stayed at the same hotel we talked music art and finally I asked are you Duane Thomas who played with the cowboys ? He said yes
I said wow we listened to a cd of Rick James and Tina Marie cruising thru L A I gave him that copy
May the Most High comfort him and his family and close Friends
RIP Duane Thomas
He would often visit my neighbor Charlie Henderson in Dallas back in the 70s. They played college ball together at then was West Texas State or A&I college. He often commented that Charles was the better running back of the two.
Duane Thomas should be in the hall of fame
Duane Thomas was a great back with terrific speed. He was the back who would get to the outside and gain 7 yards a pop.
Had 2 800+ yards rushing 1970 and 1971( was rookie of the year 1970) he did his talking on the field
Dennis Shaw of Buffalo was the 1970 NFL rookie of the year. Thomas says he was, but he wasn't.
Wrong. Check the record books fo Mr. Thomas' rookie season.
800 yards a season is nothing to crow about. LOL.
@@laudace1764 It is when you only have a 14 game season.
@@georgeanthony7282 Great backs had 1000 yards in a 14 game season. Let's face it, the dude was very talented, but he thought too highly of himself and never realized his potential. It was a waste, plain and simple, and all due to his own hubris.
Duane Thomas ran like he was governed by a gyroscope.
He would stop on a dime for a split second and then spurt in another direction.
He always maintained impeccable balance.
It's spelled D-u-a-n-e, not Dwayne bonehead.
@@georgeanthony7282 - Somebody's a bonehead.
He had unseen power in his hips. Was a master of the dead leg.
Read the book Duane Thomas And The Fall Of America's Team- to get a better perspective on Thomas...
Yep-what could have been.
His running style was fantastic. He blocked for Mercury Morris in college.
In Super Bowl VI, Mercury Morris was a kickoff return specialist for Miami, but not a running back till the following year when they went undefeated.
Well , I guess the organization showed him that he wasn't God's only gift Team by getting rid of him.
@@josephedwards9645 Granted, he threw his career away. But part of the blame has to go with the organization which for years cheated its players out of much-deserved money!
This film doesn’t include that Tom Landry welcomed him back to the Cowboys after Thomas was released by Washington. I was shocked the night that channel 8? Sports Segment had Landry and Thomas as guests announcing that Thomas was coming back to the Team.
He did come back and played a little in pre season also they had signed Ron Johnson of the Giants but they just didn't have anything left .
Wow!
But by that time he was but a shell of himself... and never made the team.
@@catmandu1957 yes!… I remember that as well .. 1976. I don’t think he made the final roster though . RIP, Duane Thomas.
Thomas played in the WFL in 1975 with the Honolulu Hawaiians, as did Calvin Hill, before he signed with the Cowboys in 1976...
Duane thought first that the issue was a racial thing but found out it was a greed thing. Thomas once said tex shramm was a man you really couldn't trust
Remember that other Cowboys back then thought they were under paid. Didn't Bob Lilly catch a flight back to Dallas in '71 and threaten to retire? Staubach wanted to be traded, but that was because Landry couldn't decide between him and Craig Morton. I think DD Lewis was also highly disgruntled about being under paid as was Bob Hayes.
At that time, this is a statement I can believe
It was a greed AND racist thing.
@@noeltaylor3594 - Thomas was a champion for fighting for higher pay.
@@StellarFella Where's the reward for his actions? In reality he was a fool to listen to Jim Brown's advice and behave like Brown did when he was in the same situation. By then, Jimmy Brown had already established himself as a superstar... and could call his own shots. In fact, he called Art Modell's bluff (owner of The Cleveland Browns) and quite the game to go into acting and Hollywood. Thomas had no such fool proof plan up his sleave. So I ask you once again, where's his reward? And let me ask you this, would you have done the same exact thing as Thomas were you in the same situation? I can guess no...
Duane Thomas should be hall fame.
Are you on drugs!
His instincts for movement were uncanny.
