The Cowboys are like Harry and Lloyd in “Dumb and Dumber” in that last scene with the bikini girls pulling up in the bus. So many options right in front of them, but they’re like, “No thanks, we’re good!”
Belicheat had FOUR wins last year and sucked before that. He's NOT the answer for Dallas. Harbaugh maybe. But no need for anyone that hasn't been doing better than McCarthy.
As long as the $$$ keep coming in. And the rest of the NFL knows cowboys fans (and Texas culture in many aspects) have a cult like me mentality lol Every year, decade after decade.. "we're almost there" "this is our year" 🙄 It's a cultural bubble that lies to itself about it's greatness lol (Lived in Texas for over a decade)
Well, you have 12 teams that have never won even one Super Bowl, so life does suck worse elsewhere, but the Cowboys are more visible than most teams and the bar is set higher whether fair or not.
“We’ve established a championship team just not a world championship team yet” 😂😂😂😂 That reminds me of the Jim Carrey skit in In Living Color. I’m the 1972 Karate World Champion. “I didn’t say I was the only one!” 😅
Jerry believes his team is very close and capable of achieving their ultimate goals by keeping Mike. Jerry and I must have watched a different Cowboys game last Sunday. You will definitely regret today's decision next season for missing out on these available coaches. Jerry just extends the inevitable, another Dallas playoff disaster.
For the last 2 or 3 seasons Dallas won more regular seasons games than any other besides the chiefs. Mike took over player calling and Dak had his best year. Changing up Dak could be a different player next year. You usually fire coaches on down years and losing seasons
@@kryten09keep putting a qb in a different system every year or two is not good. Plus football the best doesn’t always win. It’s about who gets hot at the right time. A number of teams won the superbowl not being the best team. The giants beat the undefeated patriots in the superbowl. You guys got to take into account when a team gets hot.
Rich put it perfectly, he fired the right one (Jimmy Johnson) too quickly, and has kept the wrong ones ( Jason Garrett, McCarthy, and others) too long. Unbelievable. Belichick literally fell on his lap and Jerry is like, no thanks. I'm sticking with the guy that keeps failing in the playoffs.
I can't see Belichick as the Cowboys' coach. I know Belichick doesn't seem to enjoy the press, but I think he really does enjoy messing with them. Furthermore, does he seem like he would really want the reporters running to the owner as if Jerry were the one making all the decisions he himself actually made? Everyone says "well, Parcells coached for Jerry", but notice how quickly he left.
As a pre-Jerry era Cowboys fan, the thing that has frustrated me the most about Jerry since 95 is him saying that everyone is accountable for the losses, including himself. That is the biggest load of BS ever. Jerry has no accountability as Team President/GM/Head Cheerleader. Who does he answer to? Certainly not the fans that helped him build his dream stadium and help make the franchise the most valuable in any sport, not just football. If the product on the field screws up, he's not holding himself accountable in any meaningful way. He talks a good game, but he doesn't really mean half of what he says. His goal is not winning Super Bowls anymore. If it were, a guy that knows how to make money hand over fist could figure out a way to win a ring during the salary cap era. He gets stuff done when it's important to him. Winning isn't even close to a top goal for him anymore, and he doesn't have the football people around him to win despite his actions. Jerry puts butts in seats and sells merch, and makes a ton of money for the entire league as a byproduct. He barely knew football when he bought the team, and that really hasn't changed in almost 40 years of ownership. Football as a business? Yeah, he knows all about that. Football as a game meant to be won? Not so much. He got lucky that Jimmy was his college roommate at Arkansas. He wouldn't have hired him otherwise. He got lucky that he bought in when he could still outspend everyone else on free agents. If he ever hired a real football guy to run the team, the Cowboys wouldn't stop winning with the resources Jerry can provide. He won't though. Even after 30 years of coming up short, the ego won't let him pin the problem on himself.
@@socalgolf9978true but Dallas hasn’t won a Superbowl in 28 yrs. Who’s he person that’s been around this team that whole time: Jerry Jones. He’s the head of this organization. He’s the problem overall.
@@Kube_DogIt also takes a coach that is respected and also feared so you get the best out of the players, and the coach can be like Jimmy Johnson or Tom Landry, and they are opposites other than the respect and fear factor.
He had prime aaron rodgers(arguably better than brady and mannings) and still only ends up with 1 superbowl appearance. Thats all you need to know about his coaching. Dak isnt that guy and never will be, hes also shown that time and again
Problem is that these wins and points Rich is talking about are coming from their NFC East competition. So realistically they have a guaranteed 4 wins with the Giants and Commanders and more than likely a split with the Eagles. They have inflated stats by the end of the year and then when push comes to shove they flop out.
That's pretty disingenuous, to say the least. There are no free wins in the NFL and they haven't gone undefeated against the division during McCarthy's tenure, but they have had their best 3 season stretch since the 90s going by W-L. They're just notorious chokers come playoff time. And they were before he got there. I think their #1 issue is Jerruh, but he's there til his last breath.
The cowboys are 13-15 against WINNING teams over the last 3 seasons. We know they can beat crappy teams, then suddenly the sports media is like OMG!!! Look how good they are!! Then they play a team at their skill level or better and it's a "shock" lol.
His handling of Johnson has not made me think that he pulls the trigger fast, quite the contrary, I think most Cowboys fans think he doesn't make quick changes because he can't admit something may have been a wrong fit. Jerry's ego preventing him from admitting that it may not have been the best hiring, just like with Garrett. The problem is it has been head coaching type issues. Tons of penalties, especially at the wrong times, bad play calls in end of game situations, and regular end of game management that makes it seem like they don't know what they are doing. The discipline with the team is horrible and it is quite frustrating. They haven't won against good teams. Their best wins were the Eagles, who they beat when they were in the process of flaming out, and Tampa in the playoffs, when the Bucs were a shell of themselves. They're frontrunners who can't win tough games, and as a Cowboys fan, I blame the coaching on that. It's so frustrating and has been going on for 25 years.
Dak's field of vision in a regualr season game against an average opponent: 150 degrees. Dak's field of vision against a top team or a playoff game: 30 degrees. that's what stress/anxiety does to some people
@@jamespanagopoulos5083 I agree. You can see the deer in the headlights look when he plays in the must win games. I don’t know if anyone has addressed this with him but it’s obvious to everyone watching he can’t handle the pressure.
And trophies cause an exponential increase in tickets, merch, media and hype. Plus he gets to walk around like he just won the world. So even by your logic, he must be trying to win because that get him attention and cash.
@@Kube_Dog there are millions of people happy enough to trot after an enticing dangling carrot, which is all the Cowboys' Superbowl promises are. As long as they keep on paying their hard-earned $$$$$$$$ to JJ, actual winning isn't that important.
@tejanoj3017 - That is 100% consistent with the NFL. They don't care how bad the refs are. They don't care how many people are at the games. They have one measuring metric and that is $$$$. The Sporting part is incidental and sometimes an inconvenience.
If Jerry wins a SB he wants to have most of the credit for it. To be recognized as the architect on that win. If BB or Harbaugh came and won they would be credited with it.
Underrated point. Rich trying to argue that Jerry doesn't want his ego from the past to cloud his personnel decisions when Jerry's ego puts him front and center every year
It's very simple. The one thing Jerry Jones absolutely hates, is being told what to do. If you have a bunch of reporters, football analysts, and fans telling Jerry what to do, he's not going to do it.
Cmon rich. I like the way you try to be unbiased and optimistic, but its clear that a super bowl is not the cowboys priority. The ownership is lazy and sits around just to make money. Call it out for what it is
Going as far as possible into the playoffs makes even more money: tickets, concessions, merch. Going home in early January cost Jerry money. Even if he hates football, a championship brings in money.
@@greeneyesms absolutely, and i used to think that as well. But you can never underestimate the power of incompetenece. As long as there is enough money flowing in, jerry doesn’t want to do the hard job of actually putting a good team together and swallowing his pride and hiring a new gm. They’re too comfortable with the way things are
Dallas - "We're were within an inch of winning the superbowl, (they weren't) we'll run it back with the same coach and QB and next time it'll be so different." It won't be any different.
