Well, this has been a Saints Head Coach search for the books...but for all the wrong reasons. Even as we write this description for the episode we just recorded, the candidate who two of us preferred for the Saints HC job JUST announced (as of 9:19 p.m., 1/28/25, per Tom Pelissero) that he is OUT for the 2025 coaching cycle (a/k/a out on the SAINTS, since we're the only team left with a vacancy).

We spend a lot of time dissecting where the Saints are in this coaching search, what all these candidates declining interviews really means for the team going forward and we debate what the real problem is at the root of it. Who is to blame? Yes, Loomis, but who else? Is it time to start pointing the finger at Gayle? or did this start well before she even took the helm?

Beyond the apparently undesirable nature of working for our front office, who do we like the best as a candidate? Or, what scenario do we want to see play out based on the hire and the next few years down the road? A LOT to talk about in this one. Still, WHO DAT?!

TUNE IN NOW!

It’s a yearly tradition now, hold our breath and listen back to our season preview ep. Last year we were WAY off on a lot, but this year? We actually surprised ourselves. Still, plenty in this episode was laughably off from what ended up transpiring for our Saints this year. And, of course, our preseason hot takes are always a good listen after the year wraps. These are no exception. Kick back and enjoy this review of the preview. WHO DAT?!

Yes, the word "defense" is in quotation marks in the title of this episode because, contrary to our predictions going into the 2024 Saints season, it's hard to say exactly how much "defending" actually took place when the offense wasn't on the field...So, through that lens, we continue our 28 to 3 Pod Saints Season Recap and grade the defense's paper. Spoiler alert, consensus is they were light years away from the honor roll - a couple of us may even recommend they repeat a grade. Either way, they're still our team, so we did the dirty work in this one and analyzed the issues, discuss some of the good that came through at times, and debate what needs to be addressed going forward, including whether we saw anything - or any player - that could serve as something to build on from here. Definitely a must listen to close the book on this season before you can responsibly put yourself through the next one! TUNE IN! WHO DAT?!