The Dallas Cowboys made the decision to part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy this offseason, choosing not to renew his contract and promoting offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to the role.

Reports have surfaced from McCarthy’s camp stating that he will sit out the 2025 season to focus on the 2026 coaching cycle.

This isn’t surprising, considering there’s only one NFL head coaching position that remains available.

Now, details have emerged about how and why McCarthy and the Cowboys chose to part ways.

“The lenght of the contract was an issue. McCarthy wanted multiple years, and Jerry [Jones] was not willing to provide that. So that’s the impetus of it all,” FOX Sports insider Jordan Schultz said, via the Ross Tucker Podcast.

Schultz also said he believes that the Cowboys aren’t about winning and instead care more about “eyeballs and clicks.”

McCarthy won 12 games for Dallas three years in a row, so even though the team consistently fell short in the playoffs and was 7-10 this season, he arguably did enough to warrant an extension or another gig somewhere else.

Once it became clear that the Cowboys and McCarthy weren’t a good match, he was left without a seat when the 2025 cycle ended and had no choice but to wait until next year.

The scathing claim that the Cowboys only care about attention is not new, but if that were the case, they probably would have hired Deion Sanders.

Schottenheimer was not a flashy hire, and it’s relatively uncommon for a team to promote a coordinator to head coach.

It will be interesting to see if the Cowboys made the right decision and where McCarthy will end up next.