After the Dallas Cowboys were blown out of the playoffs by the Green Bay Packers, there were some tumultuous moments surrounding the coaching staff. The first thing to be settled was the return of Mike McCarthy as the head coach. That decision is still being debated in some quarters.
Next came the annual dance around Dan Quinn and whether he was going to leave for a head coaching gig elsewhere. The Cowboys had managed to hang on to Quinn for a few years, but the feeling was that this year if offered a job, he would take it.