This is correct. For a “tough guy” from Pittsburgh— McCarthy sure is sensitive when he’s questioned about his failures.
If you can’t even acknowledge your failure— how the hell are you ever supposed to learn from it?!
Might help to understand that Big Mac is completely unfamiliar with any type of questioning of his "greatness" by the press.
In remote GB, there are just a handful of reporters who "cover" the team on a daily basis and given the publicly-owned nature of the team they are loathe to ask any questions that might put the organization or its coaches in a bad light.
Coaching in GB is more like coaching in a college town setting and Big Mac escaped scrutiny for his coaching decisions throughout his tenure there.
Big Mac has been conditioned to believe whatever he says or does will not be second-guessed.
However, even if Dallas reporters are not quite as aggressive as their NY, Boston, or Philly colleagues, there is no escaping the spotlight when you coach the Dallas Cowboys.
Hence, while Big Mac has long had a track record of coaching buffoonery (clock management just being one of the most obvious), he is only now being called to account for it and thus understandably bristles at his newfound status.