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]

SonOfNOLA said
I read what you stated. If McCarthy’s success is a decade ago, then so is Sean Payton’s.

In his last 5 seasons, McCarthy has three 12-win seasons, three division titles, and advanced in the playoffs once during one of those 3 winning seasons. In Payton’s last 5 seasons, before and after 2024, he has 3 winning seasons, 3 division titles, and one advancement in the playoffs.

Those seasons can’t be dismissed because media overhypes Dallas to go to the SB. Dallas’ talent isn’t an automatic winning machine who can be coached by anyone like many pretend that they are. He’s the reason behind their 12 win seasons, as well as all of the playoff results.

His playoff criticisms are valid. But it’s just not accurate that he hasn’t been successful in a decade. Or that he was just coaching loaded teams. If we’re going by SB/conference championship or bust standards, most coaches aren’t successful.

You're narrowing it to the last five seasons to fit your narrative without considering Sean Payton had to coach three of the last five seasons with below-average QBs or with a rookie, and he still managed only one losing season (eight wins) in that stretch. Payton is a next-level coach.

Those Dallas teams were loaded and Dak played his best football under Kellen Moore. We aren't a comparable situation. We will be in a much worse position and I don't think McCarthy is like Payton in his ability to take bad teams and elevate them. I think he's a sunny-day coach who does well when everything is going right.