Kellen Moore most likely to be Saints coach per Garafalo, Hire not finalized yet due to SB; Kellen Moore in driver seat per Jonathan Jones (44 Viewers)

[St. Geezy]

I just have a thought, I recently found out Kellen has a brother Kirby Moore. What if he decides to bring his brother with him to New Orleans on the staff?

Guess it just depends on the two guys’ relationship and whether little brother wants to forge his own path or not.

Seems like it would be likely he’d be ready for a NFL position coach role, but who knows.

 

[Rexman100]

Anyone rememeber the situation with Klint last year, at this time last year were we positive he was coming here? Or like it is now, tea leaves and connecting dots…. I know he can’t be officially hired until after the Super Bowl. But I also read that the information can come out making it clear if we’re hiring KM.

 

[St. Geezy]

Anyone rememeber the situation with Klint last year, at this time last year were we positive he was coming here? Or like it is now, tea leaves and connecting dots…. I know he can’t be officially hired until after the Super Bowl. But I also read that the information can come out making it clear if we’re hiring KM.

Actually looked at that a little while ago. At quick glance, we didn’t start seeing media reports until February 2nd, using vague but confident language like we see now. Nothing concrete starting being said until around the weekend of the Super Bowl, and the formal press releases started the day after the game.

Obviously that was a much less profile hire for a lesser profile role, so we have to keep that in mind.

 

[Jd101]

Anyone rememeber the situation with Klint last year, at this time last year were we positive he was coming here? Or like it is now, tea leaves and connecting dots…. I know he can’t be officially hired until after the Super Bowl. But I also read that the information can come out making it clear if we’re hiring KM.

Look at it this way. Imagine the Saints were in the SB, and another team wanted to hire him as HC would you want the saints dealing with that distraction while getting ready for the SB

 

[DSnfla]

Not only is that true, but it's also true the Saints can't make a formal organizational announcement until after the Super Bowl, unless the Eagles give them written permission to hire Moore, which they clearly aren't going to do.

Those rules do not apply to reporting by the media from unnamed sources. In the past, there have been reports in the nature of "X will be the coach, they just can't finalize or announce it until" and no team was penalized for those reports.

All we are getting from the press is "Moore is the (front runner, most likely, in driver's seat, really impressive) candidate." Not a single reporter is saying that "Moore will be the coach."

To emphasize, I am not saying Moore will not be the coach. I'm just saying that nothing that is known at this moment is enough to lead to any definitive conclusions.

If Moore had said no then we would have pivoted to Kafka and McCarthy would not have pulled out. Now it's possible that he may have needed 24hrs or so to decide, but it's almost Fri now and we haven't budged so I think it's somewhat safe to say he's in

 

[Rexman100]

Look at it this way. Imagine the Saints were in the SB, and another team wanted to hire him as HC would you want the saints dealing with that distraction while getting ready for the SB

Yea I agree, But if you go to the Philly forum, they are discussing who will be next for them. So they seem to know it’s imminent.

 

[Cajun Chat]

Yea I agree, But if you go to the Philly forum, they are discussing who will be next for them. So they seem to know it’s imminent.

Kellen Moore is young, a former QB and by most accounts a smart guy.

My concerns are he was fired or let go in Dallas, fired in San Diego with the rest of their staff, then he landed in Philly. He has one of the better QB's in the league, the best RB and maybe a top 5 combo of WR's in Brown and Smith. He won't inherit that in NOLA.
He gets a middle of the road QB, a top 10 RB, an oft injured combo of receivers, aging defense and a mess of the salary cap. Is he the next Sean Payton? I'm not sure about that.

Can he lead the organization? Keep control of the locker room if the team goes 4-13 next year.

 

[Jd101]

Yea I agree, But if you go to the Philly forum, they are discussing who will be next for them. So they seem to know it’s imminent.

Everything looks like Moore is going to NO, but I'm waiting for it to be official