News: Cowboys DC Mike Nolan Fired

[CWR]

Difference is Jerry didn't hand pick Nolan, so he doesn't have to ego need to keep him.

If you asked around here Jerry is in control of all hires period. Thats a fair point though.

 

[Sarge]

Told ya.

 

[lostar2009]

Wonder why he didn't resign after the last game?

 

[khiladi]

Difference is Jerry didn't hand pick Nolan, so he doesn't have to ego need to keep him.

Good point.. Moore, in the other hand..

 

[CWR]

Same here. Wow........I wonder did McCarthy give his blessing.

Thats an interesting question, and more so how often does a GM get the head coaches consent to terminate a coordinator? When these HCs pick their staff there's probably a "buddy" element to their choice. How many head coaches would let those guys go so quickly? I know they are all professionals, but if this truly was big Mikes guy he may have wanted to give him another year. What Dallas has been selling us is a joint effort with everyone's input. Hopefully that is how it went down.

 

[Bigdog]

You think because he had his play calling taken away from him with the Giants years ago that means he's not a good coach?

How has his play calling been in New Orleans?

No I was adding to the poster position about sometimes it’s the players by adding that his play calling duties were taken away when he the OC at the Giants, then comes here and then goes on to be a SB winning HC. It goes to show that sometimes it is not the coach but the players which he was referring to. Payton is a very good play caller and I wish we hired him but we had Parcells at the time. Nolan definitely needed to be fire, IMO

 

[John813]

Wonder why he didn't resign after the last game?

Maybe a money stipulation in contract?

 

[phildadon86]

It had to be done.

I was wrong about Nolan.. I thought he would do well here.. That was an absolute disaster.

On this we agreed. I thought he would make a huge difference with our linebackers. Boy was I wrong

 

[quickccc]

I don’t think they hire an unproven coordinator. A retread with a successful track record. You maybe right that they may hire a coach who had more recent success in today’s game.

Lewis was a successful DC two decades ago..20 years ago.
And nolan came right behind him as a
DC in Baltimore

 

[Miller]

Nice work! Speedy snd to the point

 

[pitt33]

David Moore says Dom Capers likely a candidate.

Of course.

Why wouldn’t he be?

The guy gets **** canned and Big Mike does another one of his cronies a solid.

 

[Plankton]

Think WE ALL know they will likely hire an experienced replacement who can hit the ground running. No time to waste.......especially for MM.

Keep an eye on Winston Moss, not as DC, but positional.

Just thought this but maybe he's bringing in Jim Haslett.......he currently the Titans LBer coach

 

[Cowboyny]

Lewis was a successful DC two decades ago..20 years ago.
And nolan came right behind him as a
DC in Baltimore

It was Lewis who had a hand in building that Raven defense

 

[tyke1doe]

First, great news.

Second, "MM tried to *save* him, but JJ is done." This is all you need to know why the Cowboys suck and will continue to suck.

 

[ShortRound]

Imaging firing a coach because the players are bad.

Jerryworld

 

[EST_1986]

In typical Cowboys fashion, someone had to be the scapegoat.

Doubt anything significant changes.

he was bad should have been fired early in the season

 

[Doomsday]

Not a fan of this move especially if MM wanted to keep him.

This defense was getting a ton of turnovers at the end of the season, even with a clear lack of talent on that side of the ball.

 

[Alexander]

This would be pretty lazy.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

My guess, Jerry and Stephen gave MM a free rope to hire Nolan and he failed. He'll have to do some serious selling on this next hire IMO.

 

[RS12]

Not a fan of this move especially if MM wanted to keep him.

This defense was getting a ton of turnovers at the end of the season, even with a clear lack of talent on that side of the ball.

Jerry loves his puppets.