Saturday, March 3, 2012

SWITZER RESIGNS.(SPORTS)

Byline: JOE DRAPE New York Times

IRVING, Texas -- The turbulent and mostly successful Barry Switzer era officially ended Friday in Dallas when Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced the coach's resignation and outlined demanding criteria for his successor.

At a one-hour news conference that Switzer did not attend, Jones was more gracious in bidding him farewell than he had been at any point in the coach's stormy four-year tenure. He hailed the former Oklahoma coach for having only one losing season in 20 years -- this season's 6-10 mark with the Cowboys. He allowed that Switzer faced a daunting task when he was hired in March 1994 to take a team that had won …

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