Cowboys' Jerry Jones again addresses job status of HC Mike McCarthy

During what many have viewed as a bizarre appearance on Dallas sports radio station 105.3 The Fan, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones defended the club's offseason strategy and even suggested he could "get somebody else to ask these questions" moving forward. 

While speaking with The Athletic’s Dianna Russini later on Tuesday, Jones insisted for the second time in less than a week that he's sticking with head coach Mike McCarthy coming off this past Sunday's 47-9 home loss to the Detroit Lions, which dropped the Cowboys to 3-3 on the season.

"Of course," Jones said about McCarthy remaining Dallas' coach until further notice. "Not even a distant thought about that. But the game is repetition. We clearly know what we did wrong. You can see that. The same guys that did it wrong have done it right many times over these past few months. So I know they can go out there and get it right."

Jones said shortly after Sunday's blowout concluded that he was "not considering" firing McCarthy. Outsiders nevertheless wondered if Jones could experience a change of heart, considering making a switch during the team's bye would give either offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer or defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer extra time to prepare for the Week 8 showdown at the San Francisco 49ers. 

McCarthy is in the final season of his contract that was never going to be extended even before his team surprisingly went 0-3 in home games across the campaign's first six weeks. Since this past January, numerous stories have repeatedly mentioned former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick as a possible replacement for McCarthy.

"We have great personnel," Jones told Russini. "I’m proud of our personnel." 

Jones acknowledged he got "a little frustrated" during the radio interview that went viral and sparked numerous conversations on sports talk programs. Such frustrations will likely result in Jones moving on from McCarthy this coming winter unless the Cowboys complete a trip to at least the franchise's first conference championship game appearance since January 1996. 

"What you do is go out there and do your techniques or do your effort, and do all of those things and you do it righter, and you’ll be in games that don’t get out of hand and you can win," Jones added about his expectations for his club beginning with the matchup at San Francisco's Levi's Stadium on Oct. 27. 

If that comment indicates Jones is questioning the effort of some players during the bye, it's possible McCarthy could be a couple of losses away from being shown the door.