Not a good look from your fellow teammates either. Dall-ass is a pure shit show right now:

Mike McCarthy was not pleased at the passive reaction teammates had when Andy Dalton was on the receiving end of a hit by Jon Bostic that resulted in a concussion for the quarterback and a disqualification for the linebacker. "We speak all the time about playing for one another, protecting one another," McCarthy said. "It definitely was not the response you would expect." Asked if he thought the hit was dirty, McCarthy said. "I think we all understand clearly what the hit is."

Jerruh doesn't admit mistakes. He'll hang onto MM for at least 1 more year probably 2.

That's a lot of money to pay someone to "retire" -- 5 year deal for MM right?? $6 million per? I think?

@packerboi posted:

Not a good look from your fellow teammates either. Dall-ass is a pure shit show right now:

Mike McCarthy was not pleased at the passive reaction teammates had when Andy Dalton was on the receiving end of a hit by Jon Bostic that resulted in a concussion for the quarterback and a disqualification for the linebacker. "We speak all the time about playing for one another, protecting one another," McCarthy said. "It definitely was not the response you would expect." Asked if he thought the hit was dirty, McCarthy said. "I think we all understand clearly what the hit is."

Country Club.

MM needs to get ahold of that team & Locker Room.

Why does all of this seem vaguely familiar? His Packer teams would start seasons like this then something would happen & turn it all around.

Of Course he had a HOF QB to help him in Green Bay but they weren't even competitive today. Hmmm.....Just like when Brett Hundley was QB

That Cowboys/Vikings game coming up in a couple of weeks may have some interest tied to it to see which team has a better shot at winning the Justin Fields's sweepstakes.  I am already handing Trevor Lawrence to the Jets, I think they'll hang onto the #1 pick in 2021's draft.

But the Cowboys are bad enough they might be in play for the #2 pick in 2021 which would likely be Justin Fields if they lose to the Vikes.  They'd need some help from other bad teams like the Jaguars and Giants winning a couple, but they are certainly bad enough that they may not win another game this year. 

Depending on his health they will and should keep Dak.  They have a lot of other needs.

@Boris posted:

MM needs to get ahold of that team & Locker Room.

Why does all of this seem vaguely familiar? His Packer teams would start seasons like this then something would happen & turn it all around.

"Something" = Aarod. He's not walking through the door to save MM's fat ass this year.

He did develop him. Then he was too stubborn to adapt to the way the NFL changed over the last 10 years. Also too stubborn to adapt the offense when Rodgers would be injured and some shithead backup was supposed to come in and play exactly like Rodgers.

I give him a lot of credit for 2007-2012. After that he felt like his offense was perfect, never needed to change or adapt. He would claim to "scrub the playbook" one year and we would see the same shit that the team had been running for 10 years. His creativity became stale and he was too stubborn to see it. The contrast of 2018 to 2020 is just night and day different.

edit: this was a response to a post from Brak that he deleted. But I'll just leave it here anyway.

McCarthy was the perfect coach when the Pack had Driver, Jennings, Nelson, Jones, Cobb, and Finley to create matchup problems Rodgers could exploit.  That was a very good mesh of talent and coaching style that led to the Pack winning 19 straight games between 2010-2011.

But that amount of talent to work with is rare and it quickly was diminished as Driver got old, Finley had some serious injuries, and Jennings began to decline after coming back from injury in late 2011.

You can pretty much guarantee McCarthy will never be a head coach with as perfect a situation as he had back then ever again. That was a once in a lifetime combo of Hall Of Fame level QB and freaky deep group of WR/TE talent.

I love MLF!😀😀😀

Wisconsin sports has been dominated recently by coaches that set up a system, have consistent success with it, and then refuse to change it even when it doesn't work for certain situations. The biggest exception is Counsell with the Brewers, but the other 4 major sports are similar (Packers, Bucks, Badgers basketball, Badgers football). 3 of these types have won coach of the year awards.

MM - "we do what we do and we aren't going to change" 2007 NFL Coach of the Year

Bo Ryan - "we do what we do and we aren't going to change" 2007 NCAA Coach of the Year.

Budenholzer - refuses to adjust from the regular season and keeps running Giannis into a wall over and over.

Paul Chryst - he adjusts more than the other 3, but it's still the same idea. Set up a system that works more than not and stick with it.

I agree for the most part, the difference is Chryst at least recruits players that all fit the system, so they can keep reloading  Although since Mertz may have COVID we will see if that works this year.

@fightphoe93 posted:

McCarthy was the perfect coach when the Pack had Driver, Jennings, Nelson, Jones, Cobb, and Finley to create matchup problems Rodgers could exploit.  That was a very good mesh of talent and coaching style that led to the Pack winning 19 straight games between 2010-2011.

But that amount of talent to work with is rare and it quickly was diminished as Driver got old, Finley had some serious injuries, and Jennings began to decline after coming back from injury in late 2011.

You can pretty much guarantee McCarthy will never be a head coach with as perfect a situation as he had back then ever again. That was a once in a lifetime combo of Hall Of Fame level QB and freaky deep group of WR/TE talent.

And only won one Super Bowl. Only McCarthy could screw that up 😡

MM also criminally at times under utilized a young, in shape Eddie Lacy not to mention that Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams were   little more then an after thought either. And no way would it have occurred to him to use his RB’s as pass catchers.

He’d have games with Lacy well over a 5 ypc average and then *poof* Lacy was no where to be found.

Old dog with the same old tricks.

Gotta think Mac wishes he was still in out of the way NE Wisconsin handling softballs lobbed by fanboys like Wilde and Nagler instead of being under the microscope of a much larger local press and the national boys who report on everything under the sun when it comes to the Cowboys.

