Some thoughts and perspective on Loomis and our cap situation

Danno · 12-04-2015, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by CharityMike

Loomis does not pick players. He is a GM. When will people get it through there head that Mickey is the numbers guy and the guy the hires and fires coachs. The blame should be put on our head coach. He is the one pulling the strings and Mickey is just doing what needs to be done to make it work.

Now you could argue that he let it get out of hand by just doing what Payton is requesting. I see the conversation going more like: Ok coach, who do we need to keep. Coach says player x etc. Mickey says ok, i'll crunch the numbers and see how we can make this work. What free agents are we interested in, player z etc. Mickey goes to work with talks with agents and getting players in for tryouts.

Loomis is one of the best GM's in the league. Blame the latest crap crop of players on the coachs.

To an extent, yes blame the coaches. But the coaches are going off of the scouting reports from the Player Personnel department.

Terry Fontenot - Director of Pro Scouting (he handles the free-agents)

Jeff Ireland - Assistant General Manager/College Scouting Director (he handles the draftees)

This is the 1st year Ireland handled the draft for us. Personally I think this is the best draft we've had since 2006.

12-04-2015, 08:33 AM	#5
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Re: Some thoughts and perspective on Loomis and our cap situation Originally Posted by CharityMike Loomis does not pick players. He is a GM. When will people get it through there head that Mickey is the numbers guy and the guy the hires and fires coachs. The blame should be put on our head coach. He is the one pulling the strings and Mickey is just doing what needs to be done to make it work. Now you could argue that he let it get out of hand by just doing what Payton is requesting. I see the conversation going more like: Ok coach, who do we need to keep. Coach says player x etc. Mickey says ok, i'll crunch the numbers and see how we can make this work. What free agents are we interested in, player z etc. Mickey goes to work with talks with agents and getting players in for tryouts. Loomis is one of the best GM's in the league. Blame the latest crap crop of players on the coachs. To an extent, yes blame the coaches. But the coaches are going off of the scouting reports from the Player Personnel department. Terry Fontenot - Director of Pro Scouting (he handles the free-agents) Jeff Ireland - Assistant General Manager/College Scouting Director (he handles the draftees) This is the 1st year Ireland handled the draft for us. Personally I think this is the best draft we've had since 2006. dizzle88, CharityMike and Mr.Riaton like this.

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