Mike McCarthy has been beyond horrible this season as Head Coach

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You can't be serious.
Between Covid and dealing with the players in Dallas who have been taught that they are great just because they wear the star McCarthy has had to wade into this mess slowly.
After 13 years of Jason Garrett, I'll gladly give McCarthy time to rebuild.

4:33 PM EST November 5, 2020. I finally hit like on a LeeBlair post.
 

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I don't think any team would fire their coach after only one season and with the circumstances.

Agree about the circumstances but the cards did fire there coach to get the actor looking coach they have now after one season.
 

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Humbling yourself to admitting a mistake early on is a rare quality these days in most people.
Hard to imagine the pair of Jones ego coming to this conclusion at this early stage concerning their coach choice.

With all of that being said, there is absolutely no amount of excuses that can convince me that the first 2 sentences of your OP are not the absolute truth.

No amount of covid, TC, injury luck or true preseason will convince me otherwise.
 

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Agree about the circumstances but the cards did fire there coach to get the actor looking coach they have now after one season.

Here's a list of one and done HC since 2000

Chip Kelly, 49er, 2-14, 2016
Jim Tomolusa, 49er, 5-11. 2015
Mike Mularky, Jaguars, 2-14, 2012
Hue Jackson, Raiders, 8-8, 2011
Jim Mora, Seahawks, 4-12, 2009
Cam Cameron, Dolphins, 1-15, 2007
Art Shell, Raiders, 2-14, 2006
Marty Schottenheimer, Commanders, 8- 8, 2001
Al Groh, Jets, 9-7, 2000
Steve Wilks, Cardinals, 3-13, 2018

One notable firing was George Allen. He's the only coached hired who never coached a regular season game. The Rams hired him for a third time. Allen brought with him his scrupulous discipline and attention to detail, which extended to practice-field protocol and dining-hall decorum. However, his autocratic coaching style did not play well with the new generation of NFL players, and a group of Ram players chafed at the regulations almost immediately. Some made their grievances public; a few, including standout linebacker Isiah Robertson, briefly left camp. As newspaper reports were quoting players expressing confidence that differences would be resolved, the Rams played listlessly and lost the first two games of the 1978 exhibition schedule. Rosenbloom decided that an immediate change was needed to save the season, and announced Allen's firing on August 13.
 

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I just can't call an offense that continually turned over the ball before any injuries way better. It takes all sides of the ball to get down double digit scores in every game, and this was before the injuries. I'm fine with a mulligan because of COVID, but this was bad from the start.
Because coaching and fumbles have nothing to do with each other.
 

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That is how you look up 1 day and realize it's been 20 years since this team accomplished anything.

You gotta fail.. Fail again.. Fail again.. THEN we can make change.

Just move on. It was a bad hire and he's not shown a single thing worth keeping him.


Can I repeat that. “he's not shown a single thing worth keeping him‘
 

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Jerry is 78. net worth is 8.6 Billion USD.

If Jerry wants to win, then time is not on Big Mike's side.

There are many coaches who want the job.
Well you see jerry as someone with limited time left, but jerry probably thinks he has 20 years left.
The shortest tenure for a jones HC is 2 years. As jerry has gotten older he is giving coaches more time not less.
Also net worth is not the same as fluid cash.
 

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Wade and Campo didn't get 10 years. McCarthy isn't a Jason Garrett - a guy Jerry envisioned being his own personal Tom Landry.
well I was exaggerating, I figure 4-5 years, but next year MM will have to get in playoffs, and look like things are progressing.
We are back to a "process" again lol.
 

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Did he really get a 5 year deal?

That's so sick to think he could be here that long.
Yes I believe he did.

So if he is to stay anyway near that long..

It's a must we let him do things to his fullest and best.

McCarthy needs to be sure he is not too concerned about his development of coaches or trying to somehow enhance his legacy thru his coaches.

And not waste time messing with sidebar issues like trying to develop Kellen Moore as an OC when he may not be worth investing in just to end up watching him leave for a rival.

We need to tighten up and do what is best for us. This team needs to desperately attach to McCarthy at the hip and the team needs to see him as their leader.

Not Dak. And not Kellen.

It's a huge mistake if it again ends up dividing the players and fans like we have allowed to happen over Prescott.

In all the years I have ever seen this team be great..they were lead by a great coach whom they respected and played for.

It wasn't for a great player like a Staubach or Aikman. It was for Tom Landrys and Jimmy Johnson's. Even Barry Switzer won with us and he is one of the greatest in college history.

The Cowboys won even for him.

If we really ever want to be great again..

That HC has to reappear.

Is it McCarthy? Not sure.

Landry struggled. Johnson struggled.

Can McCarthy end the struggle?

Hmmm...
 
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Because coaching and fumbles have nothing to do with each other.

For one game here or there, I'd agree with you. But the problem persisting across multiple games, multiple players makes me question what we're doing to get to game day. The head coach needs to figure that out because that's not winning football.
 

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This is a horribly coached football team.

Name one improvement this team has made compared to last season.

McCarthy HAS to be gone at the end of this year.
Our fans have been absolutely horrible this season. Case in point ^^^
 

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For one game here or there, I'd agree with you. But the problem persisting across multiple games, multiple players makes me question what we're doing to get to game day. The head coach needs to figure that out because that's not winning football.
Not sure you are completely right..

When we first had Zeke he coughed up the ball a few times in his first games.

I then remember Zeke was forced to carry a football everywhere he went. Soon the fumbling stopped.

So coaching can fix stuff if it's just a fundamental issue.

Just saying.
 

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For one game here or there, I'd agree with you. But the problem persisting across multiple games, multiple players makes me question what we're doing to get to game day. The head coach needs to figure that out because that's not winning football.
There is absolutely nothing a head coach can do to prevent players from fumbling the football, especially the way this team was.
 

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Not sure you are completely right..

When we first had Zeke he coughed up the ball a few times in his first games.

I then remember Zeke was forced to carry a football everywhere he went. Soon the fumbling stopped.

So coaching can fix stuff if it's just a fundamental issue.

Just saying.

Isn't that what I'm saying? Coaches can do things to impact us giving away the football. So if your team has a turnover problem then the staff needs to take action to correct said problem.
 

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There is absolutely nothing a head coach can do to prevent players from fumbling the football, especially the way this team was.

You may be right about the way this team is, but you can't let turnovers continue. This is why Zeke got benched, and removing players off the field is one way to try to address that issue. To me, this is one those "probably not his fault, but definitely his problem" issues.
 

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He hasn't impressed me at all yet. But, he hasn't depressed me like Garrett did for the past 10 years. So, no complaints.
 

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You may be right about the way this team is, but you can't let turnovers continue. This is why Zeke got benched, and removing players off the field is one way to try to address that issue. To me, this is one those "probably not his fault, but definitely his problem" issues.
fumbles can be coached, and avoided if the coaches see tendency to not hold the ball correctly.
Tiki Barber was a classic case, he was fixed with coaching.
 

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fumbles can be coached, and avoided if the coaches see tendency to not hold the ball correctly.
Tiki Barber was a classic case, he was fixed with coaching.

Well Zeke has gone with the no sleeves for two straight weeks and it’s worked ok.
 

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This is a horribly coached football team.

Name one improvement this team has made compared to last season.

McCarthy HAS to be gone at the end of this year.
Thanks for letting us all know captain obvious
 
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