Jerry Jones is probably a fine businessperson. He has made billions, and if that is what one wants to do, his mission is accomplished. What the Dallas Cowboys owner is not, even though he thinks he should be, is a great football mind. Sadly, a former Seattle Seahawks coach is about to find out [just how bad things](https://12thmanrising.com/former-seahawks-brian-schottenheimer-handed-nightmare-scenario-cowboys) can get.
Brian Schottenheimer was hired by former head coach Pete Carroll to be the offensive coordinator in 2018, and his task was to take an offense that was increasingly becoming far too dependent on quarterback Russell Wilson and make it more balanced. Three years later, the opposite happened.
Seattle did run the ball a bunch more in Schottenheimer's [first year with the Seahawks](https://12thmanrising.com/nfl-analyst-says-seattle-seahawks-fans-knew-brian-schottenheimer), but Wilson seemingly talked Schottenheimer into throwing the ball too much in tight games in 2020, and that plan failed. Schottenheimer had to go, and he was fired.
Former Seattle Seahawks coach Brian Schottenheimer set up for doom in Week 1
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Was it his fault for what happened with the Seahawks' offense in his final season? Yes and no. Pete Carroll should have been much more upfront with Wilson and told the quarterback the team needed to run more. But Carroll's failure partially led to Schotty's failure.
Now, Brian Schottenheimer has found his way to being the Dallas Cowboys head coach, but his stay might be short-lived. That's unfair, as he deserves better. He should have been offered a head coaching position before this offseason, but he wasn't. He might be a good one, but just not in Dallas.
The reason is that Jerry Jones is not just the owner, but the general manager, too. He's drafted some good players, but he knows how to divide the locker room as well. The Cowboys' offense might be good, but the defense just got gutted because Jones didn't know how to properly address the growing Micah Parsons situation.
Not that he cares too much. The team he owns has grown a ton in value, and he will keep owning the team no matter who the head coach is. Former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will get the blame for the team going south, even though he is really an offensive-minded head coach.
In Week 1, Dallas plays the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, a team that was already better than the Cowboys. Schottenheimer's team is likely to lose. That isn't going to make the new head coach look good.
Dallas is probably going to lose a lot of high-scoring games, finish third or fourth in the NFC East, and Schottenheimer will be fired. Who knows? Maybe Klint Kubiak will be so great as the offensive coordinator for the Seahawks in 2025 that he finds a head coaching job and Schottenheimer returns as Seattle's OC in 2026.