ESPN’s Bill Barnwell rates the Saints as least desirable job for HC candidates [mod edit]

ELLIASJWILLIAMS said

NFL players make a lot of money but they aren’t dumb. The likelihood of Rizzi getting the job was/is slim, so again I ask, what stops them from not respecting him knowing he’d likely be gone in 8 games? They could have not respected him from the start...unless his respect isn't tied to his HC title, but just to him as a man. So having a one year deal...wouldn't change that..unless you think it would lol.

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They may respect him, but you sign any HC to a 1 year contract - nothing about that is going to be taken seriously. Thats the writing on the wall about where you think you are as a franchise. Thats basically saying, see us through the rest of the misery for a year so we can shed salary and fire it up with a high draft pick in 2026.

I dont think Rizzi should even been in the conversation other than as a thank you for seeing this season through. But talk of a 1 year deal seems like pure forum fodder.