Dallas Cowboys
legend and Corridor of Famer Troy Aikman just lately teased that “there’s a 50-50 probability” he will not name video games for one of many NFL’s main media companions subsequent season amid reports claiming his working relationship with broadcast companion and play-by-play announcer Joe Buck has soured.
Aikman is within the final yr of his ESPN contract, and it is believed he might be employed to work in a staff’s entrance workplace sooner or later after Tremendous Bowl LXI takes place this coming February. As shared by Brandon Contes of Terrible Saying, Aikman appeared on Dallas’ 96.7 The Ticket on Thursday and provided some feedback which will elevate eyebrows amongst individuals inside the San Francisco 49ers.
Troy Aikman to coach-needy groups: Name the 49ers
“I’ve been requested a whole lot of questions right here, definitely over the past a number of weeks, about any aspirations that I could have of stepping into a entrance workplace,” Aikman defined. “Or, ‘Who would you rent as your head coach?’ If I used to be able to rent somebody as a head coach, [the] first name I’d make is to the 49ers and say, ‘How a lot is it going to take to get Kyle Shanahan?’ As a result of I feel he’s that good. And sure, I’ve all the time believed this, however teaching issues, and it has an impression on a company.”
Aikman’s “how a lot is it going to take” remark was associated to the truth that Shanahan signed a contract extension this previous September. As famous by ESPN, Shanahan’s earlier deal ran by way of the 2027 season. Thus, a staff must commerce for his providers and likewise would doubtless have to barter a brand new deal that would come with a pay elevate as a part of the transaction.
Troy Aikman did not technically do something incorrect, however …
On Friday morning, NFL insider Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Discuss identified that Aikman’s feedback might be considered as “potential pre-tampering” with Shanahan. Whereas Aikman beforehand served as a marketing consultant for the Miami Dolphins, an October report mentioned that his “formal consulting settlement with Miami was restricted to the staff’s common supervisor and head coach searches” earlier this yr.
“It’s not tampering as a result of Aikman at the moment isn’t working a staff,” Florio defined. “And the data offers Shanahan loads of leverage in his dealings with the 49ers, if Aikman joins the likes of Matt Millen, John Lynch, and John Elway as former gamers with little or no front-office expertise who discover themselves working in high-level jobs with a staff.”
In the meantime, the Cowboys might be out there for a brand new head coach by the point the NFL’s subsequent “Black Monday” ends in January. In late October, Cowboys proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones insisted that he “could and would” rent Aikman to have a “vital” function with the group.
Jones’ recent comments might lead one to consider he would not spend sufficient to entice Shanahan to go away the Niners. There was additionally no indication as of the morning of Nov. 13 that Shanahan would wish to tackle a unique problem subsequent yr.
That mentioned, whispers suggesting that Shanahan may head elsewhere might develop louder if a unique staff hires Aikman earlier than the subsequent league yr opens in March 2027.
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