The Dallas Cowboys are off to a very rocky start in the 2020 National Football League season and their owner, Jerry Jones, is part of the problem for this one reason.
The Cowboys fired head coach Jason Garrett following the 2019 season where they finished with an 8-8 record. Garrett was let go because Jones believed he wasn’t the right coach to lead them to the promised land. During their head coaching search, they aimed for someone who won. Someone who has the players’ respect once he walked into the room.
The man that Jones believed could get Dallas over the hump was Mike McCarthy. McCarthy won a Super Bowl with future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers, but like the Cowboys, the Packers needed something new after a while. Jones should’ve seen that the Packers let McCarthy go because he wasn’t going to get Aaron Rodgers his second Super Bowl.
If he wasn’t the right guy for one of the best players of this generation, how would he be one with a less talented quarterback and accomplished team?
McCarthy Isn’t the Right Coach or Leader for Dallas
There’s a red flag that sounded off the alarm that McCarthy isn’t the right man for Dallas: he’s lost the team.
Last week there was a report by NFL Network’s Jane Slater that displayed the uneasiness inside the Dallas locker room. Players started playing the blame game directed towards their coaches. Unanimous players said that the coaching staff is “totally unprepared” and “they don’t teach.” One even said that they “just aren’t good at their jobs.”When multiple players are saying the coaches are not prepared, that reflects on McCarthy. It’s his staff that is getting embarrassed. That report didn’t motivate McCarthy to get a win vs the Washington Football Team because they laid an egg.
Washington entered Sunday’s game with one win through six games. However, the Cowboys made them look like the best team in the NFC. Dallas allowed Kyle Allen, who started the season as a backup quarterback, to go 9-15 with 125 passing yards, two touchdowns, and zero interceptions in the first two quarters. The game was over at halftime, as Dallas trailed 22-3. FOX’s Michael Strahan said at halftime the team was playing “uninspired football.” That uninspired play is on the coaching staff and it starts with McCarthy.
To put the cherry on top, Andy Dalton took a nasty hit to the head by Jon Bostic while sliding to the ground. It was expected for Cowboys’ players to get into Bostic’s face for knocking out their quarterback on purpose. Yet the Cowboys’ offensive line didn’t do that. McCarthy said after the game that he speaks to the players “all the time about playing for one another, protecting one another. It definitely was not the response you would expect.”
That’s a sign the team has no fight left in them. Again, that’s on the head coach.
Jones Made a Mistake
We know why Jones hired McCarthy. He is a coach that wouldn’t take all of the credit if the team won. It will be very difficult for the Cowboys to win a Super Bowl when the general manager is their owner. Jones cares too much about who gets the credit for winning. Jones knows he made a mistake by hiring McCarthy to be the head coach of America’s Team. If he wants to be a real Super Bowl contender, this must be McCarthy’s only year as head coach.
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