It's been 29 years since the Dallas Cowboys reached the NFC Championship Game, let alone the Super Bowl. With the team's hiring of Brian Schottenheimer as head coach, reaching another one feels more distant than ever.
That was the impression Cowboys legend Michael Irvin gave off in his first public statement on the matter since Schottenheimer was announced as the team's new head coach last night. In a 19-minute video posted on his YouTube channel, Irvin lamented that so many members of the Cowboys fanbase have not been able to appreciate the team's glory days since it's been so long since they had real playoff success.
“We have two NFC East teams in the NFC Championship game being played (Sunday). All eyes on them. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders, our enemies on all fronts. And they’re in a position that we haven’t held in 30 (expletive) years… We’re losing ground in the NFC. That’s 30 damn years. Forty years is a generation. It was time to bring somebody in here that could shake things up and grab this last leg of Cowboys Nation," Irvin said.
Irvin added that the Kansas City Chiefs appear poised to steal the moniker of "America's Team" away from them if they win in the upcoming AFC Championship Game.
“A third of Cowboys Nation has never felt or lived the glory of a championship story. How the hell can they pass something down when they don’t even know about it? … Worse yet, that generation has seen total domination from a team named the Kansas City Chiefs. So not only are you losing football games over here and opportunities over here and divisions over here, you’re about to get our moniker snatched off our backs," he added.
Irvin said that he was pushing for the Cowboys to hire Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, his former teammate in Dallas for several years and a close friend for decades.
“Jerry’s a shrewd businessman, and I’m shocked ... this opportunity he did not see. I was pushing for Deion Sanders to be the next head coach. I still stand ten toes down on that push,” Irvin said.
“It was time to bring someone in here that could shake things up."
Well, the Cowboys shook things up by hiring Schottenheimer, that's for sure.
