There is an old expression “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”, and that is exactly what the Saints have been doing by continuing to employ coaches like Joe Vitt and Greg McMahon. Both coaches have been proven to be well past their primes and totally out of their depth for years, but the combination of a close relationship with their head coach and the credit one earns when they help a team win its first Super Bowl has kept them employed…at least until now.
Yesterday the Saints and Sean Payton finally decided enough was enough and they fired a total of 5 assistant coaches most notably including Linebackers and assistant head coach Joe Vitt, Special Teams coach Greg McMahon, and Defensive Line Coach Bill Johnson.