Mickey Loomis’ End Of Year Press Conference (1 Viewer)

[TribuneUK]

My my, the waaa-mbulance is mighty full today.

 

[Pkessling]

Loomis doesn’t live in the real world. Using ridiculous excuses to justify keeping DA. If Harbaugh and Belichick both come to the NFC South= Good luck.

 

[Nolan]

Those guys are on the team next year. Do you want him to roast them?

Yes When does the roasting start? I'll be there.

 

[Judge_Smails]

I like the posts from the dudes crying about other dudes crying. Since they up on the high ground their tears run down.

 

[showtimesaints]

Can we get someone in the organization that doesn’t “think” but knows. For crying out loud stop with the I think. Your not supposed to i think, your supposed to know, you get paid to know.

 

[BreesusSaves]

He looks and sounds defensive. When you're more concerned about appearances off the field rather than appearances on the field, things are bound to get worse. Right now, he's focused on being right about Allen at all costs. It may cause the Saints 2 of the best players in franchise history.

You know how successful businesses always have strict policies about dating within the work place? That's what we're seeing play out right now.

Loomis has made it no secret he and Allen's families are close outside of football. He promoted his friend to Head Coach.

Now he's defending his friend and not being objective to the realities. Classic downfall.

 

[Deuuuuce]

Can anyone explain to me how covid threw a wrench into our plans post-Drew? Loomis brings that up a couple times as something that changed the cap rules and set us back.

 

[Cooganfootball]

When you factor in the Saints played the easiest schedule in the entire league and didn't face a top 15 QB all year, defending the Saints management for keeping a coach that has underachieved two years in a row is perplexing. That's why it's easy to come to the conclusion the Saints are not serious about winning. It's really a shame, because fans will stay home and the dome will be empty.....nobody wants that.

my guess is that someone in the ownership group is finally waking up to what must be going on in the sales dept. maybe he's gotten pressed for the first time in his career???

Sales? I guarantee you the my will sellout season tickets again before there’s enough of us actual loyal fans that will still go support our team. We drive over 3 hours from Alabama every week to attend

 

[Deuuuuce]

"Keep on chopping chomping wood gum!"

- M. Loomis

Keep chewin what you’re chewin

 

[tjharris]

I like the part where he compared DA's first 3 seasons to hall of fame coaches first 3 seasons, like DA didn't have 2 1/2 losing seasons in Oakland.

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

That was an embarrassing presser.

 

[Saint Spud]

Can anyone explain to me how covid threw a wrench into our plans post-Drew? Loomis brings that up a couple times as something that changed the cap rules and set us back.

Cap dropped a bit so it ate into the space we were planning to use in our “kick the can” strategy.

 

[St. Geezy]

Can anyone explain to me how covid threw a wrench into our plans post-Drew? Loomis brings that up a couple times as something that changed the cap rules and set us back.

For the first time ever, the cap went down rather than up, and it was significantly down, so we lost probably a good $30m to $40m in cap space at the exact worse time possible - when our renown 2017 draft class were up for contracts, and when Brees retired and hence had his dead cap hits accelerate. For a team like ours that likes to live on the edge, this unforeseen turn of events wreaked havoc on our strategy.

If it wasn’t for that, we likely still have Trey Hendrickson and maybe even Marcus Williams on the roster.

 

[Deuuuuce]

For the first time ever, the cap went down rather than up, and it was significantly down, so we lost probably a good $30m to $40m in cap space at the exact worse time possible - when our renown 2017 draft class were up for contracts, and when Brees retired and hence had his dead cap hits accelerate. For a team like ours that likes to live on the edge, this unforeseen turn of events wreaked havoc on our strategy.

If it wasn’t for that, we likely still have Trey Hendrickson and maybe even Marcus Williams on the roster.

That makes sense, but the fact that its still an excuse in 2024 is not good.

 

[Slidell Mike]

After listening to that press conference, my key takeaway was Loomis admitting that maybe the organization had become a little too comfortable in the last few years and that was why he needed to privately speak to the team to make things "uncomfortable". And that is even with acknowledging that DA spoke to the team also.

That tells me that Loomis knows DA does not have full command (nor maybe full respect) of the locker room and he thought he needed to step in and say something additionally. It is a shame that Loomis doesn't seem to acknowledge that very need as a weakness of his current head coach.

Ultimately, I think Loomis is actually too comfortable and does not feel the urgency to make any big changes. He knows the season ticket sellouts are likely to continue regardless of the product on the field. And, while we may have more visiting fans in the dome if the Saints continue to underperform, the same $$$ still flows in.