Saints are flying Kafka and Weaver in for 2nd interviews [interviews rescheduled to January 24-25 due to snowstorm in N.O.]

St. Geezy said
Aside from the fact that his LSU story happened to coincide with him having arguably the two best WRs in the NFL at his disposal and a top 3 passer in the league throwing to them, or that he’s working with a MVP candidate QB at the moment that was great before he got there, there is a lot more to consider outside of stat sheet results.

What if what is obvious to you contradicts what’s happening in the interviews? What if their vision of leadership isn’t being satisfied? What if there are things about him that you don’t know about that would come about while he’s being vetted for the elevated position of NFL HC through past references?

I think we all have our favorite candidate, but none of us can say the choice is “obvious,” especially when talking about the younger guys that’s never done it before.

There are certain qualities each team looks for in a HC, speaking in regards to leadership qualities, professionalism qualities. “Is this someone I want standing up at a podium representing my organization?” “Is this someone my locker room is going to take seriously when things aren’t going particularly well?” “Is this someone whose subordinate staff is going to have the utmost respect for?”

These are questions outside observers can’t really answer. We can’t just look at coordinators’ offensive outputs and say they “should be target #1 and it feels very obvious.”

Contrary to popular belief, all of these interviews aren’t going to go perfectly. Not saying Brady won’t check all of these boxes, but these are just things to consider when declaring that you think you know who the obvious #1 target should be, especially when it is someone that’s never done the job before.

You were respectful and I don’t even disagree with your points, so I want to be sure to just try and thoroughly say my side.

First paragraph: It’s generally difficult to know when exactly something clicks for a group of immensely talented guys, but in the case of Burrow/Chase/JJ I think we can all see they started becoming “those guys” in 2019 when Brady was added to the LSU staff. They all had Superman leaps that year. No one will ever know, but could Mahomes ever be the guy he is without association with Andy Reid? Is it possible Tom Brady never becomes what he is without “the Patriot Way”? All time greats in this sport have all time mentors. No, I am not saying Joe Brady in his 1 year at LSU gets credit for everything that happens from then on in their career - but completely taking their single biggest ascension year from him, (like the other guy is doing) when there’s undeniable correlation to their spike, is also not fair to the truth.

Rest of the paragraphs: I truly meant “seems obvious to me” as purely to me. I do think vetting these candidates can change the queue of coaches, and I think that’s why you don’t just conduct interviews with one guy until he says no. But I would also say, there is a paper thin line between due diligence and making sure you get the right fit, and demanding that your questions be answered exactly how you want them answered - bypassing the best candidate to make sure that he checks unnecessary boxes that you’ve conjured, ie Jerry Jonesing the situation.

Ultimately, what I am speaking to in the “obvious” comment is the pre-interview thought process (which is exactly where we as fans always stay in the process). When you are looking around the league at potential candidates for the job - and there’s a guy that worked with and in large part emulates the best coach this organization has ever had, went to the direct correlated college fanbase’s team in-state and had a legendary season, and is in place for his first NFL job after proving he’s incredible at coordinating an offense - I do think the first guy in the queue before due diligence is done should’ve been obvious.