Mike has the resume but at this point of his career does he have the fire in the belly? (aside from alot of twinkies). He lived off Rodgers in GB. In Dallas he had a talented roster built by Will McClay and Stephen Jones, so and the playoff herpa derpa offsets his regular season success. Granted, Jerry killed the Cowboys 2024 season by unnecessarily making CeeDee Lamb hold out all training camp, and, choosing to get Zeke back (Dak's bud) instead of going all-out for arguably their last piece of the puzzle, Derrick Henry.
Cooper Rush is a solid backup but let's not get seduced by Cooper Rush or a team playing freely because they are eliminated by mid-season.
If we hire McCarthy, we'll enjoy the honeymoon period, but after that, I think he's a mediocre safe lazy hire for our safe lazy GM. I get Mike Ditka vibes.
Loomis' son Alex has been the Cowboys' pro scouting director since 2017. Mickey has an inside ear (and likely a bias) on McCarthy's tenure with player eval and development.
My choices for coach:
(1) A younger offensive coordinator, like Sean Payton was in 2006. Ranked: Brady, Coen,
Kingsbury (very risky personality)
(2) Aaron Glenn but that may be slipping away understandably.
(3) retread McCarthy