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Cowboys news: Mike McCarthy won over Cowboys ownership, now sets sights on assembling superb staff

Mike McCarthy Won The Cowboys' Job In 12-Hour Interview - John Auping, DallasCowboys.com
Twelve hours is a long interview process but that's what it took to win over Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys.

He also said a term that was used multiple times throughout the interview: “we-decisions.” They emphasized the importance of being on the same page with both immediate and big-picture decisions.

Jerry, Stephen and Jerry Jr. were all present at the interview, which seemed to become relatively informal as the hours passed by. Stephen claimed that throughout the day he kept finding himself in a sidebar with Jerry or Jerry Jr.