Saints hire Orgeron as defensive line coach
 

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Orgeron spent seven seasons at Southern Cal, where he earned a reputation as one of the top defensive line coaches and one of the top recruiters in the country. He has also coached at Miami, Syracuse, Arkansas and Nicholls State. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Northwestern State, then at McNeese State.

"His reputation precedes him," Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis said. "He's a fantastic coach. He's done a great job at every place that he's been. And we got so many recommendations from people that have worked with him and played for him, that it was kind of overwhelming to be honest with you."

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No comment other than what I've already said about this. Well, I guess we will just have to wait and see. I hope I have to eat some crow on this.

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WHOA!

You seem to be on a negative roll today Missile. I like it, keep the fire burning.

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I don't see how a guy not being a good head coach automaticly disqualifies him from being a good position coach. Look att Haslett, he sucked as a HC but is a pretty good LB coach.

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I thought this was a prerequisite to being a Saints fan.

I feel your pain brother. It use to make me sick to my stomach, but there is nothing we as fans can do to change it. Look what it took for Payton to get another kicker this year. Gramatica may not be the first choice for many of us but he's a heck of alot better than Mare.

Sometimes it is like this team has to get :nutkick: about a million times before they wake up to address only ONE problem. I just don't understand sometimes why they do what they do.

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He's had 15 plus years experience coaching mostly with the DL... I think it's a good hire. He's paid his dues and I think he's going to be a good addition to our staff. I think it's extremely premature to throw him under the bus.

Cortez Kennedy, Russell Maryland, Warren Sapp, Kenechi Udeze, and Mike Patterson are some of the guys he's coached during his career.

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I agree with Crusader's sentiment. I don't see how not succeeding in one place as head coach disqualifies him as a position coach somewhere else.

As for not being proactive in the offseason, well, it ain't the offseason just yet. The FA period doesn't start until next month; the combine is a couple months away.

The 2 things the Saints can do at this time is:
1.- call on NFL coaches that have been fired somewhere else, but that would be the same case as Orgegon, no?
2.- Ask permission to talk to coaches under contract from other teams not playing anymore, which other teams may or may not grant, or the coach in question may or may not want to go somewhere else if he's successful in his present situation and he's not offered a HC position.