Saints to interview Mike McCarthy at the end of this week near Jan 29-Feb 1 [Underhill: McCarthy would have to be the current favorite]

St. Widge said
McCarty is also a guy with the power and experience to tell Loomis that this roster is not ready and needs to be rebuilt. Loomis is going to trust that from a guy with McCarty's experience level whereas maybe he doesn't from a Joe Brady or Kellen Moore.

And Loomis may already have a good working relationship with him from the 4 years McCarthy was here as offensive coordinator.