Nick Wright On The Saints Salary Cap

St. Geezy said
Bringing this old thread back to the top.

A fun trip down memory lane before everyone became so angry and bitter towards Loomis, and defended our cap strategy versus outside opinions, until now at this stage when they’re looking to criticize any and everything about the team.

Most of the board seemed to understand what was happening. What in the world happened? Why is this suddenly now blamed as the culprit of all our woes while ignoring our issues with coaching and poor drafting?

It’s a stark reminder that it is easy to criticize things and literally hate everything when your team is losing, even when logic dictates and your own past words show that this isn’t something to be angry about. There are many threads from not long ago just like this one. 3-7 has made everyone angry at the world, including blaming a mere accounting ledger spreadsheet.

I would differ alot with the context. In March of each year, we're over the fail of the prior season and geeked on free agency and the draft. When this thread was made in 2023. Saints were making a deal with Carr. We were in full offseason believe mode.

Now we're almost 2 seasons after that... 2 seasons with alot of herpa derpa, blown games, massive injuries, Pete C last year, locker room problems, a deer-in-the-headlights low-personality head coach, poor depth at multiple positions, solid players lost without a 2nd contract here, and a bottoming out with a HC fired.

It hasn't been a pretty two years for Loomis.

Now that Allen is gone, Loomis right now garners the vast majority of fan disappointment -- including the cap -- now that Loomis' strategic choices when Payton left has been marked by mediocrity being the high point. Carr will always garner some blame since his career ceiling is long known, but Carr gets less flack now given the injuries to him, the line, and the receivers. Which is a Loomis issue, the lack of depth... which a salary cap buys.