Joe Vitt named interim coach
 

According to ESPN Joe Vitt will take over for day-to-day duties.

Good. Let's get it on.

and more importantly, who will be the interim's interim?

Yeah when does his suspension start?

Have a feeling it's going to be head coach by committee this season.

Kromer would probably take over day to day duties as soon as the preseason is over. On top of that, I would be surprised if Carmichael was to be behind the wheel on game day.

New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis announces Joe Vitt as interim head coach : New Orleans Saints

@Guido Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Kromer should coach the preseason.

Kromer will take over for the first six games of the regular season. Vitt and Loomis' suspensions start after the preseason ends.

I think that this was all along the most likely scenario and it'll work out just fine with Kromer hopefully stepping up to take over for the first 6 games, and regardless they should have the overall game plan set by then.

good now that the interim is set; 110% should be used on Drew and his contract!

Maybe now that Brees knows who is going to be coaching the Saints for most of the year, he will get his agent to finalize his contract and get it signed.

I say they make Drew player/coach and pay him the $18 million per year as a player and an additional $5 million this year as asst. coach, which would not count against the cap.

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I like the way you think Guido.

I don't trust Vitt's judgement.

Alaska

Well, maybe not. But we Have to trust Loomis and Payton do...

Great. There's one more problem behind us.

I've got faith in Vitt. I mean there is a reason he's been our assistant head coach since 2006. He was also the interim head coach for the Rams in 2005.

It's all going to end up being the collaborated effort of each of our coaches, which I believe will work surprisingly well.

Not sold on Vitt but since that's who Loomis and Payton want, got to back him up

I'm glad we kept it in-house. We shouldn't give the maggots in the media and/or our illustrious potentate in the ivory tower (Komissar) any more juicy, topics such as an outside hire i.e. the big tuna, Vermeil to which they can feast on the media frenzy. Vitt is a safe, solid choice. This is OUR situation and our people are fully capable of righting the ship. We didn't need any outside, carnival type hire that the media and the NFL wanted so they could continue to feed their insatiable appetite of attempting to make a mockery of our hallowed organization. The old adage goes, "next man in line", well....coach Vitt, it's time.

vitt can have the title but let pete c. run the show

Out of Carmichael, Spagnuolo, and Kromer - Carmichael is the one who I'd least like to see take over for the first 6 games of the season.

I'm really skeptical, guys. Hate to say it. I see this as a recipe for potentially looking down the barrell of 5-11. It's schizophrenic. Vitt puts the team together, to the day the season starts, then disappears? Then someone else coaches a few games, the players get used to that guy, and then he's gone and Vitt suddenly comes back? We play the divisional teams once in the beginning of the year, and once at the end. Vitt can't have any contact with the team during his suspension. So Vitt is going to be coaching these crucial divisional games at the end of the year, blind, without having been there for the earlier games, to know what the heck is going on or what to game plan for. And Tampa Bay has a new coach and Atlanta has new coordinators, and we will have to figure them out with one less football brain on board. I just don't like it. It also feels cheap to me, like the "old" Benson. Grrr. Sorry, rant over.

I understand because its never happened before. But here's how I see it...

Vitt is the logical choice to mimic Payton's routine thru pre-season. Spags and Carmichael can do their own thing on their side of the ball, just as if Payton was still coaching. Everyone gets settled into the same routine for FIVE pre-season games and then Kromer takes over, allowing Spags and Pete to continue to operate as OC and DC just as if Payton was here.

Its a plan that looks specifically designed to let each coordinator fine tune their side of the ball. Once that repetitive routine is set in place, Kromer comes along simply to keep it between the ditches for 6 weeks.

Obviously Payton thinks Vitt is the logical choice to pilot the ship in his absense, and the Kromer to fill in for 6 games.

One thing I'm sure of, they've all put a lot of thought and planning into this decision so I'm convinced its the right thing to do given the circumstances.

I and many others have praised the organization for signing "high character" players over the last 6 yrs or so.

I believe that it will now pay dividends.

I trust that our locker room has and will continue to handle business.

My 2 cents.