re: Do the Saints need a new offensive line coach?

I mentioned this a while back, and I think people don't appreciate what a huge loss Kromer leaving to Chicago was. There is a reason our line was stable for most of Payton's tenure here no matter who played. The only major hick up came when Kromer was staffed with being head coach and couldn't focus his time on the OL.

Ingalls is simply not that good. May be a good RB coach, but as an OL he's very suspect. The whole OL regressed, so you can't place it on one player, thus it goes back to coaching.

Munchak would be a great hire and they could reassign Ingalls. He's also got talent to work with here. Hell, I'd even can Carmichael and replace him with Munchak since Payton is really who runs the offense just to get him as OL coach.

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I wasn't saying to do it, but if getting it came down to hiring a legit guy like Munchak by getting rid of Carmichael, then I'd do it in a heartbeat.

The Saints offense has run amazingly for 8 years under Payton for the most part, so it's not like Carmichael has been the sole reason.

Again, I am not advocating firing him, I simply think getting one of the best OL coaches in the league would be worth more than him IMO.

Well Bret Ingalls was promoted from RBs coach to Oline coach when Kromer jetted for Chitgago. I wonder if he'd be put back into the RBs coach position? I don't know much about him, but if he's good at his job as RBs coach, it'd make more sense to put him back (if that's what he wants) and vacate the position.

I trust them, they made the right decision last year about the secondary's coach from Ole Miss. I think they do what's needed here too. In short, yes I do think they need a new Oline coach.