RustyBourneHorse
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I know, this is digging a bit far into the past, but something in a previous thread someone else made got me thinking. And yes, we are in that point of the offseason haha. So, I have a hindsight question. Why didn't we hire Marty Schottenheimer in 2007?
I must preface this with two things. 1. I liked Wade as our coach and this is by NO means intended to be a slight against him. 2. I was in 8th grade for the 2007 season, so I genuinely don't know if he was even an option.
However, that being said, I must ask why we didn't hire Marty? Ironically, Wade was his DC. Obviously, nobody could have known we'd hire Marty's son about 20 years later. However, I still think it's an interesting question. Firstly, I think it's understood that Wade was there until Garrett was ready. But, we also had a young Romo at that time. I do not think that Marty would have been any more of a problem for Jerry than Wade was. Plus, I think, in hindsight, the WCO style that Marty ran would have been excellent for Romo. Plus, I think that would have made the transition to Garrett a lot easier. I think Marty would probably have been the coach for about as long as Wade was anyway, and I think he'd have been a good mentor for Garrett (who had previously in 2006 been on the Saban Dolphins staff).
So, to me, given that Romo was younger with Felix Jones, T.O., Crayton, Terry Glenn (RIP), and a young Witten (and Dware and others), it seems that Marty might have actually been a better choice. Plus, T.O. typically did well in WCO systems (he was electric in 07 with us, but I think Marty's system would have been more sustainable). I think Marty probably only would have stayed about 3 years anyway, but, he probably would have set us up for a better future.
Let's also not forget, prior to being sacked, he had made it to the division round before losing to a good Pats team in 06. So, it's not like he was coming off a bad season. And, ironically, we also probably would have, unwittingly, been training another future coach in our own building at the time.
Probably just offseason ramblings, but it genuinely makes me curious if we interviewed Marty. If not, why? I genuinely think a Marty Romo combination could well have been a SB combo, and might have even gotten Garrett into a better situation to become the next HC (since it was potentially inevitable when he got hired as I remember a magazine I had at the time tapped him as a future HC in the offseason leading into 07). So, the transition probably would have been cleaner imo. Plus, Parcells to Marty would have been interesting. Especially since we had quite the battle with Marty (we won) in 05.
So yeah, it's got me wondering if that might have been a better move. It's water 20 years under the bridge at this point (and it's probably in the ocean by now). But I am curious now.
I must preface this with two things. 1. I liked Wade as our coach and this is by NO means intended to be a slight against him. 2. I was in 8th grade for the 2007 season, so I genuinely don't know if he was even an option.
However, that being said, I must ask why we didn't hire Marty? Ironically, Wade was his DC. Obviously, nobody could have known we'd hire Marty's son about 20 years later. However, I still think it's an interesting question. Firstly, I think it's understood that Wade was there until Garrett was ready. But, we also had a young Romo at that time. I do not think that Marty would have been any more of a problem for Jerry than Wade was. Plus, I think, in hindsight, the WCO style that Marty ran would have been excellent for Romo. Plus, I think that would have made the transition to Garrett a lot easier. I think Marty would probably have been the coach for about as long as Wade was anyway, and I think he'd have been a good mentor for Garrett (who had previously in 2006 been on the Saban Dolphins staff).
So, to me, given that Romo was younger with Felix Jones, T.O., Crayton, Terry Glenn (RIP), and a young Witten (and Dware and others), it seems that Marty might have actually been a better choice. Plus, T.O. typically did well in WCO systems (he was electric in 07 with us, but I think Marty's system would have been more sustainable). I think Marty probably only would have stayed about 3 years anyway, but, he probably would have set us up for a better future.
Let's also not forget, prior to being sacked, he had made it to the division round before losing to a good Pats team in 06. So, it's not like he was coming off a bad season. And, ironically, we also probably would have, unwittingly, been training another future coach in our own building at the time.
Probably just offseason ramblings, but it genuinely makes me curious if we interviewed Marty. If not, why? I genuinely think a Marty Romo combination could well have been a SB combo, and might have even gotten Garrett into a better situation to become the next HC (since it was potentially inevitable when he got hired as I remember a magazine I had at the time tapped him as a future HC in the offseason leading into 07). So, the transition probably would have been cleaner imo. Plus, Parcells to Marty would have been interesting. Especially since we had quite the battle with Marty (we won) in 05.
So yeah, it's got me wondering if that might have been a better move. It's water 20 years under the bridge at this point (and it's probably in the ocean by now). But I am curious now.
