If you are right, then I hope not. Because if you are right, the Saints in 2024 tanks, looks terrible doing it, and everybody gets fired. And I'll be here to talk about that 2025 team in whatever form it's in.

But if I'm close to being right, then we'll be right back here again. Typically it's changes in personnel (players/coaches), schedule, and health that causes huge swings in the outcomes of a season. The schedule pendulum didn't swing far from last year. So, unless the team looks like a MASH unit, they likely won't tank.

But you're the one that says stop with the woulda, coulda, shoulda. You should do the same. Loomis had his chance to fire Allen in January. He did not do it. It is done. The die is cast. We're going into the season with who we have.

So, it's pointless at every turn to point out what the Saints shoulda done. But you do it with every post you make.

SFIAH

We won’t tank. And as much as I dread being right, we’ll do just well (mediocre) enough to continue to reshuffle Raider-Refuse and undeveloped/underutilized pieces around in a disorganized and disoriented manner, so that I’ll just have to copy and paste what I’ve been writing for three years, in my discussions with you next year.

That would be unfortunate. I'm actually with you that if the Saints do not make progress this season, then Allen needs to be dismissed.

The question becomes what then? My feeling is that we need to swing the pendulum back to offense. Ben McDonald of the Lions would be my likely target. But then the entire defensive staff needs to be revamped. That's going to be tough.

SFIAH

Read YOUR OWN WORDS… ^^^ and tell me how that is supposed to inspire any hope. Lordhavemercy.

Because the season hasn't started yet. As we've been discussing there are a lot of ifs. If some of them come together it won't come to that.

If the team has a couple of devastating injuries, it might.

You want total and certain domination ending in a championship. This team isn't there. But each season there's always a puncher's chance.

But you won't let anyone express that anywhere here.

SFIAH

Sure. I just did.

No you didn't. You had to comment. Like you always do. Everywhere.

I will admit, that this is actually the first post I've seen from you in weeks that doesn't directly disparage the team. I guess you need more that 4 words for that.

SFIAH