Odds of Rizzi Getting Permanent Job and, If So, What Type of Contract (46 Viewers)

[2024InjuryApocalypse]

So if he beats another bad team, and loses against 2 teams with winning records, he gets it?

How is that any different than what Allen did? Allen beat bad teams at the end of his 2 seasons to get another year. All this is, is more Dennis Allen with some added yelling. We won’t have a defensive minded coach,or an offensive minded coach, but a special teams minded coach. Allen never beat teams he wasn’t supposed to beat. We never overperformed really. That would give Rizzi wins against teams currently picking 1, 5 and 6 in the draft, and the Falcons. While losing to teams who are all currently playoff teams.

I hope for the sake of the franchise they think more of themselves than settling on a special teams coach that was named interim. Rizzi just starts another 2 1/2 year cycle we just got out of with Allen.

Agree 100% and I'll add that the ATL win only happens b/c Koo had literally the worst game of his career. It wasn't b/c of some brilliant tactical gambit on Rizzi's part. And ATL has since been proven to be a seriously flawed team, too.

 

[Clintonrebel]

I don’t know that we even know who will make the decision. Gayle? Loomis? Will Loomis even be here? If Gayle makes the final call, who will she consult? I was impressed when she sought input from the team leaders when she let DA go. Will the players secretly rally to keep Rizz and or the OC? Or maybe rally for a fresh start? Maybe Drew will be on her “committee?” Too many unknowns. The process will tell us a lot.

 

[RJ in Lafayette]

I will make a few more assumptions.

First, my odds assume the Saints will go 1-2 over the next three games. If we lose all three, the odds plummet. If we win all three, the odds soar. If we go 2-1, the odds are higher.

Second, as I indicated in my original post, Loomis will likely be picking the next head coach if he remains as GM, and the likelihood is high that he remains GM. Gayle will have to approve, but the Saints are an incredibly insular organization, Gayle already has a relationship on some level with Rizzi, and usually after the season the players rally around and promote the interim coach to get the permanent job. See Antonio Pierce in Las Vegas.

Third, the players should never pick their new coach. It is one thing to listen to what the players have to say. If they say negative things, that's really important and a big red flag. But the players cannot be the dominant voice in the process.