Saints planned to interview Mike McCarthy; McCarthy didn’t garner enough interest from Saints and will take a year off (5 Viewers)

[SpeckKillerII]

From the Mike McCarty Wiki page. How quickly people forget his time as our OC. It was Haslett that sucked.

IMHO, those players would have reached those numbers no matter who the OC was. I believe it was McCarthy and not Haslett keeping Delhomme off the field the final 3 games of that season where we only needed to win 1 out of the last 3 to make the playoffs. Haslett was a defensive coach and if McCarthy would’ve told Haslett we need to start Jake, Haslett would have done it in a hiccup.

 

[St. Widge]

Don Yee is Sean Payton's agent. So I suspect he and Loomis have done deals before.

 

[St. Widge]

IMHO, those players would have reached those numbers no matter who the OC was. I believe it was McCarthy and not Haslett keeping Delhomme off the field the final 3 games of that season where we only needed to win 1 out of the last 3 to make the playoffs. Haslett was a defensive coach and if McCarthy would’ve told Haslett we need to start Jake, Haslett would have done it in a hiccup.

So you don't think OCs make a difference? And why do you think McCarty made the call to keep starting Brooks when Haslett was the HC?

 

[Ti Rider]

Mike Mccarthy coming here would be like Jacksonville hiring Doug Pederson. Mccarthy would mean keeping Carr and trying to compete like we have the last few years but fail. Look at what advances in the playoffs these days, young athletic QB's with a younger innovative OC. Mccarthy's time has come and gone in the NFL.

Sad but true and probably the reason Loomis wants him. It would allow Loomis to keep operating the cap the way he has. McCarthy is a relic and pitiful Head Coach. The Cowboys roster is stacked and he managed to do nothing with it. Yes the Cowboys are generally overrated but an actual decent to good HC could’ve gotten them into the playoffs. Might as well hire train wreck Gruden if this is the direction you are headed.

I wasn’t crazy about Aaron Glenn (the team needs a young offensive minded HC prepared for painful rebuild) but he’d be much, much better than McCarthy. This is exactly what I was afraid of……at least two or three more years of pain and suffering before Mrs. Benson is forced to fire both Loomis and McCarthy.

 

[El Caliente]

I would take Mike McCarthy in a heart beat. As has been pointed out, he has a solid career win %, and considering the blood that he extracted from a stone of a roster in Dallas, that’s really saying something.

 

[cdogg]

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[TenTwo]

Hiring McCarthy will have Saints fans longing for the glory days of Dennis Allen’s leadership. McCarthy is well known for skirting personal accountability when things go south

 

[DerrickB]

If McCarthy is hired than I believe Carr may stay.

 

[Elvis]

IMHO, those players would have reached those numbers no matter who the OC was. I believe it was McCarthy and not Haslett keeping Delhomme off the field the final 3 games of that season where we only needed to win 1 out of the last 3 to make the playoffs. Haslett was a defensive coach and if McCarthy would’ve told Haslett we need to start Jake, Haslett would have done it in a hiccup.

You don't just bench the QB that got you to 9-4 while you're in the playoff hunt. You certainly don't do it in favor of a guy who only had 2 starts under his belt five years earlier. And you have no evidence either way that it was McCarthy who made that choice.

 

[Saintstigerking]

God I hope not!

 

[Saint Jack]

 

[DerrickB]

It's going to happen isn't it?

 

[Elvis]

It's going to happen isn't it?

I'm more intrigued by Kingsbury personally. I think he's learned a lot since his first shot in AZ. But I wouldn't hate McCarthy either.

 

[Broad St. Saint]

Yeah, I'm not sure what people are expecting. He has a better win percentage over his career than Vrabel who many really wanted and nearly the same career win percentage as Payton, both with one Super Bowl win. And almost all of us would take Payton back if he would come back.

This. And for those who think McCarthy is not young, that's true, but he is literally the same age (61) as Sean Payton. With more playoff appearances and playoff games, but the exact same .500 record in the playoffs.