Dallas Cowboys Move ‘Will Shock the System!’ Darren Woodson Raves About Mike Zimmer Hire
LAS VEGAS: Is Mike Zimmer’s appointment as the Dallas Cowboys’ new defensive coordinator a “shock” to the team? Not at all; we’ve explained in detail why we reported a week ago that he would have the inside track on this position.
However, Dallas legend Darren Woodson claims that another kind of “shock” is about to arrive at The Star and that it’s precisely “the shock this team needs.”
Is that an indictment of the work of Dan Quinn, the former coach who is currently in Washington? Not precisely. Does this imply that Mike McCarthy, the head coach of the Cowboys, “runs a country club atmosphere” at The Star? Nope. That is to say, change is a good thing, particularly if it is accompanied by competence.
“It’s unbelievable how much we discussed football (during the previous season)—like, every week,” Woodson remarked. “He calls every week regarding so and so… He’s playing the game so seriously. He is the greatest player in the game.
In addition, there is another element pertaining to “the shock” at play here: Do you recall when team owner Jerry Jones stated that the Cowboys “need disruption” as part of his “all in” pledge?
Although there is undoubtedly trust and “comfortability” in the Jones family’s relationship with Zimmer, Zimmer’s approach to player management is anything but “comfortable.”
The manner of Dan Quinn? He truly was his players’ “best friend.”
Pro Bowl cornerback DaRon Bland of Quinn to Washington said, “They’re getting a great coach, a great man, somebody that’s gonna lead them the right way.” “I cherish him. He doesn’t handle you as though he were your coach. He made an effort to come across as a player, a brother, or just another guy you could talk to.”
That was a high level of success for Quinn’s Cowboys back then. However, right now? Here comes Zim’s Cowboys, a “shock at The Star.”
