Haz Fired (MERGED POST HERE)
 

Need opinons about who we will get as a new head coach?

RE: Coach
 

Go Kubiak!!!

Haslett Fired..ESPN news
 

Who will be our next coach?

RE: Haslett Fired..ESPN news
 

Saints | Haslett fired
Mon, 2 Jan 2006 10:35:06 -0800

Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com, reports the New Orleans Saints have fired head coach Jim Haslett. He was informed of general manager Mickey Loomis' decision Monday morning, Jan. 2, and then Loomis met with owner Tom Benson shortly after to finalize the details. Loomis will begin interviewing candidates immediately. The Saints are expected to announce the move later today.

RE: Haslett Fired..ESPN news
 

RE: Haslett Fired..ESPN news
 

haslett is out just saw it on espn news also

HAZ FIRED!!!!
 

Saints | Haslett fired
Mon, 2 Jan 2006 10:35:06 -0800

Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com, reports the New Orleans Saints have fired head coach Jim Haslett. He was informed of general manager Mickey Loomis' decision Monday morning, Jan. 2, and then Loomis met with owner Tom Benson shortly after to finalize the details. Loomis will begin interviewing candidates immediately. The Saints are expected to announce the move later today.


http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5214670


credit goes to LongTimeFan for the heads up!!!

RE: Haslett Fired..ESPN news
 

And the crowd goes wild .........

http://www.steppenwolf.com/fromthero...nta/crowd2.jpg

RE: Coach
 

Anybody for Kirk Ferentz? I am.

RE: Coach
 

Sorry guys we crashed right after we posted the news on the front page. LOTS of people tried to log on all at once which was too much at the time. Sorry we were down. I'm trying to merge together some of these threads about Haz, not trying to step any toes just need to get this organized into one discussion.

Thanks

RE: Coach
 

this sums up haslettusdown 4 years with the saints. copied from a article at espn...

A popular coach with his players, and viewed as a solid football man, Haslett nonetheless presided over a team that did not play up to its talent level during his tenure.

RE: Coach
 

Thought something big was going down!

Man coaches R dropping like Kris Brown FG Attempts! ( I hate that guy! )

Do we hire any of the recently departed??

Tice? Martz (He Heh) Capers? Sherman? And I hear the Buff coach is on the bubble as well.

RE: Coach
 

capers as defensive coordinator.

WHOLE NEW COACHING STAFF!!!
 

Not sure if everybody already knows this or not, but I just listened to Loomis' press conference on neworleanssaints.com, and he said that when they hire the new coach (which will most likely be somebody who has to have NFL experience), that the new head coach will be able to bring in whatever assistant coaches he wants. Thank goodness. Looks like venturi will be out of here finally.

RE: Coach
 

no to martz. thats just me

RE: WHOLE NEW COACHING STAFF!!!
 

jesus lord thanks. hey if there is a link to that anywhere or if anyone knows of one post it baby

RE: Coach
 

The new coach has to have NFL experience... that's according to Loomis who will be heading the search committee

RE: WHOLE NEW COACHING STAFF!!!
 

That sounds awesome!

Good news, good news!

RE: WHOLE NEW COACHING STAFF!!!
 

SPK, just go to neworleanssaints.com, its the main story, and there's a link to the realplayer press conference

RE: Coach
 

I kind of always liked Tice, Despite that scalping incident.

I like his style, Intense!

RE: Coach
 

oh wowsers. loomis that makes me excited. yeah right

RE: Coach
 

Can anyone say, KUBIAK!

:party: :party: :party:

and it's party time again in the BIG EASY. New QB, New Coach and hopefully coaching staff and all I wanted to Christmas was a New OWNER!!!

:chainsaw: :chainsaw: :chainsaw:

CUT THE OWNER!!!

RE: Coach
 

for now cherm i will take the haz out

RE: Coach
 

hate to burst ya'll bubble. but whomever it is, it's gonna be someone on the cheap. so lets be realistic about who we wnat with knowing this fact.

RE: Coach
 

richy kotite, win

As I said in an earlier post I didn't think that Haz would have got the boot, one reason I thought is that Benson would not have wanted to pay Haz the 3.4 mil due to him next season and also have to pay the new coach, maybe Benson isn't as tight as we first thought, but at the same time I'm not really surprised, I'm mean look at Haslett's record, let's hope that we get a top notch coach this next time, could Brooks hang around if the new coach wants to keep him? or doesn't matter because Loomis and Benson wants him gone?
It will be a very interesting off season to say the least.

RE: Coach
 

hmm some possible candidates... mooch, greg williams, pete carroll

RE: Coach
 

carroll just signed a big deal didn't he? i like mooch pak and i had mentioned greg too earlier. we are thinking a little a like. scare you does it

The Force is strong. :lightsabres:

To become a Jedi requires the deepest commitment and most serious mind. It is not a venture to be undertaken lightly. A Jedi who fails in his training can be a very serious threat. The dark side of the Force beckons. Be patient spkb25.

:lightsabres:

again, dreaming is fine at nightime. but please wake-up. we are dealing with tom benson after a year in which he didn't make any money. the only candidates will be inexperienced in actually being a head coach, someone on the cheap.

i dont think he can afford to be cheap at a time like this... the franchise is in jeopardy n he knows it.... he has so make something happen or he will lose his ass....

yeah he has to live off interest good point pak

what do you guys think, he got fired because the Saints already have a replacement in mind? I know this team a little and I can't believe they'd let him go unless they had someone in their heads who they talked to.

Gary Kubiak fits that mold. Jimmy Johnson and others wouldn't be so interested in coaching for Tom Benson. It's going to have to be an up and coming guy which will be cheap for Benson and that combines with a nice first round selection and the Dome is a guarentee sell out. I already tried to call Arturo the ticket broker to re-up my tickets.

I'm sold!

finally he's gone.

To quote a great song, " Thank God and Greyhound he's gone."

Well i was wronge i thought they would keep him for PR reasons and the choas next year will have. The mess here will make it hard to get a good coach i think. There is no stability in this team's front office and an owner that is hated. God only knows who the fool will be. But i am betting Tom will use this to strengthen his move out of NO. I want an offensive head coach!

Well what About Mike Tice Guys?

Mike Tice....another perrenial under-achiever. How many of his teams choked down the stretch? If we could have co-head coaches, I'd take Tice for the first half of the season ONLY. That's normally when his Viking teams were at their best, excluding this season. Then hire someone else for the 2nd half. I'm not sold on Tice. Minnesota had more talent than the Saints, IMO, and he couldn't do anything with it.

mike tice....zzzz minnesota had more problems with them then in the past 20 years....

Supposedly, Pete Carroll is sticking his name in the hat for NFL head coaching jobs. How nice would it be to get Carroll, draft Leinhart & let him start in a system he already knows & is comfortable with. It would definately be nice to give your rookie QB a system he already knows. And I would definately say that Carroll is an effective offensive coach with NFL experience.