Thank you for correcting the record. Rich is becoming more addled by the week. Next year his show will be called "Grrr... you kids... get off the grass!"
Here’s why: 1). The Cowboys are still making a TON of money; 2). Everyone still wants to talk TO Jerrah; 3). Everyone is still talking ABOUT Jerrah; 4). Everyone will continue to talk about the Cowboys, because there’s no such thing as bad publicity when it comes to making money. Pockets lined, ego fed, narcissistic personality satisfied
The problem isn't this decision (although I would have taken a swing at Belichick). The problem is the week before the Packers game Jerry strongly implied McCarthy was coaching for his job. Put Mike right on the hot seat. Said it was a game by game decision. Those comments were NOT a vote of confidence and caused some unnecessary tension (and pressure) leading up to the game. Given this decision WHY didn't Jerry strongly back McCarthy leading up to the Packers game? Why not show confidence in your team and your coach? It really doesn't make sense.
It makes ALL the sense in the world >>> it's not about the cowboy players & their "sucker" fans [remember jerry is a trump associate] it's NOT about Championships, it's NOT about the Players or their calling >>> it's ALL ABOUT JERRY... Jerry & his BAG!
@MrAdamNTProtester It makes Jerry look weak. It makes it look like he was bluffing when he claimed McCarthy job security depended on how the playoffs went. Jerry has lost a lot of credibility and now most Cowboys fans are pissed that he kept McCarthy. It's just not a good look.
It is so ironic that one coach he has a quick trigger on is Jimmy Johnson, and he has the patience of a Saint on the rest of the mid-coaches he had since.
In actuality, for himself big Jer made the right move in firing Jimmy Johnson, because since then he's been the undisputed voice of authority for them thar cowboys. His fragile ego simply couldn't stand someone else getting the credit . Really it's more moronic than ironic.
Unfortunately not a good take Rich. Staying in a relationship cause you’re unsure what’s out there but knowing your partner always comes up short with your expectations is a toxic dynamic.
I am glad the Cowgirls are keeping McCarthy! Go Niners. I was disappointed when Green Bay got rid of Rodgers, as he was the 49ers gateway to move on in the playoffs. Rodgers was like 1-6 against SF. Dallas and McCarthy can't close out games in the playoffs, and in reality, they can't get a lead either.
🎯🎯💯 I just commented something similar!! Jerry keeping McCarthy is a big gift to the other NFC Playoff teams. If it wasn't Green Bay last week, I'd have bet the house on the Lions coming back into Jerry World this weekend & proving they were screwed a few weeks ago & that they're the better team
As a Packer fan, I’m happy we don’t have either McCarthy or Rodgers anymore. Except for that one lucky super bowl win the duo was so disappointing in the playoffs
I think the reason he kept McCarthy is more basic: Jerry Jones wants to prove his decision to hire McCarthy was the correct decision. In other words, it is all about Jerry Jones being right.
Feels like there's more to what was happening in the Cowboys Packers game on the sideline, and I haven't heard anythink more about it: the body language between Dak and CeeDee Lamb and McCarthy having to go and talk to Lamb and at another point had a talk with Dak... what was all that about? Was someone having a panic attack? Was somebody pissed off? Broke up w/their girlfriend during the week?
The frustrating thing about Jerry is I think he has actually done a pretty good job at acquiring talent. They’ve generally done well in the draft, and they rarely have really bad contracts or trades (sure Dak is overpaid, but that is the market for QBs). However, he establishes a poor culture and refuses to hire head coaches that will set their own culture. That’s why I think if it would have worked out (which it may not have), hiring Bill Belichick could have worked perfect - Belichick would have had to give away control of drafting players (which honestly he was not very good at) and Jerry would have had to let him establish a serious culture, and I think it would have been better for both.
The part you are missing: you either have a HC that calls all the shots & therefore you MAY have a Championship Team OR you have a HC that is cucked by the gm/owner at every step & it is IMPOSSIBLE to build/win a championship TEAM... CANNOT HAVE A CONTRADICTION... CAN...NOT...DO...IT...!
I'm not a Cowboys fan, but from a football perspective I can kind of sympathize with the man. I feel like every year when there's a choice for him to make a change, he makes the wrong one. He probably agonizes over and overthinks every football decision, and always ends up coming down on the wrong side of it.
YES its too bad he couldn't just hire some dude he grew up with & has confidence in that won at every level & could build a SB winner from scratch & win/contend every year... OH WAIT- HE DID HAVE THAT in Jimmy Johnson... but he fired him & the LAST SB Title he ever won was the year after when the TEAM that Johnson BUILT was still running on the fumes of Jimmy Johnson after he had been sent away >>> bcuz you see it's NOT JIMMY'S TEAM... IT'S JERRY'S... so TAKE THAT... ahhhhhhhhnd embrace futility ever since bcuz you cannot have BOTH a HC that calls the shots [NECESSARY TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL] AND ALSO at the SAME TIME a HC who is cucked by the owner at every step... CANNOT DO IT >>> so jerry jones is literally conducting a 30 year master class in how HC MUST CALL ALL THE SHOTS to be able to make your team a championship team... by FAILING TO DO/ TO ALLOW- JUST THAT!
What happened in Green Bay at the end of McCarthy's tenure is happening again in Dallas. Opposing defenses are calling out his play calls before they happen. Packer DB's were calling out Cowboy route combinations BEFORE the ball was snapped. The Darnell Savage pick 6 was really him jumping a route he wasn't even covering because the spacing on the play design was so bad TWO Cowboy receivers ended up in the same vicinity. The Jaire interception was him jumping a pivot route by Cooks because the play design was so obvious from their tape study that he wasn't threatened by the fake out (the first half of the pivot route). He just stayed inside Cooks and jumped the route to pick Dak off. McCarthy has not evolved. Nothing will change. Which is great for entertainment's sake, obviously.
He ran a triple slant combo on the wide side of the field on the pick 6. That was something that a player mentioned after the 9er game. McCarthy runs triple slants out of different formations and it is obvious when he likes to run it.
Do not discount how easy it is whenever a DCoord wants to confuse the f...hq out of dak- too easy & they know his reaction- he just ignores what he doesn't understand/hasn't processed in real time & stays with the play even if the DEF is overtly taking that away... GOD forbid the day ever arrive where a DEF taking something away from Dak has to be subtle- it will be like everyone is speaking chinese all of a sudden & he can;t order his supper... the problem is that Fangio began with the Steve Owens UMBRELLA [NYGiants] & began to tinker with it eventually settling on what was a cover6 split field with a cov2 split field... this has evolved into the Trapezoid & Triangle or TRAP-TRI which can be flipped from strong to weak side depending upon where the WR [WR/ TE] strength is on the field... and in these coverages you do NOT have man or zone- you have RULES & unless you process info fast you are properly confused & Dak simply cannot process info fast enough so it's like the DEF Stars get out a color spin wheel or something & spin it & whatever color/whatever it lands on they all agree ok that is a look we will hi jack & then they proceed to do so- it's like a 15- 20 min study to come up with like a 1/2 doz SET PCES that you KNOW- oh when we get that look here's what we do- & then they proceed to do it bcuz Dak continues to make mistakes in year like 8- 9 that QB's are supposed to stop making by year 2... so he is like the polar opposite of wilson- wilson NEVER runs a play as designed EVER- he abandons the pocket & hopes he can make stuff up as he goes along so he NEVER makes a DEF READ & he NEVER goes thru a PROGRESSION- you literally may as well burn the playbook- everyone was so pissed off at Payton's play calling but after 5 weeks he had no choice but to SIMPLIFY the playbook bcuz wilson just ignores everything... so Dak is the opposite he also ignores everything the DEF is showing but what he does is instead of abandoning the pocket & play going full tilt improv on EVERY PLAY- Dak steps up in the pocket & sticks with a play >>> having IGNORED what the DEF is doing >>> he just goes ahead & executes the play anyways... so they BOTH get the SAME RESULT & any time a DCoord & DEF wants to shut down Dak or wilson it's easy peasy & that is the reason this happens everytime Dak shows up in a playoff game & his team mates KNOW THIS which is the reason that they quit as soon as they see OH SAME OLD SH*T as usual might as well check out bcuz that clown will NEVER READ A DEF & ALWAYS EXECUTES THE PLAY AS CALLED regardless of the emergent elements that are supposed to key you off of that particular look & go elsewhere- in the NFL = YOU TAKE WHAT THE DEF GIVES YOU... you take EVERYTHING the DEF gives you but you CANNOT just ignore what they are taking away- those are all PRO BOWL caliber players over there this isn't college or the reg season 5 guaranteed W's EVERY SEASON from within the DIV! TRUTH & FACT!
