I Don't Think Many People Want Our OC Position

St. Widge said

Is it a rule that you can't hire an assistant from a team in the playoffs until they are out? I thought the rule for SB assistants was you could hire in the first week after the Championship games but not during Super Bowl week? But, maybe that changed recently?

If you really can't hire until after the Super Bowl, that is a really sheetty rule for those coaches. By then most positions are going to be filled unless a team is willing to really risk it and/or already have a nod and a wink deal in place.

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I forgot they did change the rule, however the original team must give consent to their hiring during the postseason, then a coach can be hired to a new team while still working for their previous team in the playoffs.

However we just don't see it happen, and I think it is just because it is a bit of bad form to announce that sort of thing during the playoffs.

Imagine the 2020 Saints playoff run and the day after beating the Bears, we see the alcons twitter announce Ryan Nielsen as their Defensive Coordinator. This place would be a mess lol.