McCarthy is a very good coach

I think McCarthy is more about relationships and chemistry than he was in GB.
  • It started back in camp with his emphasis that the SB he won in GB took 79 players over the course of the season and playoffs, and it would take everyone to get there now.
  • We have had lots of key guys miss games, yet backups have stepped up.
  • He has worked on chemistry and TEAM all year, not just with the latest Bingo thing.
  • Yet he also calls guys out, players and coaches when they don’t practice well or play well.
  • He’s been confident in changing coaches and letting them coach….yet the head coach must get coaches to pull together just as much as players.
Landry was the greatest, but he was more X’s and O’s Than relationships.
Parcells was more hard *** with Cowboys, successful, but always with the fear, the pointing out flaws, sort of the no fun coach….which works if you win, but wears thin if not.

Jimmy Johnson and McCarthy both work on the psychology of the team. They pull guys together, support and massage the stars, get players to buy in, yet are also willing to call guys out, replace coaches, release players, play young, inexperienced guys, anything to win.

I’m not putting fat Mike above or even equal to any coach named, just saying he and his coaches have this team playing for each other as a team where even the backups are prepared and valued, knowing they are key to success. I think he’s doing a very good job, even when the team underperforms.
 
Diehardblues said:
Wonder why he wasn’t pursued more aggressively after fired at Green Bay?

Looks like he has more success when he has an Elite QB and talent . Without it he has losing records.
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I mean thats true for most coaches...not many are going to win in the new "Offensive" NFL with a bad QB....has he been blessed with a good QB..yes..but so has BB and most dont discredit what he has done with Brady. A-Rod has not hoisted the trophy without MM either...just sayin
 
Chuck 54 said:
I think McCarthy is more about relationships and chemistry than he was in GB.
  • It started back in camp with his emphasis that the SB he won in GB took 79 players over the course of the season and playoffs, and it would take everyone to get there now.
  • We have had lots of key guys miss games, yet backups have stepped up.
  • He has worked on chemistry and TEAM all year, not just with the latest Bingo thing.
  • Yet he also calls guys out, players and coaches when they don’t practice well or play well.
  • He’s been confident in changing coaches and letting them coach….yet the head coach must get coaches to pull together just as much as players.
Landry was the greatest, but he was more X’s and O’s Than relationships.
Parcells was more hard *** with Cowboys, successful, but always with the fear, the pointing out flaws, sort of the no fun coach….which works if you win, but wears thin if not.

Jimmy Johnson and McCarthy both work on the psychology of the team. They pull guys together, support and massage the stars, get players to buy in, yet are also willing to call guys out, replace coaches, release players, play young, inexperienced guys, anything to win.

I’m not putting fat Mike above or even equal to any coach named, just saying he and his coaches have this team playing for each other as a team where even the backups are prepared and valued, knowing they are key to success. I think he’s doing a very good job, even when the team underperforms.
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Good post Chuck! lol
 
Not saying you are OP, but some people really need to stick to their gumption (don't judge me i like that word lol) of MM being a good or bad coach. Next loss some people will say he is a bad coach. Hell, some people still think he is.
 
Diehardblues said:
Well, Bill has a winning record now with a Rookie QB.
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Rookie doesn't mean bad..Most are saying Jones is for sure the best QB drafted in a very deep QB draft. Again has A-Rod won one without MM. Kinda the chicken and egg thing...right?
 
Jake said:
He's better than the last guy, who SUCKS!
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That was my thought as well. Compared to "Let's just impose our will" he's a demigod.

I have said all along he deserves some credit ... but he also deserves some scrutiny for some of his decisions.
 
CowboysDrew said:
Parcells flatly didn't care and anyone that cared to look could see it.
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What do you base that on?

I mean he got us in the playoffs with Quincy Carter. Nothing in BP's nature has ever indicated that he did anything less than all out. Not trying to argue ... just don't understand the point of view.
 
I'll wait until he gets us to the NFC Championship before I designate him a good coach.
I'm still not convinced, however. Why?
He hired Nolan. And let's be honest, if Jerry hadn't fired Nolan, MM would have retained him.
MM and Nolan had a working bond, and it is difficult for coaches to let go of coordinators and position coaches who have been loyal to them.
So, I give him no credit for getting rid of Nolan and hiring Quinn.
As far as the offense, MM inherited Kellen Moore. KM is running this offense. And even though I'm not totally sold on KM, what's being done on offense is more Moore's doing than McCarthy's.
The Cowboys have been talented for several years, just haven't had the coaching. Even when they did, Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett managed 13-3 seasons. So that tells you all you need to know about talent and records. But neither coach could get us pass the divisional round.
I'm looking for more from MM. If he gets us to the NFC Championship Game, I'll consider his coaching prowess, provided once we get there he doesn't make a bone-head decision that costs us the game.
In other words, the jury is still out on MM.
 
