I think there may be a little bit of a grey area here and it doesn't make it a "lie". There are a handful of guys at the bottom of the staff that have been here for a long time. "Offensive assistants" and such. Guys that know how to get things done for the Saints in New Orleans. I'm not talking coordinators or positions coaches, just assistants. Guys with a long history with the team. Some of them are position coaches at the Senior Bowl as we speak. Jordan Traylor has been a scouting assistant, a defensive assistant and an offensive assistant and is the QB coach for the Senior Bowl. It would make sense that the team values the investment they've put into training some of these guys.
Now, if you told me they were insisting that the new head coach had to keep Joe Woods or Clancy Barone then I would agree Loomis was lying when he said the new coach would get to pick his guys.