Mike McCarthy's asinine contract demands completely vindicate the Cowboys

[Buzzbait]

We carried Garret for 10 years. MM was worse?

Good argument, good point.

 

[MissionCoach]

How does it vindicate the Cowboys when he should have been fired last year?

Could not agree more. After the totally embarrassing playoff loss to Green Bay, that should have spelled the immediate end of the McCarthy era in Dallas. One more example of the Jones boys being a day late and a dollar short.

 

[ShiningStar]

Than Jerry should have fired him after the GB game. Keeping him in limbo all season was stupid. I don't blame MM for asking for more. I think he just wanted to get out of this circus. I wasn't happy with how the team performed in the playoffs but he did great last year with what Jerry gave him to work with. And we've downgraded at coach so don't expect the team to even do as well as MM did.

you read the words in my post, you didnt understand my post.

MM, Garrett, Dave Campo, coaches are toys to JJ. Your job isnt to coach, JJ will do that, your job is to keep it medoicre. Thats all. When the shiny, the newness of the toy wears off, JJ gets a new one.

JJ straight up tells you to your face. I Run this franchise. I get the stadium to make me money year round, i keep the sports shows talking about the Cowboys.

AT NO POINT are the words, we want to win the SB is in his plans, he has told us this for 29 years.

MM newness wore off, JJ wanted to get a spark with a new coach, we get a new coach.

Again, we ll see what Shots orders are. we have FA and the draft coming up, for 29 years Dallas was out of the SB race by April, we ll see how it goes yet again.

All these signings, just to keep the little ones going.

 

[StarOfGlory]

McCarthy already was given a 5 year deal which he proved to fail with come playoff time. Now he wanted another 5 year deal? Pfft, get out of here with that. He deserved no more than a 3 year deal at most. He's lucky he was even offered a 3 year deal.

Come on man, Garrett got ten years, why not Big Mike? We can be the Pittsburgh of the NFC with coaches!

 

[exciter]

What’s asinine about wanting security? That’s a ridiculous statement.

But hey Jerruh loves you!

Lol,
A coach who was lucky to not be fired outright isn’t in a position to demand security. Believing so is rediculous!

 

[Risen Star]

He wanted 5 years. They wanted 3. A compromise should have been made at 4.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Come on man, Garrett got ten years, why not Big Mike? We can be the Pittsburgh of the NFC with coaches!

lol

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Not really. There is no salary cap on coaching.

A shorter deal is only because the Jones’ are too cheap to hire a coach when he still has years left on his contract, meanwhile they’re raking in billions of dollars.

Truth is. If you’re going to re-sign McCarthy you do it because you believe he’s the right man for the job. Not because you think maybe he’s ok, but you’re not willing to risk an extra couple years on the deal that you may have to pay-out if you want to fire him before then.

Cheap, weak, ineffective leadership. Par for the course with this FO.

5-year contracts are the standard for NFL Head coaches and 3 years for coordinators and 2 years for assistant coaches. The idea is to give Head Coaches more flex to adjust his coaching staff as needed before his contract expires. 3 years would have put Mike behind the 8 ball making it harder to attract quality coordinators. This is why he gave Shotty 4 years instead 3 years MM turned down.

BTW......It's also possible the budget Jerry offered MM to complete his coaching staff was below league standards.

 

[GINeric]

What’s asinine about wanting security? That’s a ridiculous statement.

But hey Jerruh loves you!

Why do people get mad when quarterbacks and other players "want security" as well?

 

[MajesticRey]

side question: no salary cap for coaches right? What’s to stop Dallas from offering the best HC the most money out of any HC in the league?

 

[KMY_Amber]

He wanted 5 years. They wanted 3. A compromise should have been made at 4.

Oh lord, I think even 3 years would have been too long. He should have been let go after the Green Bay playoff game debacle, and then JJ gave him a bonus year to make a deep playoff run. Didn't happen. Bye.

 

[Risen Star]

side question: no salary cap for coaches right?

That's right. No cap.

