Dallas Cowboys staff proprietor Jerry Jones roiled followers when the staff introduced that Brian Schottenheimer can be the staff’s subsequent head coach, however it was his remarks to reporters on Monday that raised eyebrows.
It was not precisely Jones defending the choice that caught the NFL world’s consideration. It was extra how he mentioned it.
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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones speaks to the media at a press convention on the Star in Frisco, Texas, on Jan. 27, 2025. (Tim Heitman-Imagn Photographs)
“There is a very low proportion of this that’s smiles and glory holes. Very low proportion,” he advised FOX 4 Dallas when requested about his emotions towards the Cowboys’ followers reactions.
Jones’ use of the phrase “glory gap” drew confusion and mockery. The 2 most-known references for the time period are an unkempt storage place or a gap within the wall used for sexual exploitation. Nonetheless, Jones appeared to be referring to an open quarry.
Glory gap can be a time period used within the oil and gasoline trade as a sort of mining into the ocean to guard tools from icebergs or packs of ice. Jones made cash within the oil and gasoline trade earlier than he determined to purchase the Cowboys in 1989.
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Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer, left, and proprietor Jerry Jones converse to the media at a press convention on the Star in Frisco, Texas, on Jan. 27, 2025. (Tim Heitman-Imagn Photographs)
Sports activities Illustrated identified it was not the primary time he referenced it both.
“I’ve been right here when it was glory gap days, and I’ve been right here when it wasn’t. Having mentioned that, I would like me some glory gap,” he mentioned in 2012, by way of the Houston Chronicle.
When phrased like that, the Cowboys haven’t discovered any glory holes because the mid-Nineteen Nineties, after they final gained the Tremendous Bowl and had been thought-about to be America’s Crew.
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The addition of Schottenheimer was far from the marquee transfer followers anticipated, however the Cowboys had been 12-5 for 3 straight seasons earlier than being handled quite a few accidents in 2024.
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