Halo

Jim Finks!
The front office was taken from the same group who built the '84 Bears.
Finks left the Bears in 1982 before that monster gelled, but it was his handiwork that brought those players together. Finks resigned when the organization didn't consult him when they hired Ditka, someone Finks didn't like so much.

The Bears were a limp wrist through the 70's until Finks went in and acquired players. Then they ran playoffs for years.

His style of team was old school - build a nasty defense and spend your money on monster offensive linemen, and the rest will take care of itself.

Although he was the architect of teams, Finks lacked "pizzazz" or magic needed to make a Superbowl winner. Someone like Ditka was able to spark a fire to build one of the more memorable teams in NFL history using Finks talent pool he left with the Bears (yes it takes an insane idiot like Coach Ditka to create an earth shattering miracle). It also took Ditka a short few years to mostly dismantle that team, so it was practically a one hit wonder.

Finks was no frills, and so was the Saints offense just like Finks - old school, unimaginative, down and distance, playoff bound but never Superbowl material.