They told you Mike McCarthy was the answer. He wasn't.

In the final episode of our four-part series on 30 years of Cowboys failure, Fares and Caleb cover the most recent — and in some ways most frustrating — chapter of Dallas's Super Bowl drought. The McCarthy era promised a new era of Cowboys football and delivered the same January exits, the same excuses, and the same front office fingerprints all over the mess.

Now the Cowboys are in yet another reset, handing the keys to Brian Schottenheimer and hoping the defense can be the foundation of something real. Can Schotty actually be the guy? Or is this just the next chapter in the same 30-year story?

We close out the series with the full picture — and some real talk about whether this franchise is ever going to figure it out.

8-8. 8-8. 8-8. If you're a Cowboys fan, those numbers should haunt your dreams.

Part 3 of our series on why Dallas hasn't won a Super Bowl in 30 years covers what might be the most maddening stretch of football in franchise history. Jason Garrett — the man, the myth, the clap — somehow kept his job for nearly a decade while delivering the most perfectly mediocre football imaginable.

Fares and Caleb break down how a team with Dez Bryant, Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, and a historically dominant offensive line somehow never made it out of January. The 2014 season. The DeSean Jackson non-call. The endless "this is our year" energy followed by the same result.

Garrett didn't lose the Cowboys the Super Bowl. He just made sure they'd never get close enough to have a chance.

For a minute there, it actually looked like the Cowboys were back.

In Part 2 of our series on 30 years of Cowboys futility, Fares and Caleb cover the two most maddening eras of the post-dynasty drought. Bill Parcells walked in and actually stabilized the franchise — brought in talent, restored some toughness, and made Dallas relevant again. And then he left.

What followed was the Wade Phillips era, a.k.a. Mr. Cream Puff. Tony Romo was electric. The roster was loaded. In 2007, the Cowboys went 13-3 and looked like legitimate Super Bowl contenders. Then January happened. And it kept happening.

Talented enough to get your hopes up, soft enough to break your heart — that was the Cowboys from 2007 to 2010. And Fares and Caleb are not letting it slide.