Cowboys owner Jerry Jones admits controversial Brian Schottenheimer hire is 'as big a risk as you can take'
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones admits controversial Brian Schottenheimer hire is 'as big a risk as you can take'
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Jerry Jones's hire for the Dallas Cowboys' new head coach has been met with backlash, and it appears the owner himself feels he's taking a gamble. The Cowboys announced a surprising choice to replace Mike McCarthy Friday night when it was revealed that offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer had agreed to take the reins at the storied franchise.
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The controversial appointment was met with fury from Dallas's fanbase, including the likes of Skip Bayless, over Schottenheimer's lack of head coaching impact. And Jones, who also acts as the franchise's general manager, acknowledged that he had strayed considerably from beaten path in his latest search for a head coach to lead his beloved Cowboys.
'If you don't think I can operate outside my comfort zone, you are so wrong it's unbelievable,' Jones told reporters at Schottenheimer's unveiling Monday. 'This (hiring Schottenheimer) is as big a risk as you can take. No head coaching experience. 'Let me share something with you. With all of that, you've just heard him reference his osmosis, his family. If anybody in this room doesn't believe that the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, has missed it somewhere down the road. Especially if there was an effort to make it that way. And there was an effort.
Jerry Jones (left) has admitting his hiring of Brian Schottenheimer (right) is a risk. 'But then you go around to the countless number of head coaches that Schotty has staffed with and been around, the countless players, how often do you have someone who has 25 or 26 years of working through the human relationships, aspiring to learn, having eyes wide open looking for techniques and things that make coaches better?'.
