Troy Aikman doesn't mince words on Cowboys HC job opening after Mike McCarthy's exit - "There's not a real plan"

Troy Aikman talked about the Cowboys' head coaching opening on Monday Night Football after the franchise chose to move on from Mike McCarthy and his assessment was brutal. He suggested that it looks like there isn't a coherent plan from Jerry Jones as they have let the incumbent walk without interviewing with other candidates. The Hall-of-Fame quarterback mentioned some people like Kellen Moore, Ben Johnson, and Aaron Glenn, saying,

"It suggests that there's not a real plan. The fact that they haven't had the opportunity to maybe interview a Ben Johnson and some of these others, Aaron Glenn. Kellen Moore being a candidate, that seems logical to me. He's a guy that has familiarity with the building. He worked obviously with the Cowboys, with Jerry Jones and they know each other very well."

Troy Aikman was also critical of whether or not the Cowboys vacancy is coveted right now. He acknowledged the high-profile nature of the franchise but said that it might not be the most appealing opening for potential head coaches. He explained it by saying that most candidates would want to do this job on their own terms and that's hard to do in Dallas, commenting,

"As far as a coveted job, I don't know that that is accurate. I do think the Cowboys are obviously a high-profile team and whoever is the head coach of that team is certainly going to draw a lot of attention, but I think most football people that take over as a head coach, they want to do it on their terms, and that's hard to do."

Cowboys HOF Troy Aikman takes Dan Campbell's example to make his point after Mike McCarthy's firing

Troy Aikman further made his point by taking the example of Dan Campbell, who has been so successful as a head coach in Detroit. He said that he might not be able to exact the same results in Dallas, noting,

"If you take Dan Campbell, for instance, is Dan Campbell (in Detroit) Dan Campbell if he's with the Dallas Cowboys. It's hard to imagine that he is. It's hard to imagine that a lot of these coaches might be. I love the Dallas Cowboys. I played there for 12 years. I wish them well. But to say that it is a coveted job, I'm not sure I would necessarily agree with that."

It was a damning indictment of the present-era Cowboys from a man who did as much as anybody else to make the franchise great.