@@geordiejones5618Exactly! He wants a SB win but he also wants credit for the SB win. His problem is his ego. Let it go. Hire a GM. Let the GM and head coach make player decisions. Let them get you to a SB and be a proud owner.
PERFECT COMP- and worse Davis actually did know what he was talking about but again tho you either have a HC that calls all the shots & therefore you MAY have a Championship Team OR you have a HC that is cucked by the gm/owner at every step & it is IMPOSSIBLE to build/win a championship TEAM... CANNOT HAVE A CONTRADICTION... CAN...NOT...DO...IT...!
Who cares about regular season wins? I’d rather be a jets fan than a cowboys fan. Jets are taken seriously if they make the playoffs, cowboys are looked at as an easy win.
@lucrative6477 thr jets haven't been to a superbowl, thier only one, in 55 years no one takes them seriously ever. Well maybe for about 4 snaps this year.
@@SunShine-xc6dh exactly my point. Jets often overperform because the expectations are low. Dallas always disappoints because they call themselves contenders and haven’t been since free agency existed.
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They wont change a thing and next year we will be right here again just like before. over and over. Jerry goes around. Love Stephen A!!!
Comparing the situations of Dallas and Philadelphia, you immediately see they are completely diffferent. Dallas fans have good reason to remain optimistic on their team's chances. There is NO such reason for fans of the Eagles. Something is really wrong in Philadelphia and no one is letting on what the true reason is, but it's bad enough for player's to seemingly phone in their playing in the Wildcard game against Tampa Bay. Even Troy Aikman noticed and mentioned it during on the game's broadcast.
I'm hoping someday we'll see an investigative journalist or something pick up that story and find out what the hell happened to the Eagles. Title of the story should be "Plucked: How The Eagles Lost Their Feathers" or something like that.
I’ve been telling everyone MM isn’t going anywhere for at least one more year. Dak will be the same, but I am still expecting an extension and expect JJ to try and bring as many players back from this years team as possible. It will be more of the same strategy because they think it’s working and this is the best team they’ve had yet and they think that are still right in the cusp. They are not. But they will search for bargains, extend Dak to make cap space, pay Micah and Ceedee, use the draft as their main way to get talent and they will be in the EXACT SAME PLACE AS LAST YEAR. I don’t expect any improvement next year
Man I don't believe anything from this team and ain't expecting anything from this team and y'all are absolutely right a billion trillion 100% 1000% in million percent accurate and what you're saying about Dallas in Jerry Jones
Jerry is the smartest man in the room dont you know. He will tank his own team proving he is right/wrong. The guy is single handedly the toughest opponent the Cowboys will ever face. Fire Jerry and solve the whole chitshow.
Steve Young said much the same thing. Essentially, Jerry exercises so much control over the team, the coach (regardless of who it is) is essentially emasculated. Young also pointed out that Jerry has focused so much on the team's BRAND that when a player becomes a Cowboy, he feels famous. Nothing is earned. All these pundits who are using stereotypical cures for a team's woes (fire the coach, draft a quarterback) completely ignore that the Cowboy's owner/coach/players/fans dynamic is unique in the league. Jerry is the problem, and he is only getting older.
I'm just over here laughing that the Cowboys moved on from Romo who was 2-4 in the playoffs but was a regular season monster. Romo gets hurt, Dak takes over, and here we are 7 years later but now Dak is a regular season beast and is 2-5 in the playoffs. Time truly is a flat circle.
The truth is that the general football community would be happy to see the Cowboys change their head coach every three years. That chaos is better for their teams. Is it just me, or do teams seem more likely to expect quick success from a coach than they used to? As a Cowboys fan, I'll take the disappointment of an early exit from the playoffs in exchange for a good regualr season winning twice as many games as they lose. That's months of great entertainment. As long as the team doesn't decline from year to year, why are we talking about changing the coach? They got better is so many categories other than playoff wins this season.
Cowboys have gone from among the most prestigious organizations in the NFL to a joke. Now they are memes for futility. And it all goes back to one man - Jerrah.
Here’s my take, in most years where there are mediocre or unproven coaching candidates, I understand this decision notwithstanding the embarrassments in the playoffs. However, this is one of the most loaded football coaching candidate pools I can ever remember. When you have the likes of Belichick and Harbaugh, and then even if you miss on them, Vrabel appears to be a solid option, then keeping Mike is a horrible decision (unless behind the scenes Jerry did contact Belichick and Harbaugh and they told him they are not interested).
Issue with this argument is this path JJ has now chosen will take longer! Current coaching in place won't take the Cowboys to the SB! They'll need to rebuild anyway! 😂 Harbaugh could've gotten them to a SB in 3 years i believe
I “was” a hyper Cowboys fan… now I am just a fan along with other teams equally. I have two teams still in the playoffs that I will root for this weekend and hopefully one will make it to the Super Bowl. Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. I don’t lose any sleep on the Cowboys anymore.
I remember when the Panthers went 12-4 with delhomme, DeAngelo, smith, Stewart. To lose to Arizona in the first round. Arizona went to super bowl and I was sick. Sucks to be hyped for your team all season and it comes to a crashing haunt
That was heartbreaking. We ran the ball for a huge touchdown on the first drive and then stopped running the ball the rest of the game. Delhomme threw 5 ints. It was a disaster
I am not a cowboys fan in the slightest but if Jerry was worried about losing a coaching candidate to the falcons panthers or raider because they interviewed first then he needs to sell the team. The cowboys, with the roster they have and that brand, should be able to sell anyone on the job.
As long as Jerry is the owner, they will never win another Super Bowl, because he is resistant to change. Playing at an elite level and being perfect is required to win the SB Title. Just because they had 12 win seasons doesn't mean they are elite enough to make it to the Super Bowl. They will flop again next year, just watch. To miss out on available coaches like Vrabel, or Belichick, or Harbaugh or Carrol, what a total dork. Mike doesn't care, he has at least another multi-million dollar year's salary. It's a win win for him. And I would promote Cooper Rush, and trade Duck Prescout. He is a turnover machine when his team falls behind.
It’s getting sadder and sadder listening to Rich caping for coaches that don’t get over the hump. Winning the division is not enough. Most points is not enough. The Eagles have 2 pennants in the last 6 years. Who cares who the coach is? Go get championships and if a guy can’t do it, look for another one.
Never understood the hate for Big Mike. Solid coach. Proven winner. Ring. Its hard to win a superbowl. Agreed next year is make or break tho. NfC championship or bust. No excuses
Jerry never wants to admit he is wrong . He was wrong about Romo even if Romo had never been picked by any NFL team in the draft. All QB's after Aikman have never t led the team to a SB even if they have had homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Jerry Jones will still continue to coach the cowboys.
A lot of people have been saying for years that the Cowboys will never win another superbowl as long as Jerry Jones is putting his grubby hands on the team behind the scenes and in front of the cameras. This move has only solidified that statement even more.
