{"id":18478,"date":"2025-01-14T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18478"},"modified":"2025-01-14T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:00:40","slug":"troy-aikman-takes-shot-at-cowboys-after-mike-mccarthy-firing-im-not-sure-theres-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18478","title":{"rendered":"Troy Aikman Takes Shot At Cowboys After Mike McCarthy Firing: \u201cI\u2019m Not Sure There\u2019s A Plan\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Troy Aikman, like many Dallas Cowboys fans, doesn\u2019t understand the timing of the firing of Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The legendary Cowboys quarterback and Hall of Famer ripped the organization and owner Jerry Jones during ESPN\u2019s Monday Night Countdown ahead of the NFC Wild Card matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams. McCarthy and Cowboys parted ways on Monday after negotiations on a contract extension fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>Airman said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Mike McCarthy would be the head coach, so this is a bit of a surprise for me today that he\u2019s not going to be \u2026 It suggests that there\u2019s not a real plan,\u201d Aikman said from State Farm Stadium in Arizona. I love the Dallas Cowboys. I played there for 12 years, I wish them well,\u201d he added. \u201cTo say that it\u2019s a coveted job, I\u2019m not sure I would necessarily agree with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_inline tdi_2 td_block_template_1 \">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">inlineg<\/span><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1895512242384960\" data-ad-slot=\"2383137715\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_7_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s the clip:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Troy Aikman on the Dallas Cowboys: &#8220;I thought Mike McCarthy would be the head coach, so this is a bit of a surprise for me today&#8230; It suggests that there&#8217;s not a real plan&#8230; To say that it&#8217;s a coveted job, I&#8217;m not sure I would necessarily agree with that.&#8221; \ud83c\udfc8\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M6cmb1dOaO\">pic.twitter.com\/M6cmb1dOaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1878948823365808531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<p>The move came a week after the Cowboys denied the Chicago Bears request to interview McCarthy for their head coaching position. That decision signaled the Cowboys intent to keep McCarthy as their coach but that\u2019s not the case. Now, the Cowboys will turn their attention to finding a new coach and their coaching search is already behind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"td-post-source-tags\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-sharing-bottom\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Troy Aikman, like many Dallas Cowboys fans, doesn\u2019t understand the timing of the firing of Mike McCarthy. &nbsp; &nbsp; The legendary Cowboys quarterback and Hall of Famer ripped &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18480,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478\/revisions\/18480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}