Mickey Loomis has gotten a bad wrap lately because of our cap situation. Maybe rightfully so, but on the other hand, maybe not. All he has done is tried to help build and contend a super bowl winning team. When Payton was hired and brought the Saints to the promise land, Loomis could do no wrong.
He has help bring in good players and not so good players. But most if not all those signings were at the request of the coach at the time, Payton.
Dennis Allen was not a good choice, but they didn't wait until the end of the year to let him go. They did something that had never been done in Saint's history, they fired a coach mid season. WOW!!!
As for Kellen Moore, only time will tell. Either a Dennis Allen or a Sean Payton type hire. I'm hoping on the latter. But Loomis has only tried to bring a winner here, something the fans can be proud of. And for this, I don't believe he should be faulted.
Should he consider bringing in a true football GM and maybe a true basketball GM to work closely with him? Probably so. But ML has done as good a job here as any other NFL franchise. The coaching team they are putting together right now looks great on paper. One thing they all have in common, they are young and hungry for a championship. The same thing Payton was when he was first hired.