I think DA is Getting Year 4
And when you look at those teams with regard to ongoing stability, you don’t envy any of them. Oakland is on HC #7 or so since firing DA in 2014. Carolina is on HC #6 since DA was re-hired as the Saints’ DC in 2016. Tampa Bay has been on the carousel. Washington, NY Giants, and the Jets might be hopping back on. Atlanta is feeling carousel-adjacent. The 1970s and early 80s Saints. You’d take TB’s Super Bowl, but nothing of the decade prior or the years since.
I was just thinking about this "you don't want to be the team that is changing coaches like underwear" idea that has been passed around.
Sure you don't want to be the Raiders, Panthers, or Jets that rotate through coaches after a year or two, but why doesn't anyone mention the 49ers, Seahawks, Bills, Chiefs, or Broncos who all dropped their coaches after a year or two of them not cutting it?
49ers dropped Jim Tomsula after a season and went with Chip Kelly for a season before canning him a season later for Kyle Shannahan.
Seahawks fired Jim More Jr after a season and hired Pete Carroll.
The Bills fired Rex Ryan after 2 seasons and hired Sean McDermott.
The Chiefs fired Romeo Crennel after 2 seasons and hired Andy Reid.
The Broncos fired Josh McDaniel after 2 seasons and hired John Fox.
Bad teams aren't the only ones to cut a coach a year or two into a tenure, so if the Saints cut DA after an unsuccessful season I wouldn't read too much into it, or think that the Saints were a ship lost on the ocean.
Here's to a season of DA showing us what he truly is.