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kizzy821
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I've never thought about it personally, but others have provided a plethora of reasons. In summary, he seems to be that dude who can literally make a dollar out of 15 cents.Score 150 plus on a standardised IQ test. And even then I'd be sceptical about the amount of involvement he has in the success of the football operation and or his supernatural ability to sign people to contracts that don't fit under the cap.
I just don't see the distinction between mickey and every other GM that knows how to restructure contracts or create automatically voiding years.
What in your opinion has he done to deserve the adoration?
I think in order to truly analyze Mickey's abilities we would need to know what other GMs are doing. Right now, one side thinks he's outperforming his counterparts and you think they're mostly performing the same.
As someone who doesn't keep up with that side of things, I would speculate that as an organization, the Saints aren't on par with most teams. Their output and production is above average. Likely because our key personnel are above average.
We can't easily quantify Mickey Loomis' contributions in wins or losses, completion percentages, etc. But in a lot of good organizations, that's usually the person or department who contributes the most/the key component: the one we don't see.
I find more logic in 'Genius Mickey' as opposed to 'Average Mickey' but I have no proof either way.