(Photo: Jack Gruber, Detroit News)
Allen Park — Wayne Fontes already had made up his mind before he arrived in Stillwater, Okla., early April 1989, two weeks before the NFL Draft.
But the trip wasn’t a total waste for the 49-year-old Detroit Lions coach; it provided Fontes an opportunity to let everyone else know he had made up his mind.
The Lions held the third pick in the draft 30 years ago. The Dallas Cowboys, coming off a 3-13 season and with a new owner and head coach in Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson, already were negotiating contract terms with UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman to be the No.