2023 Cowboys Coaching Staff Thread

[boozeman]

Like I said before, we are going to have to out-talent everyone because we will be running another stone-age offense.

 

[boozeman]

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Damn, the DFDC knob is turned to 11 today.

 

[boozeman]

Damn, the DFDC knob is turned to 11 today.

You people might as well understand what is coming. This was not a great hire. It was a hire of convenience, a lot like the OL hire.

They are basically trying to reconstruct McCarthy's very primitive variant of the WCO, with the OC and OL coach from Seattle.

If the plan is to go full Seahawks with a punchless offense that is carried by the defense, I guess it is working.

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

Owning on Schottenheimer last week:



BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER

• 2022 job: Cowboys consultant (Cowboys)

Even though he's one of the least exciting candidates, former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer may also be the most likely to land the Cowboys' offensive coordinator job due to his familiarity with McCarthy and the personnel, in addition to his wealth of experience as an NFL offensive coordinator.

Before spending the 2022 season as a consultant for the Cowboys, Schottenheimer had three different stints as an offensive coordinator (New York Jets in 2006-11, Los Angeles Rams in 2012-14, Seattle Seahawks in 2018-20). While Schottenheimer truly struggled to cobble together competent offenses with the Jets and Rams, posting just one top-10 finish in points per game over those two stretches, his Seahawks offenses ranked top 10 in points per game in each of his three seasons as offensive coordinator. Over his three years in Seattle, the Seahawks' offenses ranked ninth in EPA per play (0.023) and 16th in successful play rate.

Schottenheimer loves to lean on the run and play-action passing games to create effective offense. Over his three seasons with the Seahawks, they ranked sixth in run-play rate (42%) and eighth in play-action rate (28.4%). Additionally, the Seahawks ran the ball on 51.5% of their first downs, which is surprisingly a bit less than Dallas' 57.1% rate in 2022.

Interestingly, Schottenheimer's presence as offensive coordinator could push the Cowboys to make “inside zone” their primary run concept rather than the outside zone variation the team has leaned on heavily in the past (though Dallas employed a steadier diet of man/gap concepts in 2022 than in the past). Schottenhimer's Seahawks ranked third in inside zone rate (41.1% of called runs) during his tenure, while the Cowboys ranked 19th (20.0%) this past season.

Unfortunately, Schottenheimer's offenses were often criticized due to their predictability on account of a lack of creativity as a play caller — those aren't the kind of critiques that will inspire Cowboys fans after the team jettisoned a boy wonder for this retread candidate. Luckily for Dallas, the predictability of Schottnehimer's play-calling shouldn't be an issue because McCarthy will be calling plays. That could allow Schottenheimer to focus on what he does best: designing an offense that intertwines the running, play-action passing and dropback passing games at a high level.

Cowboys fans will be happy to hear that hiring Schottenheimer would likely mean a move away from the hitch/curl routes that were so frequently leaned on during Moore's tenure as offensive coordinator. The Cowboys targeted hitch routes the fourth most in the NFL; however, Schottenheimer appears to favor routes where his receivers are on the move rather than a stationary target, as his offenses are littered with drive, shallow-cross, spear and “China” passing game concepts — none of which have a stop, curl or hitch route baked into the basic play.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Is this further entrenching Quinn as the potential HC here?

 

[Chocolate Lab]

You people might as well understand what is coming.

 

[boozeman]

Well, I guess you could say it is a plan.

Weird plan, but a plan.

Quinn as a spectre hanging over Fat Mike's head is not necessarily a bad thing.

Perhaps it motivates his fat ass to give the appearance of doing something.

I can honestly say I have not seen many head coaches in our history as seemingly uninvolved as he appeared this season.

Most of the time he was standing there, stationary as a Hutt, mumbling to himself with a playcard in his fat fist.

 

[boozeman]

Downey Jr. with one of the greatest acting performances of this generation.

Too bad it is too provocative to be appreciated like it should.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Schottenheimer loves to lean on the run and play-action passing games to create effective offense.

He's not calling plays so his history is less relevant, but is this not basically the formula everyone wants for Dak?

 

[boozeman]

He's not calling plays so his history is less relevant, but is this not basically the formula everyone wants for Dak?

I really am thinking beyond that. To make some of the things they are likely to want to do, they are going to need a personnel overhaul. Oh well, it is not shocking and about all you can do is hope that the discipline is there because I find it tough to see them being all that dynamic.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I really am thinking beyond that. To make some of the things they are likely to want to do, they are going to need a personnel overhaul. Oh well, it is not shocking and about all you can do is hope that the discipline is there because I find it tough to see them being all that dynamic.

They needed a personnel overhaul anyway.

 

[boozeman]

They needed a personnel overhaul anyway.

True. It is going to mean a real commitment. I don't think the Joneses have it in them.

 

[Genghis Khan]

This does feel a bit like the Nolan hire, but the difference is that Nolan was in complete charge of the defense while schottenheimer will be basically just carrying out McCarthy's directions.

 

[boozeman]

This does feel a bit like the Nolan hire, but the difference is that Nolan was in complete charge of the defense while schottenheimer will be basically just carrying out McCarthy's directions.

Guys like Nolan, Schottenheimer, etc., are what basically exists of the McCarthy tree.

A big fat tree, with low hanging withered fruit.

 

[Genghis Khan]

True. It is going to mean a real commitment. I don't think the Joneses have it in them.

They'll draft a couple weapons in the middle rounds and call it a day. Oh, and they'll call Tolbert basically another draft pick since he mostly redshirted last year.

And remind us that this offense was very productive the last couple years.

 

[Texas Ace]

Translation: He will do as I tell him.

And that's fine by me.

I want this to be McCarthy's offense so if Shottenheimer is just a puppet, I'm ok with that.

 

[bbgun]

You'll get another Tavon Austin and like it.

 

[Texas Ace]

Most of the time he was standing there, stationary as a Hutt, mumbling to himself with a playcard in his fat fist.

I don't think this is true but it made me laugh nonetheless.