@socalgolf9978 yep. And now all the same people are saying that it was obvious Dallas would lose because of how the Packers matched up against Dallas.😂😂😂
Who I am as a man , what does that pertain too coaching I believe all coaches reach a plateau he has reached his . He couldn’t get it done with Arron Rogers how can he die it with a lesser Quarterback in Dak prescott
My goodness, I've been a fan since I was a little boy alongside my father who was a cowboy fan. For like 30 years I've been witnessing this Dallas craziness. I'm ready to move on from the team but not sure if I can really. I actually like Dak and Mike McCarthy, that's why this hurts so much! I do believe they need a flame burning inside that locker room every day. It's not about regular season games and stats but winning in the playoffs and playing in the Superbowl every year! Thats the goal post, there's nothing else! There's no podcast for losers, no rings for second best losers, or first eliminated chumps! Nothing good is waiting for cowards in fear either! Winning and Overcoming is Life and being Champions is Eternal!! That's my hope in Life and for the Dallas Cowboys!
You know who havent won a Superbowl either? Kyle Shanahan, Sean McDermott, Zach Taylor, Matt Lafleur, Nick Sirianni, I could go on. Mike is doing just fine!
If you are a TRUE fan, once the decision has been made, you back your team to the end of the earth. Too many fair-weather fans these days! If you can’t back them, take a hike. I will Ride or Die with the Dallas Cowboys ☆ ☆ ☆
I totally agree with that. Before the cowboys had their run in the 90s they had some very bad seasons. They are my team when they had 1 win and when they were winning Superbowls. There are a several teams that have long droughts. There are teams that have great teams but just loose that one game. We even have had bad teams in the NFL that just happen to win that one game and next thing they are in championship games. The Cowboys have been my team since I was a young girl watch with my dad to this day.
Teams that win the SB usually collapse afterwards due to freeagency and salary caps. The teams that win in the regular season keep ther fanbase hopeful and ticket and merch sales up. Jerry is a businessman, and understands long-term investments. Being number 1 and then crashing is not a good business model. Being number 2 or 3 isn't losing, it's knowing how to be a constant winner.
Truth!! Thats why he has to have a radio show cause nothing Jerry likes better then hearing himself talk....Great at making money but an idiot when it comes to football.
You missed one big thing. Which is that one of the big assets McCarthy has is that he’s willing to subjugate himself to the owner’s ego and suck up to the owner’s interference and meddling and power-grubbing. Jones wants to play “Coaching Director” and he doesn’t realize that it saps authority and power from McCarthy. IT’S PART OF WHAT IS PREVENTING THE TEAM FROM SUCCEEDING FURTHER. I was a magazine editor and I had to deal with the same sort of “amateur” interference from the publisher. In publishing, there is a strong, hard line between the editorial side and the business side. The purpose of the tradition is to ensure agency, independence, and integrity for the editorial direction of the publication. The publisher is a business professional but not an editorial professional. When the publisher interferes and meddles and second-guesses and pretends to be a savior, and demands that his ego be taken care of, he’s actually weakening the publication. That’s a perfect analogy for the structural problem in Dallas. It’s the perfect analogy for the problem. All those accomplishments and achievements you list with the Cowboy’s regular-season record are as much as McCarthy can accomplish without being the real leader of the team. He doesn’t actually have the full authority of a Head Coach. He is in effect the “first assistant” to the owner. So one of the reasons Jones doesn’t want a new coach is that he’d have to break in a new guy as “first assistant.” You think BELICHICK would step into that part of the Dallas coaching requirement?!? You’re out of your mind. Belichick would never put up with that.
Perhaps someone put a curse on Jerry Jones after Jimmy Johnson was fired. Ha. Ha. Ha. There is plenty of blame to spread around. The defense was horrible. The offense was lethargic. Dak has a bad outing. It did not appear the coaching staff adjusted their game plan as problems arose. And then there are the intangibles: The Green Bay Packers almost always beat the Dallas Cowboys. This has been a bitter rivalry for a long time. Finally, the Cowboy players probably did not believe they needed to play well to win. I was hoping for a Cowboy win but came away disappointed. I wanted a 49er-Cowboy NFC championship game. Oh, well there is always next year.
First time I have ever agreed with Dan Eison...Holy Crap, You're absolutely correct and what I was telling everyone and they kept saying "Fire,Fire,Fire, Trade,Trade"...we have a huge foundation and there is the fact it took Mike 5 seasons...to straighten things out
Year after year Jerry proves that Jimmy was the architect of greatness.
The Cowboys are like Harry and Lloyd in “Dumb and Dumber” in that last scene with the bikini girls pulling up in the bus. So many options right in front of them, but they’re like, “No thanks, we’re good!”
Do you realize what youve done????😅
"You'll have to forgive my friend, he's a little slow. The town is back THAT way!" That movie never fails to make me laugh.
Belicheat had FOUR wins last year and sucked before that. He's NOT the answer for Dallas. Harbaugh maybe. But no need for anyone that hasn't been doing better than McCarthy.
Perfect 😂
@@davidc2838maybe this cowboys team needs to cheat to win. Because I'm sick of it. 😆
Winning in the regular season seems to be enough for Jerry nowadays. Cowboy fans, adjust your expectations accordingly.
As long as the $$$ keep coming in. And the rest of the NFL knows cowboys fans (and Texas culture in many aspects) have a cult like me mentality lol
Every year, decade after decade.. "we're almost there" "this is our year" 🙄
It's a cultural bubble that lies to itself about it's greatness lol
(Lived in Texas for over a decade)
Now a days... for the last 26 years...
Well, you have 12 teams that have never won even one Super Bowl, so life does suck worse elsewhere, but the Cowboys are more visible than most teams and the bar is set higher whether fair or not.
Why can't the press just ignore this and turn to the other teams that are left that deserve the attention.
@@charlesallen8368 Because...JERRY F-in Jones. Same Reason that Dallas is the Most Valuable Sports Franchise in the ENTIRE World.
“We’ve established a championship team just not a world championship team yet” 😂😂😂😂
That reminds me of the Jim Carrey skit in In Living Color. I’m the 1972 Karate World Champion. “I didn’t say I was the only one!” 😅
"America's team" lol
Jerry believes his team is very close and capable of achieving their ultimate goals by keeping Mike. Jerry and I must have watched a different Cowboys game last Sunday. You will definitely regret today's decision next season for missing out on these available coaches. Jerry just extends the inevitable, another Dallas playoff disaster.
For the last 2 or 3 seasons Dallas won more regular seasons games than any other besides the chiefs. Mike took over player calling and Dak had his best year. Changing up Dak could be a different player next year. You usually fire coaches on down years and losing seasons
And they're 13-15 against winning teams over that time.
Just wait till he pays Dak 40 to 50 mil a year
@@kryten09keep putting a qb in a different system every year or two is not good. Plus football the best doesn’t always win. It’s about who gets hot at the right time. A number of teams won the superbowl not being the best team. The giants beat the undefeated patriots in the superbowl. You guys got to take into account when a team gets hot.
A lot of these “available” coaches aren’t available to the Cowboys because nobody wants to work under Jerry Jones.
Rich put it perfectly, he fired the right one (Jimmy Johnson) too quickly, and has kept the wrong ones ( Jason Garrett, McCarthy, and others) too long. Unbelievable. Belichick literally fell on his lap and Jerry is like, no thanks. I'm sticking with the guy that keeps failing in the playoffs.
I can't see Belichick as the Cowboys' coach. I know Belichick doesn't seem to enjoy the press, but I think he really does enjoy messing with them. Furthermore, does he seem like he would really want the reporters running to the owner as if Jerry were the one making all the decisions he himself actually made? Everyone says "well, Parcells coached for Jerry", but notice how quickly he left.
