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Why Cowboys and Mike McCarthy Parted Ways

Can a coaching move be surprising and obvious at the same time? McCarthy is out after five seasons in Dallas, going 49-35 but failing to end the Cowboys’ 30-year Super Bowl drought. One reason: McCarthy and owner Jerry Jones couldn’t agree on a contract extension. “It all speaks to the same old, same old from Jones, whose moves are consistently baffling and rarely productive,” Dan Wetzel writes for Yahoo Sports. Here’s where McCarthy may land next — and who Dallas could look to as a replacement.

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