Best HC since JJ and we don't appreciate him

[nightrain]

The clock issue beef is mostly a philosophical difference and something I don't see a need to get in a twist about.

My biggest worry with McCarthy is his eagerness to take chances early in games. Too many teams out there with high octane offenses who will make you pay for a bad gamble and can keep the pressure on.

Other than that, gonna ride with the big guy until he shows me he is not up for the gig. So far, so good. The transformation of this team in one year has been uplifting to say the least.

 

[Ranching]

No he's not the best HC, he's the HC with the best coaches.......................

Spoken like a guy that has never coached......or am I wrong?

 

[Captain43Crash]

Okay, but that's not saying much.

If you bar is "just be better than Jason Garrett, Wade Phillips, and Dave Campo" then your bar is way too low.

You should expect MUCH better than those guys.

Jason Garrett had rookie Dak and Zeke sitting at 5-1 through 6 weeks, but MM is some kind of genius for having Dak and Zeke in their primes at 5-1 through 6 weeks? Again, expect better.

We do expect better! You failed to mention Bill Parcells who won 2 Superbowls.

We expect this team to get better and better as the season goes along AND do some damage in the playoffs.

Also, McCarthy has this team winning with at least 3 starters out with injuries.

Finally, this is a young team with a QB coming off a major injury. Again, we expect this team to get better and better.

 

[Diehardblues]

In the end the results will speak for themselves . Thus far this season is looking awesome and McC deserves some accolades . And there’s much credit to go around including our coordinators, coaching staff and front office .

Most of all our talent which mask any weaknesses and or coaching miscues and questionable decisions is by far the best we’ve had on both sides of the ball in recent years. What a difference playmakers like Parsons and Diggs have added in last couple drafts . And Dak is playing at a very high level. Talent trumps most all.

As Romo said Sunday, Dallas is definitely a SB contender this year. A welcomed thought and situation . Everyone should be excited .

But that doesn’t mean we still can’t offer some criticism and suggestions along the way as every game hasn’t been perfectly called and or executed. That’s what we do as fans whether during the game or after. We play Monday Morning QB and couch HC while hootin and hollerin.

 

[Zman5]

In what way has he changed the culture?

All he has done is let his coaches use X’s and O’s not out of the Stone Age.

Have you already forgotten how we used to fold like a cheap lawn chair when Sean Lee or Tyron Smith went out due to injury? Or any sight of adversity during JG years. Did you forget about the ATL game where they kept playing Chaz Green because JG's "we do what we do" BS.

Go watch Fat Mikes PC from few days ago. He said "We don't just make adjustments during half time but all through out the game". Did you see that with JG?

People complain about MM's aggressiveness but I much prefer "we are playing to win" culture over JG's "play not to lose" mentality.

 

[Captain-Crash]

Parcells didn't have the drive when he came to the Cowboys. I was at every padded practice in San Antonio training camps and he just kinda walked around playing mind games with players. He even said when he quit that he didn't have the drive anymore.

especially after his brother died, seemed like he didn't care anymore.

 

[Rockport]

To compliment McCarthy you have to create this story of things we can’t see or measure and then give him credit for those things.

All the things we can see or measure that we know he is directly involved with in game have been absolutely horrible at times. The guy is all over the place.

You mean like 5-1? That's a pretty good measurement so far don't you think?

 

[CATCH17]

You mean like 5-1? That's a pretty good measurement so far don't you think?

This is the kind of dumb thinking that kept Garrett here for a decade.

 

[CouchCoach]

The clock may issue beef is mostly a philosophical difference and something I don't see a need to get in a twist about.

My biggest worry with McCarthy is his eagerness to take chances early in games. Too many teams out there with high octane offenses who will make you pay for a bad gamble and can keep the pressure on.

Other than that, gonna ride with the big guy until he shows me he is not up for the gig. So far, so good. The transformation of this team in one year has been uplifting to say the least.

maxie, I was feeling that way but the fact is this team really hasn't changed, they will ride the offense as far as that can take them because the D really isn't that good, it is that opportunistic and what happens when it's not. It's not like McC hasn't seen that before in GB.

There is no HC in the NFL more all in on his offense than McC and he has the #1 O, #2 run and #5 pass and scoring at 34 ppg.

This is a team that must take the risks because that D is still in rebuild mode and McC knows he has the owner the most amenable to that in the league. Booger loves risk because Booger loves reward and so far he's seeing his team rewarded with not only a 5-1 record but the highest confidence level of any offense in the league.

I also think part of the problem between McC and his former QB in GB was his reluctance to take the risks and I think that worked on him while he was on the beach that season.

The Dallas Cowboys are the best team to apply analytics to in the league and that was not the last time you will see him go for it on 4th and short on his own side of the 50 and true to form, he will get hammered if they don't make it and not enough credit if they do.

I love the risk taking because I am not watching them to see them win, I am watching them to see them play and that's edge of the seat stuff right there.

I could not help but flash back to Barry Switzer's infamous run Emmitt twice on the same play go for it and he caught hell for that. But what if they'd made it? I also wonder what the analytics would say the likelihood a team runs the same play on 4th down right after it fails?

 

[Jake]

MM is the best HC we've had since JJ and that's including Parcels that was just collecting a paycheck......I don't get the hate! All coaches make bad calls from time to time. But he has our team ready to play every week. I appreciate MM and think he is doing a great job.

McCarthy is exceeding my expectations but I disagree with the Parcells comment. He inherited Campo's mess - three straight 5-11 seasons - and promptly won the division with Quincy Carter. He left Dallas with Tony Romo and a team that would go 13-3 the next season. The team was far better than he found it.

