Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has somehow picked up a reputation of cycling through head coaches on a whim. The opposite is true.
Jones is excruciatingly patient with his coaches. Since Jason Garrett took over after Wade Phillips' midseason firing in 2010, Garrett and Mike McCarthy have been Dallas' only two head coaches. Inevitably, the Cowboys flame out in the playoffs and everyone assumes Jones will fire his coach, but he's fired a coach only once in 14 years.
That doesn't mean McCarthy has a job for life. At some point he needs more success in the playoffs or Jones will make a change.