Whatever on t the not talking to any possible draftees. I would think you would interview every one of them in case. This is where I do not understand a guy like McCarthy who supposedly is so analytic according to him. You can not analyze without all the info available. McCarthy is sort of a misdirection guy so people do not figure him out. But he has been in the NFL going on 2 decades. I think the other teams do have him flgured out. It's why he crept Moore as he was less predictable and McCarthy wanted to see if Moore could handle OC which took McCarthy off the hook calling plays. That was the biggest area. McCarthy failed at in ?
Z GB. So I understand now what and why McCarthy is struggling with.
Teams don't always interview every prospect though. Again, I've heard prospects say numerous times that they were surprised at who drafted them because they didn't talk with the team before the draft. That includes some high 1st round players.
Remember this is a different world than 30 years ago. Everything about a player is available - academics, run ins with the law, family backgrounds, reputations... Sure an interview can add to that, but it's not as if a team is in the dark without the interview.
In this case, the Cowboys may be fully comfortable with the player already, and may be focusing more on scrutinizing players they are less sure about to see if they can reach a comfort level. Plus. I suspect teams sometimes pass on interviews because they don't want other teams to know they are interested in a player.
As for people figuring McCarthy out, I don't know what that has to do with my post that you responded to, but maybe they have. Or maybe McCarthy still has some tricks up his sleeve. We should get a better feel for that this year since he will have a chance to have OTA's, a full training camp and a preseason.
