McCarthy has plenty of respect for Hodgson and can understand why the Baggies have turned to the former Liverpool manager in their bid to avoid relegation from the Barclays Premier League.
But he does not believe it is one of those scenarios where the Albion players had lost faith in Di Matteo and hopes that works in Wolves favour at the Hawthorns.
When asked if the West Brom players would be galvanised by Hodgson's arrival, McCarthy said: "That is an interesting theory. The new manager comes in and the players might be galvanised if they wanted the previous manager to go. I'm not convinced that was the case at West Brom.
"That is a good theory if they didn't like the outgoing boss and there was dissent towards him and people were not particularly doing their job for Roberto. But I didn't see that at all. The players didn't look as if they had stopped playing for Roberto or stopped running about for him.
"Whenever they scored, they were always at the dug-out and celebrating with him and his staff. It seemed like they have got a really good spirit. So I don't know. They might be a bit brassed off that they have lost him."
Source: PA
Source: PA