busted trade

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Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Just curious, was Jack Kent Cooke ever in the War Room on draft day? Seems like to me he wouldn't be the type that would be interested -- probably just told Beathard, Casserly and Gibbs to go have their fun while he went off to earn another billion or two.

It's not like he wasn't involved, even if he wasn't physically in the room (which I don't believe he was, though I've heard he wasn't)

A look inside draft war rooms - NYPOST.com

Draft Day, 1991: The Cowboys, picking 12th, were staring at wide receiver Alvin Harper.
"I never wanted to draft a receiver up high," former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson recalled.
So Johnson began working the phones, and became concerned when a deal to swap picks with Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, at 17, appeared in jeopardy.
"Joe," Johnson said, "you agreed to it, our guys are ready to make the trade." Johnson remembers Gibbs, in a low voice, telling him, "Jimmy, I'm sorry, but the old man [owner Jack Kent Cooke] turned me down."
Johnson had one minute left to find a trade partner. He wound up drafting Harper