I'm failing to understand this...

Mackenzie said

Why would Payton go to the media to talk about the importance of taking our time with this hire and then commit to hiring a guy before anyone has been interviewed? He said he would wait until the SB is over because he wanted to do everything possible to make sure we find the right guy. This move goes against everything he's preached the last couple of weeks. I just don't get it.

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Just playing devil's advocate, but Ryan supposedly wasn't available when he said that. Maybe that statement was made because Ryan was his 1st choice and maybe Ryan dumped St Louis in order to come to the Saints. I hope that is not the case, I hope they pick up an assistant from either SF or Baltimore, I hope this is all just a smoke screen, but we'll have to wait and see... and hope that ultimately it ends up being the right decision.