After about two weeks the Dallas Cowboys finally made a move at head coach on Friday night and chose to hire Brian Schottenheimer, their offensive coordinator over the last two seasons. Schottenheimer was also on staff for one year prior to that.
To say that the Schottenheimer thing came out of nowhere for the Cowboys would be to put the situation quite mildly. It all began on Monday morning when he appeared as the betting favorite by one oddsmaker and by that day’s end he had been scheduled to interview formally with the team.