wow, Garrett sure is feeling the hate on this thread. Garrett had one losing season in 9 full years as head coach, and MM just matched him after one season. I'm certainly willing to give McCarthy another shot, but no one here knows what Garrett would look like without ownership/ managing general partner or whatever JJ wants to call himself breathing down his neck and meddling all the time. I mean, we've gone through Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips, Jason Garrett, and now we're giving McCarthy his time in the sun. All of these coaches have had problems according to the fans, but the one consistent thing between all of them has been JJ. I love JJ's passion for the team, but if he REALLY wants to win, he's going to have to learn how to let other folks drive the bus.
I like to look at it like this: The Patriots have been an unheard of dynasty IN SPITE OF the salary cap for 20 years. The Panthers, Colts, Falcons, Seahawks, 49ers,Buccaneers, Titans, Ravens, and Broncos have all managed to get up, get to the finals, and ALL fall down to some degree of rebuilding (some of them more than once!) in the same amount of time that the Cowboys have only managed to win a couple of playoff games. And those are just the teams off the top of my head, i'm not even thinking about good examples of teams that were highly competitive that didn't make it all the way that also went through rebuilding. This failure is front-office stuff without a doubt. Multiple coaches have won super bowls and been fired in the span of time that Jerry has managed a team to a championship game.
I thought Garrett made some dumb moves too, and I think his time had passed. But I also think Jerry's meddling PROBABLY continues to have a role. People tend to do stupid things when they're being put under a high degree of pressure.