The Dallas Cowboys continue to make befuddling coaching decisions with their offensive staff this winter.
After strangely firing Kellen Moore and giving head coach Mike McCarthy the play-calling duties, the team has promoted NFL veteran Brian Schottenheimer to Moore’s old job. (Oh, and Jerry Jones apparently wants McCarthy around Dallas as long as Tom Landry!)
It’s a bizarre sequence of events after Moore took head coaching interviews last month and landed the coveted Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator role shortly after parting ways with the Cowboys.
Moore figures to be a head coach eventually in the NFL, while the Cowboys have raised plenty of eyebrows around the football world with this latest coaching decision.
The #Cowboys have hired Brian Schottenheimer as the team’s offensive coordinator. The in-house favorite.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 4, 2023
Schottenheimer has worked around the NFL for more than two decades, but he’s not really etched himself down a long-term job with any team.
He last worked as an offensive coordinator with the Seattle Seahawks from 2018-20 before spending the 2021 season on Urban Meyer’s doomed Jacksonville Jaguars staff as a passing game coordinator. This past season, he worked in Dallas as a coaching analyst.
Let’s just say Schottenheimer’s fourth stint as an offensive coordinator left NFL fans a bit confused at what Jerry Jones and company are going for here.
People really did not get why the Cowboys promoted Schottenheimer.
The #Cowboys might have downgraded at OC from Kellen Moore to Brian Schottenheimer.
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) February 4, 2023
“Anytime you can hire Brian Schottenheimer, you gotta do it,” — NFL teams.
— Zac Jackson (@AkronJackson) February 4, 2023
Imagine replacing Kellen Moore with Brian Schottenheimer.
Watching the Rams offense from 2012-2015 still gives me nightmares. https://t.co/CYfKqGe5o5
— Blaine Grisak (@bgrisakDTR) February 4, 2023
Cowboys replacing Kellen Moore with Brian Schottenheimer https://t.co/vZsqrAvy5q pic.twitter.com/9GQCvS3T5x
— Chicago Football Connection (@CFCBears) February 4, 2023
I get wanting a change of scenery, but the way they spoke about Kellen Moore when he was fired, just to be excited about Brian Schottenheimer is crazy to me. pic.twitter.com/KmS4ncUarp
— n o⚡e n v y (@ttvon1ne) February 4, 2023
Anytime you can go from Kellen Moore to Brian Schottenheimer you just have to do it https://t.co/4gOBEe1B8r
— Matt O'Leary (@MattOLearyNY) February 4, 2023
when will the fact that Brian Schottenheimer has never done a good job once in 20+ years in the NFL prevent him from getting other important jobs
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) February 4, 2023
Mike McCarthy and Brian Schottenheimer this summer pic.twitter.com/nveM5sDGkV
— I Partenopei (@hashy_larry) February 4, 2023
Letting Kellen Moore go to hire Brian Schottenheimer and let Mike McCarthy call plays is equivalent to letting Amari Cooper go and making James Washington/Jalen Tolbert/ old TY Hilton replace him.
Moves that are okay IF you properly replace them, but they didn’t even try to.
— Blake Abraham (@blake_abraham) February 4, 2023
it's definitely a good sign for your team when your biggest rival's fan base is making fun of your offensive coordinator hire.
Jerry does it again! https://t.co/zZxe5PXGVo
— shamus (@shamus_clancy) February 4, 2023
Mike McCarthy calling plays with Brian Schottenheimer as offensive coordinator.
What could go wrong?
— Brenden Deeg (@BrendenDeeg_) February 4, 2023
Cowboys just went from Kellen Moore to Brian Schottenheimer as OC and I can’t figure out any way this isn’t not good, but GREAT news for the #Giants
Of all 20 games on tape I watched in 2022, Moore was one of the best OCs they faced.
As for Schotty or if McCarthy calls plays 😅😅— Dan Schneier (@DanSchneierNFL) February 4, 2023
Every team that hires Brian Schottenheimer https://t.co/540cAt8m5Y pic.twitter.com/NwkhXSsZjY
— Michael Katz (@MichaelLKatz) February 4, 2023
Cowboys hired Brian Schottenheimer as OC. 😬 pic.twitter.com/UoijSPzeNq
— Brian Bassett (@Brian_Bassett) February 4, 2023
I much rather wrangle Kliff Kingsbury from his Thailand vacation over hiring Brian Schottenheimer as my OC. https://t.co/7lAE0Ejzp8
— Long Nguyen (@heylongnguyen) February 4, 2023
Going from Kellen Moore to Brian Schottenheimer is like going from an iPhone to an Android
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 4, 2023
