McCarthy was the driving force pushing Amari Cooper out

[Chocolate Lab]

Okay, I just listened to that entire interview while I was doing some stuff. Some thoughts:

1. I can't stand Bobby Belt. You know how you get a feeling about people... and I don't say this often, but cocky, arrogant, fake "insiders" who make themselves out to be experts is not my thing. No way could I listen to that guy on a regular basis.

2. He hates McCarthy. I mean, hates him. You can hear the seething in his voice. Throughout the interview he hinted at it, but at the end he just said it -- he thinks Mike was not just a bad football coach, but a bad person. They asked if Jerry did Mike dirty by denying the Chicago interview, and Belt said I don't know, but Mike has done plenty of people dirty in his day so if he was done dirty, he deserved it. IMO after listening to MM's PCs almost every day, this is a crock. Belt sounds like a scorned girlfriend. I wouldn't be surprised if Belt believed MM somehow got in the way of his "insider" knowledge or something.

3. Belt basically wants a reunion of all the Garrett guys. Said Kellen was a much better coach than MM, he'd make Dak comfortable, etc. In fact, Dak's comfort seems to be all Belt cares about. He wants Nussmeier back as well. You gotta be kidding me.

4. Almost forgot, he actually claims Jerry was trying to get Mike to quit by having long meetings at the end but not talking about his future, denying the Chicago interview, etc. That doesn't even make sense given what has happened. Belt seems to approve, though. Anything to rubber stamp Jerry's actions, I guess?

5. The overall gist I get from Belt is he feels like he's part of this Jerry's Cowboys infrastructure and Mike was an outsider intruding on their game. Said after five years, Mike still didn't get exactly how things are done around here. Belt doesn't seem to realize that is a positive for Mike, not a negative.

6. This makes me, for one, root for Mike even harder wherever he ends up. This character assassination of a decent man as he goes out the door is just ridiculous.

 

[Ranching]

Already posted.

Bobby is a Jerry shill.

Already posted? Lol....don't you hate those guys that keep posting the same thing, over and over again?
Please share your thoughts...

 

[gimmesix]

I think Amari basically giving the finger to Jethro about taking the shot was probably a bigger factor

I think if Amari had been making about $10 million less, Jerry wouldn't have cared.

 

[gimmesix]

That's more of a reason for Jerry to get rid of him not for Mike to hate him. Sounds like a lie from Mr belt

I see it more as Jerry telling Mike they want to cut Amari and make Gallup the No. 2 and McCarthy saying, Yeah, OK. Doesn't mean that the locker room viewed it as Mike not having a bigger role. For all we know, he could have been the one to tell the players and just said something like, "We're moving on from Amari." A lot of the time, subordinates have to be the ones to deliver bad news and get blamed for it.

I will be surprised if the Joneses wanted to keep Cooper at $20 million and McCarthy said, "No way! I want him gone."

 

[jterrell]

BS. Jerry was mad that Amari wouldn't get the shot. You could hear it in Jerry's voice, he thought it made the player disloyal. Hell he probably thought it made Amari a threat to his own health.

yes but amari did that to make jerry mad lol.
he wanted an extension and dallas wouldn't give it to him.
dallas thought he was overpaid, and he thought he was underpaid.
the contract flip he let CLE do, he refused in dallas to lower his cap hit and he refused to practice saying he had to rest his foot.
thats mike mccarthy didn't like him.

amari has now become disgruntled 3 times in this league.
i really need people to gain the mildest understanding on this topic.

 

[bigdnlaca]

If Dak and McC had an awful relationship, I don’t think Dak would take the time to visit McC family in Pittsburgh if their relationship was that bad.

Unless they are very good actors.

 

[coult44]

why is he waiting until Thursday?? Drum up fan interest or something

He’s on vacation

 

[CWR]

BS. Jerry was mad that Amari wouldn't get the shot. You could hear it in Jerry's voice, he thought it made the player disloyal. Hell he probably thought it made Amari a threat to his own health.

Probably so, the vax crowd got pretty wild. Funny how it turns out they were completely wrong.

 

[coult44]

Bobby Belt, Shan and Choppy actually all those guys that are on everyday on that radio show are completely clueless and idiots, very opinionated and very ignorant opinions

They get paid to be opinionated. I love when people say somone is ignorant and an idiot because their opinion differs.

