Mike Florio bringing the proper perspective to our organization: “Saints are a solid long-term destination for a new coach“
Yeah…this is, & has always been my take on our current HCing search. But alas, it seems like a faction of the fanbase just wants to complain, cry & moan, bash, blame, & call for Loomis’s head. It’s like it never registered to them that Mickey Loomis is, has, & will always be a reflection of the HC he hires. He assimilates & takes on the characteristics of the HC & executes accordingly.
Loomis is a facilitator. Whatever the HC want/needs, Mickey gets it done. It’s the reason why we loved him w/Payton, then lost faith in him w/DA. From the QB he brought in, to the staff decisions, & the drafts, Sean Payton made better moves cause he is a true HC. DA, in comparison, was & is unfortunately a coordinator only who brought in a C-level QB & allot of the staff he failed w/in his past HCing flop. Naturally, history repeated itself & here we are.
This isnt all on Loomis, but it sure is easy to blame him i guess. Sure, he hired him, but to me, crashing the franchise is on DA, not Loomis & def not on Gayle Benson. The beefs i have w/Mickey is him not backing the in season firing of DA, & how he utterly BS’s everyone at his pressers, lol! It’s almost like he loves poking at the hate based faction of the fanbase w/his toxic positivity.
Anyways, i agree w/Florio. We somehow correct our QB situation & eat crap w/the cap the next year or 2, & we’ll be in a way better place. But this all rides on who Mickey ultimately hires as the new HC.