00:00What was your reaction when you heard the Cowboys were hiring Brian Schottenheimer?
00:21You know, I, it, you know, obviously it heard whispers that it was possible, obviously shocked
00:25like everybody else that that was, uh, you know, really at the end of the day, their
00:29final decision, but not crazily shocked only because it felt like really how the process
00:33went from the beginning.
00:35This was not going to be a normal candidate that you would have thought of because they
00:38didn't really, you know, they didn't make a decision to end the season and then it delayed
00:42in the past, past the time to interview some of those top candidates that week that they
00:46were on the bar.
00:47Um, so then you're like, all right, well you didn't even do your due diligence really.
00:50So truth is, this is going to become an awkward hire situation anyways, unless you're waiting
00:54until all this is over, uh, and you can get to all those guys again.
01:00So I, it kind of felt like it was something where they had a little bit of an idea of
01:03where they might go if McCarthy wasn't the answer.
01:06Um, and then on the flip side of it, uh, I love Shawty and, and all the times I've gotten
01:10to be around him, he's a great human being.
01:12I can see why Dak loves him a lot.
01:14I can see why maybe to them they feel like there's this, um, if you will, like it's opportunity
01:20to build like a, a, a culture and a character to a vibe, to their team that's a little different
01:24than maybe they've had in the past.
01:26Um, cause he's a guy that man, he is going to wear his emotions.
01:30He's going to have a blast.
01:31He's going to create a fun environment.
01:32They're going to compete.
01:34And uh, I think we can't judge it until we get an opportunity to see what this guy looks
01:37like with his shot, because I know players across the league organizations that I've
01:41been around where he's been, they love Brian Schottenheimer and they think he's an awesome
01:45human being.
01:46And I think that's a good place to start in this league this day and age, because we see
01:50a lot of the time, these relationships, these coaches have sound like some of the most important
01:55parts of their level of, of going and getting success.
01:58Andrew Whitworth joining us here on the DNM leasing hotline.
02:00You were in the West with him in Seattle, right?
02:03Like you competed against when he was on that staff.
02:06Yes.
02:07And, uh, you know, and then he was also, you know, at one time, uh, with the Rams.
02:11And so I, a lot of people that were carry over from that, you know, group that are still
02:15there, uh, were around him and, and have shared nothing but great things about him.
02:19And, um, you know, and obviously Richard Sherman, who, uh, you know, I got to do Thursday night
02:23football with every week during the season, uh, was around shoddy too.
02:26So I've been thought of guys that, you know what, they think a lot about him and, and,
02:30uh, you know, I've always walked away, you know, enjoying being around him as a coach.
02:34And I think that's the first place to start and who he looks like as a head coach.
02:38We have no idea because here's the reality guys.
02:40I mean, we see coordinators get hired all the time that we think are absolute insane
02:44coordinators or whatever they do.
02:46And they're a disaster as a head coach and they're not good leaders and they're not all
02:49these things.
02:50So where are we to say that just because we don't know the level of this guy, when he's
02:54a head coach that we know what it looks like.
02:55And maybe when he's in a head coach position and gets to do things the exact way he wants
02:59to do it, uh, maybe he's got a mind frame and a headset that he creates, uh, something
03:04that's a really good opportunity for them to be successful and lays out a plan that
03:07the players buy into.
03:08And so to me, I think it's going to be great to give him a shot.
03:11Yeah.
03:12Is it what we all expected?
03:13The way we all thought it would go, did we feel like the Cowboys did the best they can
03:16absolutely do?
03:17No.
03:18But do I think Brian Schottenhamer deserves this opportunity?
03:21And am I going to give him his chance to, to show us what he's capable of?
03:25Heck yeah.
03:26I'm excited to see it.
03:27Cause I know the human's awesome dude.
03:28And, uh, I look forward to seeing him take his shot and see what he's got.
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