Brian Schottenheimer is an Elite Head Coach

[ShortRound]

He did great last couple of games but let’s slow down and finish the season

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Can you say Pickens, Ceedee and Overshown I knew you could.

Yeah, they make a huge difference, but Schotty is doing a great job imo.

 

[Rockport]

I said a few weeks ago that I wished we could have had Schottenheimer sooner. I'll double down here. So far, Brian Schottenheimer is an elite Head Coach.

Has he been perfect? No, but every coach makes a few errors. However, by and large, he's made a lot more great coaching decisions than mistakes. He's good with clock management so far. In a league where you can regularly call out mind numbingly stupid clock management decisions, Brian Schottenheimer (a rookie HC) hasn't made those. Sure, he's gotten a bit overly aggressive times, but a lot of coaches are aggressive now.

Furthermore, not only has he beaten both Super Bowl Teams in the span of 4 days. Not only has he also beaten the Commanders and was a dropped ball away from sweeping Philly. He's outright OUTCOACHED Andy Reid, Sirianni, and Quinn. Remember when we would be upset because we were regularly outcoached under Jason Garrett? I think it'd safe to say we are not being outcoached. He's putting the team in great positions to win (excluding maybe the Cardinals game, which he has really improved from). He's trusting his QB. He's calling mostly great plays. He's managing his time-outs brilliantly.

It's nice to finally be able to say that we have an elite Head Coach in 2025. Who'd have thought that we might actually have the best HC in the division at the start of the season? Even if we don't make the playoffs this year, I currently have full confidence in Schottenheimer in 2026.

I like his aggressive call playing. I don’t think the Cowboys win if MM was still the HC. I’m glad they have him as the HC.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

3-0 since adding talent to the defense.

Schottenheimers offense has been great all season.

Exactly, and he's outcoached a man that has been in the last 7 AFCC games and the last like 5 Super Bowls.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I like his aggressive call playing. I don’t think the Cowboys win if MM was still the HC. I’m glad they have him as the HC.

I think McCarthy was a solid coach, but I am impressed with Schotty. And clearly, the players love him.

 

[Rockport]

It's crazy that this organization is just filled with elite talent and currently has about a 5% chance to make the playoffs.

I knew you’d be upset with the win which is a great thing. And I think it’s more like 23% chance now, not 5. Love the misery though!

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

He inherited an elite QB and 2 elite receivers, but he's doing a good job. Too early to pour greasy oil on him, but he's better than McCarthy. I guess you could put that on the ledger (for now).

And miles better than Garrett imo.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I knew you’d be upset with the win which is a great thing. And I think it’s more like 23% chance now, not 5. Love the misery though!

Even if we don't make the playoffs, the way this team is fighting, it can build for a great future.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

if the cowboys could have played average defense they would have beat the panthers that game is going to be huge at the end of the season maybe. shotty has done a good job so far had a rocky start but he is getting better at getting the team to play hard and win these last three wins.

Well and yeah, it's a shame that we lost the Panthers game, first Eagles game, and the Cards game. Win one of those games, and we likely control our destiny. That's said, he's outcoached Reid, Sirianni, and LaFleur. That's a huge takeaway for his first season. Impressive to be able to say that.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I knew you’d be upset with the win which is a great thing. And I think it’s more like 23% chance now, not 5. Love the misery though!

I hope you bet all your future internet and WiFi bills on the Cowboys making it.

 

[cowboyec]

wouldn't expect anything less from a guy named cornelius.
don't care that its his middle name.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Elite is way too soon

That said he’s done things MM and JG never did which was overcome seemingly insurmountable adversity

Exactly. Neither of them could coach their way to a 21 point comeback. YEAH! Neither could beat Reid and Mahomes. YEAH! (Im doing that because he does that when he reads out the stats to the players). Oh, and neither would be able to outcoach Reid and Sirianni in 4 days! YEAH!

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Lololol. Moving the goal posts already

Would you expect any less?

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I'm not ready to call him an elite coach, but I will say this: The team plays hard for him, and doesn't give up when the game gets tough. On top of that, he has this team believing that they can win against any opponent. That's something I haven't seen from this team in quite a while.

As a 32 year old, I think the last time we did this so regularly and to where I feel confident in the coaches like this was under Parcells.

 

[coult44]

It's crazy that this organization is just filled with elite talent and currently has about a 5% chance to make the playoffs.

It’s crazy that you can’t say one positive thing about the Cowboys.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

It’s crazy that you can’t say one positive thing about the Cowboys.

Definitely, especially considering that Dak Prescott outplayed Mahomes.

 

[Steve007]

I said a few weeks ago that I wished we could have had Schottenheimer sooner. I'll double down here. So far, Brian Schottenheimer is an elite Head Coach.

Has he been perfect? No, but every coach makes a few errors. However, by and large, he's made a lot more great coaching decisions than mistakes. He's good with clock management so far. In a league where you can regularly call out mind numbingly stupid clock management decisions, Brian Schottenheimer (a rookie HC) hasn't made those. Sure, he's gotten a bit overly aggressive times, but a lot of coaches are aggressive now.

Furthermore, not only has he beaten both Super Bowl Teams in the span of 4 days. Not only has he also beaten the Commanders and was a dropped ball away from sweeping Philly. He's outright OUTCOACHED Andy Reid, Sirianni, and Quinn. Remember when we would be upset because we were regularly outcoached under Jason Garrett? I think it'd safe to say we are not being outcoached. He's putting the team in great positions to win (excluding maybe the Cardinals game, which he has really improved from). He's trusting his QB. He's calling mostly great plays. He's managing his time-outs brilliantly.

It's nice to finally be able to say that we have an elite Head Coach in 2025. Who'd have thought that we might actually have the best HC in the division at the start of the season? Even if we don't make the playoffs this year, I currently have full confidence in Schottenheimer in 2026.

Pump the brakes, he hasn't won anything yet.

 

[Polkton31]

I knew you’d be upset with the win which is a great thing. And I think it’s more like 23% chance now, not 5. Love the misery though!

He's the type of guy that if it started raining $100 bills, he'd be on here complaining about having to rake his yard.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Pump the brakes, he hasn't won anything yet.

True in terms of the postseason, but, as of right now, he's outdueled elite coaches in his first year as an HC. That's something to take note of imo.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

To me, the fact he has so far outdueled and outcoached some top level coaches like Reid tells me that, if and when we are in the playoffs, coaching is unlikely to be a problem. With Wade, Garrett, and Mike, there were concerns that we could be outcoached by superior coaches. Now? I get the sense that we won't have that problem. I think it's going to come down to execution. That's a much better place to be.