The Dallas Cowboys have long been a team with traditions as ingrained as their star-studded history. In the Cowboys’ locker room, rookie hazing usually means one thing: grab a mic and sing in front of the whole team. For decades, it has been an initiation rite meant to break the ice and build camaraderie. It’s an old-school ritual, a Cowboy rite of passage not to be messed with. But this year? Things cracked wide open. New head coach Brian Schottenheimer wasn’t having it.

This is a coach who’s been through tougher battles than a shaky rendition of Mary Jane, ditched the tradition this year. And who likes to do things his own way. Set new trends rather than follow dusty old ones. After all, he invented his own identity: The “Schotty Ball.” So instead of forcing rookies to sing solo

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