Polymarkets has Mike McCarthy as odds on favorite to be Saints next head coach

Vrabel went quickly because he went where he wanted to go. You know his history with NE. To pretend otherwise is silly. Carroll is also a head scratcher, but what does that prove about the Saints? I would also call that a lazy hire.

I dont really want to rehash this again. In my opinion, McCarthy has the highest floor for sure, but not the highest ceiling. We dont have to agree. I'm an analytical person. Analytics say a first time coaches will win a Superbowl before McCarthy wins a second. You can believe what you want or not trust the current data, and that's okay. I've stated why I believe what I do. That's all. You claimed I had some narrative. This is my narrative. I'd prefer Brady tbh, but any of the first time guys, I'd rather see get a shot. I think long term the Saints will be better off. I know I could be wrong, but everyone else here is doing what I'm doing, giving an opinion. That's what we're supposed to do here. Listen to other opinions and share our own opinions. There's a lot more "let me tell you why you're wrong!" On the board these days and it's really off putting.

I didn't pretend otherwise with Vrabel. But the point still stands that just because he didn't go on a bunch of interviews it doesn't mean that other GMs didn't have interest. They just couldn't get interviews with him. And while the Bears did get an interview with McCarthy, he may not have wanted interviews with the other teams that he really didn't consider options. Much like Vrabel didn't bother with anyone other than New England. Same goes for Pete Carroll.

But, the thing is you aren't just saying that you think the analytics show that hiring a young HC is statistically a better chance to get the the Super Bowl (which I do disagree with), but instead you are just calling a hire of McCarthy lazy and talking about how the front office is lazy. That's not just giving your opinion based on analytics and then me attacking you for your innocent use of analytics. And that is the post I responded to and took issue with.

Anyway, message boards involve people disagreeing and saying why they disagree. Then you can discuss those disagreements. I'm not sure there is any place in the world where you just say what you think and nobody ever disagrees.