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On Monday, the Cowboys officially welcomed Brian Schottenheimer as the 10th head coach in franchise history after parting ways with Mike McCarthy. It seemed like there was a chance Deion Sanders was going to end up landing that gig, but Jerry Jones downplayed that possibility while shedding light on the conversation he had with Coach Prime before going in a different direction.
All signs pointed to the Dallas Cowboys bringing the Mike McCarthy Era to an end after the team went 7-10 and missed the playoffs during his fifth season as head coach. That turned out to be the case, but the franchise made the curious decision to wait a full week before deciding to move on and subsequently found itself playing catchup with the other NFL teams who had a head start in their own quest to land a new head coach.
However, it appeared the Cowboys had the inside track on a very intriguing candidate in the form of Deion Sanders, who led Colorado to a 9-4 record during his second season at the helm in Boulder and knows a thing or two about working under Jerry Jones after spending five seasons playing for the Cowboys during his time in the NFL.
Midway through January, we learned Jones had reached out to Coach Prime before multiple insiders reported Sanders was viewed as a “top candidate” for a job he was seemingly willing to leave Colorado for (he didn’t rule out the possibility of making the leap to the NFL while confirming he’d connected with the Cowboys).
However, Dallas ultimately opted to promote an internal candidate by tapping former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to replace McCarthy—a decision that led to Michael Irvin and Dez Bryant (both of whom had advocated for Sanders) scratching their heads.
We may never know why Jones and the Cowboys went with Schottenheimer instead of Sanders, but on Monday, the owner shed some light on his dialogue with the latter while implying the talks were not even close to as serious as they were initially framed.
Jones didn’t really go into a ton of detail but positioned the conversation as two old friends catching up more than anything else, saying:
“Just a conversation about the team, and about where he is, and his boys, conversation with his boys, that type of conversation. I’ve said I’ve talked to a lot of coaches, and Deion has a job.”
It’s sort of foolish to get into a debate about whether or not the Cowboys made the right decision until we see how they end up faring under Schottenheimer, and there’s obviously no way to know if Sanders would end up doing better or worse unless he actually got the same opportunity.
However, if this decision comes back to bite the team, there’s zero doubt fans are going to be revisiting this process.
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