As for Big Tuna. Y not have your mentor come in and watch your team for a year. He just needs an athority figure there, someone with the same type of bravado. He knows that Carmichael will have the offense on check and Spags can focus on the D. Plus you have someone that is not a threat to keep the job once the suspension is over. Great job by SP.

As for the Rooney rule. Hell I’m Hispanic interview me. I know I have no chance but I can say I was interviewed by the Saints. As for Tomlin I might be wrong but I believe he was an internal hire which means they didn’t have to interview a minority. So he is not an example of the Rooney rule working.

So how does a guy who’s suspended … and who is not supposed to be having anything to do with the football operations of the Saints … how does he approach Bill Parcells about being the interim coach without violating the very nature of ‘suspension’?
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i find it hard for someone to ask that when everytime u posted on the subject of “bounty” chimed in with jokes about the saints. seems to me u only read headers in your thirst to be first. yes i root for the saints and still will- just be knowledgeable. with all ur comments it just took me aback @ u not knowing the timing of the suspension and what can be done in the interim.
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jgedgar70 says: Mar 26, 2012 2:12 PM

As a Panther fan, I would love for either Spags or Tuna to get this gig. Tuna hasn’t been a good coach since the mid-1990s, and we just saw how great a coach Spags was in St. Louis.

The Saints implosion is well underway, and with the Bucs rebuilding with a clueless college coach, all that remains is finding some scandal or other-world incompetence in Atlanta and the NFC South is ours…………
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WOW thats alot of ifs
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southcakpanther says: Mar 26, 2012 2:10 PM

Does anybody else find all this “Who Dat” garbage to be incredibly annoying? You NEVER heard a peep about Who Dat “nation” until 2009.
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what rock did u crawl from under in 2009

The players might not like this when they get to practice.

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Parcells is Payton’s mentor. Parcells promoted Payton to Offensive Coordinator in Dallas. I’m sure Payton has a pretty good idea of how Parcells runs his teams….

Not to mention Payton is a prick

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Insert Troy Aikman for Drew Brees…and you get Barry Switzer winning a Super Bowl with the Cowboys.

Payton has discussed the interim coaching job with his staff, and for various reasons THEY prefer not to be the interim coach.

Other articles I have read say that offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. would prefer to just call plays and offensive line coach Aaron Kromer isn’t going to campaign for the job. Steve Spagnuolo is new to the staff and just taking over the defense and wants to focus on that.

Whether those are their real reasons or whether they simply don’t want to remembered as the interim coach who went 6-10 because half their defense got suspended once Goodell announces player discipline, I don’t know.

But to simply ignore the fact that the current staff was considered PRIOR to Payton talking to Parcells in order to construct a theory about Payton’s intentions is just wrong.

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Not scared just trying to do whats best for the team before he gets out. Not too hard to figure out num-nuts. I really think all other teams are still scared to death of the Saints. With the full coaching staff or not we will be a force to reckon with.

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Your mom named you “jenniferxxx”? Crazy!

Since none of these other d-bags bothered to inform you – Payton’s suspension does not begin until April 1, 2017. So, he’s got 5 years and 5 days to name a replacement – as long as he also names at least 17 additional minority replacements to satisfy various CBA minority hiring requirements.

Didn’t I see you in a movie somewhere???…..

But I think @portlax12 makes the key point. I doubt Parcells wants to restart his HOF timeline. And keeping a seat warm with a team likely decimated with suspensions, in a tough division, doesn’t sound like a good sell to any esteemed coach – not the what most would want as the final item on their resume.

(I think back to Kerry Collins in Indy last year – who wants a black mark on their legacy with a thankless gig?)

As for the Rooney rule, even if its primary benefit at this point is just getting black coaches more interviews with more teams, it’s a good thing. That’s face time and interview experience that wouldn’t be had otherwise.

If there was a mandate that black coaches or GMs or owners had to be hired in a specific ratio, that would be bad. But since hiring isn’t mandated, it just opens up the process.

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He is not currently suspended… April 1st is his first day.

The Saints implosion is well underway, and with the Bucs rebuilding with a clueless college coach, all that remains is finding some scandal or other-world incompetence in Atlanta and the NFC South is ours…………

Let Tuna go to NO, he did wonders in Miami.

I thought Payton was suspended? That should be no participating in Saints activities or decisions at all. Assisting with his own replacement or interviewing personnel and participating in decision should be a violation. Has the suspension not started yet or is he flaunting the NFL again?

Here we go again…

I believe the suspension does not start until April. So I guess he still has all rights as head coach. Don’t seem right does it.

The defense would be in really good shape, though, assuming they still have any players….