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

JackDiesel said

In 2006 it was like a blank canvas. Sure Katrina and everything made it very sketchy but if you were a coach that wanted control and freedom then we were a great landing spot. Cap room to do whatever and the #2 overall pick in a draft that featured a generational RB and a few good QB prospects.

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During that 2006 coaching search, the Saints were far from viewed as a blank canvas.
The threat of relocation due to the hurricane and just the general stigma of the Saints at the time (on the same level of the Clippers) was enough for a high school job to jump up on the ladder of attractive jobs.

Whatever the Saints got now, they are miles….MILES ahead of where they were in January 2006.