I'll tell you this, I hope McClay and his staff still retain responsibility for drafting players. I believe that if given the right info, they do a very good job of identifying players that fit a given scheme. We tend to get in trouble, it seems, when Coaches or management are allowed to freelance, so to speak. McCarthy, and his staff will know what traits they want in players. If that communication takes place, then I think McClay and his people can find players.
JMO
There was a great article by Jon Machota in The Athletic last week titled “How Mike McCarthy and his new Cowboys coaching staff are impacting Will McClay’s job.
The Athletic is a paid service (highly recommended if you can swing it) so I can’t just cut and post the thing due to forum rules but it’s safe to say things look to be shaping up in a way that would make you comfortable
McClay is quotes extensively and said
Maybe one Machota quote will be ok
“Although the final decision on choosing McCarthy was made by owner and general manager Jerry Jones as well as executive vice president Stephen Jones, McClay was included in the process.”
McClay was quoted extensively and those are probably ok here as they are not opinion or the authors words, but rather direct quotes of a Cowboys exec.
““At the end of the day, we’re going to stay within the same scheme, and we’re going to do things a little bit different,” McClay said. “They might want bigger interior players, so that’s fine, we’ll go look for that. But I think we’re going to be looking for the same type players.”
““Our process is inclusive,” McClay said. “We want to get everybody together and hear everyone’s opinion. At the end of the day, Jerry makes the decision, but coaches have input, scouts have input. That’s why we feel like our process is very good because anybody that’s been around them, that knows more about them and knows what they’re putting them into, if you pull all that stuff together, we’ve got a chance to build a good team.”