His adaptive reactions were instantaneous like he had eyes all around.
Landry sorely needed to draft Warren Moon in 1978.
Every NFL team passed up in him.
He remained undrafted!
Then he went and tore up the CFL, 5 Grey Cups with Edmonton Eskimos
At that time Dallas passed over Joe Montana taking TE Doug Cosby instead because they felt they were loaded at QB, not knowing Roger would retire
@@catmandu1957 it was because they liked Danny White. Roger was 38, he wasn’t gonna play forever
whoever coined the phrase the saddest thing of all is wasted talent had duane thomas in mind when he said it he could've been great really special but his demons got the best of him very very sad
He should have kept in mind that He & All NFL Players were basically Entertainers- there to Perform in a Show...and that it was Never a Good Idea to Alienate the Customers (Fans)...I don't think he got much sympathy either in Dallas or Washington (to say Nothing of San Diego)... What a Ripoff!!
The roll call thing was hilarious
Should have been an Oakland Raiders.
While Thomas had a legitimate gripe about being underpaid, it still isn't right to take out his frustrations on the whole organization. After all, most everyone on that team was being railroaded as well. Also, he had the opportunity to make a good salary when traded (first to the Patriots, then to the Chargers). Instead he brought along the chip on his shoulder when moved... which in essence destroyed his career. So he's partly to blame for his downfall. His final two seasons of professional football with the Redskins were a total waste. In fact, he didn't even get to complete his final year with them, as they tired of his behavior. Being a shell of himself just a year later, he attempted a comeback with the (guess who) Cowboys and later the Packers. He had changed his attitude. But by then his skills as a runner were gone. The late New York Daily News sports writer Dick Young said it best... "Duane Thomas is attempting to say hello when he should be saying goodbye."
Dallas underpaid and didn't pay #33 Duane Thomas what he deserved. They are still doing that today 2024.
"Something?"
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Is there Absolute PROOF that Thomas was on Cocaine ala Thomas 'Hollywood' Henderson??
I read that Thomas was seriously into eating health food- only taking fruit & veggies from the training table, so somebody taking that much interest in keeping healthy doesn't seem like he would be a Coke Addict...
My Guess would be Mental Illness, like Depression or Bipolar Disorder...
Is there Proof that he was on Cocaine??
He wasn't Thomas 'Hollywood' Henderson...
Characterized as a black sheep is typical of the mentality of the one speaking, Duane Thomas made Dallas proud, Duane Thomas was the reason that The Dallas Cowboys won their first Super.Bowl, Duane Thomas was a native of Dallas, Texas, home grown talent. Duane Thomas and Harvey Martin were both from Dallas. Dallas didn’t treat the Black Football players good back then.
Dallas didn't treat ANY of its players whether back or white (with the exception of maybe Roger Staubach) good back then.
@@georgeanthony7282 Its natural for us to see it different and that's ok. Go Dallas Cowboys, Americas Team you know, those other teams don't like that title.
Want to make everything racial? LOL--more excuses.
@@georgeanthony7282At least Thomas wasn't a Total Asshole like Clint Longley Was- attacking Staubach in the locker room just so He would force the Cowboys to trade him- because he didn't want to be a backup after his One Hit Wonder performance against the Redskins in 1974...
Thomas also didn't let loose Rattlesnakes in the locker room like Longley did Either....
What a PUNK...
Yea imagine Hill and Thomas in SB 10!!! Thomas would of been 26 and Hill 27!!! At their peak.
Duane Thomas fumbled on the goal line in Super Bowl 5. Calvin Hill fumbled on the goal line in Super Bowl 6.
@StellarFella Dave Manders recovered the ball in Superbowl 5 but Billy Ray Smith jumped up yelling Colt Ball Colt Ball and the idiot ref believed him!! In Superbowl 6 the game was out of reach so it really didn't matter!!!
But both Hill and Thomas were playing in the WFL with the Honolulu Hawaiians that year...
