While appearing on Crown Global Media’s Doin’ Alright podcast, McClay said he’s not concerned with outside perceptions. He even said he doesn’t want anyone to tell him how to handle his checkbook, just like he wouldn’t tell anyone what to do with theirs.
”Public perception is, oh, you should sign this guy and do that. But, you know, I don’t tell you how to run your checkbook, you don’t tell me how to run mine. And it’s, you know, our businesses. And so I really, everybody’s philosophy is a little bit different. And we love George Pickens,” McClay said.
“Finding a way to fill the team with 53 of the best players in today’s day and age is very, very difficult. So you go through the different contracts and the different aspects and all those different ways and you put it together. And that situation with George presented itself in a way that we could do it that way and still keep our team together. That’s the best way for me to put it.”
Could McClay’s comments mean George Pickens will stay in Dallas long-term?