The Dallas Cowboys’ decision to hire Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach has stunned NFL media and fans. The longtime NFL offensive coordinator is certainly not the splashy hire many expected.
And the fact the Cowboys announced the hire Friday night led many to believe the team meant to bury the announcement during the clichéd Friday news dump, where big stories are often overlooked because of the timing.
But on Friday’s The Right Time with Bomani Jones, Jones and guest Mina Kimes skewered the Cowboys’ hire of Schottenheimer. How was that possible, when the news wasn’t announced until hours after the podcast dropped? Because the podcast host planned ahead, and was confident enough in the reporting that this would happen.
“We’re recording this Thursday around noon on the East Coast, by this time (Friday) I believe it will be official that Brian Schottenheimer is the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys,” Jones said.
Jones and Kimes then proceeded to skewer the move.
“Here I was thinking Jerry was afraid he was going to die and that he needed to hurry up and win a championship … now he’s apparently got like a 30-year plan,” Jones said, referencing 82-year-old Dallas team owner Jerry Jones.
“For Jones, like there’s winning, attention, and then like loyalty is maybe above winning,” Kimes said. “The idea he was going to go internal makes a ton of sense to me.”
“Literally no one’s ever been happy to have Brian Schottenheimer as the offensive coordinator — ever,” Jones said.
“I don’t think he’s bad, per se, at his job, it’s never, ever occurred to me that he would be a head coach,” Kimes said.
Bomani & Mina are confused by the Cowboys hiring Brian Schottenheimer:@minekimes: “It never occurred to me he’d be a head coach.”
Bomani: “Is there a single other owner [besides Jerry Jones] that’d make him a head coach?” pic.twitter.com/qFSonVloaB
— The Right Time with Bomani Jones (@righttimebomani) January 25, 2025
Schottenheimer has spent the last two seasons as the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator, and previously served in that role with the Jets, Rams and Seahawks. In 14 years as an OC, his offenses ranked in the bottom half of the league in total yards all but three seasons.
His father, Marty, won 200 games as an NFL head coach. Jones suggested the fact he has that kind of pedigree, yet had never held a head coaching position before, is a bad sign.
“He’s got a last name we recognize, and it took this long for someone to make him a head coach,” Jones said. “That just means that s*** just wasn’t in the cards. Is there a single other owner that’d make him a head coach?”
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