Gayle Benson fires Dennis Allen; Loomis discusses Allen’s firing on WWL (pg 46)

Rexman100 said

Right on. If people are wanting to hate ML, go at it from his cap management style, not his loyalty to his people. But I’ll be real here. His style never pissed anyone off until recently. When Drew and Sean left. He did take a controversial gamble with Carr. (Something I agreed with at the time). With the assumption that we were in a winning window. But now is a new day, and it’s clear that we’re not in the winning window anymore. Does he try and kick the can while he’s in a losing window? If he does, then his sanity should be questioned. But apparently he’s not, we traded Latt yesterday. (He got a little fleeced on that deal, we should’ve gotten a second, but it was at the deadline, so there’s that.). We should cut ML a break, and ride this out with Rizzi. I’m sure ML will hire a new HC if Rizzi doesn’t win the last 6 games in a row. If Rizzi can he deserves to be HC, imo.

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I agree with the vast majority of this post. But I don't think we got fleeced on the Lattimore trade. Two undeniable things about Lattimore was evident before getting shipped to Washington. First, no one can deny the greatness that he brought to the position. But alas, his best years seem to be behind him. We got the picks that we did simply because there was still enough value in the young man for one of the 'all in' teams to take a shot at upgrading that corner position. Marshon still does that. However...

The bigger issue is whether he can ever overcome the rash of injuries we've seen from him in recent years, particularly the recurring tweaks of his hamstring. Some seem to feel that his injuries were of the 'business decision' variety. But if that was really the issue that kept him from being 'available' to play (particularly after signing a huge contract), then this is not a good look for a professional player, and it would give even more reason for wanting to cut ties with such a player.

But I truly don't believe that Lattimore was feigning an injury. Instead I believe that Washington realized his past (and current) propensity for ripping up his hammy and considered his history when making their play for him. He is literally heading to the Commanders straight off of our injury list. I really do wish him well and will miss his outstanding performances when he's on the field. But he is simply the most logical start to the list of upheavals that are coming within the next year or two. It HAS to happen in order to start writing a new chapter for the Saints. Money rules the league.