Mike McCarthy reveals what ‘awesome boss’ Jerry Jones talked to him about as Cowboys decision made

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Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy faced the media in a press conference after his status was confirmed.

After days of rampant speculation, Mike McCarthy is still the Dallas Cowboys head coach.

It was a tough decision, with fans desperate for him to leave in the immediate aftermath of last weekend’s play-off exit at home to Green Bay.

Owner Jerry Jones has made his decision, announcing that McCarthy is staying on. This has prompted a very split reaction – but got approval from Dez Bryant.

Cowboys turn comments off

Mike McCarthy addressed the media in a press conference which was live streamed on YouTube – with the Dallas Cowboys making the decision to ‘turn comments off’.

Discussion is usually encouraged under their videos. However, for this one, they feared there would be an overwhelmingly negative reaction.

Mike McCarthy speaks out

Mike McCarthy had very positive words to say about owner Jerry Jones, and said the pair talked about everything possible.

He explained: “He’s an awesome boss but he’s even a better leader. He asks all the hard direct questions which I love and appreciate because you get in-depth conversations that go into different directions.”

“We talk about everything, the right, the wrong, the indifferent. What we need to build off of. I don’t know if there’s much we didn’t talk about as far as topics that apply to the football operation. It’s a conversation, a hard conversation.”

He added that they discussed why they felt the Cowboys lost to Green Bay, and also various personnel decisions.

McCarthy said: “We went the whole course. Went back through things we felt may have factored. The disappointment component had a lot of layers to it, so we went through all of those layers. Then, we talked about personnel and coaches and everything involved. Business affairs. It was a long, productive conversation.”