Twitter: McCarthy addresses mumblings that defensive players weren't graded

[WoodysGirl]

 

[JoeKing]

Yeah, the coach was rather forceful to squash the notion that players were not evaluated.

 

[nyc-cowboy]

Meh, don't trust the coaches - not when Jaylon Smith was asking for Pro-Bowl votes during the 2019 season - they must have graded him with a big azz curve.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I'll grade them.

F.

Moving on....

 

[stilltheguru]

He's a proven liar so........yeah. Thank you to whoever asked that question though

And him saying every play of every practice is yet another lie. He's pathetic to be honest

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

He's a proven liar so........yeah. Thank you to whoever asked that question though

And him saying every play of every practice is yet another lie. He's pathetic to be honest

Hey! He sat in his basement and graded every player of every game for the whole 2019 season! He said so himself!

Then he admitted to literally lying about it top get the job. Yikes.

 

[Kingofholland]

There were reports some coaches couldn't coach. Speculating but maybe what happened is some coaches passed grades to McCarthy but maybe never communictaed with the player or didnt coach them.

 

[Bobhaze]

A good follow up question might have been, “How did you grade your defense last year as a whole and why?” Or “what criteria do you use as a baseline of evaluation?” In other words, just because you evaluated them doesn’t necessarily mean it was a thorough and accurate evaluation.

 

[Starforever]

Analytically speaking, they were great. They gave up record yards, points, and were immensely mocked.

 

[Cmac]

Yeah, the coach was rather forceful to squash the notion that players were not evaluated.

Apparently, no one was looking at on-field performances.

 

[nightrain]

If there is no name to the accusation there is nothing to speak about. Reporters are DBs when they inject such inflammatory conjecture.

 

[Aven8]

Well whatever they did they actually got better as the season went along. They dumbed it down and once Wilson started and Greg’s returned the TO’s started coming. They lead the league in fact.

I have a feeling Edwards helped transition back to 43 base, although Dlaw was still standing up a lot.

At least we’re in competent hands now with Quinn. Still need better players however.

 

[MyFairLady]

What was the purpose of grading them. They were pretty much the worst Cowboys defense ever week after week. Maybe they just ran out of stickers with the letter F.

 

[75boyz]

I don't understand. I thought the expectation for this group to compete has been to just get the defense to average so this so called high octane offense can flourish, right?

So, I mean this guy wasn't some defensive wiz all those years in GB...

And really his grading of defensive players and defense in general is not historically strong by most all his past defenses' performances.

But about that offense...

Oh wait never mind, he's a very effective walk around manager.
Yeah, that's it. And top notch analytics guy.

My bad.

 

[jrumann59]

Could it be that Coach Rod and Co. were more overt, and naming and shaming than the new group.

 

[charron]

Maybe the defensive staff failed to communicate effectively with the players. If that same staff had done a better job maybe they would still be employed but they clearly failed and were forced to seek employment somewhere else. Mike may not want to acknowledge it but we can all agree there were issues with the previous defensive staff.

 

[CyberB0b]

"I disagree 100% with your opinion". It wasn't an opinion, Mike. It was a question.

 

[McKDaddy]

Yeah, the coach was rather forceful to squash the notion that players were not evaluated.

unfortunately that probably means it was true ...

 

[Wichitaleafs]

It has been my very uneducated opinion that McCarthy came back into coaching for the paycheck.
I do hope he proves me wrong.

 

[stilltheguru]

Jerry got hoodwinked. Drafting/signing hall of fame/potential hall of fame caliber players is the only hope with him as coach. Same as Garrett.

"I disagree 100% with your opinion". It wasn't an opinion, Mike. It was a question.