Jerry Jones is boldly putting Brian Schottenheimer in Jimmy Johnson’s shadow, and fans can’t stop debating if history is repeating itself.QQ
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently dropped a nostalgic take on first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
The Dallas Cowboys will enter their Week 8 bout against the Denver Broncos with a 3-3-1 record under first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer, and owner Jerry Jones might already have hope that his latest hire could blossom into a Dallas legend.
“There’s value in someone who’s never done it before,” Jones told Dianna Russini of The Athletic. “They have something to prove. He’d been around the best staffs — all that osmosis. It’s like having a coach who’s been a head coach five times, but never got the title. That gives him juice.”
Jones did not stop there. The longtime iconoclast compared Schottenheimer’s drive to that of former Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson.
“It’s glorious after the game when you’ve won and you’re having that beer,” he said, smiling. “But to get there, it’s hard. Competitive. Those big highs? You live off those forever.”
Johnson famously led the Cowboys to victories in Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII, and was a key part of why the franchise was able to experience a renaissance in the 90s.
