The chance to get a top tier HC has come and gone

I don't think we were even going to get one of the most sought after head coaches when Payton left. At that point we had no QB and no real options to get a long term QB. As much as Loomis though that team had a shot, it didn't and others probably knew it didn't. But at the time we all wanted to believe we were just a QB away. The rebuild should have started then, but it didn't. So, here we are.

And we aren't going to get guys like Ben Johnson now because we still don't have a long term answer at QB. But we can still get a good HC. Whether it's McCarthy who is at worst a good HC or we swing for the fences with a guy like Brady hoping he's a great head coach, we have a shot. Doesn't mean it's going to happen and we aren't in a position to get the hot names. But, sometimes that works out.

And the key will be drafting better. We have basically the same scouting staff and scouting people that we had when we drafted better with SP. That tells me that the issue was giving DA the players he wanted. So what we really need is a HC that is better at identifying talent in addition to coaching. But, I don't know who that is. Hopefully we find him.