Mental health wasn't addressed as seriously then as it is now... I would have to imagine he would have more options, tools and medications today to deal with whatever that was bothering him
Wow! Attitude very disruptive as a team member! Man you robbed your own self a place in history! Meaning a place in
The NFL Hall of fame!
Man it's an honor to play this game!
8273!! Do U have any idea the racism black players had to endure living in Dallas and playing for the Cowboys?? The state of Texas was a racist STATE!!! Dallas back then had a history of under paying their players. The players had to strike just to form their own union.
@@williammartin4220 And they just underpaid the black players, right?
@@williammartin4220Sure... just read North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent....
It’s sounds like Duane Thomas was Bi Polar before it was diagnosed
You'd be bipolar too if you realized your employer was cheating you out of money well deserved, pal.
Meds don’t work when not used
Either Bipolar or Depression... I don't buy that he was on Cocaine...he was too much into healthy eating- only taking fruit and veggies from the training table, I read...he might have done Pot- but That was Seriously Risky in Texas back then- especially for a Black guy, football star notwithstanding...
My Guess is Mental Illness...he wasn't Thomas 'Hollywood' Henderson...
The trouble started with Tex he wouldn't pay the man
Tex wouldn't pay Duane or any other Cowboy for that matter... they were the stingiest team organization at that time in the NFL!
@@georgeanthony7282 And thus they were the template for today's "salary cap" NFL.
Same with the rams,and Eric Dickerson.
I wonder if teams these days put up with these type of issues for the sake of winning
I have always felt that the Cowboys did not need Thomas that year. In Super Bowl 6, Calvin Hill and Walt Garriso also had huge days behind the outstanding offensive line that opened gaping holes in the Miami Dolphin defense.
Could have been one of the greatest running backs ever. Was a lot like Jim Brown and he had a great Cowboy team behind them. He beat out Calvin Hill who was a very good running back.
@Anthony Wright Calvin Hill had injury problems they were unsure were going to get satisfactorily resolved in time. They drafted Dwayne Thomas for insurance. Dwayne Thomas fumbled on the one foot line in Super Bowl V. Calvin Hill fumbled on the one foot line in Super Bowl VI.
@Anthony Wright You can go back and edit your own posts if you truly make a typo.
Does anyone know where his interview HBO interview is?
It seems that Thomas had a mental disorder..perhaps suffering from depression. It wouldn’t surprise me if he was bi-polar.
It was a lack of money
It's sad to realize that even as late as 1979, Thomas was still trying out for the Packers, eight years after SB VI. For almost a decade, he had been living at cross purposes with himself, self-destructively refusing to get his act together while at the same time announcing to the entire world he wanted to play in San Diego, Washington, the WFL, Dallas again, the CFL, Green Bay. Some people can't get out of their own way. A Jekyll and Hyde character if there ever was one. The salary issue became less credible with each stop on his downward spiral. Two passable seasons in DC were his last realistic chance, but even that he screwed up by demanding his salary be almost tripled from $60,000 to $160,000 after the 1974 season. As if he was on his own plane of reality, pacing back and forward in an ever smaller room, the real world at one end, his private inner logic at the other, bumping his nose faster and faster. One doesn't get that type of pay hike as a situation second string back, whether Tex Schramm is signing your pay checks or not. Watching Thomas slowly walk off the field while his Charger teammates were playing Dallas with the game still going on (This Week in the NFL) feels voyeuristic, like staring at a bloody car wreck on the highway. The difference being many motorists have the opportunity to avoid such a fate. Social militancy, a psychological disorder and drugs are a bad combination.
Duane Thomas runs like OJ Simpson
Duane Thomas ran like Duane Thomas!!! If Dallas would have paid Duane what he was worth then Thomas would have left OJ in the dust! OJ ran on COCAINE ....Duane ran on ability!!!!!!
Exactly!
