I'd Feel Better about the Saints if...

I get that the coaching wasn't optimal, but DA was considered to be a top defensive coach not long ago. It was his lack of abilities as a HC that got him fired. So I'm not expecting Staley to be an upgrade with largely the same roster and a change in scheme that doesn't fit that roster very well. And it's more complicated than what players I wanted to add. It's the overall roster and cap management that I have a problem with. I certainly didn't want to kick a bunch of contracts forward into future years for players that should be depth at best.
Wasn't optimal??? That's an understatement , Yes while DA was considered to be a top DC he was losing ground. His defense was collapsing at the end of halves and end of games, AND he hired Grantham a bad DL coach that pretty much single handed made our DL regress by leaps and bounds. See Cam's opinion of Grantham