Joe Brady may not have been the candidate the New Orleans Saints landed on, but it’ll be extremely difficult to wipe away the impact of Brady stepping out of the Saints’ head coaching race. This isn’t about who the best coach will be, because that won’t be decided for a long time. It’s about the view of the Saints hiring process.
New Orleans appears to be aggressively recruiting Kellen Moore. It’s the first candidate you can say that about since Aaron Glenn.
If Moore wins a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, you can sell the Saints picking a Super Bowl winning coordinator. It could energize the fan base, to a degree. That won’t change the optics of this looking like a consolation choice.
The worst part about it is there’s no guarantee Brady was going to get the job. Moore could have been the post-Glenn target all along but Brady stepping out of the race presents an image of him being a top candidate to the Saints.
left the stench of undesirableness all over the Saints. Though it’s been called a bad job all offseason, there’s a big difference bad job and undesirable.
Whoever the Saints pick will appear a second, and possibly third, option for New Orleans. Luckily for New Orleans, the only thing that matters is how you perform when you get there.
