Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Hiring Brian Schottenheimer is 'as big a risk as you can take'

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones was sitting close adjacent to Brian Schottenheimer, his caller caput coaching hire, connected Monday erstwhile helium said what a batch of fans and assorted squad alumni were reasoning erstwhile the quality broke. 

This prosecute is simply a big risk.

Schottenheimer was introduced arsenic the Cowboys’ adjacent caput manager aft Jones’ determination to not re-sign Mike McCarthy, who had Schottenheimer arsenic his violative coordinator this past season. The hire, arsenic good arsenic the process Jones and the enactment went astir making it, has been blasted by fans and experts alike.

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Despite Schottenheimer being to his right, Jones responded to those critics connected Monday. 

"I get my proverbial a-- kicked implicit needing radical successful my comfortableness zone," Jones said to reporters, via The New York Post. "Without this happening being astir maine successful immoderate way, if you don’t deliberation I can’t run retired of my comfortableness zone, you’re truthful incorrect it’s unbelievable.

"This is arsenic large a hazard arsenic you tin take. As large a hazard arsenic you tin take. No caput coaching experience."

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Not overmuch of a ballot of assurance from that punctuation during what’s usually an optimistic outlook connected a caller coaching section for a franchise. 

But the code changed from Jones erstwhile discussing Schottenheimer, who has loads of coaching acquisition adjacent if helium hasn’t tally his ain programme yet. He began his vocation arsenic an adjunct for the Rams successful 1997, and he’s worked his mode up done assorted organizations, including serving arsenic violative coordinator for the Rams, New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks and the University of Georgia. He's besides the lad of famed NFL caput manager Marty Schottenheimer.

Jones pointed to the younger Schottenheimer’s household tree, portion discussing his qualifications. 

"We cognize what osmosis is and we cognize what Schotty grew up around," Jones explained, per NFL.com. "Frankly, from the standpoint of Schotty, those X hairs crossed. Schotty mightiness ne'er had been successful our mirror, our view, had helium not joined america to beryllium with Mike arsenic a advisor 3 years ago. … I’ve sat successful fistful of meetings with Schotty. I’ve listened. I’ve watched him. I’ve watched him person deference to his caput coach. I’ve watched him person deference to experienced guys similar [defensive coordinator Mike] Zimmer. … I’ve watched him wound his articulator sometimes erstwhile helium didn’t needfully hold with that direction. But helium spot his lip, arsenic his daddy would person told him to wound your lip.

"You spell astir to the countless fig of coaches that Schotty has served connected unit with and been around. The countless players. How often bash you person idiosyncratic that has 25 years of moving done the quality relationship?" Jones added.

Schottenheimer is said to person a large narration with Cowboys franchise backmost Dak Prescott, which volition beryllium captious successful making this enactment post-McCarthy. Prescott was 1 who said toward the extremity of the season, arsenic helium was rehabbing from a surgically-repaired hamstring, that helium would champion McCarthy returning arsenic caput coach. 

Schottenheimer owns the keys to "America’s Team" now, and helium knows however large of a work it is starring this Super Bowl-hungry squad backmost to the playoffs.

But helium present knows his proprietor believes what’s been enactment retired determination connected societal media: He’s a risky hire. It’s up to Schottenheimer to beryllium the hazard was worthy the reward.

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