What’s to stop Dallas from offering the best HC the most money out of any HC in the league?

Jerry and Stephen Jones.

 

[plasticman]

How does it vindicate the Cowboys?

Does anyone really think a five year contract or even a three year contract is going to matter if the Cowboys go 4-13 next season?

Are we worried that Jerry might lose 40 million dollars when he has to fire his coach in the middle of a contract?

Teams fire their coaches in the middle of their contracts all the time. Of all the franchises in the NFL, which one, do you suppose, would be impacted the least by having to fire a coach under contract?

The Dallas Cowboys are valued at over 10 billion dollars. Forty million is four hundredths of a percent of ten billion.

If you made one hundred thousand dollars a year, then four hundredths of a percent would equal $400.

If anything, it just adds proof to the perception that Jerry Jones is treating nickels like manhole covers.

There are plenty of good reasons not to rehire McCarthy, but his contract demands are not one of them. For an owner that once claimed he would pay anything for a championship, it's a little ridiculous to cite salary disagreements as the reason you didn't get the guy you wanted.

I don't believe it. There was disagreement, to be sure, but it wasn't money. It's my guess that the disagreement was about something else and Jerry didn't want to publicize it for fear of public and media response.

I think McCarthy wanted more control, at least the level of control that most HCs get around the league. In most cases, he has to work with assistant coaches that are not "his guys." Nobody really knows his impact on personnel decisions regarding players.

McCarthy has zero authority over the flow of information between the team, the media, and other teams. These detriments a coach's ability to run the team, discipline players, and protect classified information like gameplans.

I think this was all for show, Jerry never intended to rehire McCarthy, and he had to find a reason to appease those who believe three straight 12-5 seasons defined McCarthy's tenure far more than an injury riddled 7-10 season.

 

[MajesticRey]

That's right. No cap.


Jerry and Stephen Jones.

I figured, but why? We make the most money out of any franchise, right? We should be able to afford the best coach(es).

 

[nightrain]

According to ESPN's Todd Archer, McCarthy wanted a five-year contract and Jones wouldn't deviate from a three-year offer.

"While no financial figures were discussed, the length of a proposed agreement was a sticking point," Archer writes. "McCarthy was seeking a five-year deal, according to multiple sources, while Jones was sticking with three."

This report fully vindicates the Cowboys' decision. It may also explain why it took a full week for the McCarthy situation to resolve itself.


https://thelandryhat.com/mike-mccar...nds-completely-vindicate-cowboys-01jjw5aq5bfp

How does it vindicate the Cowboys decision? They should have fired McCarthy after the 2023 season or extended him. McCarthy probably had little interest in staying with the Cowboys. He knows what's ahead the next few years in Dallas.

 

[Risen Star]

I figured, but why? We make the most money out of any franchise, right? We should be able to afford the best coach(es).

Because the lunatic owner doesn't respect the position of head coach. Haven't you noticed yet?

 

[Risen Star]

Oh lord, I think even 3 years would have been too long. He should have been let go after the Green Bay playoff game debacle, and then JJ gave him a bonus year to make a deep playoff run. Didn't happen. Bye.

Cool story. Have fun blaming a never ending line of coaches decade after decade.

 

[ShiningStar]

I figured, but why? We make the most money out of any franchise, right? We should be able to afford the best coach(es).

they dont want that.

 

[McCarthyMustGo]

Wouldn’t budge from 3 years; but gave Schottenheimer 4.

Schottenheimer is making less money in 4 than Mike would have in 3.

 

[irishline]

McCarthy already was given a 5 year deal which he proved to fail with come playoff time. Now he wanted another 5 year deal? Pfft, get out of here with that. He deserved no more than a 3 year deal at most. He's lucky he was even offered a 3 year deal.

By your own logic, what did your boy Dak do to earn his contract extension? He was already given eight years and "proved to fail come playoff time" sound like a good description of him as well. I mean Dak already had one extension and didn't get any further in the playoffs so why not "pfft, get out of here with that" to him?

Not quite following the logic of you always backing one while now bashing the other for the same thing.