Cowboys' Jerry Jones Responds to 'Absolutely Ridiculous' Criticism Over HC Salary Comments

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reacted to criticism surrounding his comments regarding head coaching salaries.

"The facts are I have been out there, and I have been trying to lure very successful coaches away from the teams they were on and knew full well that I was going to pay them for their success," Jones said Friday, per ESPN's Todd Archer. "So that has been done. No one knows that, but I do. And so it is absolutely ridiculous. And I actually grin when somebody says, 'Jerry's not willing to pay the money for what it would take to get the right kind of coach out there.'"

Jones came under fire for expressing his belief that a higher head coaching salary doesn't result in more success for the team on Tuesday.

"There's zero correlation between how much you pay a coach or how many coaches you have, as to winning. There's no correlation," Jones said during an appearance on 105.3 The Fan.

Archer reported Friday that Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer is "believed to be in the bottom half of the league in terms of salary." Mike McCarthy, Dallas' head coach before Schottenheimer, was earning $8 million per year.

According to Sportico's Kurt Badenhausen, there are estimated to be 15 current NFL head coaches making at least $12 million per year. Schottenheimer is not among them.

The Cowboys have gone 10-14-1 across Schottenheimer's two seasons patrolling the sidelines after posting a 49-35 record during McCarthy's tenure.

This year, Dallas sits at No. 2 in the NFC East standings with a 3-5 mark.