Saints to interview Mike McCarthy at the end of this week near Jan 29-Feb 1 [Underhill: McCarthy would have to be the current favorite]

true, but seems like a LOT of due diligence could have been done before the season had ended. I'm not talking about "tampering". Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels like we woulda/coulda/shoulda known who we wanted to talk to on Black Monday. I still think we COULD end up with the next CSP....he fell into our lap in 2006, and maybe that's happening again in 2025. But the longer it takes to identify that guy, the more quality coaches we're missing out on to fill the new HCs staff. And I feel like THOSE hires are going to be what makes or breaks the next HC tenure.

We may still get "our" guy. But will "our" guy, get HIS guys? Or will we have missed out because it took so long to get our guy? It's a valid concern. JMO...
Not saying the concern isn't valid, but if they were set on interviewing someone who was still not available, there's nothing they can do until that coach becomes available for interviews.

Also, they had to wait for the Rooney rule to be satisfied before making a hire as well, and that didn't happen til recently.

I don't know what goes on behind closed doors, so I can't really comment on whether what they're doing is good or not.