Photo shows ‘incident’ between Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy, cameraman

There’s extra to the story about Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy’s stiff-arm to a digicam lens after their Divisional Round loss to the 49ers on Sunday.

McCarthy got here below fireplace in a single day after he was photographed showing to shove a cameraman whereas exiting the sector at Levi’s Stadium. Following the incident, although, the cameraman took to Twitter to defend the 59-year-old coach, including that the 2 met privately within the locker room.

“Thanks to everybody that has reached out concerning the Mike McCarthy incident,” Noah Bullard, a photographer for NBC 5 Sports activities, tweeted. “I can see how the photograph appeared like he pushed me however it was extra of a hand to the lens. I did meet with coach McCarthy privately in his workplace and he did apologize.”

The 2 met within the coach’s workplace of the visiting locker room, Bullard and a Cowboys spokesman instructed Yahoo Sports.

Bullard added that the “incident seems worse on nonetheless pictures” and he’s “completely wonderful.”

McCarthy doesn’t make direct contact with Bullard, who remained on his ft whereas teetering on the sector along with his digicam in tow.

Bullard was one in all many media members on the sector, taking pictures and movies after the sport.

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones mentioned McCarthy’s job standing wouldn’t be impacted by the season-ending 19-12 loss.

“No, no, no, in no way,” Jones said when requested if the end result had modified his thoughts about McCarthy. “…That is very sickening to not win tonight.”

McCarthy is coming off back-to-back 12-win seasons, however has misplaced to the 49ers within the playoffs each occasions. McCarthy, who received a Tremendous Bowl with the Packers in 2010, went 6-10 in his first season in Dallas.

The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship because the 1995 season after they defeated the Steelers to win the Tremendous Bowl.