REVEALED: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stuck with Mike McCarthy as head coach after learning he would NOT be able to convince Bill Belichick to move to Dallas this offseason.
After learning this summer that he would not be able to persuade Bill Belichick to go to Dallas, team owner Jerry Jones made the decision to retain head coach Mike McCarthy for the foreseeable future, at least until the following season.
McCarthy went through multiple iterations of pitching his belief that the Cowboys can achieve a postseason success that has eluded the team for almost thirty years on Thursday. A day earlier, it was announced that McCarthy would return for a fifth season, despite an unexpected loss to Green Bay in the wild card round.
‘To the dismay of many Dallas Cowboys fans, owner Jerry Jones decided to keep current coach Mike McCarthy on the payroll to coach the team for at least one more year after their disappointing showing in the NFL playoffs,’ a source exclusively told DailyMail.com.
‘Many thought that Mike was as good as fired, but the main reason that isn’t the case is because Jerry Jones found out relatively fast that he would not get Bill Belichick.
Jerry received a response from Bill’s representatives stating that Billy would not have interviewed for the Cowboys’ position nor would he accept a job offer. When Belichick’s mentor Bill Parcells managed the Cowboys, he realized he wouldn’t have the authority and control he desired to lead the team in the way he desired, so he made the decision to not be a candidate fairly immediately.
“Jerry Jones would have fired Mike McCarthy in a heartbeat if Belichick had made himself available. Jerry Jones will stop at nothing to help the Cowboys win another Super Bowl.”
After winning the NFC East, the Cowboys enjoyed a 16-game winning streak and would get to play at least twice at home in the postseason. They were eliminated as the first No. 2 seed to go to the final squad in a conference since the 14-team structure was implemented in 2020.
However, it’s no secret that Belichick, who leaves the Patriots as one of the best head coaches in history and with six Super Bowl titles under his belt, is eager to return to the field. After George Halas (40 years), Curly Lambeau (29), and Tom Landy (29), his 24-year stay as a coach in New England is sixth longest in history.
The Atlanta Falcons are planning for a second interview with Belichick on Saturday, seven years after he masterminded the largest comeback in Super Bowl history with a certain Tom Brady. The Patriots entered the fourth quarter, trailing 28-3 against Atlanta.
The Falcons have also interviewed Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson.
Belichick also holds registered interest from the Los Angeles Chargers, Washington Commanders and Carolina Panthers.
In his more than twelve years as the Packers’ head coach, McCarthy was the winner of a Super Bowl and attended three further NFC title games. Jones hired him in 2020 for this reason, having watched Jason Garrett’s teams lose in the divisional round for the previous ten years.
Dallas last advanced to the NFC championship game in 1995, when they won their fifth and final Super Bowl championship.
Even though McCarthy must accept that he is the coach of the first club to have three consecutive 12-win postseason seasons without making it to the conference finals, there is only so much history that he can take.
McCarthy declared, “I’m not going to take any responsibility. I spoke with the players, and they are not responsible for anything that has happened here in the more than 20 years prior to this point.”
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