Since reports indicated that the Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy had parted ways, Deion Sanders’ name has been tied to the biggest vacancy in professional sports.
Sanders’ long-standing relationship with owner Jerry Jones makes the third-year Colorado coach an obvious candidate, and his quick turnaround of one of the worst programs in college football only further validates the potential pairing.
While some say that Deion is “not a good fit” for the Cowboys, Jones has a history of going off the beaten path and doing things his own way. Could this situation be more of the same?
One of the biggest questions has been whether a former interview has been scheduled with Coach Prime, and ESPN’s Adam Schefter provided an update on that matter on Thursday morning.
“Meanwhile, speaking of the Dallas Cowboys and what they do next, everybody focused in on Deion Sanders and the conversations that he’s had so far with Jerry Jones,” Schefter said on Get Up. “Now, my understanding is no interview is set up, conversations will continue. Deion said to me he’s intrigued with the job and, clearly, Jerry Jones is intrigued too. Those two men know each other so well. They don’t have to have a lot of conversation.”
While Sanders clearly has interest in the position, the Cowboys would be remiss if they didn’t seek to find other potential fits as well—which Schefter says is certainly happening.
“In the interim, Dallas is looking at other coaching candidates. They reached out to and will interview Robert Saleh, the former Jets head coach. They will interview the former Vikings head coach, Leslie Frazier.”
The noise around “Deion to Dallas” has become so loud, though, that it’s hard not to take this seriously. If it were to happen, Schefter says that at least one NFL general manager has seen this coming for a long time.
“I can’t help but think of, about 16, 17 months ago, I had an NFL general manager call me up and said, ‘I want you to write this down right now – the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys is going to be Deion Sanders. Take it to the bank because of the respect that exists between Deion Sanders and Jerry Jones and vice versa,’” Schefter recalled.