They are not being very kind to the self-proclaimed highly successful football coach and the hit pieces just keep on coming:

"McCarthy has delivered on none of his grand introductory press conference promises, not to mention the even grander promises he made during a slew of media hype pieces that catapulted him back onto the coaching carousel."

https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10...lerate-mike-mccarthy

This is about as solid a distillation of the Cowboys as anything right now.

Conference call with Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Nolan has been put on hold because he had Tabasco sauce on his finger and it got in his eye.
Can't make this stuff up..
damn

— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) October 26, 2020

I thought McCarthy was a good coach from 2006 through about 2012/2013 but I lost a lot of faith in him towards the end.  Even beyond the defense's issues, the offense lacked creativity.  We rarely saw passing concepts that widely used across the league like crossing routes, WR picks, and route combinations to get your best pass catchers open.  It was just each receiver running a route on his own trying to get open and expecting Rodgers to make the perfect throw.  The "easy" throws in MM's offense were few and far between.  And the play calls lacked cohesiveness.  Like each play was called independent of each other.  Good playcallers call a first down play to set up second down and then third down.  And I'm not even getting into the much deeper aspects of playcalling where you run a play like an end-around in the first quarter that will probably fail just because you want to set up something in the second half. 

I'm not at all surprised that he's struggling in Dallas.  I think MM's time in the league just ran it's course, just like it's done for so many other head coaches that have had a decade of success in the NFL.  I think things will end very badly in Dallas for him.  He had built up enough goodwill with the veterans to hold off a mutiny in GB but he doesn't have that in Dallas. 

Jerruh gettin' salty...

https://www.outkick.com/jerry-...-dallas-radio-hosts/

I was pretty much done with MM after the meltdown in Seattle.

That shit was inexcusable -- Julius Peppers "get down" motion w/5 minutes left notwithstanding.

Not getting Rodgers a defense at all for a decade is borderline criminal.

AND CAN WE PLEASE GET A SECOND WIDE RECEIVER!!?!?! What. The. AF!!

Forgot this thread was about Dallas & MM

He clearly didn't do much to alter the game plan for Dalton, if he doesn't for a 7th round rookie from JMU, then he really needs to be fired immediately. But, SSDD

AR gets hurt, and instead of altering the plan to maximize the strengths while minimizing the weaknesses of his backups, he trots Hundley or Kizer or Tolzien out there with little more than "Ok, next man up, Be Aaron Rodgers" Didn't do a THING to take advantage of the tools Kizer or Hundley did have, limited as they might be, he didn't even try to help them succeed.

Problem is that it worked once with Matt Flynn. 

Worked once

JJ - 'There's no leadership void in my eyes'

He says nothing about the leadership void on the field.  I am glad his eyes are doing well. 

crappy coach. wanted him to fail, but not this bad.

@Boris posted:

I was pretty much done with MM after the meltdown in Seattle.

That shit was inexcusable -- Julius Peppers "get down" motion w/5 minutes left notwithstanding.

Not getting Rodgers a defense at all for a decade is borderline criminal.

AND CAN WE PLEASE GET A SECOND WIDE RECEIVER!!?!?! What. The. AF!!

Forgot this thread was about Dallas & MM

THIS!

MM just needs to get out and hold more rallies.

Funny, we were just talking earlier about all-time Mike McCarthy press conference moments... pic.twitter.com/YWG04UBbAe

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) October 29, 2020

McCarthy has a TV show on KXAN in ATX. For the promo shot he is in GBP gear.

Vote of confidence?

Maybe it was his most recent picture under 3 bills?

Stephen Jones on whether Mike McCarthy will be the Cowboys coach in 2021: "Absolutely. Unequivocal."

— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) November 9, 2020

COWBOY NATION: EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait for tomorrow's Undisputed. 9:30 AM ET, FS1.pic.twitter.com/m3D9ggG0Aj

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) November 23, 2020

Hope all that sledge hammering didn't give him a heart attack. You worry about his weight/health...

Announcement: The #Cowboys have cancelled practice for today. The schedule change is due to a non-Covid related medical emergency involving a staff member. There will not be a press briefing with Coach McCarthy at 10:30 a.m., and there will be no player media availability today

— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) November 24, 2020

*edit*

Reports of his death have been refuted.

Per PFT:

“Shortly before 7:30 a.m. this morning, Dallas Cowboys Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Markus Paul experienced a medical emergency,” the team said in a statement. “Paul was immediately treated by Cowboys medical personnel and transported to a local hospital by ambulance.

“As per the Paul family, Markus is in the process of undergoing further medical tests and additional information will be made available at the appropriate time.”

Updated reports now saying he died. Very sad story. Markus Paul was a former Bear and got 5 Super Bowl Rings with the Pat's and Giants. Sounds like players were just devastated. Terrible to hear so close to the holidays. 

RIP peace dude...

Just to explain: A former colleague of Markus Paul’s texted some folks with some news about Paul. That news was assumed by many to be accurate. Thankfully, it’s not. Again, per the #Cowboys’ statement, he’s at the hospital getting tests. They will update at the appropriate time.

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 24, 2020

*Garafolo works for NFLNetwork

Now is the appropriate time to update as Markus Paul has in fact died. 

Jerry Jones' statement:
"The loss of a family member is a tragedy, and Markus Paul was loved and valued member of our family. He was a pleasant and calming influence in our strength room and throughout The Star. His passion for his work and his enthusiasm for life earned him great respect and admiration from all of our players and the entire organization. We offer our love and support to his family in this very difficult time. Our hearts are broken for his family and all of the individuals whose lives he touched and made better."