It’s been widely assumed that the Dallas Cowboys would part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy this offseason, considering he is in the last year of his contract and the team declined to give him a contract extension during the offseason. But team owner Jerry Jones seemed to change his tune on that this week.
During an appearance on 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday, Jones said that it’s actually “not crazy” to think that Mike McCarthy could get a contract extension after the season, calling him an “outstanding coach.”
“I don’t think that’s crazy at all. That’s not crazy,” Jones said according to Pro Football Talk. “Listen, Mike McCarthy is an outstanding coach. . . . A Super Bowl-winning coach. Mike McCarthy has been there and done that. He’s got great ideas.”
“Bottom line is no place in my body language or anything else have you seen an indication about what we’re going to be doing relative to this staff at the end of the year. And we shouldn’t, we got a lot of football left,” Jones said.
They were some pretty shocking comments from Jones, and during his press conference on Tuesday, Mike McCarthy offered his response.
“Why are you laughing?” McCarthy said in a video from the team, as members of the media laughed in the background.
“Crazy? I mean…,” he said to more laughter.
But he did eventually answer the question – kind of.
“I really haven’t talked about it all year, so I’m definitely not going to start on a short week and an important division game. But I’m not going to throw away positive vibes either, so keep ‘em coming. That’s all good. But, yeah, that’s not something I’m really focused on,” he said.
We’ll have to see what his future holds with the team.
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