The best coaches all started somewhere and impressed in their first year usually. Sean McVay, Kevin O'Connell. Sean Payton. I get the lure of Mike McCarthy. He makes teams and coaches them to compete for the playoffs year in and year out. But as soon as he's there, or up against another really good coach he very often gets out coached.
Going with McCarthy feels like a desperation move to simply be relevant while simultaneously foregoing being a superbowl competitor. Just think about how often over the last 4 years we've all laughed when the Cowboys were taken to school in big games. It became so redundant that we no longer laugh anymore. It's practically become expected.
Why do we want to become that?
This isn't much different then the Dennis Allen hire. You saw him with the Raiders but many on this board expected different for some very odd reason.
We saw Sean Payton for years here in New Orleans. But for some very odd reason people on this board expected different when he went to Denver. They just made the playoffs with a rookie QB and what is being called as one of the least talented NFL teams.
I have no desire to become a team that can compete for a playoff birth to most often lose the big games because our coach keeps getting out coached.
Swing for the fence or strike out. A single or double isn't gonna get us to the big dance.