Why couldn't we have Schotty sooner?

I don't have a huge gripe with Schottenheimer, but I also can't sing his praises during a season in which we have 4 wins in 10 games. 4-5-1 is probably fairly reflective of this teams skill level so hes essentially coached this team up to par.

On the flip side though you look at how quick a Sean Payton turns around a Denver team in total cap hell, or how a Vrabel turns around a 4-13 team in one offseason with a roster that I'm not even sure we can name 5 players from without google.
 
RustyBourneHorse said:
Yeah, I'm not saying he's Jimmy by any means. However, he seems like a coach that knows what he's doing. He's shown me so far this season that he actually understands how to discipline the team in 2025. All in all, I think he's the type of coach that can win a Super Bowl here IF Jerry will actually listen to his plan and vision. That move to trade for Quinnen Williams was different compared to what Jerry normally does. If that was Schotty, then that's a big move.
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yuppers!!!!!!!!!
 
Too early for me to really form an opinion on him.
Wasn't a fan of the team going with him, but that's in the past.

Thought MM wasn't bad, but he lost his "fire" in Green Bay and sort of coasted here. He should of been fired instead of what the FO "didn't do" for the 2024 season.
 
thunderpimp91 said:
I don't have a huge gripe with Schottenheimer, but I also can't sing his praises during a season in which we have 4 wins in 10 games. 4-5-1 is probably fairly reflective of this teams skill level so hes essentially coached this team up to par.

On the flip side though you look at how quick a Sean Payton turns around a Denver team in total cap hell, or how a Vrabel turns around a 4-13 team in one offseason with a roster that I'm not even sure we can name 5 players from without google.
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Goooood points, but only one thing I want to mention, do those teams have a better management setup than the one we have that allows for them to do what they need to do to be successful
 
MountaineerCowboy said:
4-5-1 , getting ready to probably not win another game for over a month.

0-4-1 against teams with a winning record.

Meaning Schotty has 0 wins against winning teams.

“Clearly better than Garrett”

Get real.
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You have been hammering this portion of the schedule all season , while I agree with your overall take on the team, you will be wrong in how poorly you think they will perform over this stretch. Not only that, but Vegas has them as far smaller under dogs than you make it out to be. This team isn’t going anywhere this season but they will significantly out perform this doom and gloom you have been kicking around out here for the entire season.
 
JBS said:
You have been hammering this portion of the schedule all season , while I agree with your overall take on the team, you will be wrong in how poorly you think they will perform over this stretch. Not only that, but Vegas has them as far smaller under dogs than you make it out to be. This team isn’t going anywhere this season but they will significantly out perform this doom and gloom you have been kicking around out here for the entire season.
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Bookmarked.

Will revisit in a few weeks.
 
This team is 4-5-1 with wins against 4 of the worst teams in the league. Home loss to a back up lead Cardinals team. One of the most penalized teams in the league. One of the worst defenses in the league. What the heck is the OP talking about?
 
RustyBourneHorse said:
I know this might be a controversial take, but, why couldn't we have Schotty earlier? I think he's been great.

Someone mentioned in another thread that he seems like a Sirianni without Roseman. I think that's fair, but he's more likeable. To me, maybe this is something he's developed over time, but I'm actually curious why we couldn't have him in, say, 2016, instead of Garrett at the time?

Some of the things I like about him that I've noticed:

  • I think his clock management so far has been much better than Garrett and McCarthy (and I liked McCarthy).
  • He's got less mind numbing bad decisions than the last two or three HCs we've had so far.
  • He seems genuine. He seems to genuinely care about his players and the team. Sometimes, you can see the phoniness. How many times did we complain about Garrett seemed "plastic" and fake? I appreciate his genuineness.
  • I like his feel for the game. He seems to have a good idea of when to go for it and when not to do that.
  • I actually appreciated the way he disciplined Lamb and Pickens. It sends a message to the team that nobody is above the rules. How many times have we questioned the discipline of the team?
By and large, he seems to have the makings of a great HC. I think he's got some flaws, but every coach does. I think he can get a bit too conservative with his play calling at times. However, by and large, he's been good.

To me, it's a shame we DIDN'T have him sooner. Can you imagine him when Dak was earlier in his career compared to Garrett? You mean to tell me 2016-2019 Schotty wouldn't be an upgrade over 2016-2019 Garrett?
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You are one of my favorite posters here. This take though??? What are you taking about? Shottenheimer wouldn't have been interviewed for another job.
 
RustyBourneHorse said:
I know this might be a controversial take, but, why couldn't we have Schotty earlier? I think he's been great.

Someone mentioned in another thread that he seems like a Sirianni without Roseman. I think that's fair, but he's more likeable. To me, maybe this is something he's developed over time, but I'm actually curious why we couldn't have him in, say, 2016, instead of Garrett at the time?

Some of the things I like about him that I've noticed:

  • I think his clock management so far has been much better than Garrett and McCarthy (and I liked McCarthy).
  • He's got less mind numbing bad decisions than the last two or three HCs we've had so far.
  • He seems genuine. He seems to genuinely care about his players and the team. Sometimes, you can see the phoniness. How many times did we complain about Garrett seemed "plastic" and fake? I appreciate his genuineness.
  • I like his feel for the game. He seems to have a good idea of when to go for it and when not to do that.
  • I actually appreciated the way he disciplined Lamb and Pickens. It sends a message to the team that nobody is above the rules. How many times have we questioned the discipline of the team?
By and large, he seems to have the makings of a great HC. I think he's got some flaws, but every coach does. I think he can get a bit too conservative with his play calling at times. However, by and large, he's been good.

To me, it's a shame we DIDN'T have him sooner. Can you imagine him when Dak was earlier in his career compared to Garrett? You mean to tell me 2016-2019 Schotty wouldn't be an upgrade over 2016-2019 Garrett?
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I agree with you, wish he would of been the coach during the garrett years. For a first time HC, he checks a lot of boxes for me.
 
Coogiguy03 said:
Goooood points, but only one thing I want to mention, do those teams have a better management setup than the one we have that allows for them to do what they need to do to be successful
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Possibly, but if we are buying into that theory then we need to build a statue of Mike McCarthy outside the stadium for getting us 3 12 win seasons under this front office/ownership :laugh:
 
MarionBarberThe4th said:
I actually felt like it was cool Tolbert got the start. You can just say he had a better week of practice and leave it at that
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If you're a smart def coordinator and cowboys fan you KNEW it was going to be a run, that's what I thought we were doing we were coming out running, we did, but then later found out they were in trouble!!
 
RustyBourneHorse said:
Exactly, and that's a big part to me. We've lost games because of bad defence. We've lost games because our players didn't perform well. But we haven't seen a game yet where it was clearly the HC's fault. I don't think we expected a Lombardi season this year. But what I'm seeing so far? I like him.
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shotty was accountable, he said that az game was on him.... put the offense in bad situations... my kind of coach.
 
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