Good take
He was traded to the Patriots some of his teammates didn't even know he was with another team for a few days
He could have been a more powerful Dorsett #33, but he had a bad attitude. BLduMb. Don't blame it all on Landry as Landry even told Staubach what to do until Roger said: That's it I'm retiring.
Mr. Duane Thomas would set the trend for Tony Dorsett and Emmitt Smith.
You need someone to eat up yard and i am sure that tex shramm is ........
Evidumbtly.
Original#33
Duane Thomas reminds me present day of Kyrie Irving of the NBA.
That's a terrible comparison. Kyrie talks to his teammates 🤔🤣🤣🤣
Is Prescott gone yet??
His legs looked like they had a mind of their own.
Duane Thomas personality does reminds a lot like Marshawn Lynch
You mean Marshawn reminds you of duane thomas
Duane Thomas didn’t seem arrogant. I think he battled with bipolar disorder. He understood the importance of the team he just wanted two incompatible goals. He wanted privacy and he was such a good player he drew attention to himself, attention he didn’t really want.
@@brettshepherd5240 Both of them hated the media and that what they have in common
@@brettshepherd5240 That's right! Let's face it, who came first! Lol
Bi-polar, probably!?? 🤔
Such a waste, myself and I'm sure a lot of other Cowboy fans think the same thing.
With his attitude, no team structure could reach him.
One example of a variation of mental illness in the form of an anti social attitude.
A totally unresolved situation.
Such a shame.
Thought for sure Ditka would of threw Thomas through the wall
Ditka would have been carried out in a stretcher.
Can you say bi polar? Thomas is a nutcase.
If he hadn't been so bat shit crazy he could have had a Hall of Fame career. But his attitude was just plain horrible.
Duane Thomas could have been the next Jim Brown too bad he had issues
They were all "...goin to work..."
What else is new Dwayne?
Those two 800 yard plus seasons were undeniably magnificent.
He delivered, but did so in a thoroughly painful way his second season.
Painful for the way the entire team had to put up with his absurd behavior.
@StellarFella, How painful was it really for the team, though? He said what he was going to do and did it. His teammates were denied the possibility of maintaining any camaraderie with him, but at the same time, management didn't have to cope with any public statements critical of them. He did everything on the field which was expected of a talent of his magnitude and his work ethic was exemplary.
Perhaps, the individuals who were most adversely affected were those in the media, denied any chance to fashion coverage truly speaking to the story of a man, rather than an enigma, and offering Thomas' perspectives on the society, as it was represented by one of its institutions, in the midst of gaining ever more prominence and influence.
@@mitchellmelkin4078 - Duane delivered and then some. The team members were forced to take sides and they did. With management. The wrong side it turns out. Duane Thomas was right. ALL the Cowboys were pathetically underpaid and there was no excuse for that.
His assertions were patently indefensible.
When people talk in absurd circles like he did, it is so sad and aggravating at the same time.
What did he end up doing in life?
Well, he didn't end up on the street or in prison if that's what you mean, guy!
@@georgeanthony7282 - No that is NOT what I meant.
@@georgeanthony7282Ala Thomas Hollywood Henderson...
Exceptionnel, better than Dorsett
The "domino effect"?
More like the 'collective' effect.
If all the team members had the same attitude, they would never have made it very far.
He was such a talent. I grew up in Dallas and loved him. But he could be in the Hall of Fame had he not been so angry and rebellious. Don't get me wrong. Rebelling is good on occasion. You need to know where to pick your fights.
WHY WAS HE SO ANGRY
@@coreyjett39 He had a chip on his shoulder. He thought Cowboys management was not paying him what he was worth. He thought he was discriminated against for being black. He had the late Jim Brown telling him that he was a victim. He publicly insulted the coaches and management. That approach didn't work for him while he was still a young player.
Gil Brandt and Tex Schramm went after him during his high school days. They knew about his family situation and tried to put in a smaller school so he wouldn’t get hurt.