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Saints Complete Coordinator Interviews | Is Path Clear For Doug Nussmeier & Brandon Staley? · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: continued their interview process for the the coordinator positions on
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore staff. They have completed interviews with the Ronte
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  Speaker 1: Jones for defensive coordinator and now for Adam Schefter. Jamal
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  Speaker 1: Singleton is also interviewed for the offensive coordinator vacancy. So
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  Speaker 1: Jamal Singleton was the Eagles assistant head coach and running
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  Speaker 1: backs coach this year, so Kellen Moore was on staff
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  Speaker 1: with Singleton this year. It's interesting because it is widely
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  Speaker 1: assumed has been widely assumed that Doug Nussmeyer is going
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  Speaker 1: to be the new Saints offensive coordinator coming over with
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore from Philly, and there have been other assistants
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  Speaker 1: with the Eagles that Kellen Moore has interviewed. I thought
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  Speaker 1: it was interesting because last week when we were in
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  Speaker 1: Houston doing the show, we had our Buddy Brooks Cabina
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  Speaker 1: on with us, and Brooks covers the Eagles for the
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  Speaker 1: Athletic and this was at a point where Kellen Moore
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  Speaker 1: had been officially hired. There were the Nuss Meyer and
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Staley rumors about or reports about the staff. And
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  Speaker 1: I asked Brooks about Kellen Moore coming over and possibly
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  Speaker 1: bringing Eagle staff members with him, and it was interesting
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  Speaker 1: how he presented it through Brandon issued me throughout Nick
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  Speaker 1: Sirianni's lens, the Eagles head coach, of how he normally
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  Speaker 1: handles his assistants who go get head coaching jobs but
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  Speaker 1: then try to poach the staff.
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  Speaker 2: He is very encouraging for all of his coaches to
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  Speaker 2: go get head coaching jobs, but once they do, you're
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  Speaker 2: not taking any of my guys. He locks down his staff.
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  Speaker 2: That's something that he carried over from working with Frank Wright.
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  Speaker 2: Frank Wrhich had the same deal support, go get your job,
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  Speaker 2: but these are my guys. This is this is That's
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  Speaker 2: what we've had. So I don't think he's going to
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  Speaker 2: get anybody that was a part of the staff before
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  Speaker 2: he got there. I think I think nus Meyer has
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  Speaker 2: been his guy, and I think Sirianna will realize that.
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  Speaker 2: And Kevin Patulo has been Siriani's guy back to the
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  Speaker 2: Colts to days together even before that.
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  Speaker 1: So remember the two names that had largely been discussed
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  Speaker 1: were nus Meyer and Patullah. Those are the first two
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  Speaker 1: on the Eagle staff. So uh, by the way, so
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  Speaker 1: there's nus Meyer, Petullo, and now the report of the
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  Speaker 1: Saints interviewing Jamal Singleton for the offensive coordinator job as well.
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  Speaker 1: Brooks made a prediction in that interview as well. Here
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  Speaker 1: it was, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think he'll only get two. I think he'll get Doug
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  Speaker 2: nus Meyer to come with him, and then also count Valero.
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  Speaker 2: Those are the two that he brought with them from
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  Speaker 2: the Chargers.
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  Speaker 1: So Valero, by the way, we haven't even heard that
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  Speaker 1: name yet. But Batulo, Valero, nuss Meyer, and now Singleton interviewing.
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  Speaker 1: So there, listen, there's only so much that Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 1: can do if another staff is offering you a promotion
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  Speaker 1: financially and in job title. I mean, it's hard to
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  Speaker 1: pass on it, but you heard him mention there nuss
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  Speaker 1: Meyer Valero and then also Batulo interview and now Singleton
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  Speaker 1: will see how it may all fall. Something else worth
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  Speaker 1: considering is for head coach and coordinator positions, you must
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  Speaker 1: satisfy the Rooney rule, meaning you have to interview a
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  Speaker 1: minority candidate. From the day Kellen Moore got this job.
