Jerry's Previous Hires?

links18

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Which prior coaching hire is Mike McCarthy most like? In terms of both who he is as a coach, but also the state of the franchise? Is he more like Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcells or Wade Phillips?

Trying really hard to figure out just where we are post-Garrett. What is the most comparable moment? I would have thought Meyer would be more like a Jimmy type, paradigm changing, redefining hire. McCarthy seems more like Parcells (need to rebuild credibility), but the roster is not close to the sorry shape it was when Bill took over, even if it is a little overrated. The team feels more like the state it was in when Wade got it (and ruined it), but McCarthy doesn't seem like Wade. Please, I need a sign post here!
 

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I think Mike McCarthy can make a few changes in schemes and it pay huge dividends.
  1. The offense was #1 in yardage but ranked low in redzone. Improving redzone efficiency will win more game.
  2. More discipline is needed with players. Remove player branding; Jaylon's swipe, feed me, etc...
  3. Special teams execution.
  4. In game adjustments.
  5. Coach to win
He is more like Parcels except with better personnel. I thought Parcel coached up a mediocra roster and won. McCarthy is in a much better situation as far as roster. I think he will have to check some over inflated egos with D-Law, Zeke and a few others.
 
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Somewhere between Barry Switzer and Wade Phillips.
 

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In terms of the type of coach he is, it would be BP. In terms of what type of team he is getting, WP. Hopefully, we have better structure in place than we did with Wade and the team doesn't go to crap over the next 4 years with horrible roster building we saw under Wade.
 

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All I'll say is this. McCarthy hasn't even coached a game here yet and he's already won half as many titles in Dallas as Landry did in 3 decades.
 

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Why does he have to be like someone else? I don't think he's that much like any of those guys.
 

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Why does he have to be like someone else? I don't think he's that much like any of those guys.

Because people look for patterns and want some indication of what to expect? He doesn't have to be exactly like someone else, but assuredly he more like one of those guys than the others. It seems this is not the ground shattering Jimmy Johnson type move many expected, so what is McCarthy more like then? Our references are Parcells and Wade, because he sure isn't Garrett.
 
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