Ok I’ll probably get trashed for this but….

Elvis said

It is YOU who doesn't understand. It is that way because Loomis himself makes it that way. He IS the boss of the football side of the Saints organization. There is no authority higher than him on the football side. He himself has delegated that responsibility to other people but he didn't have to do that. He could make all those draft, FA and assistant coaching decisions himself or give them to Jeff Ireland or Khai Harley if he so chooses. I don't get why people give the boss a pass because he delegated to the wrong people.

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I don't knwo that it's giving him a pass more so than providing context. If Loomis was making all the decisions and taking final say you'd absolutely dump those failed issues all on him, but if it's a collaborative effort then it means it's a shared responsibility. Meaning they share when things are right, and they share when things go wrong.

DA takes part of the blame if those are the guys he chose. You can't force people to blame one person in a two people effort lol. It's like you're confusing people taking that into context w/ them absolving Loomis of ALL responsibility.

I don't think anyone on this board thinks Mickey's hands are clean in any way, were just acknowledging he had accomplices in making the mess. Payton was absolutely behind some of the "one player away" mantra and kicking of the can. DA was absolutely behind two of the worst QB searches in Saints history.

Mickey supported them and in the case of Payton his support ultimately lead to a lot of wins, robbing Peter to pay Paul eventually comes back to haunt you. It was inevitable.