Tony Casillas on the Cowboys’ culture shift under Schottenheimer

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Tony Casillas, Super Bowl champ and Cowboys legend, joined Shan, RJ, and Bobby to break down how Brian Schottenheimer is building a new culture in Dallas, emphasizing connection, urgency, and authenticity. Casillas said the energy inside The Star feels completely different from the McCarthy era. He also noted how current players are embracing the team’s legacy and how that mindset could shape the season.

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00:00and tony you mentioned uh you know how culture is going to be a big part of this that was one part

00:19that we heard michael irvin talk about the other day on his podcast but the other thing he kept

00:23underlined over and over again was just competitiveness and a competitive atmosphere

00:27uh did you feel that did you get that same sense while you're out there that hey this this stuff

00:32that people may think a ping pong table is a distraction or oh you're not focusing on work

00:36did you look at it like michael didn't say no this is just a very competitive environment

00:40consistently throughout the day well i can i can say that honestly i don't think it's been like this

00:47and you know michael saw it just like everyone else and myself is that i noticed the tempo the energy

00:53the enthusiasm from moving throughout meetings and through you know through the walkthrough

00:59through the team uh drills on the field individual drill these guys are working and there's a tempo

01:06there's an energy that you know from this moving and and you know flowing really fast and this sense

01:12of urgency let's get out here and work and let's we're always going to be to have this high tempo and

01:17and i think once you instill that and granted it's otas so i i i totally understand that but

01:24that's where it starts it starts now because obviously the you know the game has changed so

01:28much it's more of a mental game now and he as far as you know what the nfl allows you to do as far as

01:34hitting so i sense that uh right away and it's a great question because i think that that's really

01:40encouraging because you see a lot of teams that don't have that urgency and i think it comes from

01:46brian schottenheimer his philosophy is look we're going to go fast fast fast tempo tempo tempo

01:52focus focus focus and that's going to be our narrative going this season so i'm just like

01:59michael and everyone else i was blown away of the detail and the individual drill and the sense of

02:05urgency of work and a technique and and really just uh understanding and it's the mental aspect of it

02:12because all these guys are physically they can play in the nfl it's like what are they going to do to

02:17really get to the mental attitude of it and i really thought that that really stuck out

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