Jerry Jones not concerned Mike McCarthy’s contract will restrict his search for defensive coordinator
Jerry Jones not concerned Mike McCarthy’s contract will restrict his search for defensive coordinator
The Dallas Cowboys are looking for a new defensive coordinator. The Dallas job has been a hot subject since
Dan Quinn left for the Washington Commanders last week.
Regarding the new hire, Mike McCarthy’s contract, there is one obstacle.
McCarthy is currently in the last year of his contract, and there are currently no plans to explore extending it.
This implies that the defensive coordinator Dallas chooses to choose for this season will essentially be employed for a single season.
Jerry Jones was questioned about if this would limit the search, but he indicated last week that he wasn’t concerned about it in remarks
he gave to the Dallas Cowboys media team.
“I don’t think that will be a problem at all. They will be the Cowboys’ coordinator if they accept the position.
They would be examining that immediately along with everything that goes with it.
If they have aspirations, they are aware that the person who recently departed has the opportunity to become a head coach somewhere.
He informed reporters, when asked when supporters could anticipate learning the name of their new defensive coordinator:
In essence, we are arranging meetings. We will be doing interviews starting at nine a.m.
on Monday; I won’t get into who we are interviewing.
Additionally, he was questioned about the possibility of meeting the division’s two former coordinators now that Quinn is at
Washington and Kellen Moore was hired as the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles.
“Well, they know us pretty well don’t they.”
In his back pocket, Jones has a reason he may feel nonchalant about the one-year problem facing any new defensive coordinator
signing with Dallas, and that’s the talent. Jerry knows the Cowboys defense will be enticing for any coach that has
aspirations to progress in the league. But the flip side of that is that Ron Rivera and Mike Zimmer are probably no
longer aspiring to be a head coach, they are more interested in just continuing a coaching career.
The time for them leading a team is probably over.
Aden Durde, the Cowboys defensive line coach, may fit that mold of an aspiring coach, but the Cowboys aren’t exactly spreading
their net wide for aspiring future head coaches unless there are some mystery candidates we are unaware of.
All of this may be irrelevant soon as the Cowboys could be announcing a new hire very shortly
unless they decide to add some more interviews.
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