We don't know who's going to want that job.
We don't know. I will say this though
Saturday when the news came out that Sean Payton and
the Broncos have mutual interest and the Broncos are going to
interview him
made a phone call or two and was told that the Saints fully
expect to hear from the Cardinals and that was when we
were not quite sure. What
Michael did well, was going to do at least publicly. We
weren't sure what he was going to do. The Saints as of
Saturday night, had an anticipation, they were going
to hear from the card. Has about talking to Sean Payton
make sense. So that gets interesting
that gets interesting and that's the guy that's the guy
that we're talking about Kyla, Marie, right? That and 10 and
you know,
because he's the guy
who will take
supremely talented athlete and craft
an offense one week at a time, one game at a time, whatever
plays he'll have the Playbook available but he'll pick
based upon what he will.
Back to be facing defensively, the plays that will work. And
he'll come up with new ones, the day of the game,
walkthrough in the ballroom at the hotel. He'll come up with
a new play and install it, then
that's why you got to have the commitment. You got to keep up
with Sean Payton. If calamari doesn't make the commitment,
he's never going to keep up with Sean Payton, but it'll be
very interesting if they get into that mix
and Chris your buddy. Jim Harbaugh. It fascinates me just
that he would be back. Potentially in the NFC West.
Seriously facing Pete, Carroll and the Seahawks facing
the 49ers. I say year,
but it all comes down to how much power
and authority. Michael Bidwell is willing to hand
to his coach /gm and he said yesterday,
ideally higher. The GM first, then the coach, but not
necessarily. And that gives us a good sense of what that model
is going to be, is it the coach?
And the GM beneath the coach setting the table,
or is it the the GM? You know, the Giants model the way it was
for years. The GM is fully in charge and the coach works for
M, is
it
equal? That's part of what Bidwell has to figure out. A
lot of it depends upon who we want and what that person is
going to require by way of head coach. Yeah, well, I think
that's, you know, that's a whole nother conversation when
you talk about, you
know, Sean Payton and Jim Harbaugh. And
yeah, you're gonna
have to figure out who they're going to be comfortable with
and that that's going to be, you know, a team collaborative
type of thing there as well. Because
you know, like you've talked about, you don't want to throw
those two guys with just anybody their Powerful people,
as far as personalities, your concern, Sean Payton
I would think is going to want some say in roster moves and
stuff like that as well. So those are the things that have
to be ironed out and then of course to your point to those
are two coaches that Michael been. Well, certainly is not
going to have a lot of say with
and I'm not that they can't be diplomatic and
hear what he has to say. But you know, those are
the sheriff's, they're there, they're going to call
the shots. But but again, I think with,
you know, somewhat of a young
Team a Young quarterback. That's where I kind of leaned
too. As far as you know, that type of guy a guy that's you
know, again like we've talked about with Denver that's been
there done that understands good culture and to bring that,
you know, in the right place,
it just the last few years, it was fun,
you know, it, but it had a little bit of a feel of
the Wild Wild West to it. And, you know, the first year we saw
plays great second year. Oh great, there was some
improvement, but we fell apart towards the end of the year.
Then there was that
You know, third year, I gotta prove ourselves that we're
really worth it and they made a push but then they fell apart
of the end of the year and it just never turned back around.
And
hopefully they can be a little more consistent as far as
a team with their next head coach.
One last point before we move on to because the question will
come up as Payton is linked to the Broncos. What about
the quarterback situation there?
Peyton, if he gets linked to the Cardinals,
what about the quarterback situation? Their long-term?
You've got a quarterback with a torn ACL. You don't know when
he's gonna be. Who's going to take over in the interim,
Peyton made it clear when he talked about it on Fox on
Sunday morning. And this is something I believe Jim
Harbaugh. Also
accepts ownership and front office are the key. A good
coach will work
with anything else. Yeah, it made the point of saying now it
was it was his opportunity to say I think Russell Wilson's,
perfectly fine. And I would love to to coach him.
He didn't he said, hey, when we went to New Orleans, we didn't
have a quarterback.
You know they try to get Tony Romo. Yeah. When Sean Payton
went
New Orleans in 2006 before, anybody knew who Romo was right
and did because he was with the Cowboys, he tried to get Romo.
Parcells, told him, go to hell
and he got Drew Brees after the Dolphins passed on him, because
he had 20-plus studs in his shoulder, after injuring, it in
his final regular season game with the Chargers.
And it was kind of like,
that's all the saints really could do.
And what happened, it became one of the great
quarterback coach combinations of all time so
it'll be interesting to see.
Yeah, but it's not critical. To the destination
ownership and front office are going to be critical to
the destination for Peyton and Harbaugh. And hey, maybe
the Rams will be in play, who knows?