Cowboys Hire Mike McCarthy

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"computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them"
-Spock

I'd fire Spock if he suggested the 4 minutes offense in the middle of the 3rd Quarter.

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4. Scheme, in the case of this question, Nike Nolan's 3-4 versus long time 4-3 personnel team

"I think scheme is overrated," he said, matter-of-factly. "I'm more interested in making sure we're fitting everything to our players. I think the personnel operation and how you're able to be involved in that process is a great opportunity for me and my coaching staff. I'm really looking forward to talking about the profiles about what a Dallas Cowboys player looks like, and adding to this excellent roster we already have."

This, again, could be good, because running a scheme that doesn't fit the talents of your players is just poor planning. But unless you are Belichick, coaches have schemes and McCarthy will begin installing his in March/April. Which means his run and pass game still might not complement each other.

The other side of this coin is that the Cowboys offense is so ridiculously loaded, you might be able to score 30 with a Wing T offense.

[mraynrand]

I'd fire Spock if he suggested the 4 minutes offense in the middle of the 3rd Quarter.

Does your algorithm say it's never a good time to do that, or that it might actually work, but only under very specific circumstances? I'd like to impress your engrams on a computer - I'd predict a disciplined structure and logical operating system, ultimately so complex that the convolutions would eventually lead it, tortuously back into a difficult self-contradiction.

"Pull the plug, Spock"
-James Tiberius Kirk

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5. Personnel

First read is that you might think McCarthy is jockeying for personnel control (see second half of quote from #4).

But this is exactly the method of communicating that Capers talked about when hired to run a 3-4 in 2009. So its very much of a piece of how he has operated in Green Bay. And its very much the idea that you need a type to run his schemes, even as he tells you scheme is overrated.

It did not mesh well with Ted, especially on the D side of the ball. The more active Cowboys and their GM, might make this work better for Mike.

I wish him luck, I genuinely like him and think he is a good coach with a good mind. But he isn't changing.

I hope Dak can run this offense.

[mraynrand]

4. Scheme, in the case of this question, Nike Nolan's 3-4 versus long time 4-3 personnel team
This, again, could be good, because running a scheme that doesn't fit the talents of your players is just poor planning.

I confess that I'd be more than pleased to see Demarcus Lawrence or Robert Quinn playing a lot of coverage.

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Does your algorithm say it's never a good time to do that, or that it might actually work, but only under very specific circumstances? I'd like to impress your engrams on a computer - I'd predict a disciplined structure and logical operating system, ultimately so complex that the convolutions would eventually lead it, tortuously back into a difficult self-contradiction.

"Pull the plug, Spock"
-James Tiberius Kirk

You would need more than a 16 point lead on the road.

And we both know pulling the plug never worked (usually killed a red shirt bystander). So either point out the self contradiction or someone had to confuse the computer with the Calvin Johnson catch rule.

"M-5, scan the replay footage, did Greg Jennings complete the act of the catch when he dropped the ball after going OOB?"

M-5 shuts down.

Beam M-5 away from ship.

[Fritz]

Wow. Sounds like Mikey said all the right things to get the job - analytics, re-evaluating his approach, etc, etc. But once he got that gig, he's the same ol' MM.

Me, as the new Jacksonville head coach, after talking about how hard I'm going to work those players, I will follow up with how I won't make a single decision without consulting my analytics team. I'm going to sound simultaneously old-school and gruff as well as sleek and shiny and all about whatever the new buzz words are - in this case, analytics and sort of leveraging the personnel.

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I confess that I'd be more than pleased to see Demarcus Lawrence or Robert Quinn playing a lot of coverage.

Its is an area that could be really interesting. Will Jerry let Mike take the team somewhere they don't want to go?

That GM of theirs, whatever his title, has been doing a bang up job in the draft with Jones Jr.

In this case, Jerrah might, because they had to go get two guys to help bolster their pass rush mid-season.

[pbmax]

Wow. Sounds like Mikey said all the right things to get the job - analytics, re-evaluating his approach, etc, etc. But once he got that gig, he's the same ol' MM.

Me, as the new Jacksonville head coach, after talking about how hard I'm going to work those players, I will follow up with how I won't make a single decision without consulting my analytics team. I'm going to sound simultaneously old-school and gruff as well as sleek and shiny and all about whatever the new buzz words are - in this case, analytics and sort of leveraging the personnel.

And you will, at all times, be AGGRESSIVE on defense right? You don't even have a defense called prevent, right?

[mraynrand]

You would need more than a 16 point lead on the road.

And we both know pulling the plug never worked (usually killed a red shirt bystander). So either point out the self contradiction or someone had to confuse the computer with the Calvin Johnson catch rule.

"M-5, scan the replay footage, did Greg Jennings complete the act of the catch when he dropped the ball after going OOB?"

M-5 shuts down.

Beam M-5 away from ship.

that's pretty good copy. I'd put odds on Stubby going full Daystrom at about 10%...

[Fritz]

And you will, at all times, be AGGRESSIVE on defense right? You don't even have a defense called prevent, right?

Of course. Aggressive, always . . . followed by "but you've got to be smart about it."

[Zool]

Therefore the score of the game will include a “zero”.

And the light bulb goes on. Welcome to the real world Neo.

52 fat to zero. Packers win.

[George Cumby]

And the light bulb goes on. Welcome to the real world Neo.

52 fat to zero. Packers win.

Whoa.

[ThunderDan]

I am actually worried about MM taking over the Cowboys. He was a very coach who got stale. He might be the fresh breath of air they need in Dallas.

[Fritz]

I am actually worried about MM taking over the Cowboys. He was a very coach who got stale. He might be the fresh breath of air they need in Dallas.

You can't just pop a tic tac in there and expect the city of Dallas to tongue you. You gotta brush your teeth and use some mouthwash, and I don't think MM has done that.