There's no easy way out of this

St. Widge said

However, for those wishing for a total tear down, it's not going to happen. First, this organization clearly does not believe in that approach. Second, they probably can't afford to do it because they would lose ticket sales over the long term and there is no guarantee that you will come back from a tear down. By the time they did, it may be too late the save the franchise in New Orleans. Many franchises take 8 or 10 years, or more to rebuild after total tear down. This team can't afford to take that chance. So, you are going to continue to see a soft rebuild and trying to put a competitive team on the field while they reset the roster and the cap.

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This part is that one that cracks me up. This is exactly what Mickey is doing but when you just float around without a clear direction, you are going to lose the fan base anyway. If you just keep spending pointless money to avoid tanking but still are a loser you will lose the fan base anyway. But if you tank you at least give yourself a chance to get a franchise changing QB who can bring those fans back.

Problem is, this organization is not set up from the top down to rebuild. The top two guys in the front office are "money" guys who have no football sense in Harley and Loomis. That was the perfect set up for the previous regime with Payton who was able to make alot of the personnel decisions along with Ireland. Loomis should have retired with Payton but his ego got the best of him and its going to do the exact thing he has been going into the hole to avoid. Fans arent going to stick around waiting for this mess with no clear direction.