Nick Underhill: Saints Might Not Move on from DA

Chris said

Fan anger should be fully directed at Mickey Loomis and Gayle Benson. Mickey has mismanaged our cap and allowed DA to keep doing what he's doing. He's the reason we are stuck with a bunch of old players with immovable contracts, which amounts to one of the worst cap situations in the league. Gayle should be blamed for failing to step in and take control of this runaway carriage.

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I don't think that's a fair assessment. Most owners aren't football people, and almost certainly not at the level to run a successful franchise for any length of time. That's why they hire competent GMs to run the show. A competent GM hires a competent coach and talent scouts, and trusts those folks to do their job they were hired to to; just like the owner trusts the GM to run the football operation.

I don't blame the owner for this shipwreck....at least not yet. I blame the GM. And after 3 years of this circus, I fully expect that GM to make an attempt to rectify the situation between now and early January. If the plan is to "be patient" yet again, then I would expect the owner to say "no...unacceptable" and find a new GM. ML has had 2 seasons after DAs initial season to fix problems. Let's give the owner a similar time frame with the GM that the GM gave the HC. We don't need to "fire everybody". We just need at least 1 (HC) or possibly 2 (GM & HC) calculated hires to see improvement, IMO. I hope it happens...and maybe it's already in the works? I just hope the HEAT continues...