Official 2024 Free Agency Discussion

Rugby Saint II · 02-27-2024, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by BakoSaint

While almost nothing Mickey Loomis does makes any sense to me, we do have some things in common being carbon based life forms who breathe air and eat food. If we keep Michael Thomas, I just don't know anymore, it would make zero sense, maybe Mickey is living on another planet. I think MT's market value is $4 million or less. He went to twitter war with the $30 million QB. The dude is gone. I wish him luck. I don't buy any kind of suspense here.

ML has made some questionable calls recently. Making DA the HC was obviously a poor choice. Then there was the mind blowing decision to retain and then keep PC as our OC for two dysfunctional years in a row. Carrying the Payton plan forward without Payton or Drew was a mistake.

Also, we have not had a good draft in the early rounds since Payton left the building. We lacked identity on offense last year. Oh, and we are always up against the cap.

On the other hand, ML has turned this franchise around from what it was when the Saints were perennial losers with fans wearing bags on their heads. Tom Benson still ran the Saints like a used car salesman who didn't invest in his team who was always one of the cheap owners until ML influenced him to spend money on good coaches and players. We still have one of the best records in the the NFL over the last couple of decades and I give ML most of the credit.

Let's talk about the restructuring myth for a moment. Restructuring a contract for a five year fifty million dollars that is guaranteed is paid off at the end of the contract regardless. ML can spend $10 million each year over five years or he can give $5 million for the first four years and the balance at the end of the contract.

Restructuring contracts doesn't cost more money! It just pushes it into future years while the cap expands each year and we have free money to spend. Yes, eating a large sum at the end of a contract is hard to do while writing smaller checks in the beginning is easy to do.

Also, the cap went up $30 million this year which we got to spend last year. Let that sink in for a moment. Creative accounting equals free money.

02-27-2024, 01:30 PM	#10
Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,200	Re: Official 2024 Free Agency Discussion Originally Posted by BakoSaint While almost nothing Mickey Loomis does makes any sense to me, we do have some things in common being carbon based life forms who breathe air and eat food. If we keep Michael Thomas, I just don't know anymore, it would make zero sense, maybe Mickey is living on another planet. I think MT's market value is $4 million or less. He went to twitter war with the $30 million QB. The dude is gone. I wish him luck. I don't buy any kind of suspense here. ML has made some questionable calls recently. Making DA the HC was obviously a poor choice. Then there was the mind blowing decision to retain and then keep PC as our OC for two dysfunctional years in a row. Carrying the Payton plan forward without Payton or Drew was a mistake. Also, we have not had a good draft in the early rounds since Payton left the building. We lacked identity on offense last year. Oh, and we are always up against the cap. On the other hand, ML has turned this franchise around from what it was when the Saints were perennial losers with fans wearing bags on their heads. Tom Benson still ran the Saints like a used car salesman who didn't invest in his team who was always one of the cheap owners until ML influenced him to spend money on good coaches and players. We still have one of the best records in the the NFL over the last couple of decades and I give ML most of the credit. Let's talk about the restructuring myth for a moment. Restructuring a contract for a five year fifty million dollars that is guaranteed is paid off at the end of the contract regardless. ML can spend $10 million each year over five years or he can give $5 million for the first four years and the balance at the end of the contract. Restructuring contracts doesn't cost more money! It just pushes it into future years while the cap expands each year and we have free money to spend. Yes, eating a large sum at the end of a contract is hard to do while writing smaller checks in the beginning is easy to do. Also, the cap went up $30 million this year which we got to spend last year. Let that sink in for a moment. Creative accounting equals free money. AsylumGuido likes this.
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