CowboysDrew said:
That's not what people said last week.
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Last week, this board told me this team sucked, Mike is terrible, Dak needs to be benched for Rush and we are about to fall apart. It was ridiculous. Same in 2016 when we won like 10 in a row and then lost a close game to NYG and the sky was falling.

Mike is 100x better than Garrett. Does he have flaws? Sure. But so does every coach. I feel much better with him as our coach making a playoff run than Garrett.
 
tyke1doe said:
I'll wait until he gets us to the NFC Championship before I designate him a good coach.
I'm still not convinced, however. Why?
He hired Nolan. And let's be honest, if Jerry hadn't fired Nolan, MM would have retained him.
MM and Nolan had a working bond, and it is difficult for coaches to let go of coordinators and position coaches who have been loyal to them.
So, I give him no credit for getting rid of Nolan and hiring Quinn.
As far as the offense, MM inherited Kellen Moore. KM is running this offense. And even though I'm not totally sold on KM, what's being done on offense is more Moore's doing than McCarthy's.
The Cowboys have been talented for several years, just haven't had the coaching. Even when they did, Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett managed 13-3 seasons. So that tells you all you need to know about talent and records. But neither coach could get us pass the divisional round.
I'm looking for more from MM. If he gets us to the NFC Championship Game, I'll consider his coaching prowess, provided once we get there he doesn't make a bone-head decision that costs us the game.
In other words, the jury is still out on MM.
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This is my personal feeling.... I think MM got Nolan hired as a return favor for the sole reason Nolan getting MM hired in San Francisco years ago... I honestly don't think it had anything to do whether or not he's a good or bad coach. When he saw how atrocious Nolan did, (again this is my personal thoughts, nothing "official") I think he got Jerry to fire Nolan.
 
McKDaddy said:
What do you base that on?

I mean he got us in the playoffs with Quincy Carter. Nothing in BP's nature has ever indicated that he did anything less than all out. Not trying to argue ... just don't understand the point of view.
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Anyone who saw Parcells tear up in a press conference after we won our 8th game declaring 'that you couldn't call these guys losers anymore' would never post that nonsense that he didn't care while coaching in Dallas.
 
BHendri5 said:
McCarthy is a very good coach.
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Dallas has some very good players. Good talent has a way of making coaches look better than they actually are. MM was not good last year, or even last week for that matter.
 
dreghorn2 said:
Anyone who saw Parcells tear up in a press conference after we won our 8th game declaring 'that you couldn't call these guys losers anymore' would never post that nonsense that he didn't care while coaching in Dallas.
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Parcells got very emotional when talking about that team that played well above their talent level.
 
CowboyRoy said:
The best things that MM has done as a HC here:

-Retain Moore and give him full control of the offense to call plays and stay out of the way
-Fire Nolan after one year and bring in Quinn
-Two great drafts and addressing the biggest holes on defense and the team

Those 3 decisions right there are the big difference to me. Three things that Garrett could not and would not do.

MM in game management is suspect at best.
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Common sense would explain your first two reasons for Mack making a difference. Moore's unit had the #1 offense in the league when Mack was hired. Whether or not they retained him, the only place for the ranking to go was down. Keeping Moore was the only decision to be made, lest they became overrun by torches and forks of pitch.

Likewise, Nolan's unit was historically bad and last in the league, leaving the next guy up licking his chops to show how much he could improve a defense. Jerry wouldn't have let Nolan stay after that display. Meanwhile, after he was fired, Quinn who has Legion of Boom credentials was a man on a mission to reprove himself. Statistically Dallas was going to be the best proving grounds. Mack has good connections, but it was purely a common sense hire.

If he was solely responsible for drafting then I'd happily give him credit, but was he? I thought they had a bunch of scouts, Will McClay, Stephen Jones, a war room, and Jerry signed off on every drafted every player since 1989?

I am 100% behind the bolded sentiment, however.
 
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