You may be right about that. But what I don’t understand is why they didn’t look seriously at anyone else. Other than the Rooney Rule interview they had by phone with Marvin Lewis, they did no other interviews besides McCarthy. I’m just curious why. Most organizations usually interview more candidates. Obviously this isn’t like most organizations.
I wonder if the media/public got a hold of any other HC candidates they could've had in mind.
But I really do believe that they were determined to get an established, battle tested, past successful, vet NFL head coach so that they could already "
hit the ground running " and it was extremely
slim pickings with NFL ready vet HC's.
and per two interviews they were sold on what he had to offer and hired him immediately.
Plus look at McCarthy's resume, he's won a SB, he has experience working with QBs, he's offensive minded. That plays into the Dak path and development.
And it worked even more so when MM maintained coaches that were very instrumental in his development and advancement. (ala Kellen Moore and Doug Nussemeir)
The Top elements we really needed from McCarthy were:
1) Leadership/preparation
2) In-game manager and decision maker
3) Add/Aid helping Moore in much needed areas (ala RBs)
4) Bring in very capable DC and positional coaches