Saints expected to be very interested in former Packers/Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy [McCarthy will interview early next week] (71 Viewers)

[ThibodauxSaint]

I'm not sure that a career .608 winning percentage and a Super Bowl win is mid. If it is then Payton is probably mid too since he only has one Super Bowl win and his career winning percentage is only slightly better at .618.

If you put Payton and McCarthy's careers side by side its eerily similar. I remember looking at that when people were suggesting that Jones would go after Payton when he left the Saints. I thought why would he do that when he basically had the same thing in McCarthy.

 

[SWJJ]

I would NOT be excited with this move. McCarthy egregiously misused Aaron Jones when he was with GB and I have struggled to think he is all that great since. --- but if we go that route, I am hoping to be proven wrong.

Cause Rodgers throw temper tantrums if you run the ball

 

[St.Dan]

McCarthy is a good coach. His problem in GB was Rodgers becoming a prima donna. You see that now with him with the Jets. McCarthy’s problem in Dallas, as has been every coach’s problem, is Jerry Jones. I think in NO, McCarthy could get the most out of his players like Payton did because Gayle isn’t a meddlesome owner. There are also no prima donnas on the team.

We surely agree on that one.

 

[MikeyF]

Since McCarthy is from Pittsburgh PA, his first choice might be Chicago.

Like Vrabel, we may not have a real shot at hiring him!

 

[texasjefe]

I could live with him hired here because of his experience. But I think it would be a lazy hire. And I think Mike's a paycheck-collecting retread who does not move the needle much one way or the other.

Stephen and Will took over the draft and player personnel in Dallas about 7 years ago and they built up the roster. I doubt McCarthy had more than an input role.

What did McCarthy do with the talent?

Herpa derpa'd in the playoffs on both sides of the ball. Had zero control of Dak no matter the preparation.

Granted, Mike does consistently oversay the word 'footbull' during a media appearance. And he does look like a human po-boy sandwich.

But he's outdated, like Loomis. Just as Loomis keeps a Drew Brees poster above his bed, Mike probably keeps a discount doublecheck Aaron poster above his.

 

[Infoman]

 

[reason2believe]

Interested in interviewing. Not hiring.

Please.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I think there was an exclusive negotiating window after contract expiration that was written into his contract.

I get the concept but I just don’t understand the difference between “your contract expires on the 1st but we have exclusive negotiating rights until the 10th” and “your contract expires on the 10th”

 

[killerdescore]

Is that the best we can do ?

Nothing will change then.

 

[Domeination]

I would not be excited about a McCarthy hire.

 

[Elvis]

I know a lot of people disagree, but I would not be angry at a Mike McCarthy hire. He has the 3rd most wins with 174 wins (DA had 26) of any active head coach and a .608 winning percentage (DA had .329). He's coached a Super Bowl winning team and knows what that looks like and what it takes to get there. Maybe he's not the best coach in the world, but the best coaches in the world already have jobs. And he just showed enough confidence in himself to not let Jerry Jones bully him into accepting a 1 year deal.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

he didn't succeed in Dallas because he's a bad coach, he didn't succeed for one reason only, Jerry Jones. No one will succeed there until Jerry dies, and that isn't even debatebale.

 

[j4m2b]

Joe brady still has the potential to be one of the best offensive minds on the nfl as coach,

 

[Elvis]

he didn't succeed in Dallas because he's a bad coach, he didn't succeed for one reason only, Jerry Jones. No one will succeed there until Jerry dies, and that isn't even debatebale.

He was 49-35 in Dallas and the played in 4 playoff games over 5 years. That is a huge upgrade from DA who was 18-25 with no playoff games.

 

[St. Widge]

Joe brady still has the potential to be one of the best offensive minds on the nfl as coach,

He does. But, he also has the floor of being one of the worst head coaches. He's really a complete unknown as a heach coach and there is plenty of chatter that he doesn't really have the personality for the HC job. I'd probably take the shot and hire him, but it would either be an amazing success or a terrible failure.