The Dallas Cowboys showed interest in hiring Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders for their head coach position, but the team ultimately decided to promote offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer instead. This decision has left Cowboys legend Michael Irvin quite unhappy. In a recently posted video, Irvin, a Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, shared his strong reaction to the team’s choice of Schottenheimer over the iconic Deion Sanders. “We lost an opportunity here,” Irvin said in the video. “I was pushing for Deion Sanders to be the next coach. And I still stand ten toes down on that push.”
Irvin’s frustration was aimed not at Schottenheimer, but at the team’s decision to hire a candidate already familiar with the organization. “You’re bringing in someone that already was inside as the head coach,” Irvin remarked. “You lose things there that you can’t grab back, that I worry about.” He believes the Cowboys were in need of a change, one he felt Sanders could have provided. “I know what we needed,” Irvin stated. “They don’t have curfew. They don’t have discipline. We were fourth in penalties this year. So how do you fix that? How do you do that when you’re coming from inside?”
The Cowboys chose a different path, and it remains to be seen how this decision will play out.
