Coach Cowboy Brian Schottenheimer wears her father’s heritage

Frisco, Texas – Moments before Thursday committed between Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia EaglesBrian Schottenheimer will put his right hand on his heart, close his eyes and attract his head.

He will talk to two people: God and his father, Marty.

“He’s my idol, the guy I looked at the time I was a little boy, said a new chief coach of the cowboy.

She will ask her father on the courage to lead his players. He will ask his father to be there with him and says, “I know you’re watching.” He will tell his father to hope to pride it proud.

“Only normal conversations that you would have to sit here, like you and I are now,” Schottenheimer said in the office in the office.

I’m just thinking about it 16 days before the season made emotionally. You can imagine what it will be for him within Lincoln Financial Field (20:20 and NBC).

It will be the first time in 6,808 days, Schottenheimer will be the main coach for play in the NFL. First of 14. January 2007. years, to be accurate.

“I’ve always wanted to pride it,” Schottenheimer said. “I Think That Was Always Something When I Had Literally Two Things: It Was My Word, Which and Never Will Break For Anybody BeCause It’s Too Important, and My Last Name. That Was Something That He Just Always Beat Into My Head Like, ‘Hey, You know, you’re a Schottenheimer and what you say has to be Truth and Honor.’

“But you know, sitting in this chair, it’s a little different because he’s really in his footsteps. I think I’ve only been a coach for a long time, I would still try to continue inheriting his legacy.”

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Marti Schottenheimer, who He had 77 when he passed away 2021. year after Alzheimer was diagnosed in 2014. year, he was the NFL main coach for 21 years. He won 200 feature games of regular seasons, eighth all the time. But he never made it a great bowl.

By 2006. Brian was an offensive coordinator with New York JetsRight away from his father, with whom he trained in Kansas City, Washington and San Diego.

Brian was 33 years old and watched as one of the candidates for training associations. In 2007 he interviewed for Miami Dolphins Work. 2009. year, with New York jets. In 2010. year he refused the chance to talk to Buffalo Bills.

In 2012. years interviewed for Jacksonville Jaguars Work.

He wouldn’t talk to another until he was talking to a cowboy owner and the director of Jerry Jones in January.

Marty was 41. When he received his first main coaching process, taking over as a temporary chief coach Cleveland Browns 1984. years.

1986 and ’87, the brown suffered two hearted AFC champion championship defeats John Elvai and Denver Broncos. They are known as “drive” and “Fumble”.

1986 Brian was 13 when Elway was driving Broncos 98 toux yardyards before he finished brown in the extension at Cleveland Stadium.

“Just execution,” Brian was remembered. “I remember going down after the game to the federal room and feeling, it was just like a funeral. And then when you become older and get into business, you’re like:” I understand. ” I think of the victims that these young men make their own time, their body, their health, all those things. To take care of something – sleep, vision, goal – and to be so close and that it approaches.

“The drive wasn’t as bad as Fumble. Fumble was worse.”

Schottenheimer can recite all about the match of the AFC championship at AFC at Mile High Stadium. Brown are hintered (28-10 in one points), but drove for fastening in the fourth quarter when a serious biner lost the ball on Bronkosland 3-yard.

Silence in the room with a locker After losing 38-33 is stuck with Schottenheimer, but did you see that Browns Risien Cody Risien picked up the money after the show. It is a fraternity trying to encourage into his cowboys.

“Without it, you have nothing,” Brian said. “You keep looking at me about the whole piece and such things, these things these young men try to do around the league, not only here, is different.

“I Mean They Commit To Something And They Give It Their All. Not for Money. Not for Fame or Things Like That. Yeah, That’s Nice, But They’ve Because They Love One Another and Those Are The Ones That Stick With You.”

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Brian Schottenheimer was At the Qualcomm Stadium 14. January 2007. year, for what turned out to be the last game of his father. Sunday earlier, Brian’s season while OC Mali was ended the loss of playoffs to the patriot.

Marty’s chargers had the best NFL record at 14-2. Were the upper seeds in AFC. They had 11 bowling players and five first team of all-proplections. Go back to Ladainian Tomlinson, which ended with 2,323 merits and 31 touchdown, was called NFL MVP.

They were Super Balva.

