The Dallas Cowboys shocked the NFL world on Monday afternoon, deciding to part ways with head coach Mike McCarthy after a disappointing 7-10 season.
The news out of Arlington was surprising for several reasons. For one, the team took more than a week after their season finale to actually decide on McCarthy's future—whose contract was set to expire tomorrow—and secondly, they prevented him from interviewing for the Chicago Bears's head coaching job last Tuesday, which led many to assume that he'd be returning to Dallas.
