Will Khai Harley be the Saints next GM? (1 Viewer)

[Bill]

This article hints at the possibility.

Saints assistant GM to attend NFL front office accelerator program

New: The NFL will hold its latest front office accelerator program for diverse candidates this week in the Dallas area. Here are the 2024 participants👇🏽 — Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein)

www.yahoo.com

 

[meily]

"the annual NFL front office accelerator program for diverse candidates"?

 

[rlemieux]

His work is unparalleled not because other teams can't do it but because other teams won't do it. Nothing against Harley, at this point I'd gladly take him over Loomis but mortgaging the future cap to get money today isn't something that's new. My redneck Aunt did the same thing with Amex, maxed it out and reaped the benefits of the now. Eventually though the creditors started calling and it's either pay it back or file bankruptcy. Buc's employed a similar tactic with Tom Brady but knew enough to cut their losses once that window closed. Again, it's not because other teams and cap managers can't do what Loomis and Harley do, it's that other teams know that doing that is skating a fine line between being competitive and being broke.

 

[St.Dan]

If it came to pass, Miz Benson would get no argument from me. Harley indeed is the who actually manages the cap. Under orders from those above him, of course.

 

[TenTwo]

 

[SweetT]

His work is unparalleled not because other teams can't do it but because other teams won't do it. Nothing against Harley, at this point I'd gladly take him over Loomis but mortgaging the future cap to get money today isn't something that's new. My redneck Aunt did the same thing with Amex, maxed it out and reaped the benefits of the now. Eventually though the creditors started calling and it's either pay it back or file bankruptcy. Buc's employed a similar tactic with Tom Brady but knew enough to cut their losses once that window closed. Again, it's not because other teams and cap managers can't do what Loomis and Harley do, it's that other teams know that doing that is skating a fine line between being competitive and being broke.

I agree with your assessment of the “kicking the can down the road” front, but a lot of GMs, has structured players’s deals, using Khai’s methods, in recent years. He can make numbers work, in a disgusting amount of ways.

 

[Trey W.]

His work is unparalleled not because other teams can't do it but because other teams won't do it. Nothing against Harley, at this point I'd gladly take him over Loomis but mortgaging the future cap to get money today isn't something that's new. My redneck Aunt did the same thing with Amex, maxed it out and reaped the benefits of the now. Eventually though the creditors started calling and it's either pay it back or file bankruptcy. Buc's employed a similar tactic with Tom Brady but knew enough to cut their losses once that window closed. Again, it's not because other teams and cap managers can't do what Loomis and Harley do, it's that other teams know that doing that is skating a fine line between being competitive and being broke.

It was a great strategy while we still had Brees and were competitive, but since Brees retired, we've been stuck with high-yield debt that we keep having to push forward just to field a functioning team. Like the Bucs did, we should have eaten our debt the year after Brees retired and corrected the books.

I don't know if it was Loomis's idea to have Hartley keep pushing dead money forward and if that would be a continued strategy if Loomis moves on and Hartley takes over the GM position.

 

[max]

Get the best possible GM that we can find. It’s the best money a team can spend. I don’t think Harley is the best possible GM we could get.

 

[los226]

Y’all really think gum smacking Loomis is gonna give up his spot?

 

[Cajun Chat]

This article hints at the possibility.

Saints assistant GM to attend NFL front office accelerator program

New: The NFL will hold its latest front office accelerator program for diverse candidates this week in the Dallas area. Here are the 2024 participants👇🏽 — Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein)

www.yahoo.com

Khai is probably the best cap guy but is he a football guy...talent evaluator? He seems to be in the ML mold of managing money and contracts. You'd need a strong personnel evaluator.

 

[Elvis]

I hope he gets hired away by another team to be their GM before Loomis retires. I want a new philosophy that isn't tied to what we're doing now. I know they started it to get the most out of Drew's career, but it didn't work then and hasn't worked since Drew retired.

 

[St. Geezy]

It was a great strategy while we still had Brees and were competitive, but since Brees retired, we've been stuck with high-yield debt that we keep having to push forward just to field a functioning team. Like the Bucs did, we should have eaten our debt the year after Brees retired and corrected the books.

I don't know if it was Loomis's idea to have Hartley keep pushing dead money forward and if that would be a continued strategy if Loomis moves on and Hartley takes over the GM position.

Was it a great strategy when we had Brees, or is it just mentally we equate everything with that era as great and anything outside of it as “the problem?”

The strategy works, we have just really sucked at picking players and coaches as of late in addition to suffering a historical amount of devastating injuries each year.

It’s not even really a “strategy.” It’s just a different way of managing the books that happens to look different from everyone else’s.

We manage the cap using future dollars, while most teams manage the cap using present dollars. Both management styles face a level of restriction as far as who you can sign, and both management styles face harsh consequences when you pick the wrong people, just with different window dressing.

 

[Hubig]

Y’all really think gum smacking Loomis is gonna give up his spot?

He should but he won't. The entire thing needs to be pressure washed.

 

[SweetT]

I hope he gets hired away by another team to be their GM before Loomis retires. I want a new philosophy that isn't tied to what we're doing now. I know they started it to get the most out of Drew's career, but it didn't work then and hasn't worked since Drew retired.

If Khai gets hired away from us. Do we get the compensatory picks?

 

[JWDtrey3]

I hope he gets hired away by another team to be their GM before Loomis retires. I want a new philosophy that isn't tied to what we're doing now. I know they started it to get the most out of Drew's career, but it didn't work then and hasn't worked since Drew retired.

I agree, I would like to see another team snatch him up.