Personally, we are torn on the idea. McCarthy doesn’t bring a lot of innovation to the table in terms of scheme but one big edge he has over Tomlin is his willingness to let his offensive and defensive coordinators implement their systems rather than run what he wants.
Johnson suggested that the Steelers and similarly stale Dallas Cowboys should swap Tomlin for Mike McCarthy. To shake things up. At the risk of hyperbole and with all due respect to the “Music City Miracle,” that would be one of the biggest lateral moves in NFL history.
Despite almost polar opposite reputations, the Pittsburgh Steelers' Mike Tomlin and Dallas Cowboys' Mike McCarthy have almost identical coaching resumes.
Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones’ Super Bowl-winning coach from the 1990s, popped on Fox Sports on Sunday to propose a swap: Mike Tomlin to Dallas. Mike McCarthy to Pittsburgh. Wouldja?
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin might not be appreciated by certain members of the sports media and even some Steelers fans, but one pundit would love nothing more than to have Tomlin coach his favorite NFL team next season,
Mike McCarthy’s future in Dallas remains in question, as the weekend came and went without any news regarding his future with the Cowboys.
Thanks to an eighth straight year without a playoff win, criticism of Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has been brisk. So you know how that goes. As soon as a push to fire Tomlin starts, there is a big pushback in the other direction.
Cowboys former coach Jimmy Johnson has a wild idea for the next head coach of Dallas, and it would see a trade with the Steelers.
If the Dallas Cowboys are going to move on from Mike McCarthy, a wild swap for Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has been pitched by FOX Sports.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has a strong response to rumors the Chicago Bears -- or other teams -- may want to trade for him.
The Fox analyst and former Cowboys Super-Bowl winning coach proposed a radical concept to help galvanize the stagnant Dallas and Pittsburgh franchises.
On the latest episode of the "Scoop City" podcast, why the Cowboys did McCarthy wrong and where they go from here.