The Dallas Cowboys are looking for a brand new head coach, and apparently that’s one thing they didn’t anticipate to have to do that offseason.
Mike McCarthy and the Cowboys parted methods final week after the two sides could not agree on a contract extension. Staff proprietor Jerry Jones mentioned in a press release that his discussions with McCarthy by no means reached the purpose of precise contract negotiations.
In response to Dianna Russini of The Athletic,” that stunned Jones. On the latest episode of her “Scoop City” podcast, which was launched on Friday, Russini mentioned Jones absolutely meant to convey McCarthy again in 2025.
“There’s undoubtedly a camp that I’m speaking to that’s like … this isn’t actual. This isn’t actual. They talked. That is all flirting. That is all … Jerry was not anticipating Mike McCarthy and the Cowboys to go separate methods,” Russini mentioned, as transcribed by RJ Ochoa of Blogging the Boys. “The plan was to convey him again. They didn’t have a plan in place right here.
“So plenty of this was scrambling, from what I can collect, of simply, ‘I want to determine the best way to repair this, shortly.’ And so now we’re seeing the coaches get known as in.”
Jane Slater of NFL Community reported earlier this week that Jones wished to maintain McCarthy and add former Cowboys tight finish Jason Witten to McCarthy’s workers as a coach-in-waiting. It doesn’t sound just like the Cowboys ever got here near executing that plan, although Witten might now be a head coach candidate for the team.
McCarthy has drawn curiosity from different groups, and he’s considered as one of many favorites for the Chicago Bears head coach job. It’s attainable that Jones was not keen to supply McCarthy what the 61-year-old deemed was a good deal.
The Cowboys may doubtlessly make a huge splash with their next head coach hire, but it surely appears like McCarthy’s alternative can be Plan B for the crew.
