Dan Quinn reveals the 'rare combination' that will make Brian Schottenheimer succeed as the new Dallas Cowboys head coach
One day after Pete Carroll shared his own strong choice of words on new Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer, Dan Quinn joined the party at the NFL Scouting Combine. Though Schottenheimer was a surprise hire in this year's coaching cycle, there's no denying the coaching world has high expectations for him. It's true Jerry Jones' […]
One day after Pete Carroll shared his own strong choice of words on new Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer, Dan Quinn joined the party at the NFL Scouting Combine.
Though Schottenheimer was a surprise hire in this year's coaching cycle, there's no denying the coaching world has high expectations for him. It's true Jerry Jones' head coaching search should've been more thorough, none of that matters, as Troy Aikman said earlier this month. Now it's about Schottennheimer getting the job done.
In the eyes of Quinn, who worked with Schottenheimer previously in stops at Dallas and New York, he will because of a "rare combination" of skills.
"He's gonna do a fantastic job," Quinn told reporters at Indianapolis. "He's got high level coaching, high level relatability. And you put those two things together, that's a really rare combination, he's got."
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Quinn's high praise for Schottenheimer doesn't solely originate from what he saw from him in Dallas but rather years ago when both coincided in the Big Apple when Quinn worked as the Jets DL coach for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
"I've got so much regard for for Brian," Quinn said. "I actually worked with him years ago at the New York Jets, and it was then that I probably saw how excellent he was. . . I knew then that he had rare things about him."
"He helped me a lot (in Dallas), first as an analyst to help look ahead and find some things," Quinn added. "And then also, he switched back to coach on offense, so he's gonna do a fantastic job."
Once the season kicks off, the old friends will battle it out on the field as head coaches at least twice a year with the hopes of coinciding against each other in the playoffs like the Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles did in the NFC Championship Game in January.