With 8:35 it is left in the game, chargers had a lead of 8 points New England Patriots And it seemed on the way to AFC title of titles. With a little more than six minutes, security Marlon Mccree intercepted That beardWhat was supposed to help seal victory, but instead of descending, he ran with the ball and back to the patriot.

Brady delivered magic with discs and game that beat the game and the filling season ended when Nate KaedingLook for him in the game binding from 54 meters was with Mark.

A month later Marty Schottenheimer is the first coach in NFL history fired after the season 14 gain.

It would train the United Football League Virginia Destrucer in 2011. years, but the time on the NFL side was over.

Lombardy Trophy would never be his.

“It affected him. I would lie to say that it was not. Do your whole life, win over 200 games,” Brian said. “And Super Bowl was never just for him. It was that it was for all the people who worked and sweated and tried to help him. It was such a selfless person that it wouldn’t be for him.” It will be for him. “

During meetings with players and media, because it becomes a cowboy coach, Brian often mentions his father.

“The way we practice and the way I act in practice, my father looks at the sky that goes:” What are you doing? That’s not how you exercise, “Schottenheimer said said.” But my father also trained a long time ago. And the type of athletes and the type of young people we deal with changing. “

Most cowboy players don’t remember Marty as a coach. Cooper BeebeHe grew up in Kansas City, knows the stories that the father told him when Marty was training bosses. Jake Ferguson He heard the stories of his grandfather, former Wisconsin coach, Barry Alvarez.

“I think their coaches are quite similar,” Ferguson said in Alvarez and Marty Schottenheimer. “I thought I knew how my gramp was trained until he returned because of that coach in 2013). I was in a room with a locker and listened to him and it was quite phenomenal. “

Dak Prescott He heard Marty Schottenheimer’s stories of the former Mike McCarthi bus coach, who worked under Schottenheimer in his career. One of the marketing agents of Prescott grew up in Cleveland, so he shared some of the brown stories.

“Hard-worn Bult coach who didn’t take any S —“, Prescott said. “Super excited about Schotty to get this opportunity now, making it real. I know how much his father taught him and how his father was a coach, he would introduce it.

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Shortly after Schottenheimer was called Cowboy Coach, the package arrived in the star.

At first he didn’t know who was, but after the opening, he saw two things: Martilall T-shirt from his father with bosses and 3D printed version of Vince Lombardi Trophies.

There were two words at the back of the trophy: shine.

1986. The NFL movies took Schottenheimer’s message to the message Message with your brown before the playoffs.

“There’s a shine, men,” Schottenheimer told his players. “There’s a glow. Let’s take a shine.”

Briana, glow is Super Bowl.

“He always predicted to hold the trophy and apparently, the beautiful Lombardi trophy, shine from the trophy, it’s a glow,” Schottenheimer said. “It’s a shine that you keep the trophy in front of the whole team and all different images returning from players and coaches, all around.

“He always said about wanting to see the shine, and the glow was held by the trophy. So his message was,” Hey, imagine yourself holding that trophy. We are so close. “”

Schottenheimer’s sister Kristen, she sent him a package. He opened it just before he soon became the first form on all staff organized by the cowboy.

“I literally broke down,” Schottenheimer said. “Steve Shimko, our coach on our quarterly competition – it’s so funny – he goes,” Hey man, is good? Great meeting are coming. “I’m like,” No! I’m not! “

The tears overturned his face. Shimko went and told some other assistants that Schottenheimer could be late for a meeting.

“But I pulled it together,” Schottenheimer said. “I had a good date. I had to get man and make me work.”

Thursday, the tears are likely to come as it moves to their first season as a franchise coach that has not won a Super Bowl since 1995. years. He said when he wins the super act, his father would get the ring.

He once had the goal of the youngest chief coach in the history of the NFL, but had to wait for years because of his chance.

Now 51, it’s finally here. And his father, who called his best friend, will be with him.

“Apparently I’ll be excited, I’ll be ready. I’m sure I’ll be nervous, it’s part of the deal,” Schottenheimer said. “From the moment I played, it’s not valid, there should be butterflies and there should be a butterfly, in front of the world and I have a chance to close my eyes and talk to these two people will be quite emotional.”