Cowboys Urged to Replace Mike McCarthy with Deion Sanders: ‘Culture Changer’
The Dallas Cowboys are back to the drawing board after a brutal 48-32 loss to the Green Bay Packers and Mike McCarthy’s time could be up. The Dallas head coach is now 1-3 in the playoffs with the team, with fans and media members calling for his job.
The latest? Robert Griffin III. The former Washington Football Team and Baltimore Ravens quarterback announced his take on January 15. In a video, he not only calls for McCarthy’s job, but also tells the Cowboys to hire team icon Deion Sanders.
Griffin stated on X, “I hate calling for coaches’ jobs, but the coach has to be the one in charge.”Many are recommending that you choose Bill Belichick as your next head coach. I am aware of who you require. Coach Prime is required. Yes, that is Deion Sanders. In Dallas, Coach Prime has a winning formula. He is aware of the qualities of a champion mentality. He’s a cultural changer and knows how to hold his troops accountable.
Hiring Sanders, who has never coached at the NFL level, would be a blockbuster move, to say the least. It doesn’t seem like a likely outcome, but he may be in the running if McCarthy is ousted.
Nick Saban Suggested as McCarthy Replacement
Besides Griffin, plenty of other coaches are being listed as McCarthy replacements. Griffin’s ESPN colleague, Kevin Clark, has suggested another college coach: the recently retired Nick Saban.
Saban could be considered the greatest college football coach of all time, but his stint as an NFL head coach with the Miami Dolphins was an infamous failure. Still, Clark thinks that Saban would be the best overall option.
“The second person I would call is Nick Saban, one of the greatest coaches in the history of football,” Clark said on January 15. “[A] bad rap in Miami. …Some people say, ‘He couldn’t relate to millionaire athletes.’ That is not what happened… He left [for] the college game because he felt he couldn’t control his own destiny once the [Dolphins] doctors said he couldn’t sign Drew Brees.”
Saban retired earlier this month from Alabama after seven national titles and a gigantic legacy. It doesn’t seem like the NFL or the Cowboys could draw him out of retirement, but Clark still thinks the call is worth making.
Comparing Mike McCarthy to Jason Garrett
It was thought that McCarthy could “finish” a season when he was hired.Dallas enjoyed some success in the regular season under coach Jason Garrett, but they were hoping for postseason victories, and McCarthy already owned a Super Bowl ring.
In comparison to Garrett, McCarthy has won two division titles in four years, while Garrett has won three in nine complete seasons. McCarthy has a higher win percentage in Dallas thus far (.627) than Garrett (.559).
The problem, though, is that McCarthy is underperforming throughout the playoffs. Following the Packers defeat, he is now 1-3. Before being fired, Garrett’s record in knockout games was 2-3. Even though the Cowboys are obviously winning more games this year, Dallas is still struggling to win in January.
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