As a pre-Jerry era Cowboys fan, the thing that has frustrated me the most about Jerry since 95 is him saying that everyone is accountable for the losses, including himself. That is the biggest load of BS ever. Jerry has no accountability as Team President/GM/Head Cheerleader. Who does he answer to? Certainly not the fans that helped him build his dream stadium and help make the franchise the most valuable in any sport, not just football. If the product on the field screws up, he's not holding himself accountable in any meaningful way. He talks a good game, but he doesn't really mean half of what he says. His goal is not winning Super Bowls anymore. If it were, a guy that knows how to make money hand over fist could figure out a way to win a ring during the salary cap era. He gets stuff done when it's important to him. Winning isn't even close to a top goal for him anymore, and he doesn't have the football people around him to win despite his actions. Jerry puts butts in seats and sells merch, and makes a ton of money for the entire league as a byproduct. He barely knew football when he bought the team, and that really hasn't changed in almost 40 years of ownership. Football as a business? Yeah, he knows all about that. Football as a game meant to be won? Not so much. He got lucky that Jimmy was his college roommate at Arkansas. He wouldn't have hired him otherwise. He got lucky that he bought in when he could still outspend everyone else on free agents. If he ever hired a real football guy to run the team, the Cowboys wouldn't stop winning with the resources Jerry can provide. He won't though. Even after 30 years of coming up short, the ego won't let him pin the problem on himself.
As usual, Rich is too kind. The truth is that JJ effed up again!
Jerry doesn’t play defense
@@socalgolf9978true but Dallas hasn’t won a Superbowl in 28 yrs. Who’s he person that’s been around this team that whole time: Jerry Jones. He’s the head of this organization. He’s the problem overall.
Nope, he tries to play GOD. No general manager. Good luck with that in the future. @@socalgolf9978
He's gonna end up cutting McFatty and Dik Mascot next year, but Belichick and Vrabel won't be available. Maybe he'll end up with Gruden and Garapolo.
The Cowboy aren`t short of talent just short of the will when it matters most.
It's lack of team character. They're weak social media girly men. That's why they underachieve and collapse when it matters.
Not short wheb it comes to being good , but noone thinks it's a great team. No one was or is picking them. They weren't a 1 seed, or the favorite
@@williamhopkins7065 Agreed but they do have enough physical talent to win it, but they are head cases and it takes both to win.
@@Kube_DogIt also takes a coach that is respected and also feared so you get the best out of the players, and the coach can be like Jimmy Johnson or Tom Landry, and they are opposites other than the respect and fear factor.
McCarthy convinced them with the "I just need a little more time with Dak" line
He had prime aaron rodgers(arguably better than brady and mannings) and still only ends up with 1 superbowl appearance. Thats all you need to know about his coaching. Dak isnt that guy and never will be, hes also shown that time and again
😂😂😂
@pokemaster211 your Rodgers take is laughable 😂
@@Suhmstank Keep Mike...Trade Dak...Get NEW 1st Round QB
@@Suhmstank how many rings has Aaron Rodgers won since without Mike like 2? 3?
Because friends and popularity is more important to jerry
Problem is that these wins and points Rich is talking about are coming from their NFC East competition. So realistically they have a guaranteed 4 wins with the Giants and Commanders and more than likely a split with the Eagles. They have inflated stats by the end of the year and then when push comes to shove they flop out.
That and half of their positive stats come in garbage time
That's pretty disingenuous, to say the least. There are no free wins in the NFL and they haven't gone undefeated against the division during McCarthy's tenure, but they have had their best 3 season stretch since the 90s going by W-L. They're just notorious chokers come playoff time. And they were before he got there. I think their #1 issue is Jerruh, but he's there til his last breath.
@@173jaSon371 They have a losing record against teams with a winning record since McCarthy has been there. They beat up on bad teams.
The cowboys are 13-15 against WINNING teams over the last 3 seasons.
We know they can beat crappy teams, then suddenly the sports media is like OMG!!! Look how good they are!!
Then they play a team at their skill level or better and it's a "shock" lol.
Last year the NFC East had three teams in the playoffs and this year they had two… The Cowboys have a good team… but ‘boys will be ‘boys.
His handling of Johnson has not made me think that he pulls the trigger fast, quite the contrary, I think most Cowboys fans think he doesn't make quick changes because he can't admit something may have been a wrong fit. Jerry's ego preventing him from admitting that it may not have been the best hiring, just like with Garrett. The problem is it has been head coaching type issues. Tons of penalties, especially at the wrong times, bad play calls in end of game situations, and regular end of game management that makes it seem like they don't know what they are doing. The discipline with the team is horrible and it is quite frustrating. They haven't won against good teams. Their best wins were the Eagles, who they beat when they were in the process of flaming out, and Tampa in the playoffs, when the Bucs were a shell of themselves. They're frontrunners who can't win tough games, and as a Cowboys fan, I blame the coaching on that. It's so frustrating and has been going on for 25 years.
Sorry dawg. Texans bandwagon has a little room. Texans are Texas team.
28 yrs.....
After next season it will be 29.
Dak's field of vision in a regualr season game against an average opponent: 150 degrees. Dak's field of vision against a top team or a playoff game: 30 degrees. that's what stress/anxiety does to some people
You could see it in his eyes. 👀
Agreed 100 💯 it’s stress and anxiety. He needs a psychologist
@@jamespanagopoulos5083 I agree. You can see the deer in the headlights look when he plays in the must win games. I don’t know if anyone has addressed this with him but it’s obvious to everyone watching he can’t handle the pressure.
Jerry Jones doesn't build a team to win trophies. He builds a show that sells tickets... lots of tickets and lots of merch.
And trophies cause an exponential increase in tickets, merch, media and hype. Plus he gets to walk around like he just won the world. So even by your logic, he must be trying to win because that get him attention and cash.
@@Kube_Dog there are millions of people happy enough to trot after an enticing dangling carrot, which is all the Cowboys' Superbowl promises are. As long as they keep on paying their hard-earned $$$$$$$$ to JJ, actual winning isn't that important.
@@robch4414You certainly are good at missing the point, aren't you?
@tejanoj3017 - That is 100% consistent with the NFL. They don't care how bad the refs are. They don't care how many people are at the games. They have one measuring metric and that is $$$$. The Sporting part is incidental and sometimes an inconvenience.
If Jerry wins a SB he wants to have most of the credit for it. To be recognized as the architect on that win. If BB or Harbaugh came and won they would be credited with it.
Underrated point. Rich trying to argue that Jerry doesn't want his ego from the past to cloud his personnel decisions when Jerry's ego puts him front and center every year
Lololol I think you’re right
It's very simple. The one thing Jerry Jones absolutely hates, is being told what to do. If you have a bunch of reporters, football analysts, and fans telling Jerry what to do, he's not going to do it.
He also wants a coach that will be subservient to him. Belichick won't.....McCarthy will.
Jerry likes head coaches who don't take the spotlight off him.
Mike mccarthy had aaron rodgers and only been to 1 super bowl and people act like he’s won multiple championships
The same attitude for Rodgers. Wins one Superbowl and thinks he's entitled to winning 4 then sulks
Rodgers hasn’t won anything without McCarthy.
Like in a bad marriage sometimes it’s just cheaper to keep her! 😂😂😂
A lesson I never learned 🙄😀
Number 1 offense against losing teams.
Cmon rich. I like the way you try to be unbiased and optimistic, but its clear that a super bowl is not the cowboys priority. The ownership is lazy and sits around just to make money. Call it out for what it is
Going as far as possible into the playoffs makes even more money: tickets, concessions, merch. Going home in early January cost Jerry money. Even if he hates football, a championship brings in money.
@@greeneyesms absolutely, and i used to think that as well. But you can never underestimate the power of incompetenece. As long as there is enough money flowing in, jerry doesn’t want to do the hard job of actually putting a good team together and swallowing his pride and hiring a new gm. They’re too comfortable with the way things are
Dallas - "We're were within an inch of winning the superbowl, (they weren't) we'll run it back with the same coach and QB and next time it'll be so different." It won't be any different.
2024 is McCarthy's 5th year. He went 6-10 in 2020 in his first year.
Thank you for correcting the record. Rich is becoming more addled by the week.
Next year his show will be called "Grrr... you kids... get off the grass!"
I forgot he had a losing record his 1st year!
Because choking in the playoffs is a Dallas tradition since 1996.
