It was the first time Brian Schottenheimer was interviewed at The Star since being hired as the team’s new offensive coordinator. That leads us to a few items and the biggest one has riled up a certain corner of the Cowboys’ fan base ( we will use Jon Machota’s piece on the Cowboys’ rookie minicamp as reference):Īll three coordinators spoke with reporters Saturday. Regardless, we are not here to re-litigate the Wilson case (nor the Brett Favre as a NY Jets QB season that Schottenheimer also got to deal with), but rather look at where we currently are with the 2023 Dallas offense. You can’t fire the QB, so you put everything on the last OC, believing the new guy can sort it out better. Despite “a torrid start and franchise records” he took “the brunt of scrutiny due to lack of creativity and adjustments to the scheme.” You don’t say! As someone who has followed the league for many years, this is how they all seem to read. Tell me that doesn’t read like Moore’s exit from Dallas. He was the guy who got things going in the “Let Russ Cook” direction, but also paid the price for it not fully working.
One could argue that that hiring was to prepare him for the day when Moore would leave - whether by taking a promotion to a head coach position or what ultimately happened with the Cowboys choosing to “go in a new direction.” McCarthy was smart to know that he needed guys on both sides of the ball prepared to step in on short notice if Moore or Dan Quinn needed a successor from inside the building (if they wanted to go in that direction.) They would be reunited in 2022 when Brian served all season for the Cowboys as a “coaching analyst” so his familiarity with this offense is up to speed.
You may be well aware by now that Mike McCarthy was the QB coach for the Chiefs and Brian’s the immediate supervisor and thus, their relationship began.
One of his first jobs was with his father in his final year in Kansas City in 1998. But, it was not an internal program, because Brian branched out quickly after his playing career where he was mostly a backup QB at Kansas and Florida. Growing up the son of Marty Schottenheimer says it all, but even his uncle and Marty’s brother Kurt was a coach for 40 years. His history in this sport goes back to his youth, of course, as part of a family where football was the way of life. Now, it is unkind to suggest that Schottenheimer is some sort of Schrute character because he is very qualified to be the Cowboys’ OC.
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