Saints Cap Moves: Derek Carr restructured, Erik McCoy restructured; J. Williams released; cap space is at -$8,543,537

ELLIASJWILLIAMS said
I concur and yet if the Titanic has hit the iceberg and it's going down (7 game losing streak) removing the captain of the ship is an unnecessary gut punch. You should allow the captain the dignity to go down w/ the ship, not remove him so another person can come in and make everyone feel comfortable about a still sinking ship. Or in Rizzi's case...just slow down the sinking. He was never going to surmount the injuries anymore than Allen would have.

I know everyone absolutely wanted and needed something to happen in that moment but Allen would have been fired end of season regardless.

Still think it was an emotional decision spearheaded by Mrs B that ultimately did nothing in the grand scheme of things except satisfy the blood lust people had for Allen in that moment.

I don't think the analogy fits.

Everyone knew that most of the people on the sinking Titanic were going to die, especially that the crew and captain were going to die. So there was nothing to be gained by changing the captain to see how he and the rest of the crew would perform, for the purposes of future evaluations. Saving as many as lives as possible was the only thing that mattered.

During a teams losing season, no one is going to die, so you have future decisions to make about who to keep and who to move on from. In a lost season, evaluating players and coaches is one of the few productive things you can do and it's an important thing to do.