Dallas and Steelers are in similar positions. Failing to meet expectations and stuck in mediocrity.
Here’s why: 1). The Cowboys are still making a TON of money; 2). Everyone still wants to talk TO Jerrah; 3). Everyone is still talking ABOUT Jerrah; 4). Everyone will continue to talk about the Cowboys, because there’s no such thing as bad publicity when it comes to making money. Pockets lined, ego fed, narcissistic personality satisfied
The problem isn't this decision (although I would have taken a swing at Belichick). The problem is the week before the Packers game Jerry strongly implied McCarthy was coaching for his job. Put Mike right on the hot seat. Said it was a game by game decision. Those comments were NOT a vote of confidence and caused some unnecessary tension (and pressure) leading up to the game. Given this decision WHY didn't Jerry strongly back McCarthy leading up to the Packers game? Why not show confidence in your team and your coach? It really doesn't make sense.
It makes ALL the sense in the world >>> it's not about the cowboy players & their "sucker" fans [remember jerry is a trump associate] it's NOT about Championships, it's NOT about the Players or their calling >>> it's ALL ABOUT JERRY... Jerry & his BAG!
@MrAdamNTProtester It makes Jerry look weak. It makes it look like he was bluffing when he claimed McCarthy job security depended on how the playoffs went. Jerry has lost a lot of credibility and now most Cowboys fans are pissed that he kept McCarthy. It's just not a good look.
It is so ironic that one coach he has a quick trigger on is Jimmy Johnson, and he has the patience of a Saint on the rest of the mid-coaches he had since.
In actuality, for himself big Jer made the right move in firing Jimmy Johnson, because since then he's been the undisputed voice of authority for them thar cowboys. His fragile ego simply couldn't stand someone else getting the credit . Really it's more moronic than ironic.
As a Niners fan, I'm so glad they kept McCarthy 😂😂😂 Thank you Jerry!!
I don't blame you. As a Cowboys fan, I congratulate you! 🙂🤝 And good luck in the Super Bowl!👍🏈
Unfortunately not a good take Rich. Staying in a relationship cause you’re unsure what’s out there but knowing your partner always comes up short with your expectations is a toxic dynamic.
I am glad the Cowgirls are keeping McCarthy! Go Niners. I was disappointed when Green Bay got rid of Rodgers, as he was the 49ers gateway to move on in the playoffs. Rodgers was like 1-6 against SF. Dallas and McCarthy can't close out games in the playoffs, and in reality, they can't get a lead either.
🎯🎯💯 I just commented something similar!! Jerry keeping McCarthy is a big gift to the other NFC Playoff teams. If it wasn't Green Bay last week, I'd have bet the house on the Lions coming back into Jerry World this weekend & proving they were screwed a few weeks ago & that they're the better team
As a Packer fan, I’m happy we don’t have either McCarthy or Rodgers anymore. Except for that one lucky super bowl win the duo was so disappointing in the playoffs
We cowboy fans must learn to be content with being just a play off team… nothing more
I think the reason he kept McCarthy is more basic: Jerry Jones wants to prove his decision to hire McCarthy was the correct decision. In other words, it is all about Jerry Jones being right.
Feels like there's more to what was happening in the Cowboys Packers game on the sideline, and I haven't heard anythink more about it: the body language between Dak and CeeDee Lamb and McCarthy having to go and talk to Lamb and at another point had a talk with Dak... what was all that about? Was someone having a panic attack? Was somebody pissed off? Broke up w/their girlfriend during the week?
As a Niner Fan, i love it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Give Dak a 6 year extension while your at it Jerry
LOLH
Let’s do the exact same thing next year and the regular season and then let Cooper Rush take over the team in the playoffs. Let’s see how that works.
The frustrating thing about Jerry is I think he has actually done a pretty good job at acquiring talent. They’ve generally done well in the draft, and they rarely have really bad contracts or trades (sure Dak is overpaid, but that is the market for QBs). However, he establishes a poor culture and refuses to hire head coaches that will set their own culture. That’s why I think if it would have worked out (which it may not have), hiring Bill Belichick could have worked perfect - Belichick would have had to give away control of drafting players (which honestly he was not very good at) and Jerry would have had to let him establish a serious culture, and I think it would have been better for both.
Dak makes 60 mil next year, lol.
I agree with all your points, but yes Dak has an awful contract.
The part you are missing:
you either have a HC that calls all the shots & therefore you MAY have a Championship Team
OR you have a HC that is cucked by the gm/owner at every step & it is IMPOSSIBLE to build/win a championship TEAM...
CANNOT HAVE A CONTRADICTION... CAN...NOT...DO...IT...!
I'm not a Cowboys fan, but from a football perspective I can kind of sympathize with the man. I feel like every year when there's a choice for him to make a change, he makes the wrong one. He probably agonizes over and overthinks every football decision, and always ends up coming down on the wrong side of it.
YES its too bad he couldn't just hire some dude he grew up with & has confidence in that won at every level & could build a SB winner from scratch & win/contend every year... OH WAIT- HE DID HAVE THAT in Jimmy Johnson... but he fired him & the LAST SB Title he ever won was the year after when the TEAM that Johnson BUILT was still running on the fumes of Jimmy Johnson after he had been sent away >>> bcuz you see it's NOT JIMMY'S TEAM... IT'S JERRY'S... so TAKE THAT... ahhhhhhhhnd embrace futility ever since bcuz you cannot have BOTH a HC that calls the shots [NECESSARY TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL] AND ALSO at the SAME TIME a HC who is cucked by the owner at every step... CANNOT DO IT >>> so jerry jones is literally conducting a 30 year master class in how HC MUST CALL ALL THE SHOTS to be able to make your team a championship team... by FAILING TO DO/ TO ALLOW- JUST THAT!
What happened in Green Bay at the end of McCarthy's tenure is happening again in Dallas. Opposing defenses are calling out his play calls before they happen. Packer DB's were calling out Cowboy route combinations BEFORE the ball was snapped. The Darnell Savage pick 6 was really him jumping a route he wasn't even covering because the spacing on the play design was so bad TWO Cowboy receivers ended up in the same vicinity. The Jaire interception was him jumping a pivot route by Cooks because the play design was so obvious from their tape study that he wasn't threatened by the fake out (the first half of the pivot route). He just stayed inside Cooks and jumped the route to pick Dak off. McCarthy has not evolved. Nothing will change. Which is great for entertainment's sake, obviously.
He ran a triple slant combo on the wide side of the field on the pick 6. That was something that a player mentioned after the 9er game. McCarthy runs triple slants out of different formations and it is obvious when he likes to run it.
Do not discount how easy it is whenever a DCoord wants to confuse the f...hq out of dak- too easy & they know his reaction- he just ignores what he doesn't understand/hasn't processed in real time & stays with the play even if the DEF is overtly taking that away... GOD forbid the day ever arrive where a DEF taking something away from Dak has to be subtle- it will be like everyone is speaking chinese all of a sudden & he can;t order his supper... the problem is that Fangio began with the Steve Owens UMBRELLA [NYGiants] & began to tinker with it eventually settling on what was a cover6 split field with a cov2 split field... this has evolved into the Trapezoid & Triangle or TRAP-TRI which can be flipped from strong to weak side depending upon where the WR [WR/ TE] strength is on the field... and in these coverages you do NOT have man or zone- you have RULES & unless you process info fast you are properly confused & Dak simply cannot process info fast enough so it's like the DEF Stars get out a color spin wheel or something & spin it & whatever color/whatever it lands on they all agree ok that is a look we will hi jack & then they proceed to do so- it's like a 15- 20 min study to come up with like a 1/2 doz SET PCES that you KNOW- oh when we get that look here's what we do- & then they proceed to do it bcuz Dak continues to make mistakes in year like 8- 9 that QB's are supposed to stop making by year 2... so he is like the polar opposite of wilson- wilson NEVER runs a play as designed EVER- he abandons the pocket & hopes he can make stuff up as he goes along so he NEVER makes a DEF READ & he NEVER goes thru a PROGRESSION- you literally may as well burn the playbook- everyone was so pissed off at Payton's play calling but after 5 weeks he had no choice but to SIMPLIFY the playbook bcuz wilson just ignores everything... so Dak is the opposite he also ignores everything the DEF is showing but what he does is instead of abandoning the pocket & play going full tilt improv on EVERY PLAY- Dak steps up in the pocket & sticks with a play >>> having IGNORED what the DEF is doing >>> he just goes ahead & executes the play anyways... so they BOTH get the SAME RESULT & any time a DCoord & DEF wants to shut down Dak or wilson it's easy peasy & that is the reason this happens everytime Dak shows up in a playoff game & his team mates KNOW THIS which is the reason that they quit as soon as they see OH SAME OLD SH*T as usual might as well check out bcuz that clown will NEVER READ A DEF & ALWAYS EXECUTES THE PLAY AS CALLED regardless of the emergent elements that are supposed to key you off of that particular look & go elsewhere- in the NFL = YOU TAKE WHAT THE DEF GIVES YOU... you take EVERYTHING the DEF gives you but you CANNOT just ignore what they are taking away- those are all PRO BOWL caliber players over there this isn't college or the reg season 5 guaranteed W's EVERY SEASON from within the DIV! TRUTH & FACT!
