Joe Brady withdraws from Saints HC search

While I think we aren't all that desireable, I also believe that Johnson, Vrabel and Glenn weren't available to us from the get go. The Raiders hired Pete and the Cowboys went with Schottenheimer. We have a nice pool to chose from, even if Brady or a few of the remaining pool don't want to be here. We will hire a decent candidate. I'd be happy with McCarthy, Kingsbury or Moore. I've also been a Kafka honk for the past few years and could live with that hire. I just believe McCarthy is the right guy considering our circumstances. Asking a young unproven HC to step in and navigate this mess scares me. I think McCarthy has the skin to handle it. It could become overwhelming for a younger guy with less experience. The reality is, this team is at least 2 years away from even thinking about turning this around.

Yes. Having a guy refuse an in person interview isn't a good look for the team. But, I'm not sure that Brady would have been the correct choice anyway and I think we still have good options with McCarthy, Moore, Kafka, and Weaver. So, as long as we don't lose all of those options it's fine. Especially if McCarthy is still an option. And the truth is, even missing on Vrabel, Glenn, and Brady is better then hiring Schotenheimer and Carroll. And frankly, as much as I like the McVay system, hiring Coen seems really risky as flaky as his job history has been and having only been an NFL OC for one year in which he just improved on the system that was already in place.