Nick Underhill: Saints Might Not Move on from DA

RJ in Lafayette said

Agree totally with vilpipa's post above. Loomis was the right GM for a coach like Payton. At times, he was perhaps too lax--see bountygate. But with Payton, Loomis made it work. And he deserves much credit for making it work.

I do not believe Loomis has the skill set to now recognize what we need and do what needs to be done.

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I'm so sure about that. He took over in 2002, stuck with Haslett for 3 years. Haslett also did a better job then Dennis Allen with the exception of 05, cause of Katrina.

I think this coming offseason, is going to tell us a giant story about Loomis. If he keeps DA while continues to kick the cap issues down the road squeezing any talent he can to help DA win, then I fully agree with you.

But let's say he keeps DA and starts making moves to clean up the cap. What then? That hints that he is either unable to get a coach he wants, or doesn't believe he can get a coach he wants, and is going to use DA as a placeholder while he cleans the cap up (which is exactly what I think should have started this past offseason).

It could also mean still that he believes DA is his guy and he's just gonna have to clean up the cap issues so he can bring in some real talent to help him win (which imo, won't work at all and would be the biggest catastrophe)