IMO, Dennis Lauscha is reasonable, highly intelligent, and manages the organization rather quietly in the background. He is someone that understands that ego can be a liability so you don't see that in him. He is also the actual boss of this organization. I have a lot of respect for Lauscha, and I am sure that he is well aware of most of what is going on within the organization. I am confident that if things go badly he will do what has to be done in order to right the ship, whatever that entails. I don't think that anyone is immune to being kicked to the curb other than Lauscha... that is, aside from Gayle, of course.
Speaking of which... Gayle didn't sign up for being criticized, doesn't deserve it, and isn't accustomed to it, so if things go south next season and too much mud starts being slung in her direction from the fan base it would be interesting to see what might come as a result. Hopefully the Saints are highly successful and that doesn't happen.
Well.. bear in mind that anything that I've posted within this thread are just things that I've been told, and I am not 100% that it's all accurate. or even that I remember it all verbatim, like the thing about Ireland may have been another person in the organization making the recommendation against drafting Penning, which is fuzzy in my memory because it was a couple years ago. I can say that I personally believe what I have been told to be true, for the most part, due to the sources track record, but don't take it to the bank. I mean, it's hearsay.