Falcons TE coach Kevin Koger declines to interview for Saints OC position (3 Viewers)

[meily]

It's a lateral move, I wouldn't want to uproot my family unless there was a pay raise or an area we loved. He also applied for 2 OC jobs, maybe he got word that he is in the running for them.

Tight Ends coach to Offensive Coordinator is not a lateral move.

 

[baarbogast]

Tight Ends coach to Offensive Coordinator is not a lateral move.

I thought he turned down our TE coach position. I read it wrong, just focused on other two teams.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Blessing in disguise, I wouldn’t want any of the Falcons offensive coaches.

Which was kinda my point. Apparently someone didn't get it.

 

[greatshow25]

It's not a requirement. I don't think the 49ers have one.

The 49ers didn’t have one but they promoted Klint’s brother Klay Kubiak to the role. Then they still had to go by the Rooney Rule.

 

[BBarnes]

Don’t blame him. He knows he’d just be coming here for the day to day help, he wouldn’t truly be an OC bc he wouldn’t call plays.

Plus I don’t want anyone off that garbage staff

 

[Saint KayBee]

Doesn’t make any sense! The Saints hired Kellen Moore,

and according to this message board,

he’s the best HC hire this cycle!!

Yeah pal, this is the Saints fan message board.
Your name has the word Saint in it.
The offseason is the time for belief. It’s a new era and excitement for it is reasonable.

What is going on here?!?!?

Guy doesn’t want job. It happens.

Why wouldn’t he want to work with this injury riddled OL, aging star RB, and injury prone and ridiculously thin WR corps?

Every day, people make choices

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

Didn’t want to be a Rooney rule marker.

 

[Rouxble]

We are certainly being deliberate with our coordinator search. Ben Johnson hired all three in less than a week, we haven’t even interviewed anyone yet. I blame the Super Bowl parade.

 

[Fiyo]

Should we be upset at this?

Heck no. There are better choices out there. Tee Martin would be one if he could handle not calling plays. But I’d try to bring him in before Koger.

 

[UFCSaint]

Did we really want that stank on us?

 

[Alan12]

I wouldn't want any of their offensive coaches when their offense could only score 12 points in 2 games against us last year and were outscored by their defense and special teams unit which combined to score 31 points in those 2 games.

 

[Tapxe]

Doesn’t make any sense! The Saints hired Kellen Moore, and according to this message board, he’s the best HC hire this cycle!!

What is going on here?!?!?

Why wouldn’t he want to work with this injury riddled OL, aging star RB, and injury prone and ridiculously thin WR corps?

 

[soggymoss84]

We are certainly being deliberate with our coordinator search. Ben Johnson hired all three in less than a week, we haven’t even interviewed anyone yet. I blame the Super Bowl parade.

Pretty sure they already have the coordinators they want, they just have to satisfy the stupid rooney rule. Going to be hard to satisfy that when guys know they’re not getting the job

 

[Rouxble]

Pretty sure they already have the coordinators they want, they just have to satisfy the stupid rooney rule. Going to be hard to satisfy that when guys know they’re not getting the job

I thought we may be having issues because plenty of coaches have already found work by now (including a lot of coaches that Moore has familiarity with). At the same time, both Gannon and Steichen had their coordinator spots filled within six days of being hired even though they weren’t hired until after the Super Bowl.

No parade for them, though.

 

[Elvis]

No conspiracies about the Saints being a bad situation is needed on this one.

One of the risks we took in waiting 3 weeks longer to hire a coach and get busy building a staff is that some people may have already made commitments for the season already and don't want to be known in coaching circles as a person who would jump to another team after making those commitments and beginning work on a new season. I don't know if that is why he declined, but it would make sense to me.

On top of that, the rumor mill has been pretty consistent that Nussmeier is the leading candidate for the job. So while there may be some small interest in him for OC, it does appear to be fulfilling league requirements than a real opportunity to get the job. Add in that it would be with a hated division rival and I cannot blame him for declining to interview for a job he was unlikely to get.