Kellen Moore most likely to be Saints coach; Saints meeting Moore again after Super Bowl, Kellen Moore has begun working on assembling staff
The interviewing was scheduled to end after Moore, Kingsbury and then McCarthy before they went to interview Moore. McCarthy and Kingsbury pulled out. That ended the interview process after Moore's interview.
Anything about why that all happened is just speculation. There are several plausible scenarios that could have lead to McCarthy and Kingsbury pulling out, besides they were told Moore was the hire.
True, but looking at the timeline it's as such
-Saints Interviewed Moore Monday Night
-Kafka Shrine Bowl interview w/ NO Football took place around 10AM Tuesday (Had not been told Saints were going another direction yet)
-Kingsburry pulls out around 2PM Tuesday (theory on this is He and Moore share an agent, may have gotten word earlier)
-McCarthy pulls out around 9PM Tuesday
Nothing else after that outside of "Moore in drivers seat" has been reported. There's no clear indicator that everyone was told Moore was definite but there are some subtle reference points that suggest this is potentially what happened.
However, based on what we saw w/ Coehn...it's still very much possible that Moore could get cold feet, leaving us to choose between Rizzi, Kafka, and Anthony Weaver
Could the Saints have told Moore to sleep on it and offered him the job after the interview? Was he their guy the entire time, did Moore call them the next day and said he wanted the job? Lots of blanks left to fill in.