Mike McCarthy is putting together a long list of playoff failures that’s carrying over to the Cowboys

Head coach Mike McCarthy will stay with the Dallas Cowboys for at least one more season. It’s a difficult scenario because, despite their recent success in the regular season, the Cowboys never seem to be able to get off their bad postseason performance.

 

Each of us has an own viewpoint on McCarthy. We are aware that he has a Lombardi Trophy in his den. He will never lose that to anybody. However, that is of no concern to Cowboys fans. We are particularly interested in the second trophy because he has carried his championship pedigree to Dallas. However, when will that take place? We’re not sure if McCarthy’s latest postseason disaster is ever going to happen. Additionally, as soon as you begin to

PAST SUCCESS DOESN’T EQUAL FUTURE SUCCESS

Before he retired, Bill Parcells led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories. Returning to the NFL after a two-year break, Parcells tried his luck with three different teams: the New England Patriots (Super Bowl), the New York Jets (AFC Championship), and even the Cowboys (Wild Card). Though he guided all three of those teams to the postseason, he would never again be the Super Bowl victor.

It has been tried by other coaches as well. After coaching the Chicago Bears to victory in the 1985 Super Bowl, Mike Dikta went on to coach the New Orleans Saints to three consecutive losing seasons. After a 3-13 season with that dumpster fire of a Washington team, Mike Shanahan, Kyle’s father, was dismissed by Dan Snyder after winning two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos. Jimmy Johnson even played for the Miami Dolphins for four seasons, leading them to three postseason appearances, but he was never able to duplicate his incredible success in Dallas.

Every circumstance is unique. Not that McCarthy can’t be that guy, but keep in mind that many others have attempted to be that guy and failed.

PACKERS WERE RIGHT IN GETTING RID OF MCCARTHY

It’s difficult to determine whether sacking a head coach was the appropriate decision until more information is revealed because every scenario is unique. The Cowboys have finished three seasons in a row with a 12-5 record. They were division winners twice, and the other time they advanced to the postseason as a Wild Card team. The Cowboys played in the playoffs every other year before to McCarthy’s arrival in Dallas, so this seems like a clear improvement over Jason Garrett, their former head coach.

The Cowboys were always a good team under Garrett’s leadership, but they were never good enough. McCarthy was brought in with the intention of making an impact in the postseason. Interestingly enough, there hasn’t been much postseason success.

Three playoff visits and three Divisional Round losses in the last six years under Garrett
Three postseason visits, one Divisional Round loss, and two Wild Card losses in the previous four years under McCarthy

The success of McCarthy’s replacement in Green Bay, Matt LaFleur, is an additional injury. He led the Packers to the playoffs in four of his five seasons since taking over in 2019. He began the season with three straight 13-3 campaigns.

The Packers have won two Conference Championships, lost two Divisional Rounds, and made four postseason appearances in their last five years under LaFleur. We don’t need any more reminders of how successful he has been with the team, since they recently decimated the Cowboys. I’m not sure if McCarthy is the ideal guy for Dallas, but in Green Bay, the people have spoken, and switching from McCarthy to LaFleur was the proper move.

A LOST OPPORTUNITY WITH AARON RODGERS

Which of Aaron Rodgers and McCarthy contributed most to Green Bay’s success has been the topic of much discussion. The similar argument between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick took place prior to Brady’s Tampa Bay Super Bowl victory when the Patriots franchise began to deteriorate. Quarterbacks turn out to be fairly crucial.

A future first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback, Rodgers shares Brady’s stature. However, Rodgers has only won one championship, unlike Brady. Despite spending 11 seasons together in Green Bay, McCarthy and Rodgers were only able to win one Super Bowl together. That appears a little lacking if McCarthy is a genuinely excellent coach. To be fair, this situation is not as clear-cut as the Brady/Belichick one because neither has returned to the big stage without the other. In any case, McCarthy appears to have lost out on this chance, and it doesn’t give one hope that the Cowboys, led by Dak Prescott, struggled in the postseason following his All-Pro year.

MCCARTHY UNDERWHELMS IN THE POSTSEASON

Packer wins in the regular season: 125
120 regular-season victories for the Cowboys
The playoffs must be the true divider, then, isn’t that right? However, the events that have transpired since their 2010 Super Bowl victory are a tad lackluster. They have, in fact, advanced to the Conference Championship twice while the Cowboys have not; nonetheless, their victories over our Cowboys in heartbreaking defeats coincided with their advancement. Aside from those significant victories, Green Bay has also experienced some fair share of postseason letdowns.

Recall what transpired following a last-second field goal victory over the Cowboys in 2016?

The Packers finished 15-1 and had the best seed in the NFC the year after winning the Super Bowl in 2011, but they were immediately destroyed by the New York Giants, who outscored them 37-20.

Upon closer examination, McCarthy’s final eight seasons in Green Bay have a striking resemblance to his initial four seasons in Dallas.

advances to the playoffs 75 percent of the time (6/8 in Dallas, 3/4 in Green Bay)
emerges unrecognizable, tumbles into large holes, and becomes ashamed
In close games, they manage to waste it somehow.
Over his eight seasons with the Packers, McCarthy’s lone noteworthy accomplishment has been defeating the Cowboys. And it appears that he has brought that same playoff experience to the Cowboys.

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