Nick Underhill: Saints Might Not Move on from DA

St. Geezy said
I just don’t understand what Mrs. Benson is doing so differently than 28 to 30 of the other owners that has people reaching this conclusion.

Are other teams owners out there lighting into their front office executives or coach publicly? No. Only a small handful of guys operate that way, and ironically they’re owners of teams that have been pretty moribund.

People are acting like this is our third straight 2-6 start or something. This truly is the first absolute “stinker” season and everyone is expecting the owner to come out guns ablazing to show she cares?

I don’t understand the expectations here. I know it’s been a long time since our team has been bad to this degree, but the behavior they’re looking for from ownership isn’t how most owners operate in these situations.

They have people hired to handle these football related things, and when it comes time to make a decision on those hires, they get talked about and handled behind closed doors.

We have a long tenured, 23+ year GM. We aren’t going to just fire him or blast him through the media the way people want him to be. As emotional as people are, the guy is going to get his due respect with how it is handled if they decide to make a move.

Sure this is our first 2-6 season and probably going to finish with 5-6 wins but most rational people see that this is a team in decline, not on the upswing. All of our top players are older and showing decline and some of our best young talent are not taking any steps forward. Meanwhile the rest of the league can improve their teams both through the draft and free agency.

We will have multiple sub .500 seasons in a row whether we blow the roster up or not. If anyone thinks that we can improve this team drastically by doing what they have been doing and not taking drastic measures to accelerate the process of getting out the hole, not this slow drag then it'll just take longer.

Also, in his 23 year tenure here take a look at Mickey's record without Drew Brees/Sean Payton. Until he proves that he can win without them that 15 year run had more to do with Brees/Payton than Mickey. Most of the drafts and free agency moves were busts during that period and Brees/Payton bailed him out. Mickey was the perfect GM for them during that period with his methods of kicking the can down the road but I dont think Mickey is the guy to lead a rebuilding.