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  Speaker 1: Even before, it's largely been assumed that Brandon Staley was
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  Speaker 1: going to be the defensive coordinator and Doug nuss Meyer
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  Speaker 1: be the offensive Coordinat well, that doesn't satisfy the Rooney rule.
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  Speaker 1: So Derante Jones has interviewed for the defensive coordinator role,
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  Speaker 1: and now Jamal Singleton has interviewed for the offensive coordinator role.
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  Speaker 1: That's two black men who have now interviewed. So you
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  Speaker 1: have satisfied the Rooney rule. Candidly, I hate talking about
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  Speaker 1: it that way, but it's the reality of the situation.
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  Speaker 1: You can't hire someone until you satisfy the Rooney rule.
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  Speaker 1: So there's part of me that looks at it and says,
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  Speaker 1: I hate that these feel like token interviews. However, that's
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  Speaker 1: also how coaches at times have gotten opportunities that maybe
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  Speaker 1: otherwise would not have and the I mean, the impetus
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  Speaker 1: for this was Mike Tomlin's. That's why Mike Tomlin got
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers job. As the Rooney family interviewed Tomlin, they
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  Speaker 1: were so impressed they offered him the job when he
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  Speaker 1: wasn't the leading candidate. And so it's a great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for these coaches to get the opportunity to go interview
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  Speaker 1: and have their name mentioned. The other part of it
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  Speaker 1: is it does feel like it's just a an obligatory
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  Speaker 1: exercise when you've already made your decision, and quite candidly,
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  Speaker 1: we could talk about how Jamal Singleton might fit and like,
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  Speaker 1: he's a veteran coach. He's forty nine years old, he
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  Speaker 1: was born in Turkey. He's in the Air Force. He
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  Speaker 1: coached at Air Force Oklahoma State Arkansas, then jumped into
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  Speaker 1: the NFL with the Colts, Raiders, Bengals, now the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he is a very well traveled, accomplished coach
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  Speaker 1: who's forty nine years old. He's a veteran, he's been
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  Speaker 1: coaching now for the last twenty three years or twenty
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  Speaker 1: four years. Like, is he capable? I'm sure, especially in
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  Speaker 1: an offense where Kellen Moore is going to call the plays.
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  Speaker 1: But from the Saints' perspective, as I look at it,
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at the youngest head coach in the NFL
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  Speaker 1: at thirty six years old, and I want to surround
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  Speaker 1: him with veteran experienced coaches. Particularly experienced head coaches are coordinators,
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  Speaker 1: guys that can be a great resource. Which is why
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  Speaker 1: I think like Brandon Staley on the defensive side would
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  Speaker 1: be the right hire. He's been a coordinator, He's been
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  Speaker 1: a head coach in the league. I mean, look at
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  Speaker 1: the two teams that just played in the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: The Chiefs, their defensive coordinator is Steve Spagnolo. The Eagles
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  Speaker 1: their defensive coordinator is Vic Fangio. These are veteran defensive
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  Speaker 1: minds in the NFL. That That's why I think like
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  Speaker 1: a guy like Brandon Staley, who's got that experience as
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  Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator as a head coach would serve him well.
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  Speaker 1: With Doug nus Meyer, he's been with Kellen Moore every
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  Speaker 1: year since twenty eighteen in Dallas, Like that would serve
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore well in this situation. Someone who knows him,
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  Speaker 1: they know each other, we know they work well together.
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  Speaker 1: I think I Don't'm not saying hire yes men. I'm
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  Speaker 1: saying hire people that you know you can work with
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  Speaker 1: and achieve max efficiency. So all this will be sorted
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  Speaker 1: out how they play it out. But Jamal Singleton, the
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  Speaker 1: latest to interview for offensive coordinator, I still think that
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  Speaker 1: this is the way that it's going to go, is
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  Speaker 1: that we're going to see Staley is the defensive cordator,
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  Speaker 1: nus Meyer is the offensive coordinator. But it will be
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  Speaker 1: interesting to see there any other assistants from that Philadelphia
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  Speaker 1: staff that Callimore may bring with him. To be continued