Me and my wife met Campbell at an airport in Austin, Texas 6 or 7 years ago. It was randomly in some small cafe, and no one really seemed to know/or cared who he was. He was with his handler at the time, and we had a pretty nice chat as he randomly struck up a conversation with us. He didn't know I was a 49ers fan, but my wife said we were from the bay area, and he mentioned how he hated the 49ers. Obviously, I kept my trap shut. Anyways, seemed like a nice guy. It was cool to meet a legend.
I'm glad you got to meet Earl Campbell, even though he hated the 49ers. I never knew Bill Walsh was trying to get Campbell from the Oilers. I assume 49ers fans from that era were glad they didn't.
I agree how is this tampering? And direct talks with the team would not be tampering either. Since that is how you require players from other teams. You ask about a player you are interested in playing for your team.
Tampering? By saying I want him on my team and we tried to trade for him? He didn't talk to him or his agent seems tampering is not the right term here. And I hate the 49ers
While living/working/schooling in Houston from 1978, I had season tickets to the Oilers (not hard to get) with Bum and Earl. It was always Earl to the left, Earl to the right, then Earl up the middle. A high school coach could tell they were using him up. I believe he averaged almost 40 runs per game, and obviously taking Earl longer and longer to get up with each passing game. If they had any other offense at all, Earl's career would have lasted 5 years longer, but the Oilers did not care. Shame.
They never cared about their team, they just worked on getting a good qb and focusing on earl. When he retired they realized, "Man, earl went to the saints! what should we do now!" Thats where they started tanking. Then they started getting warren moon some good wrs (what they shouldve did with earl) But i agree. His career wouldve been much longer than 9 years if they got a good receiving core and also.... firing bum
Look at the Dan Fouts pass at 1:20. The arc looks like it’s going into the stands & suddenly it dives like it was dropped from a drone. Roger Craig belongs in the HoF. He helped 49ers get 3 SB rings & w/out him they don’t get those rings.
I'm not sure if Campbell would have been a good fit with the 49ers West Coast offense anyway. He was a terrible pass catcher, or at least never was given a chance in Houston. Plus he was on the decline, there wasn't much tread left on those thighs. The Tyler/Craig backfield was SOLID.
@@misterresister8271 Absolute shame if Andrew's would have kept up his productivity until age 30 or 31 I think he would currently be considered the GOAT running back. This coming from a huge Barry Sanders fan. It's a crying shame nobody remembers Andrews today, he was fantastic.
@@jamiecrawford8133 Maybe not GOAT but one of the best ever. Auburn had some great pro running backs in those days - Andrews, Joe Cribbs, James Brooks and some guy named Bo Jackson.
@@misterresister8271 It's a cliche but pound for pound Brooks ran the hardest of any running back I've ever seen. Andrew's, Brooks and Cribbs in the same wishbone at Auburn had to have been amazing. Later on Jackson, James, Fullwood, Agee that school really pumped out the running backs for a while....
Glad you defined "TAMPERING" for us... (I'm from Australia) To us, tampering with the ball is "using a foreign object, to change the state of the ball" in cricket. Some past examples include *Minted Saliva* (normal saliva is acceptable), *biting the ball* , using *fingernails* or a *coke bottle top* to change one side of the ball & *sandpaper* .
Strange how Walsh wasn't concerned about the running game at all until after he missed the playoffs, when he was winning the Super Bowl in '81 it was just fine somehow.
Great video--Most certainly blatant tampering. If this were a Hollywood script, no one would believe a coach would actually do that...and yes, on a completely different note, Roger Craig most certainly deserves to be in the HOF
These videos are probably great to those who don't know history. They're well produced, but some facts are missing. If you don't know the history, they seem like great history. If you do know the history, you see the flaws.
It was best for the long term that they didn't get Campbell. He only had one 1000 yard season after this proposed trade and was out of the league after '85. The 49ers might not have eventually gotten Roger Craig if they already had Campbell on the roster.
That was almost 40 years ago , there is probably a thousand or more obscure names of former and current NFL players we are unaware of . I don't remember him either but I do remember Bill Ring .
@@DolFan316 That probably means were both old , lol .Or if you're not from San Francisco , as I'm not , that John Madden was your guy and you watched a lot of NFL football .
Yep that was blatant tampering for sure. It would've been interesting to see Campbell in a Niners uniform though I think he might've had problems fitting in 100% as Walsh liked his RBs to be able to catch the ball and while Campbell was ok at it, it wasn't a strength of his. As for Roger Craig, I agree the man deserves to be in the HOF for sure.
The 49ers problem in 82 was their Defense, or lack thereof. Only the Rams gave up more points than they did in the NFC and the Rams ended up 2-7. Also they couldn't win at home. They were 3 and 1 on the road, but 0 and 5 at home.
They need to do away with the limit of people enshrined each year. There really shouldn't be a set number. After the 5 year wait if you're worthy you should be enshrined.
@@big8dog887 Also it creates competitive imbalance, since the big market teams could always just say, "I'd sure love to have Player X come here!" and then all of a sudden Player X just "happens" to demand a trade to that team and threatens to sit out unless it's done.
I'm 5:43 in and just had the 3rd unskippable ad break. I know you've got to get your money, but this does not make a pleasant viewing experience. It's too bad, since your topics are very intriguing.
Walsh would have a much more fruitful interaction with Houston in 1984, as that’s where he saw Jerry Rice highlights on the local news the night before the 49ers played the Oilers.
for the record: Walsh went 102-63-1 (wins-losses-ties) with the 49ers, winning 10 of his 14 postseason games along with six division titles, three NFC Championship titles, and three Super Bowls. 1/3 of the losses were from the first 2 seasons. He stepped into a complete train wreck of a team and organization. ignoring the first two years, it would have been 94-41-1.
