Saints expected to be very interested in former Packers/Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy [Rapoport: Interview to be early next week]

BoNcHiE said

I know you think that's a gotcha question, but I want to swing for the fences, which means I'm cool with taking a chance on someone who hasn't had HCing experience yet vs. the 61-year-old with playoff success 10-15 years ago while only having regular season success with loaded teams.

We don't have Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, or even Dak Prescott here. We aren't going to have a roster full of talent. I don't think McCarthy has ever shown an ability to be competitive with sub-par talent.

Who do I want? I'd rather Brady or Glenn between the three. If they fail, at least we tried to hit a homerun.

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Tbf, who really succeeds with sub-par talent? Payton got Denver to the playoffs with sub-par talent, and got bounced right out. No coach is getting far with sub-par talent.

The larger question for me is who's the guy who can rebuild the roster and win enough games to get us to the playoffs with mostly the roster we have? I think McCarthy has shown that he's a proven winner and that he can put a staff together and build a roster.

Can Brady or Glenn build a solid coaching staff and roster? Who knows? It's a risk I'm OK with taking, but they could well crash and burn. That's far less likely to happen with McCarthy. And we've seen what Payton has done in Denver with a rookie qb. Why not give McCarthy the same shot?

I'm down with Glenn, Brady or McCarthy, in no particular order. Brady is probably my first choice tho.