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]

Did you even read my post? Because it was all about how McCarthy's success was a decade ago with prime Aaron Rodgers while Payton has had much more recent playoff success. I do not think McCarthy is on Payton's level as a coaching talent when the variables are equal today, which is what matters to me. Not accolades from the early 2010s.

Those three-year stretch Dallas teams were loaded with talent. People can cope by saying they weren't, but they were.

I don't know what you guys want me to say. I don't like that McCarthy is 61, isn't the type of personality that someone like Sean is, and hasn't had notable playoff success in a decade. People are welcome to disagree. I just don't like him as a candidate.
Just curious, on a scale of 1-10 where do you rank the team currently? Are we on the higher side of the scale, just needing a few tweaks, a good draft and a new coach and a few free agents and we'll compete in 2025 or at the mid/lower, needing all of the aforementioned plus an extra year to get a Qb in the draft. Or worse, at the bottom, needing a full rebuild all new staff, new culture, new everything including med and training staff.