Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Hiring Brian Schottenheimer is 'as big a risk as you can take'

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was sitting right next to Brian Schottenheimer, his new head coaching hire, on Monday when he said what a lot of fans and various team alumni were thinking when the news broke. 

This hire is a big risk.

Schottenheimer was introduced as the Cowboys’ next head coach after Jones’ decision to not re-sign Mike McCarthy, who had Schottenheimer as his offensive coordinator this past season. The hire, as well as the process Jones and the organization went about making it, has been blasted by fans and experts alike.

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones speaks to the media at a press conference at the Star.  (Tim Heitman-Imagn Images)

Despite Schottenheimer being to his right, Jones responded to those critics on Monday. 

"I get my proverbial a-- kicked over needing people in my comfort zone," Jones said to reporters, via The New York Post. "Without this thing being about me in any way, if you don’t think I can’t operate out of my comfort zone, you’re so wrong it’s unbelievable.

"This is as big a risk as you can take. As big a risk as you can take. No head coaching experience."

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Not much of a vote of confidence from that quote during what’s usually an optimistic outlook on a new coaching chapter for a franchise. 

But the tone changed from Jones when discussing Schottenheimer, who has loads of coaching experience even if he hasn’t run his own program yet. He began his career as an assistant for the Rams in 1997, and he’s worked his way up through various organizations,