Mike McCarthy has gained practically 63% of his video games with two division titles as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, however he has only one playoff win to indicate for it.
McCarthy has made it previous the divisional spherical in simply two of the final eight seasons he’s made the playoffs courting again to his time with the Inexperienced Bay Packers, and his seeming incapability to ship within the postseason is precisely why Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones is noncommittal about McCarthy’s future with the workforce.
“We’ll see how every sport goes,” Jones said, by way of Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Price Star-Telegram.
Regardless of three straight 12-5 seasons, ESPN’s Adam Schefter just lately indicated that McCarthy possible wants a deep playoff run to keep his job. The Cowboys haven’t made it previous the divisional spherical of the playoffs since 1995.
Dallas has been eradicated from the postseason every of the final two seasons by the San Francisco 49ers. They’ve served as a de facto measuring stick for the Cowboys over the previous few years, they usually boat-raced the Cowboys 42-10 in Week 5 on “Sunday Night time Soccer.”
Complicating the scenario much more is what occurs with defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, who’s anticipated to be a extremely sought-after commodity amongst groups looking for new head coaches.
Quinn selected to withdraw from final yr’s teaching cycle and return to Dallas regardless of garnering head-coaching curiosity from a number of groups, and a few across the league consider it was as a result of he’s had his eye on the Cowboys head-coaching job and believes he’s subsequent in line ought to McCarthy get fired.
In five-plus seasons as the top coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2015-20, Quinn had a 43-42 report with two playoff appearances, one Tremendous Bowl look and one division title.