Saints expected to be very interested in former Packers/Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy [McCarthy will interview early next week]

SpeckKillerII said
What a short memory some of you have. Do y’all not remember when he was our OC in the Haslett regime? If so you remember the complete collapse of Aaron Brooks and the year that McCarthy refused to bench Brooks when all we needed was to win 1 game of our final 3 but McCarthy and his arrogance would not put Jake Delhomme in or start any of those games. When we got to the final game of the season it was the last chance and he still would not start or put Delhomme in the game. Before anybody says “well obviously he wasn’t ready” the very next year Delhomme takes Carolina to the Superbowl!! You really want someone who made these kind of decision mistakes to be our HC? No way!

He isnt my first choice, but this is a bit of a bad take. McCarthy made Aaron Brooks a lot of money and was part of the 1st playoff win in franchise history. 2nd, he wasnt the HC. Haslett had the call on who started. 3rd, he did go on to win a SB. And lastly, because he can match SB wins with Loomis, this would be MUCH more like the Payton/Loomis cooperation than Allen/Loomis ever was. McCarthy is going to do things his way or no way, he has the clout to pull it off.

Again, I prefer Brady or Johnson type. Young, hungry with ideas that can lead a rebuild. Then McCarthy. Then Glenn.

My only problem with McCarthy is if he is at the point in his career where he has the energy and patience to slog through a rebuild. My guess is he probably wants something more plug and play than this job. Flip side, maybe if he has enough control over the rebuild, he may be interested in building his team from the ground up. Either way it would be far from the worst move we could make.