McCarthy's biggest accomplishments have been recognizing the Nolan mistake and bringing in Quinn, leaving Moore alone, and creating a winning chemistry. The talent level he inherited was far better than what Parcells got, so this team should be better. They already look better than they ever did under your boy JG.

 

[Praxit]

....Ranch, yer asking for trouble with this post. The Nancy's will tell you otherwise and they are lots of them. On other hand, I think MM best HC in years.

 

[Rockport]

This is the kind of dumb thinking that kept Garrett here for a decade.

I thought he did a good job last year considering all that happened.

 

[glimmerman]

MM is the best HC we've had since JJ and that's including Parcels that was just collecting a paycheck......I don't get the hate! All coaches make bad calls from time to time. But he has our team ready to play every week. I appreciate MM and think he is doing a great job.

He is doing a good job and has straightened some things out. Perhaps simply installed some structure. JG may have been to much of a players coach. I remember hearing assistant coaches talk about players coming in late to meetings and disrupting some meetings and nothing would happen to them. MM may have given some rules and structure. The players are playing with more consistency. We had a lot of penalties this week but was also the pats. I was expecting a few more penalties. We have things to clean up but the players seem very energized and eager to get out there. Winning may help the energy. Lol.

But he needs to work on his clock management a little bit. And he does go for it a lot on 4th down. But it’s exciting. This is the most exciting it’s been in a long time. I have hope.

 

[Vtwin]

It's hard to make a case that Jimmy Johnson was a better coach in the NFL than Bill Parcells.

Parcells took three different perennial losers to the SB/AFCG before turning around the fortunes of our own favorite team, with a scrub at QB then an undrafted rookie, albeit future star, at QB.

Has anyone been more successful with as many teams as Parcells?

But yea, I'm a MM fan and would agree that he is by far the best coach we've had since Parcells.

 

[lk8701]

Lol!

How many penalties did those Parcells teams have compared to JG and McCarthy's teams? That Quincy Carter playoff team might have been the least talented team in NFL history to make the playoffs.

 

[Captain-Crash]

they play as a team, they come out faster than before and it seems the dead weight is being removed. The 4th down calls are different, I think I read about a high school coach who always goes for it on 4th down and has a positive number on the results.

 

[basel90]

he may be the only type of coach Jerry can work with . Jerry is the real coach without having to take the blame or walk the sidelines.

he has many deficiencies needed to be a top tier coach . seems like a lucky offensive coordinator who lucked into working for the best QBs who ever played in the NFL from San Fransisco to GB to Dallas. Last year he was exposed and this year seems he is a training coach with the Offense and Defense having their own coaches. His rust and lack of game day management has been exposed .

 

[nightrain]

maxie, I was feeling that way but the fact is this team really hasn't changed, they will ride the offense as far as that can take them because the D really isn't that good, it is that opportunistic and what happens when it's not. It's not like McC hasn't seen that before in GB.

There is no HC in the NFL more all in on his offense than McC and he has the #1 O, #2 run and #5 pass and scoring at 34 ppg.

This is a team that must take the risks because that D is still in rebuild mode and McC knows he has the owner the most amenable to that in the league. Booger loves risk because Booger loves reward and so far he's seeing his team rewarded with not only a 5-1 record but the highest confidence level of any offense in the league.

I also think part of the problem between McC and his former QB in GB was his reluctance to take the risks and I think that worked on him while he was on the beach that season.

The Dallas Cowboys are the best team to apply analytics to in the league and that was not the last time you will see him go for it on 4th and short on his own side of the 50 and true to form, he will get hammered if they don't make it and not enough credit if they do.

I love the risk taking because I am not watching them to see them win, I am watching them to see them play and that's edge of the seat stuff right there.

I could not help but flash back to Barry Switzer's infamous run Emmitt twice on the same play go for it and he caught hell for that. But what if they'd made it? I also wonder what the analytics would say the likelihood a team runs the same play on 4th down right after it fails?

I think it's too early to determine what the D is while missing 3 key players from the DL. I am very curious to see what they look like with DLaw at DE and Gallimore in the rotation letting Parsons play more LB from different alignments.

 

[Chuck 54]

If you'd hired any other head coach who's offensive minded, would Kellen Moore still be here?\
Would Quinn be here for the defense without MM.
What about our free agent signings and draft picks?

The head coach has input on all of that and is responsible for getting all coaches to buy into the same goals regarding culture, complimentary football, style of play, veterans vs. rookies.

Our defense still has issues, so I think part of Mike's aggressiveness early in games is tied to the importance of scoring and having teams abandon the run so we can get after the QB. When we have a lead, it appears he's fine with letting the clock run, even if it means not having a final 30 second drive in the half. It seems to me that all of our coaches and players are working in the same ways with the same goals, taking similar risks at certain times and being more conservative at others. That includes special teams. MM has this team pulling together in the same direction. We aren't hearing any issues from the locker room about anything that's going on at practice or in games.

Everyone seems to love the Buffalo decision to go for it last night rather than going to overtime when Tenn. couldn't cover anyone in the secondary. If that was MM, he'd be getting torched with claims that he finally cost us a game. Our Cowboys are finding ways to win. The head coach deserves lots of credit. Moore was responsible for all the passing in the first few games last year before Dak's injury and for all the passing in the opener vs. TB. Everything changed when MM said publicly that we needed to be more balanced and play complimentary football, and Moore's game plans and play calling changed immediately. We have a head coach who's doing a good job.

 

[noshame]

Box of rocks