'I'm pulling for you': Roger Staubach surprises Brian Schottenheimer at news conference

FRISCO, Texas -- About six minutes into Brian Schottenheimer's Friday quality conference, determination was a sound connected the door. It was Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Roger Staubach.

"Oh, my goodness gracious," Schottenheimer said aft seeing Staubach and past shaking his hand. "I volition halt what I'm doing for this."

Staubach called Schottenheimer his favourite manager and said, "I thought possibly you could usage me, but possibly not ... I tin inactive throw."

Replied Schottenheimer, "Hey, you ever could. I ne'er interest astir your legs [either], right?"

Staubach, 83, won 2 Super Bowls with the Cowboys successful the 1970s. He earned the nickname Captain Comeback, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful 1985.

"I'm pulling for you," Staubach said, adding, "I inactive emotion the Cowboys ... It's astonishing however erstwhile I beryllium down and commencement watching the game, I consciousness similar I'm retired there."

A Hall of Fame visitant astatine the Brian Schottenheimer property conference. Roger Staubach told the coach, "I'm pulling for you." Schottenheimer said he's fired up adjacent much for signifier pic.twitter.com/qBFYYxmRA0

Staubach had immoderate advice.

"Right now, we're OK," helium said, "but we're going to get better."

"No doubt. That's the plan," Schottenheimer replied.

Schottenheimer was named caput manager connected Jan. 24. This was his archetypal enactment with Staubach.

"That's wherefore I'm trying not to amusement each my emotions," Schottenheimer said. "You're going to spot maine skipping down the hall. I mightiness adjacent telephone the guys up and beryllium like, 'Hey, conjecture who I conscionable hung retired with? He came to spot me?' No, similar I said, I'm a shot junkie, and [he's] 1 of the champion each time, man."