What to expect moving forward

If I could make wagers at Beau Rivage on (a) Mickey Loomis making the Hall of Fame and (b) Dennis Allen returning, I would bet substantial amounts. Around the league--yes, this is my opinion--people do not regard Loomis as an upper-level general manager. I suspect most knowledgeable NFL fans outside New Orleans could not name Loomis as the Saints' GM, though some know of him as the guy who trades away his draft picks every year. The general managers who make the HOF are people like Jim Finks, Bill Polian, and Ron Wolf. Loomis is nowhere close to being on their level. I personally do not think him one of the league's better GMs. In fact, I think that his performance over the past three years or so has been horrendous.

And my view is that, assuming we don't win the next two games, Allen is gone. The reason is that if he stays with Loomis uttering his nonsensical happy talk, the drop in season-ticket renewals will be seismic.