Football is a business intended to sell beer to enthusiastic fans. The key to butts in seats is success and success is defined as whatever puts butts in seats. The Saints have been a success by that metric for the entirety of Payton's career. And, they will continue to be as long as we have a good product on the field with an opportunity to win and excite fants.
We have played football better than anyone over the past 5 years and you can't win a superbowl if you don't give yourself the chance. What Loomis has done was give us that chance. Any objection in hindsight is stupid. Period.