The problem with Dak is that he buckles under pressure in pivotal games because he's too self-conscious. He doesn't play to win but plays not to lose.
Jerry wants to make money more than win a SB. Call it as it is.
This is a bad argument because look at what happens to every team that wins: they make a shitload of money.
@@geordiejones5618Exactly! He wants a SB win but he also wants credit for the SB win. His problem is his ego. Let it go. Hire a GM. Let the GM and head coach make player decisions. Let them get you to a SB and be a proud owner.
Well put
The man is 81 years old, AL Davis#2
PERFECT COMP- and worse Davis actually did know what he was talking about but again tho you either have a HC that calls all the shots & therefore you MAY have a Championship Team
OR you have a HC that is cucked by the gm/owner at every step & it is IMPOSSIBLE to build/win a championship TEAM...
CANNOT HAVE A CONTRADICTION... CAN...NOT...DO...IT...!
One would think a jets fan like rich would respect winning seasons and playoff births
It's the Cowboys. Everyone gets to rub salt in the wound.
Who cares about regular season wins? I’d rather be a jets fan than a cowboys fan. Jets are taken seriously if they make the playoffs, cowboys are looked at as an easy win.
@lucrative6477 thr jets haven't been to a superbowl, thier only one, in 55 years no one takes them seriously ever. Well maybe for about 4 snaps this year.
@@SunShine-xc6dh exactly my point. Jets often overperform because the expectations are low. Dallas always disappoints because they call themselves contenders and haven’t been since free agency existed.
@lucrative6477 if my team was losing with no chance contending most years I don't think I considered that overperforming
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They wont change a thing and next year we will be right here again just like before. over and over. Jerry goes around. Love Stephen A!!!
Groundhog Day indeed
The Cowboys have been flopping in the post season long before McCarthy showed up
Comparing the situations of Dallas and Philadelphia, you immediately see they are completely diffferent. Dallas fans have good reason to remain optimistic on their team's chances. There is NO such reason for fans of the Eagles. Something is really wrong in Philadelphia and no one is letting on what the true reason is, but it's bad enough for player's to seemingly phone in their playing in the Wildcard game against Tampa Bay. Even Troy Aikman noticed and mentioned it during on the game's broadcast.
I'm hoping someday we'll see an investigative journalist or something pick up that story and find out what the hell happened to the Eagles. Title of the story should be "Plucked: How The Eagles Lost Their Feathers" or something like that.
If you can't learn from your mistakes . . . PERPETUALLY . . . your success becomes dependent solely on your luck.
Great piece.
I’ve been telling everyone MM isn’t going anywhere for at least one more year. Dak will be the same, but I am still expecting an extension and expect JJ to try and bring as many players back from this years team as possible. It will be more of the same strategy because they think it’s working and this is the best team they’ve had yet and they think that are still right in the cusp. They are not. But they will search for bargains, extend Dak to make cap space, pay Micah and Ceedee, use the draft as their main way to get talent and they will be in the EXACT SAME PLACE AS LAST YEAR. I don’t expect any improvement next year
Man I don't believe anything from this team and ain't expecting anything from this team and y'all are absolutely right a billion trillion 100% 1000% in million percent accurate and what you're saying about Dallas in Jerry Jones
The problem is Dak, not McCarthy
No rich, it’s a terrible decision. Jerry Jones talking about regular season wins instead of playoffs success. Jerry Jones is the problem.
Jerry is the smartest man in the room dont you know. He will tank his own team proving he is right/wrong. The guy is single handedly the toughest opponent the Cowboys will ever face. Fire Jerry and solve the whole chitshow.
Yet you voted for 9 of his players to the pro bowl. Cant you see how ignorant your comment makes you sound?
Steve Young said much the same thing.
Essentially, Jerry exercises so much control over the team, the coach (regardless of who it is) is essentially emasculated.
Young also pointed out that Jerry has focused so much on the team's BRAND that when a player becomes a Cowboy, he feels famous. Nothing is earned.
All these pundits who are using stereotypical cures for a team's woes (fire the coach, draft a quarterback) completely ignore that the Cowboy's owner/coach/players/fans dynamic is unique in the league.
Jerry is the problem, and he is only getting older.
@@barbeonline351 TRUTH!!! Well said
I'm just over here laughing that the Cowboys moved on from Romo who was 2-4 in the playoffs but was a regular season monster. Romo gets hurt, Dak takes over, and here we are 7 years later but now Dak is a regular season beast and is 2-5 in the playoffs. Time truly is a flat circle.
I appreciate Jerry Jones dedication to coaches but sometimes you need to go for it all.
Jerry Jones has made huge money for himself and NFL. However as a football GM, he has been an overall failure.
If Jones did fire him, how long would it take for the next coach to start winning?
If Belicheat like the next second obviously but belicheat is exactly the ONE THING Jerry can't tolerate
The truth is that the general football community would be happy to see the Cowboys change their head coach every three years. That chaos is better for their teams. Is it just me, or do teams seem more likely to expect quick success from a coach than they used to? As a Cowboys fan, I'll take the disappointment of an early exit from the playoffs in exchange for a good regualr season winning twice as many games as they lose. That's months of great entertainment. As long as the team doesn't decline from year to year, why are we talking about changing the coach? They got better is so many categories other than playoff wins this season.
Cowboys have gone from among the most prestigious organizations in the NFL to a joke. Now they are memes for futility. And it all goes back to one man - Jerrah.
Here’s my take, in most years where there are mediocre or unproven coaching candidates, I understand this decision notwithstanding the embarrassments in the playoffs. However, this is one of the most loaded football coaching candidate pools I can ever remember. When you have the likes of Belichick and Harbaugh, and then even if you miss on them, Vrabel appears to be a solid option, then keeping Mike is a horrible decision (unless behind the scenes Jerry did contact Belichick and Harbaugh and they told him they are not interested).
Cowboys need a tougher schedule
They woulda been 8-9 and out of the playoffs altogether.
They need a TOUGHER TEAM
Issue with this argument is this path JJ has now chosen will take longer! Current coaching in place won't take the Cowboys to the SB!
They'll need to rebuild anyway! 😂
Harbaugh could've gotten them to a SB in 3 years i believe
I “was” a hyper Cowboys fan… now I am just a fan along with other teams equally. I have two teams still in the playoffs that I will root for this weekend and hopefully one will make it to the Super Bowl. Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. I don’t lose any sleep on the Cowboys anymore.
better go check the schedule for dallas next year its brutal...they will be lucky to be 9-7
Until Jerry is no longer the owner the team will always have problems pulling great coaches and will never get over the hump.
