Despite speculation about his job security, Cowboys VP Stephen Jones says Mike McCarthy will “absolutely” be the head coach in 2021. In an interview with 105.3 The Fan, Jones placed more of the onus on injuries than McCarthy’s coaching. 
“There will be absolutely no change with coach McCarthy, and I am surprised that someone would question Mike, these unprecedented situations that everyone’s been in on top of that,” Jones said. “No one is making excuses, but we have had some real challenges in the injury category. If you look at his track record and his pedigree, he’s consistently won year in and year out. We have the utmost confidence that this ship is going to be righted quickly, and Mike is going to be the leader of this group. He’s certainly a great head coach and I think we’re going to see that going forward. He’s a great head coach in this league, he’s accomplished a lot, and he’s going to accomplish a lot more before it’s all said and done.”
Jones’ vote of confidence comes on the heels of a morale-boosting 30-7 win over the Bengals. The competition had something to do with it, but the Dallas D gave McCarthy their best performance of the year. That definitely helps the coach’s case, but it probably won’t save defensive coordinator Mike Nolan. In his first DC role since 2014, the Cowboys D has been a total flop in 2020. The Cowboys — in the NFL’s cellar for points allowed – are expected to make some serious changes this spring, even though McCarthy will be spared.
As a DC fan, I say THANKS!!
The Cowboys are not an organization that readily admits mistakes. Look how long they stuck with Jason Garrett.
And Garrett isn’t a bad coach. If he hadn’t been undercut so often by an overly pro-active owner pseudo-GM (JJ), he might have made it.
McCarthy has lost whatever mojo he had. He looks like an old worn out alcoholic. Aaron Rodgers who knows him better than almost anyone on earth can’t stand the sight of McCarthy.
2021 is totally make or break for McCarthy. Doubt they’ll keep him on if he’s under .500 next year.
Agreed with this. Not sure that McCarthy was the best hire, especially in light of the decision to retain Moore as a playcaller, but now that it’s done, firing him after one year is not a good idea.
Nolan, however, has to go. I don’t even truly think that Nolan is a bad coach by default, but his style of defense is an absolute and total mismatch for the Cowboys’ personnel. McCarthy deserves blame for forcing this transition (after at first indicating that he wouldn’t). However, he has got to either be comfortable running the 4-3 for at least a few years or the Cowboys will be forced to commit their offseason this year getting 3-4 players to allow McCarthy to run his defense.
In my personal opinion, I really thought that keeping the 4-3 was the best option, and McCarthy is an offensive coach as is.
It is too early to fire him
If he has a crap season like this next year then can him, but for now…no
You have a “WINNER” with McCarthy…
Cowboys are an oddly constructed team. They draft pretty well but then re-sign many of those guys to massive contracts for which the production doesn’t match (D-Law, Zeke, Jaylon).
They need to start signing legit free agents who can actually make a difference.
Any chance Sean Payton comes after Brees retires?
No, the Cowboys need to trade away their hyped up stars (most of them) at the end of their rookie contracts and go back to the well. It’s not as if the Cowboys have a weak scouting department and waste the draft (Jets, Browns for decades).
No more problems with salary cap.
What a joke Jerry Jones is. Until he will relinquish control and get a real GM they will never win and now are borderline becoming a joke.
So, ummm..are they a joke or, uh, not a joke?
Yeah joke or no joke. Kinda confusing there