Underhill: Saints are interviewing probably 12-13 coaches for Head Coach position [ Tracker: 5 scheduled interviews] (18 Viewers)

[Hubig]

Out of the 12 candidates Underhill said he expects the Saints to interview, the fans are probably only gonna like 2-3 of them.

 

[Infoman]

If Loomis remains GM…. And it looks like he will…. I want a strong minded no BS rigid unmovable personality at HC who eats breathes and lives football…. Someone that has the balls and background to challenge Loomis or anyone else in the building’s management and judgment…

And even though they are not my personal choice for who I want to see be the HC here…

The only 2 names the fit that description and are attainable…. Are Gruden and Vrabel.

 

[St. Widge]

People should also keep this in mind before freaking out that we haven't hired a head coach as early as teams have in the past. In the past most head coaches were hired by the Divisional Round but now the NFL isn't even allowing in person interviews until after the Division Round. Now we can spend even longer trashing ever coach that they are rumored to have shown interest in:

 

[saints28]

I say this thing will drag on longer then other teams. They will be forced to have a large sample size of interviews. I think they will make a few offers that will not be accepted due to the direction of this team. Whomever ever it may be should be a good talent evaluator, as that is what is missing since Sean's departure.

 

[nakadish]

I was in the Joe Brady/Ben Johnson camp for a bit until last week when driving during the holidays. Listening to Press Coverage on NFL Radio, they were discussing how to fix the Jets as it's the worst job out there. They said it would take someone like Vrabel, an Alpha Dog HC who can build a team/culture. It's not going to be ine of these younger OC guys who have their heads buried in a play sheet.

That conversation carried over to how Pete Carroll might come back for the Chicago job, another Alpha Dog HC who can build a team/culture.

Then it went to how this season we'll see the guys like Carroll, Vrabel and Gruden get jobs b/c they owners/GMs are kinda tired of missing on these supposed up and comer coordinator gurus as they aren't team/culture building Alpha Dog HCs.

It makes a ton of sense and we need that, so I've switched from looking at Brady/Johnson or any hot shot OC to an actual team/culture building HC like Vrabel. Vrabel would be my first choice due to the team I know he could build. Gruden would be my second choice. He's going to get back into the league and those who think the league passed him by will be wrong as he's stayed close to the game with time to see it from the outside to evolve as a HC/OC play caller.

Those same people who are saying the game passed him by were the ones saying SP's offense was old and the league had caught up to it. SP is doing just fine in Denver.

I would be curious what Gruden thinks about QBs like JJ McCarthy, Daniel Jones, Zach Wilson and others who could be available or are reclamation projects. We know he'd roll with Carr to start and he does have a history with Haener, but I see Haener as a career backup, not a QB1. I'd be curious what his assessment is of Rattler as well.

So, what was it about Payton that suggested he was an alpha dog? He was demoted while with the Giants, and he was just a QB coach for the Cowboys. Payton didn't have a lot of skins on the wall when he was hired, either.

 

[St. Widge]

Something to keep in mind to try to not overreact to every report. Every interviewee in the search isn’t meant to be a big name or slam dunk candidate. A wide open search will have supposed underwhelming candidates to have a legitimate process. That can allow them to select the best hire after gathering as much information as possible.

As a follow-up Nick said this morning on his pregame YouTube video that they will interview 12 to 13 guys and he thinks there are two college coaches on the list of people they will interview. He also said that he does not think it is like last time when DA was the favorite and another coach had to blow the front office away to get the job. This will be an open process. It could end up being Glenn, but not because that decision has already been made or because others have to blow them away to make Glenn not the hire.

He also mentioned that it is not the case that they have put an conditions on keeping staff in order to get the job. They were not even allowed to contact coaches on other teams at the point so they could not have told Glenn conditions of getting the job.

 

[nakadish]

Out of the 12 candidates Underhill said he expects the Saints to interview, the fans are probably only gonna like 2-3 of them.

I think that's 2-3 too many.

 

[Snakehead]

So, what was it about Payton that suggested he was an alpha dog? He was demoted while with the Giants, and he was just a QB coach for the Cowboys. Payton didn't have a lot of skins on the wall when he was hired, either.

He was mentored by Parcels. It was also 2006, we are on the 2025 hiring cycle. Joe Brady strikes me as an OC, not HC. Ben Johnson seems like he might be able to be a HC, but that's TBD.

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

As a follow-up Nick said this morning on his pregame YouTube video that they will interview 12 to 13 guys and he thinks there are two college coaches on the list of people they will interview. He also said that he does not think it is like last time when DA was the favorite and another coach had to blow the front office away to get the job. This will be an open process. It could end up being Glenn, but not because that decision has already been made or because others have to blow them away to make Glenn not the hire.

He also mentioned that it is not the case that they have put an conditions on keeping staff in order to get the job. They were not even allowed to contact coaches on other teams at the point so they could not have told Glenn conditions of getting the job.

"But a guy on Twitter said..."

No wonder we're in the shape we're in.

 

[dr61258]

Kliff Kingsbury

 

[VPCajun]

Nick Underhill: Saints will interview probably 12 coaches for Head Coach opening; the search will be a wide process​

So, people that are not one of Loomis' cronies, then????

 

[SaintsMan209]

Do you think Dennis Allen will apply for the job?

 

[Cajun Chat]

Looks like Mickey read the Tony Pauline article and gave Nick some “scoop” to turn the heat down.

12 sounds like an Art Vandalay number.

Do we have 12 people that want this job besides people like Nagy, Glenn?

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

So, people that are not one of Loomis' cronies, then????

Who are his cronies?

 

[Sumdude34]

I expect to hear us have interest in Brian Flores. They seemed to like him in the last round even with all the trouble with the league he had going on at that time. No denying the work he has done with the Vikings defense.

Still, I don't want a HC who has had a pretty big failure their last time as a HC. That's just pressing redo on another Dennis Allen.