Saints are flying Kafka and Weaver in for 2nd interviews [interviews rescheduled to January 24-25 due to snowstorm in N.O.] (73 Viewers)

[SAINTSFAN]

The biggest downside is that it slows the Saints’ process down in terms of being in Rooney compliance.

Does the Rooney Rule require in person interviews?

 

[St. Geezy]

Does the Rooney Rule require in person interviews?

Yes. You must in-person interview at least two minority candidates.

 

[NS_Saint]

I'm liking Anthony Weaver the more I read about him. In an article, John Harbaugh called him a "superstar". He went into a lot of details about how he is as a teacher and how he interacted with players. They respond to him.

I think Kafka would be a really good hire too. Andy Reid and Mahomes love the guy and think he's ready to be a HC.

 

[soggymoss84]

 

[3ParStillDriver]

Interesting that there's still no hard date/time set for the McCarthy interview but they're pushing Weaver and Kafka.

Speculation has me thinking they're trying to get the Rooney Rule out of the way, and they're not gung ho about McCarthy until they get to also interview Brady and Moore who can't set in person interviews until either Monday or after the games Sunday.

Which also leads me to believe that the candidates are narrowed down to McCarthy, Brady and Moore. I don't dislike either of these 3 if I'm being honest. I would put Moore at the bottom but there's also very little reason to. McCarthy would be unexciting, but good. Brady is the one that would have me excited, but is also a medium risk IMO.

Either way you cut it, its a pretty good crop to select from. Still curious why the Jags and Raiders haven't even requested interviewing McCarthy that we know of.

 

[HogsNSaints]

I’ve got a great idea, let’s hire the OC away from literally the worst offense in the entire NFL.
Why be 2nd worst when you can steal the absolute worst’s OC?!!

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Just as I never thought I’d see the Lombardi in New Orleans I also never thought I’d see the headline “snowstorm in New Orleans” lol.

 

[SAINTSFAN]

Interesting that there's still no hard date/time set for the McCarthy interview but they're pushing Weaver and Kafka.

Speculation has me thinking they're trying to get the Rooney Rule out of the way, and they're not gung ho about McCarthy until they get to also interview Brady and Moore who can't set in person interviews until either Monday or after the games Sunday.

Which also leads me to believe that the candidates are narrowed down to McCarthy, Brady and Moore. I don't dislike either of these 3 if I'm being honest. I would put Moore at the bottom but there's also very little reason to. McCarthy would be unexciting, but good. Brady is the one that would have me excited, but is also a medium risk IMO.

Either way you cut it, its a pretty good crop to select from. Still curious why the Jags and Raiders haven't even requested interviewing McCarthy that we know of.

Appears that way. Very odd that we did not get those done much earlier so that we would have more flexibility if we had to act quickly on a coaching candidate.

 

[nakadish]

Appears that way. Very odd that we did not get those done much earlier so that we would have more flexibility if we had to act quickly on a coaching candidate.

Maybe it's a little more to the Saints than just getting them out of the way.

 

[Saint KayBee]

I’ve got a great idea, let’s hire the OC away from literally the worst offense in the entire NFL.
Why be 2nd worst when you can steal the absolute worst’s OC?!!

I’ve got a great idea, let’s hire an OC who is highly spoken of and well-liked in NFL circles.
Why look at his entire body of work when you can just be lazy and hone in on one year of work he did with a talent-poor team?!!

 

[BigDSaintsFan]

Appears that way. Very odd that we did not get those done much earlier so that we would have more flexibility if we had to act quickly on a coaching candidate.

I think the rule is if a coach has a contract with another team, the in-person interview can not take place until after the divisional playoff games.

I also hope the front office is taking these interviews seriously. They may find a diamond in the rough.

 

[BELOWSEALEVEL]

Weaver is solid. Hed probably keep kubiak

 

[HogsNSaints]

Why look at his entire body of work when you can just be lazy and hone in on one year of work he did with a talent-poor team?!!

He didn’t get one year with NY, he had 3.. His offenses (and QB play) went from bad, to worse, to worst in his 3 years.

He touched the cloak of greatness in KC, but so did Eric Bienemy, so did Matt Nagy… We aren’t banging their door down to come interview.. The Chiefs have won the Super Bowl literally every season that he has been gone..

I won’t even acknowledge the “his friends in coaching have really nice things to say about him..”. I can’t think of a wilder thing you could say when discussing a coaching hire.

Who is being lazy…?

 

[Saint KayBee]

He didn’t get one year with NY, he had 3.. His offenses (and QB play) went from bad, to worse, to worst in his 3 years.

He touched the cloak of greatness in KC, but so did Eric Bienemy, so did Matt Nagy… The Chiefs have won the Super Bowl literally every season that he has been gone..

I won’t even acknowledge the “his friends in coaching have really nice things to say about him..”. Literally the goofiest thing you could say when discussing a coaching hire.

Who is being lazy…?

You are, because you’re looking only at last season’s results and concluding that he’d be a bad head coach.

I’m going off the words of people in the league, not what a poster on a message board thinks. I also know that Daniel Jones and their offense had a strong 2022 with NYG, prompting Brian Daboll to think he should run it from there, which has shown to be a mistake. With that in mind, I’d further argue that getting Kafka out of that talent-poor madhouse would be best for him.

Or you could continue to lazily point at the 2024 results and not allow space for a single other factor.

 

[BigDSaintsFan]

You are, because you’re looking only at last season’s results and concluding that he’d be a bad head coach.

I’m going off the words of people in the league, not what a poster on a message board thinks. I also know that Daniel Jones and their offense had a strong 2022 with NYG, prompting Brian Daboll to think he should run it from there, which has shown to be a mistake. With that in mind, I’d further argue that getting Kafka out of that talent-poor madhouse would be best for him.

Or you could continue to lazily point at the 2024 results and not allow space for a single other factor.

I was listening to Late Hits radio show on NFL Radio, Sirius XM a couple of weeks ago and they had a reporter on from NY. He was saying after Daboll took play-calling away from Kafka, he wanted out of NY. Then the Giants promoted him to assistant head coach to get him to stay.