Ironically enough, Mike McCarthy played a pretty big role in each of the last two Dallas Cowboys coaches getting fired.
In 2010, McCarthy’s Green Bay Packers beat the Cowboys 45-7, dropping them to 1-7. Wade Phillips was fired after that game. Phillips was replaced on an interim basis by Jason Garrett, who did well enough to get the job permanently.
Garrett had that job until Sunday night, when he was fired by the Cowboys. He was fired, in large part, because he didn’t have enough playoff success. The Cowboys made the divisional round three times with Garrett, losing in the fourth quarter twice.