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The coaching candidate pool this offseason is going to be very dearth

Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:02 am
Posted by oncealurker
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2013
5064 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:02 am
Let me start this post by saying I think and support the notion that DA needs to be fired. But I also know that before you fire a coach, you should examine the market to determine if there is/are candidates out there available who will be just as good or better as replacements. No competent organization fires a coach without having an idea as to who they would like to pursue as their next coach. And unfortunately for the Saints, there will be many head coach openings in the league this offseason and we will be at the bottom of most top candidates lists due to not having a QB and an aging roster. I think this is why DA stays another year. Believe it or not, we could fire DA and end up with an even worse coach. The candidates are slim pickings and why would Ben Johnson or someone of his caliber pick New Orleans over LA?

TL;DR version: we’re fricked because we can’t get just any coach we want and the market for new coaches sucks this year. We’re stuck with DA at least another year.
Posted by Willietd
Member since Apr 2017
1788 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:05 am to
Competent organization??
Posted by Suntiger
BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
33010 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:08 am to
quote:

why would Ben Johnson or someone of his caliber pick New Orleans over LA?


Chargers have no fan base.
Owner is cheap and nobody wants to play for them (see Eli Manning).
Play in the same division as Kansas City and Denver, so not likely making playoffs anytime soon.
Herbert has a big arm, but isn’t a winner.
New Orleans is more attractive because we are exact opposite of all that and GM isn’t going anywhere, so you would have support of management.

This is a great job to have.

ETA, way less in income taxes.
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 9:09 am
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
31089 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:19 am to
quote:

The coaching candidate pool this offseason is going to be very dearth


That is a horrible sentence.

Better choices

"There will be a dearth of coaching candidates this offseason" if dearth is a new word to you and you just want to use it in the sentence.


Or substitute the adjective diluted, slim, or sparse for the noun dearth.

This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 9:23 am
Posted by Load Toad
Haughton, LA
Member since Aug 2008
1966 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:25 am to
Saints should offer 13 mil a year to Michigan HC. He wins in playoffs. He knows how to coach.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17235 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 10:20 am to
There really is only one option- Gruden

And it will be glorious
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 10:23 am
Posted by A Smoke Break
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2018
2065 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 11:40 am to
I want belecheck for 5+ years. Build the roster back up. Promote from within. Fire loomis in the process.

Or let Bill become our GM. That's what I want.
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
64484 posts
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:37 pm to
quote:

Believe it or not, we could fire DA and end up with an even worse coach.


It would be next to impossible for him to be worse historically speaking.
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