Jerry Jones can’t possibly be serious with this one.
Letting Mike McCarthy walk would have been entirely understandable if there was some sort of big move to follow. Granted, it’s not easy to top McCarthy’s 49-35 record, but this is the Dallas Cowboys we’re talking about – a blockbuster splash to push them over the top should always be on the table.
Unfortunately for Cowboys fans, that’s simply not how this team does business. After an embarrassing search that included all of four known interviews, Jones settled on promoting offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to become the next head coach. And did he ever have a collection of words to say about it.
“Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,” Jones told ESPN’s…