Mickey Loomis
Mickey Loomis
Mickey Loomis is the executive vice president and General Manager of the NFL's New Orleans Saints. He was named NFL executive of the year for 2006. