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Are we going to end up with the Runt of the litter?

Posted on 1/22/25 at 12:55 pm
Posted by deathvalleyfreak43
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
14383 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 12:55 pm
Looking like it’ll be McCarthy….

Best case scenario is next 2-3 years is Top 5 pick level tanking and we stock pile a shite ton of draft picks and young talent. Then we start fresh with New GM & Head Coach with a #1 pick.
Posted by DUKE87
Covington, LA
Member since May 2021
1614 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 12:56 pm to
Yes.
Posted by LSUSkip
Central, LA
Member since Jul 2012
24717 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 12:59 pm to
It doesn't matter who you hire, you're not doing anything with the roster and cap situation the way it is.
Posted by fischd1
Mandeville
Member since Dec 2007
3367 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 12:59 pm to
Yes because no one wants to be in cap hell
Posted by deathvalleyfreak43
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
14383 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:02 pm to
Worst Case Scenario… Mickey and Retread uninspired hire Putt along for the next 5 years teatering on .500 and never making the playoffs. The pick stay in the 13-15 range and Loomis squanders those picks.
Posted by chadr07
Pineville, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
12811 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:07 pm to
Yes the Saints are the last chance U of the NFL.
Posted by BigTigerJoe
Member since Aug 2022
11503 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

Are we going to end up with the Runt of the litter?

quote:

Looking like it’ll be McCarthy….

He’s a pretty big runt.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
34193 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:15 pm to
Coaches/agents recognize the Saints are not in a good position right now to potentially have significant success. Coaches, with options, are reluctant to take a job where it is a high probability from the outset they will be fired in a few years for not winning enough...for a franchise not set up to win now.
Posted by LSUbacchus81
Hendersonville, TN
Member since Aug 2007
5531 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:16 pm to
I hope so.
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
25198 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:19 pm to
quote:

McCarthy


is not the runt of the litter.

In fact...id bet he lasts near the top of the longest tenures of all the coaches that get hired this offseason
Posted by blueboxer1119
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2013
9574 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:23 pm to
Prepare for a trash garbage retread that nobody wants.

Then prepare for at least 3 more years of getting crushed. I see 3 and 4 win seasons approaching.

The future is bright.

Entire franchise is a dumpster fire.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
20817 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 1:23 pm to
So many of us have been warning everyone that this job is the 7th or 8th “best job” out of 7 or 8 openings. A lot of people were in denial and didn’t want to accept it
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53121 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 2:19 pm to
Honestly the Saints aren't that attractive of an opening right now. No franchise QB and none on the horizon, old team that needs a total rebuild, salary cap mess.

The best thing for this team would probably be to have a good draft and go like 3-14 next year and draft a QB. The problem is with Carr we'll be just good enough to get 7-8 wins but miss the playoffs.
Posted by Akit1
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2006
8205 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 2:31 pm to
quote:

It doesn't matter who you hire, you're not doing anything with the roster and cap situation the way it is.


Anything less than an NFCCG appearance and I’ll be very upset
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15911 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:39 pm to
Lmao. The runt of the litter.

Mike McCarthy.

A likely HoF coach some day.

You guys are retarded. lol.
Posted by Geauxgurt
Member since Sep 2013
13309 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 7:25 pm to
Best thing would be to follow the Texans approach after Bill O’Brien was let go. Hire a place holder for two years while you clean up the mess. Do it on the cheap and focus on staff hires to develop the young talent while getting more draft equity and resetting the cap.

Then go all in once you have the flexibility and can draft a young QB. I think fans would buy in if that is the approach.

If they try and “win now” and avoid the rebuild and prolong the cap hell fans will bail quickly. They already have lost a lot of fans with Mickey still there.
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
5544 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 7:26 pm to
quote:

He’s a pretty big runt.


NOLA food is going to expedite his heart decline.
Posted by BigTigerJoe
Member since Aug 2022
11503 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 7:36 pm to
quote:

NOLA food is going to expedite his heart decline.

It did cross my mind, too. He needs a personal chef and nutritionist.
Posted by Blueghost1978
Metairie, LA
Member since Jan 2024
761 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 8:42 pm to
Exactly. I’d take him in a second over someone with no experience at the HC position. This team is going to be a very tough team to Coach and I don’t want someone who is getting his feet wet, to be coaching them. Cap problems aside.
Posted by Townedrunkard
Member since Jan 2019
13938 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 8:54 pm to
quote:

Best thing would be to follow the Texans approach after Bill O’Brien was let go. Hire a place holder for two years while you clean up the mess. Do it on the cheap and focus on staff hires to develop the young talent while getting more draft equity and resetting the cap


Good idea. We could just hire Lovie Smith ourselves. Or that other bad minority coach the Cardinals fired after one year. Wilks. That way they tank and we get the Rooney rule DEI extra draft picks.
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