Jeff Duncan: Inside the Saints Culture Issues

The fans see what they see and form opinions. Most often, fans don’t have the relevant information thats actually driving the issues. He can’t just be transparent and start naming names or divulging specific failure(s). So he hears the noise and is frustrated by it because I’d bet most of the fan noise is missing the target. I don’t like Mickey (as a GM) but he’s not speaking out of turn. He’s trying to handle his business internally. If he were to practice transparency, I’d bet a lot of fans would see things in a different light.
I can vouch for that. While not quite the same I have 14 years experience working in a D1 athletic department. The things said by fans and media, even those “in the know”, was way off base most of the time. There would be small elements of the truth but most was just conjecture. Now there was the times they absolutely nailed it but that’s also the times they got some higher up to talk.