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

It's a gotcha question to ask you which coach meets your standards? But yes, I do think it's odd that you dismiss what one coach did because he did it over 10 years ago, but want to hire a coach who has never done anything. In either case, you are betting on the unknown and taking a risk. Although it's arguably less of a risk to go with a guy that has done it before and has had success in his recent past even if it's not the level of success you would like.

But, I wouldn't have a problem hiring Glenn or Brady. In fact, I would probably prefer Glenn despite him being a defensive coach.

At the same point, I get the idea of hiring McCarty because he has done it before and shown that he is a consistent winner.

And I frankly think it's strange that anyone would dismiss either strategy as completely wrong. Both have their upside and downside.
It's not about meeting a standard today. This Saints team is 3-5 years away from being competitive with the roster turnover from old to young that has to happen. We have a huge talent issue from the young guys virtually at every position except for offensive tackle surprisingly. We need a coach who can meet that timeline and grow/build with a young rebuilding roster and also has an offensive background that we can keep that guy long term and not have offensive coach turnover every time we are successful.