New Coaching Staff Thread...

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[Genghis Khan]

Risen is making a good point over on Cowboyszone, as is Norm on the ticket:

It will be interesting to know what kind of control McCarthy is getting.

Notably, McCarthy interviewed in other spots that are all still coach-less, yet he jumped at this offer. Could Jerry have just offered him too much money? There must have been some power compromise.

I think it's personnel. Which players would you rather have? Dallas' roster or the NYG?

 

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Source: Cowboys to hire Mike McCarthy as new coach
9:05 AM CT
Todd Archer
ESPN Staff Writer

FRISCO, Texas -- Mike McCarthy will be the ninth head coach in the history of the Dallas Cowboys, a source confirmed to ESPN.

The news was first reported by Fox Sports.

McCarthy stayed at the home of Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones on Saturday night, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

"Once you stay at Jerry's house, he doesn't lose his guy," the source said.

McCarthy replaces Jason Garrett, who went 85-67 as Dallas' coach from 2010 to 2019, with the hope that McCarthy can do for the Cowboys what he did for another storied franchise -- win a Super Bowl.

Cowboys' Cure for Close Losses?

The Cowboys couldn't win the close games this season, going 1-6 in one possession games, the second-worst record in the NFL behind the Bengals (0-8). Mike McCarthy could turn that around. Since 2006, McCarthy has won 58 games that were decided by 8 points, the fourth-most by any coach in that span.

In February 2011, McCarthy led the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl XLV win against the Pittsburgh Steelers at AT&T Stadium, his new home with the Cowboys.

McCarthy compiled a 125-77-2 record with the Packers and made the playoffs in nine of his 13 seasons. In addition to the Super Bowl season, the Packers made it to the NFC Championship Game two times, but his tenure ended sourly, missing the playoffs in 2017 and getting fired after 12 games in 2018.

McCarthy spent last season going through a study of trends across the league while also planning for his next job. He interviewed for the New York Jets' vacancy after the 2018 season and turned down the chance to speak with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Arizona Cardinals.

Before interviewing with the Cowboys over the weekend, he spoke with the Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants regarding their vacancies.

The approach by Jones and son Stephen, the Cowboys' executive vice president, was far different than the last full-scale coaching search they had in 2007, after Bill Parcells' retirement. They interviewed 10 coaches before settling on Wade Phillips, who was hired after Garrett was on board as offensive coordinator.

This time, the Cowboys interviewed just Marvin Lewis and McCarthy before making their decision.

McCarthy's arrival will bring an entirely new offense to the Cowboys after running mostly a Garrett scheme since 2007, even though the team has had three different playcallers since 2013 -- Bill Callahan (2013), Scott Linehan (2014 to 2018) and Kellen Moore (2019).

Moore, offensive line coach Marc Colombo, quarterbacks coach Jon Kitna and receivers coach Sanjay Lal are under contract. Most of the defensive staff, including coordinator Rod Marinelli and passing game coordinator Kris Richard, have expiring contracts.

McCarthy played a key role in the development of Aaron Rodgers, and the Cowboys believe he will be good for Dak Prescott, who is entering his fifth season. Perhaps of note to the Jones family, McCarthy had a 7-3 record against Dallas while with Green Bay and twice ended their season in painful ways, in the divisional round of the 2014 and '16 playoffs.

In 1993, McCarthy entered the NFL coaching ranks as an offensive assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs. From 1995 to 1998, he served as the Chiefs' quarterbacks coach before moving on to Green Bay for a season as a quarterbacks coach. From 2000 to 2004, he served as offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints and had a one-year run in the same job with the San Francisco 49ers in 2005 before becoming the Packers' head coach.

In Green Bay, he dealt with the shadows of championship coaches Vince Lombardi and Mike Holmgren. In Dallas, he will deal with the shadows of championship coaches Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I'd hope they got Cobb's perspective.

Might make it more likely we bring him back.

 

[Sheik]

I wonder if Garrett and McCarthy shared a bunk bed at Jerry’s on Saturday night.

 

[vince]

Definitely felt rushed like McCarthy was the guy who they wanted all along. Unless I missed a report or two, Marvin Lewis was the only other person brought in for an interview....and that was likely only done to comply with the Rooney Rule requirements.

I'd have felt a lot better about the McCarthy hire if they brought in a few more people and came to this decision later in the wee. At least they I would have felt like they did their homework.

And who knows maybe someone they brought in, not named McCarthy, blows them away during the interview. Kind of like what Mike Tomlin did with the Steelers several years ago. IIRC, Tomlin wasn't considered a serious candidate but he wowed the Steelers during the interview and his eventual hiring came completely out of left field.

That's definitely not Jerry's style though. He either has to have had a previous personal relationship with you or you have to have previous NFL HC experience to even be considered for the Cowboys HC job. Everyone except for Chan Gailey fits the mold.

Per the radio, it seemed like an attempt to get McCarthy as HC and talk Lewis into being DC.

 

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[Smitty]

GTFO, that's stupid.

So they hire him as coach and then don't let him run his own offense? McCarthy's offense is nothing like what Moore did last year.

Fucking retarded.

 

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[Smitty]

I'm a little intrigued by Marvin Lewis as DC.

After all this guy was the DC for one of the greatest defenses of all time with the Ravens, before spending that ungodly amount of time in football slum Cincinnati.

 

[vince]

GTFO, that's stupid.

So they hire him as coach and then don't let him run his own offense? McCarthy's offense is nothing like what Moore did last year.

Fucking retarded.

Dude's jobless. He needs to post dumb shit to get attention.

 

[bbgun]

The upside? No connection to Jerry or "the family," which means if he sucks, we won't waste 10 years on him like you know who.

 

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The upside? No connection to Jerry or "the family," which means if he sucks, we won't waste 10 years on him like you know who.

Damn good point.

 

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Right now, Garrett's downloading Football Analytics for Dummies for his triumphant 2021 return.