I don't mind them taking the weekend off. The truth is they'll be need to be a lot of behind the scenes conversations, meetings, and phone calls to put together candidates and support. I personally prefer to see the various factions within the party coalesce around three or four candidates at most rather than have a dozen or more so all running.
It also would be a nice time to get a commitment from every member that they'll all agree to support any candidate who actually gets a majority within the caucus. If they want to specifically exclude McCarthy, Scalise, and Jordan from that, that's fine.