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

RJS said

I don't know why people keep saying that the Saints will have patience with whoever the next head coach is. They just fired a guy mid-season of year three who had over a decade of service with the team. Why would anyone think that a new head coach will get a longer leash than DA did? It's weird to me that this is somehow accepted as a fact.

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Because DA was terrible and most any other team would have fired him last year. He was lucky to get the third year. But it's not just DA, Payton went through 3 bad seasons and a suspension by the NFL but they stuck with him. And, before that, they stuck with Haslett longer than they should have and even after he created a scandal. Even Mora and Ditka got long leashes.

And frankly, many fans, including me, wanted DA fired after his first year. But they stuck with him for 1 1/2 more years. Given DA's overall coaching record and lack of success he was given more time than was really reasonable.