{"id":21598,"date":"2025-01-24T02:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T02:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21598"},"modified":"2025-01-24T02:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T02:29:31","slug":"breaking-cowboys-close-to-hiring-new-coach-that-will-make-fans-livid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21598","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys \u2018Close\u2019 To Hiring New Coach That Will Make Fans Livid.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2190089773_5999aa-e1737653544475.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2190089773_5999aa-e1737653544475.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2190089773_5999aa-e1737653544475.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2190089773_5999aa-e1737653544475.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"892\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1009\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It feels like the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0rarely take the straightforward route, in any situation.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it\u2019s the desire for attention and eyeballs, or maybe it\u2019s a constant feeling that Jerry Jones and other ownership can always outsmart the room, making the obscure choice based on a few facets everyone else supposedly missed.<\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019re back at it again this coaching hiring cycle, after declining to re-sign head coach Mike McCarthy. One would imagine that Dallas would push their search far and wide, across a litany of candidates to try and find their guy \u2013 the coach who can finally get the Cowboys back to the Promised Land after 30 years of above average mediocrity.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the Dallas job being, on paper, the most appealing: a bona fide franchise quarterback, an enormous brand and a mostly stable ownership that tends to be fairly patient and loyal to their coaches; the Cowboys chose to interview just four candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie Frazier, former Bills defensive coordinator; Robert Saleh, former Jets head coach; Kellen Moore, current Eagles offensive coordinator, who once did the same job for the Cowboys; and Moore\u2019s replacement, current OC, Brian Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n<p>Not exactly murderers row when it comes to lethal candidate selections. Hot ticket names like Bucs OC, Liam Coen; Bills OC Joe Brady; Ravens OC, Todd Monken; and former Lions DC, Aaron Glenn \u2013 who was just hired by the Jets \u2013 were not even requested to interview with the \u2018Boys.<\/p>\n<h2>Kellen Moore Was Once The Leading Candidate To Land The Head Coaching Job<\/h2>\n<p>For a long time, Kellen Moore was considered to be the\u00a0prohibitive favorite\u00a0in the race for Jerry Jones\u2019 affections and the Cowboys\u2019 job. Yet, on Monday, the tides started to turn as\u00a0Moore\u2019s odds sharply fell\u00a0and a new favorite for the position emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Schottenheimer became the\u00a0odds-on front runner to be the next Cowboys head coach later that day, after having an interview scheduled with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Now with that interview complete, there is big news concerning Schottenheimer \u2013 the son of legendary\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0head coach, Marty Schottenheimer \u2013 per Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n<h2>Brian Schottenheimer \u201cClose\u201d To Being The Next Dallas Cowboys HC<\/h2>\n<p>Charean Williams reports\u00a0that Dallas are close to a deal to make their current OC their new HC, via\u00a0All City DLLS\u2019s Clarence Hill Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cowboys are\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">closing in on a deal\u00a0<\/span>to make offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer their new head coach\u201d, William notes \u2013 via Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHill said the sides are expected to \u201ccross the finish line\u201d today or no later than Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer fits everything that owner Jerry Jones covets in his head coaches. He will come inexpensive relative to other head coaches in the league, as Schottenheimer had no other interviews. Jones, who doubles as General Manager, maintains control and continues as the face of the team. And it\u2019s someone with whom Jones is familiar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer feels like a predictable pick for Jones: an offensive mind who the team, particularly Jerry Jones, feels very comfortable with, and won\u2019t try to make a play for additional control of the roster or take the limelight away from the notorious owner.<\/p>\n<p>That isn\u2019t to take anything away from the former Seahawks OC, who helped Dak Prescott find his best form of his career in 2023, and has been a very solid OC for numerous teams over the past 25 years \u2013 albeit an OC who has yet to call plays in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>This decision will likely not enthral the Dallas faithful, who are\u00a0already upset\u00a0even at the prospect of \u201cSchotty\u201d being interviewed by the team, let alone him now seemingly becoming the head coach-elect.<\/p>\n<p>If he does indeed become the head coach, the results will have to speak for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys It feels like the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0rarely take the straightforward route, in any situation. 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