I can't stand Peter King and at first I was okay with Jerry bringing back McCarthy. But my thinking has evolved, admittedly without the understanding of Jerry's rationale. I think McCarthy has done a fine job with the Cowboys. 3 consecutive 12-5 seasons is a pretty decent accomplishment. But this is a unique situation. Jerry has 3 option to improve upon McCarthy with 3 coaching options who bring exactly what the Cowboys need to the table. Discipline and physicality.
In any other season I would argue, unless there is a coaching option better than the one they have there is no point in changing coaches. But this year, they have two great options and one good one.
We need a change in defensive philosophy with this team. These 3 coaches bring that change. Jerry should have reached out to Harbaugh at least to see what it would take to bring him to Dallas.
But at the same time, let's not throw all the blame at the coach. The GM is a big issue himself. He refuses to change his ways. We knew this team had issues running the football and stopping the run at the end of last season. What did the Cowboys do? They shed their LB depth and tried to get away with a 200lb safety at LB. In stead of depth at LB, they protected a 6th round draft pick at CB, who was never active and sat behind guys like Nahshon Wright.
Every other team in the NFL will sign a top tier free agent to fill a gap in their roster, except Jerry. This is a huge handicap. While other teams apply immediate fixes to improve, Jerry relies on getting rookies to overperform. Mazi was the first 1st round DT draft pick in over 30 years. But expecting him as a rookie to have an impact was stupid. Not 1st DTs make that big of an impact in their rookie season. It is a rarity when they do and usually it is a top 10 or 15 pick, but a bottom 10 pick. Until Jerry is willing to let go of the Neville Gallimores and sign guys will Christian Wilkins to play DT the Cowboys will struggle with a weakness here or there that good teams will exploit.