The world would be awesome if we all had the same opinions.

 

[stiletto]

I can't post the twitter link for some reason but bobby belt is going off on the 1053 the fan this morning. Talking about Dak and Mike's not liking each other and alike being paranoid about Dan Quinn. How Mike pushed amari out and it pissed off the locker room. Wild stuff.

Grifter mouthpiece hitjob for the Jones boys. Don't believe any of it. Everyone knows Jerry/Stephen dropped Amari because of his stance on the jab. They owe Amari an apology.

 

[CWR]

Grifter mouthpiece hitjob for the Jones boys. Don't believe any of it. Everyone knows Jerry/Stephen dropped Amari because of his stance on the jab. They owe Amari an apology.

There was a whole zone on here that should be handing out apologies.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

yes but amari did that to make jerry mad lol.

You think that's why he wouldn't take the shot, because of something to do with his contract? I know we can't get that much into it here, but I don't believe that. I think people had genuine concerns.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Amari wasn't playing at a No. 1 level despite being paid like a No. 1 receiver. I would have preferred that we kept him, but his contract had everything to do with why we didn't. The front office had to make a choice, pay Gallup less to be a No. 2 to Lamb's No. 1 or overpay Amari (maybe they could have renegotiated Cooper's deal, but we don't know that). They chose the cheaper option and it blew up in their faces. There may have been other aspects that contributed to the choice, such as the shot decision, but it came down to the Joneses making a choice to go with the less costly option.

BS. they already accounted for Cooper contract and could have restructured. trading him for half a peanut impacted the dead money which was 20M at the time. it was personal between Jerry and Amari. MM had nothing to do with it.

 

[gtb1943]

You think that's why he wouldn't take the shot? I know we can't get that much into it here, but I don't believe that. I think people had genuine concerns.

Millions of people were simply unwilling to trust the so called experts on that. Turned out they were right.
Amari does march to a different drum; no doubt of that. and also I have heard he refuses to make nice to those he does not respect. So all in all I was surprised he lasted as long as he did.

 

[Adreme]

Oh I love this part. Basically this is the part where every single decision that did not work out is now blamed on McCarthy and every decision that did work out is now all on Jerry. How long until its decided he was the one who forced the team to pick Mazi as well?

 

[slick325]

Yet, Jerry Jones was still willing to attempt to re-sign him but couldn't come to terms. This is after denying the Bears permission to interview him.

Sure, Bobby. We believe you.

 

[Adreme]

BS. they already accounted for Cooper contract and could have restructured. trading him for half a peanut impacted the dead money which was 20M at the time. it was personal between Jerry and Amari. MM had nothing to do with it.

The dead money was drastically less than that. It was 6m in dead money with 14m in cap savings by trading. The fact that they were not restructuring his deal is why everyone knew he was going to be traded because there was so much room to restructure.

 

[noshame]

Amari was complaining about running fly routes, being open, and never seeing the football.

 

[exciter]

BS. Jerry was mad that Amari wouldn't get the shot. You could hear it in Jerry's voice, he thought it made the player disloyal. Hell he probably thought it made Amari a threat to his own health.

Nonsense!
Coopers contract was written specifically so that they could walk away from it after 2 seasons if needed. There were articles on the DC. Com site saying that it would almost certainly be a 2 year contract if CD showed signs of being able to handle the number 1 receiver role.
The cap savings lead to resigning multiple players who were a big part of going 12-5 instead of paying a 20m base to the #2 receiver. It was the correct decision even if your hearing voices after being told what was going to happen!

 

[gimmesix]

BS. they already accounted for Cooper contract and could have restructured. trading him for half a peanut impacted the dead money which was 20M at the time. it was personal between Jerry and Amari. MM had nothing to do with it.

Jerry Jones: “When we traded Amari Cooper, we saved almost $20 million for our cap and in the future. We took a lesser draft pick to get that savings.”

It came down to whether they paid Gallup or they continued to pay Cooper. They chose Gallup.

I'm not saying there was nothing personal about it, but in the end, it was a business decision. They were not going to pay both players and they had to decide whether to give a long-term deal to Gallup. Gallup was the younger player and Amari did not play like a $20 million, No. 1 receiver (for various reasons) in the season before he was cut. Gallup got five years, $57 million, which is second receiver money, and Lamb was ready to be the No. 1.