I remember when the Panthers went 12-4 with delhomme, DeAngelo, smith, Stewart. To lose to Arizona in the first round. Arizona went to super bowl and I was sick. Sucks to be hyped for your team all season and it comes to a crashing haunt
Sure does. Sucks
That was heartbreaking. We ran the ball for a huge touchdown on the first drive and then stopped running the ball the rest of the game. Delhomme threw 5 ints. It was a disaster
I am not a cowboys fan in the slightest but if Jerry was worried about losing a coaching candidate to the falcons panthers or raider because they interviewed first then he needs to sell the team. The cowboys, with the roster they have and that brand, should be able to sell anyone on the job.
Cowboys are in cap hell. It’s not a good job. Going to be a major rebuild with no cap space.
As long as Jerry is the owner, they will never win another Super Bowl, because he is resistant to change. Playing at an elite level and being perfect is required to win the SB Title. Just because they had 12 win seasons doesn't mean they are elite enough to make it to the Super Bowl. They will flop again next year, just watch. To miss out on available coaches like Vrabel, or Belichick, or Harbaugh or Carrol, what a total dork. Mike doesn't care, he has at least another multi-million dollar year's salary. It's a win win for him. And I would promote Cooper Rush, and trade Duck Prescout. He is a turnover machine when his team falls behind.
It's always something,ie: Romo got hurt, Sean Lee is out, can't win in December, now can't win in the playoffs, what is the next thing??
Wow the Dak denial continues. Who are the Packers receivers? Put Jordan Love on the Dallas Cowboys and we are instantly Super Bowl favorites
It’s getting sadder and sadder listening to Rich caping for coaches that don’t get over the hump. Winning the division is not enough. Most points is not enough. The Eagles have 2 pennants in the last 6 years. Who cares who the coach is? Go get championships and if a guy can’t do it, look for another one.
I'm a Cowboys fan and no head nodding here, Jerry should have fired McCarthy
Jerry Jones.... Bought his way to the HOF.
He's not as Savvy as He sells himself to be....
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
Never understood the hate for Big Mike. Solid coach. Proven winner. Ring. Its hard to win a superbowl. Agreed next year is make or break tho. NfC championship or bust. No excuses
Nah Rich, Jerry Jones is settling with mediocrity because he doesn’t want to give away power to a HC with a strong personality.
I fired Jerry Jones the day he fired Jimmy Johnson! Jerry is dedicated to losing with coaches that are subservient to him.
Jerry never wants to admit he is wrong . He was wrong about Romo even if Romo had never been picked by any NFL team in the draft. All QB's after Aikman have never t led the team to a SB even if they have had homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Jerry Jones will still continue to coach the cowboys.
A lot of people have been saying for years that the Cowboys will never win another superbowl as long as Jerry Jones is putting his grubby hands on the team behind the scenes and in front of the cameras. This move has only solidified that statement even more.
What championship program is that Mike ? Can you elaborate please ???!!!!!
Chris is so right on this
Rich also said Dallas would ROFL stomp Green Bay on Sunday morning countdown last week... so of course he enjoys the few times he's right.
Pretty much everybody picked Dallas
@socalgolf9978 yep.
And now all the same people are saying that it was obvious Dallas would lose because of how the Packers matched up against Dallas.😂😂😂
Who I am as a man , what does that pertain too coaching I believe all coaches reach a plateau he has reached his . He couldn’t get it done with Arron Rogers how can he die it with a lesser Quarterback in Dak prescott
My goodness, I've been a fan since I was a little boy alongside my father who was a cowboy fan. For like 30 years I've been witnessing this Dallas craziness. I'm ready to move on from the team but not sure if I can really. I actually like Dak and Mike McCarthy, that's why this hurts so much! I do believe they need a flame burning inside that locker room every day. It's not about regular season games and stats but winning in the playoffs and playing in the Superbowl every year! Thats the goal post, there's nothing else! There's no podcast for losers, no rings for second best losers, or first eliminated chumps! Nothing good is waiting for cowards in fear either! Winning and Overcoming is Life and being Champions is Eternal!! That's my hope in Life and for the Dallas Cowboys!
You know who havent won a Superbowl either? Kyle Shanahan, Sean McDermott, Zach Taylor, Matt Lafleur, Nick Sirianni, I could go on. Mike is doing just fine!
This is a sick groundhog day
If you are a TRUE fan, once the decision has been made, you back your team to the end of the earth. Too many fair-weather fans these days! If you can’t back them, take a hike. I will Ride or Die with the Dallas Cowboys ☆ ☆ ☆
I totally agree with that. Before the cowboys had their run in the 90s they had some very bad seasons. They are my team when they had 1 win and when they were winning Superbowls. There are a several teams that have long droughts. There are teams that have great teams but just loose that one game. We even have had bad teams in the NFL that just happen to win that one game and next thing they are in championship games. The Cowboys have been my team since I was a young girl watch with my dad to this day.
Teams that win the SB usually collapse afterwards due to freeagency and salary caps. The teams that win in the regular season keep ther fanbase hopeful and ticket and merch sales up. Jerry is a businessman, and understands long-term investments. Being number 1 and then crashing is not a good business model. Being number 2 or 3 isn't losing, it's knowing how to be a constant winner.
Jerry is all about Jerry he is not going to hire a coach that would take any of the spotlight.
Truth!! Thats why he has to have a radio show cause nothing Jerry likes better then hearing himself talk....Great at making money but an idiot when it comes to football.
If you want to win in the playoffs you have to change ; insanity is doing things over and over again expecting different results
Trey Lance should start and bench Prescott!
Not only 'NO' but "HELL NO"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So happy! Looking forward to another one and done crash next year for Dem Boys!
That's Jerry Jones MO fire the coaches who have won Superbowls and keep the coaches who lose in the first round of the playoffs what a joke.
You missed one big thing. Which is that one of the big assets McCarthy has is that he’s willing to subjugate himself to the owner’s ego and suck up to the owner’s interference and meddling and power-grubbing. Jones wants to play “Coaching Director” and he doesn’t realize that it saps authority and power from McCarthy. IT’S PART OF WHAT IS PREVENTING THE TEAM FROM SUCCEEDING FURTHER.
I was a magazine editor and I had to deal with the same sort of “amateur” interference from the publisher. In publishing, there is a strong, hard line between the editorial side and the business side. The purpose of the tradition is to ensure agency, independence, and integrity for the editorial direction of the publication. The publisher is a business professional but not an editorial professional. When the publisher interferes and meddles and second-guesses and pretends to be a savior, and demands that his ego be taken care of, he’s actually weakening the publication. That’s a perfect analogy for the structural problem in Dallas.
It’s the perfect analogy for the problem. All those accomplishments and achievements you list with the Cowboy’s regular-season record are as much as McCarthy can accomplish without being the real leader of the team. He doesn’t actually have the full authority of a Head Coach. He is in effect the “first assistant” to the owner.
So one of the reasons Jones doesn’t want a new coach is that he’d have to break in a new guy as “first assistant.” You think BELICHICK would step into that part of the Dallas coaching requirement?!? You’re out of your mind. Belichick would never put up with that.
Why bring. in a new coach if you know that you aren’t going to extend your qb?
Perhaps someone put a curse on Jerry Jones after Jimmy Johnson was fired. Ha. Ha. Ha. There is plenty of blame to spread around. The defense was horrible. The offense was lethargic. Dak has a bad outing. It did not appear the coaching staff adjusted their game plan as problems arose. And then there are the intangibles: The Green Bay Packers almost always beat the Dallas Cowboys. This has been a bitter rivalry for a long time. Finally, the Cowboy players probably did not believe they needed to play well to win. I was hoping for a Cowboy win but came away disappointed. I wanted a 49er-Cowboy NFC championship game. Oh, well there is always next year.
First time I have ever agreed with Dan Eison...Holy Crap, You're absolutely correct and what I was telling everyone and they kept saying "Fire,Fire,Fire, Trade,Trade"...we have a huge foundation and there is the fact it took Mike 5 seasons...to straighten things out