Saints planned to interview Mike McCarthy; McCarthy didn’t garner enough interest from Saints and will take a year off (3 Viewers)

[bigdaddysaints]

Well maybe because Ensminger WAS the OC and the guy IN CHARGE of the offense!!!! Ensminger is retired from coaching to be an analyst, it was his choice.
Riddle me this Batman, what do Dabol , Dorsey and Brady all have in common?
Dabol got a HC gig because of JOSH ALLEN, Dorsey was getting HC interviews because of JOSH ALLEN. Brady get's HC interviews because of JOSH ALLEN. Must be something going on in Buffalo

Brady isn't getting HC interviews because of his time in Carolina, that's for sure..
But having the likes of Burrow and Allen to draw up plays for definitely helps.. lol.
But i have no problem with giving Brady a shot.. he could be the next big thing . or the next big flop .. we'll see

 

[DSnfla]

Brady isn't getting HC interviews because of his time in Carolina, that's for sure..
But having the likes of Burrow and Allen to draw up plays for definitely helps.. lol.
But i have no problem with giving Brady a shot.. he could be the next big thing . or the next big flop .. we'll see

I need to see Brady take a offense and a QB that's NOT elite to begin with and make them great. I also don't hear that Brady is a leader of men guy. He's been an OC a total of 3 yrs and half of them were not good. He's been a coach a total of 8 yrs. Only 3 in the NFL. Does he even have the connections to put together a good staff? Maybe in a couple yrs he'll be ready

 

[Hedon James]

Take it for what it’s worth but I had a conversation with someone earlier that word is McCarthy is thinking about sitting out the hiring process this year. Bad look for the Saints might be getting worse.

I don't know what to think anymore. I'm all for being thorough, speaking to all viable candidates, dotting I's and crossing T's.

But here we are...we had an 8 week head start on everyone but the Jets. And somehow everyone else performed their due diligence, got the guy they wanted (or at least say they did), and we STILL don't know who we favor, let alone who we want? And now we have supposed favorites withdrawing from consideration? Is ML really that much smarter than the rest of the room? Or is he one of the reasons it's taking longer than every other team to fill a HC vacancy?

Something smells funny to me, but I don't know what it is...

 

[sfidc3]

Well maybe because Ensminger WAS the OC and the guy IN CHARGE of the offense!!!! Ensminger is retired from coaching to be an analyst, it was his choice.
Riddle me this Batman, what do Dabol , Dorsey and Brady all have in common?
Dabol got a HC gig because of JOSH ALLEN, Dorsey was getting HC interviews because of JOSH ALLEN. Brady get's HC interviews because of JOSH ALLEN. Must be something going on in Buffalo

You're anti-Brady bias has no bounds, you have never acknowledged why a team may have wanted said Brady to work with their easily top 2-3 QB in the NFL.....perhaps Brady was their only option, the only young promising OC willing to work with the likes of JOSH ALLEN, yup, he's all they could get.....LMAO at the clown post above....

What's going on in Buffalo is they are 1 game away from their first SB appearance in over 30 years and whether you recognize it or not, Brady is a big reason for that.....

 

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[St. Geezy]

"(Mike McCarthy) is potentially a really good fit for a Saints team that is very much built to win RIGHT NOW."

The haters won't like that.

 

[Nolan]

"(Mike McCarthy) is potentially a really good fit for a Saints team that is very much built to win RIGHT NOW."

The haters won't like that.

You do realize that's a very subjective take, right? Additionally, having the opinion that this roster isn't built to compete doesn't make one a hater.

The blind eye who isn't paying much attention sees some bigger name vets (Demario, Cam, Mathieu) on the defensive side with a vet QB and big name HB and think that we're still poised to make noise.

The reality of the situation is that those big name vets are all liabilities on the field and are costing this team lots of money, and we have very few young stars. I'd love for that not to be the case. It'd be awesome if Demario, Cam, and Mathieu were still good players and giving good return on their contracts. It'd be sweet if we had more young building blocks on either side of the ball. It'd be nice if we had an attractive quarterback situation.

 

[St. Geezy]

You do realize that's a very subjective take, right? Additionally, having the opinion that this roster isn't built to compete doesn't make one a hater.

The blind eye who isn't paying much attention sees some bigger name vets (Demario, Cam, Mathieu) on the defensive side with a vet QB and big name HB and think that we're still poised to make noise.

The reality of the situation is that those big name vets are all liabilities on the field and are costing this team lots of money, and we have very few young stars. I'd love for that not to be the case. It'd be awesome if Demario, Cam, and Mathieu were still good players and giving good return on their contracts. It'd be sweet if we had more young building blocks on either side of the ball. It'd be nice if we had an attractive quarterback situation.

Halfway joking lol

I do think more of our team than most though. Think we’ve been made to look worse than we actually are due to incompetent coaching, and obviously, health.

 

[DaveXA]

I don't know what to think anymore. I'm all for being thorough, speaking to all viable candidates, dotting I's and crossing T's.

But here we are...we had an 8 week head start on everyone but the Jets. And somehow everyone else performed their due diligence, got the guy they wanted (or at least say they did), and we STILL don't know who we favor, let alone who we want? And now we have supposed favorites withdrawing from consideration? Is ML really that much smarter than the rest of the room? Or is he one of the reasons it's taking longer than every other team to fill a HC vacancy?

Something smells funny to me, but I don't know what it is...

The 8 weeks is pretty much irrelevant if the coaches you want can't be interviewed until after their seasons are completed.

 

[limeyjohn]

Any idea whom in the Cowboys organization chose to trade a 4th rounder for Mingo please?
If it was MM then l want no part of him coming here, thinking it was more of a JJ decision though

 

[DaveXA]

Any idea whom in the Cowboys organization chose to trade a 4th rounder for Mingo please?
If it was MM then l want no part of him coming here, thinking it was more of a JJ decision though

Almost certainly JJ. Keep in mind McCarthy wanted Henry in a bad way and Jerruh noped out of that.

 

[woohoosaint]

 

[Hedon James]

The 8 weeks is pretty much irrelevant if the coaches you want can't be interviewed until after their seasons are completed.

true, but seems like a LOT of due diligence could have been done before the season had ended. I'm not talking about "tampering". Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels like we woulda/coulda/shoulda known who we wanted to talk to on Black Monday. I still think we COULD end up with the next CSP....he fell into our lap in 2006, and maybe that's happening again in 2025. But the longer it takes to identify that guy, the more quality coaches we're missing out on to fill the new HCs staff. And I feel like THOSE hires are going to be what makes or breaks the next HC tenure.

We may still get "our" guy. But will "our" guy, get HIS guys? Or will we have missed out because it took so long to get our guy? It's a valid concern. JMO...

 

[DaveXA]

true, but seems like a LOT of due diligence could have been done before the season had ended. I'm not talking about "tampering". Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels like we woulda/coulda/shoulda known who we wanted to talk to on Black Monday. I still think we COULD end up with the next CSP....he fell into our lap in 2006, and maybe that's happening again in 2025. But the longer it takes to identify that guy, the more quality coaches we're missing out on to fill the new HCs staff. And I feel like THOSE hires are going to be what makes or breaks the next HC tenure.

We may still get "our" guy. But will "our" guy, get HIS guys? Or will we have missed out because it took so long to get our guy? It's a valid concern. JMO...

Not saying the concern isn't valid, but if they were set on interviewing someone who was still not available, there's nothing they can do until that coach becomes available for interviews.

Also, they had to wait for the Rooney rule to be satisfied before making a hire as well, and that didn't happen til recently.

I don't know what goes on behind closed doors, so I can't really comment on whether what they're doing is good or not.