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FRISCO –\u00a0The Dallas Cowboys have a coach. It’s over. It’s done.<\/p>\n
But talking about who should’ve gotten the job instead of\u00a0Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did in elevating offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer up to the big chair?<\/p>\n
That might never end. …<\/p>\n
Which, by the way, is fine with Jones.<\/p>\n
Schottenheimer has the endorsement of plenty of people inside the building, starting with locker-room leader Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n
Oh, and legendary Dallas boss Jimmy Johnson has also spoken highly of “Schotty” as “an outstanding football coach.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, other people through their support elsewhere, with Deion Sanders being a favorite name for everybody from Nick Saban to Troy Aikman to Michael Irvin to Darren Woodson, who this week trashed Jones for overseeing a “culture” that isn’t truly serious about winning.<\/p>\n
And then, when it comes to\u00a0replacing the departed Mike McCarthy, there is the always colorfully-opinionated Dez Bryant.<\/p>\n
Ahead of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, the former Cowboys wide receiver popped onto the “Maggie and Perloff Show.” … and he conjured up another name. …<\/p>\n
His former teammate, Tony Romo.<\/p>\n
“I need to see him coaching,” Bryant said. “He should be the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, if anybody. At least the offensive coordinator.”<\/p>\n
Maggie Gray then asked, “Tony Romo should be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys?”<\/p>\n
Bryant replied, “Yep, at least the offensive coordinator, one of them. He’s a smart guy.”<\/p>\n
Romo retired from the NFL in 2017 and has become a superstar in the CBS broadcast booth.<\/p>\n
Dez noted that, but said what he hears from Tony on TV is just like he used to hear at practice … and how that would translate well into coaching.<\/p>\n
“When I listen to Romo, that was Romo in practice,” Bryant said. “Very intelligent when it came to the game of football. I know you guys can see that when he’s broadcasting the game.”<\/p>\n
Over the years, Romo has mentioned that becoming a coach is something he can envision … but he often notes that he’d do it only after his three young sons are grown.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure one day I\u2019ll coach,” Romo, … has said. “Right now, I\u2019m happy with where I\u2019m at. I\u2019m enjoying it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n