Apparently they cannot actually hire him until they can interview other people a week or so from now.
Joel Thomas is also leaving the Saints to join the Giants as their new RB Coach after being in New Orleans for 9 years.Saints fired OC Pete Carmichael who had been with the franchise in that position since 2009.
It has been strongly suggested that they already hired him and just had to get the outside interviews out of the way. He was out representing the team in city events on Monday. What they do at QB will determine however this is going to work.I feel like AP has the job, they don’t have plans on interviewing anyone else. He also has interest from other teams, so that increases his worth as a coach in their eyes. He shouldn’t need that, but with this org they need all the pushing that they can get. This would be a move to signify that they’re finally getting it right.
They had a clause in Mayo's contract that allowed him to be promoted to HC in the event Belichick left/was fired IIRC. Supposedly they did the same clause thing with McDaniels before he went to Las Vegas.How were the Patriots able to get away with not doing any outside interviews before announcing Mayo as the new HC then?
Easier to let everyone else blame the shitty coach lest anyone think the owner is a shitty owner and operator.
Good candidate? He coached the Patriots TEs and FBs from 2017-2021 (was an offensive assistant in 2015 & 2016) so he's familiar with the Patriots system/the "philosophy" such as it will be under Mayo/etc. Like most of Belichick's hires, he also has extensive experience on the other side of the ball mostly coaching secondaries in college.@HarleyQuinn , is called a good candidate? Bad candidate?