re: According to 247 Insiders, Curtis Johnson is the top option for LSU PGC Opening

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The Saints are the common denominator though. Hence O joked a week ago that he wanted to hire Sean Payton, but settled for Brady when he couldn’t do that.

I’d say the chances of Ensminger being able to successfully run a system that he just called plays for is higher than thinking you’ll find the next Brady, McVay, Kyle Shanahan, etc.

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I guess what I'm saying is finding the next Brady should be the goal, not hiring a Saints assistant. Why wouldn't you try for that? We are not lacking resources to find that coach. It just seems like they don't think they have to do it for whatever reason.

Do they think that Brady was great because he came from the Saints or that he was great because he had a great mind for the game? I don't know why you would go from making an apparently inspired hire like Brady, then go back to an also-ran like CJ. Like I said, it makes it seem like they don't really know why Brady was as good as he was. It wasn't because of the Saints, that just happened to be where he was when they found him.