Saints fired Dennis Allen

Mr. Sparkle said

Once the Payton/Brees Era teams started rolling the folks who run the Saints used to tell people they were the "NFC Patriots" (back when that was a very flattering comparison). They clearly hold themselves in very high regard and believe the Saints are among the League's premier teams like the Steelers, Giants, 49ers, Cowboys.

For a few years there, they might have been right, but I'm not sure they rest of the league has felt that way in some time. From the results on the field to the NFLPA surveys, the story seems to be the opposite.

As my old boss would say, if you could buy Loomis for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth, you'd make a lot of money.

They need some new blood in there - in the same way Rizzi is shaking up the on field product with things like stretching (LOL), they need a cold-eye review of the entire football operation. I think they might find out they are operating a 2010 team in 2024.

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I don't disagree. I was just explaining how I think Loomis looks at it. I do think we need new blood at GM and certainly in scouting. And, FWIW, Loomis didn't totally shoot down the idea of the front office being restructured when Triplett asked about it in the article.

I don't think this organization is in the same league as the Steelers, Giants, 49ers, or Cheifs. And certainly not historically in the same league as the Cowboys, but they likely do have a better reputation than team like the Bengals, Browns, Chargers, and Raiders who have bad or just cheap ownership. I actually thought that other than the head coach and strangely food services the Saints ranked pretty high in the NFLPA survey rankings? But maybe I'm wrong.

But we don't have a big market or prestidge to offer potential coaches or front office people so you have to try to play to the advantages you have. A reputation for being a patient front office willing to spend to build and team and a staff is arguably one of those. Another, as much as it pisses some fans off is that we don't have a rabid sports media like a coach or GM would face in New York or Philly.