Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones pushed back hard on the notion that his decision to promote offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to be his next head coach was one made out of comfort.

ESPN's Todd Archer reported on Thursday that McCarthy was adamant about agreeing to a five-year contract extension with the team. However, owner Jerry Jones apparently was stuck on a three-year deal. Both sides couldn't agree on a deal, although the details of the contract the Cowboys offered McCarthy are unknown.

Jerry Jones both admitted he’s taking a major risk and delivered a message to critics on Monday sitting beside his new Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

The hire of Brian Schottenheimer sent shockwaves around the NFL. In what seemed to be a combination of the “familiarity” hire and a “trying to out-think the room” hire, the Dallas Cowboys made long-time NFL offensive coordinator,

The Dallas Cowboys introduced Brian Schottenheimer as the new head coach of the iconic NFL franchise on Monday, and the press conference produced some

Jones made the comfortable move that likely won't cost too much to replace Mike McCarthy as the Cowboys head coach

The Dallas Cowboys attempted to pull off the classic Friday news dump technique last weekend when they announced they were promoting offensive coordinator

The Cowboys’ new HC gave fans cause for optimism in Monday’s press conference; the team’s top 2 bosses rambled and minimized real concerns.

Cowboys are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach, Jerrry Jones tells ESPN. “Brian Schottenheimer is known as a career assistant,” Jones said. “He ain’t Brian no more. He is now known as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.” pic.twitter.com/JtGoltP1mC

If Irvin had been in charge of hiring a new head coach, he would have swung for the fences and gone all out for Colorado head coach Deion Sanders. Sanders and the Cowboys reportedly had mutual interest in one another, but ultimately Dallas went with their offensive coordinator.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told fans he is still a "risk taker" and hiring Brian Schottenheimer as head coach is "is as big a risk as you can take."