In most years, they left the Dallas Cowboys richer — but also worse for wear when it came to the NFL’s appetite for their next head coaching job. Chan Gailey. Dave Campo. Wade Phillips. Even Jason Garrett.

It's not up there with having the audacity to fire legendary coach Tom Landry on a golf course in Austin, but Jerry Jones' fumbling of Mike McCarthy's exit from the Dallas Cowboys is, at best, a horrible look and,

For Jones, the only thing that matters now is finding a head coach to elevate Dak and the rest of the offense to the highest level they can achieve.