Let's revisit 2020 when McCarthy was hired

big dog cowboy · Friday at 2:55 PM

So I did some digging about what happened when the Cowboys decided to let Garrett go and hire McCarthy.

Garrett was also lame duck HC.
Garrett's contract was set to expire Jan. 14 (sound familiar?)
Garrett wanted to stay but the Joneses did not want the new coach to be burdened by seeing the Cowboys' former coach around the building.
Late in the season, Jones said on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas that college coaches have the lowest success rate of any new coaches coming into the NFL.
Jan. 3, Marvin Lewis, who had a 16-year run as the Cincinnati Bengals coach, arrived for the first interview (Rooney Rule)
McCarthy's interview with Dallas "could not have gone better." He spoke openly about his time away from the sidelines, how he would use analytics and about who would be on his coaching staff.

It's a good read and might offer some insight to the thinking the FO could be if the Cowboys decide to move on from McCarthy.

https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas/co...-took-the-dallas-cowboys-to-hire-a-head-coach