Cowboys Corridor of Fame receiver Michael Irvin has no real interest in bringing coach Mike McCarthy again to Massive D.
“When I still see a 7-9 record and ‘pretty good December,’ I still say it was too little, too late,” Irvin stated on “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd when discussing his former group.
“I just think it’s time to go in another direction. And I hear these late surge to stay with Mike McCarthy. I’m not on that bandwagon. What I believe is this team needs more discipline. I’m not saying Mike McCarthy is not a good coach, Xs and Os coach. But I think the team needs more disicpline,” Irvin stated.
Irvin, a detailed buddy of proprietor Jerry Jones, added that the squad is just too delicate to return as presently constructed and the proof is in final week’s 41-7 dismantling by the Eagles.
“This kind of game erases December,” Irvin stated. “Their backups playing your backups, and they put a 40 burger on you, and you look the way you look … yes, I would [replace McCarthy].”
McCarthy is an effective coach, in accordance with Irvin, however he has a distinct purpose for eradicating him from his submit.
“And it’s arduous to convey that in once you say, ‘OK, this guy who doesn’t have that agency hand in self-discipline is now going to both convey another person in to assist him with self-discipline.’ And that doesn’t work.
“You can’t come in soft and then try to get tough,” Irvin stated.
Irvin provides that the Cowboys want to maneuver on since there was no self-discipline on the group, with the Cowboys being the fourth-most penalized group within the league.
Dallas misplaced key starters for stretches this season, together with beginning quarterback Dak Prescott and Micah Parsons, amongst others.
Jones will in the end make any selections on the teaching workers however beforehand stated he was happy with how his group fought by way of the season after a Week 16 win over the Buccaneers.
That is likely to be a little bit of outdated information, although, because the Cowboys have been throttled by Eagles backup quarterback Kenny Pickett and third-stringer Tanner McKee.
Jones was harassed by Eagles followers Sunday as his squad was dominated from begin to end whereas he watched from his luxurious field.
McCarthy’s final recreation as a Cowboys coach be at dwelling in opposition to the Commanders this Sunday.
The Cowboys wouldn’t have to fireside McCarthy since his contract will expire after this season.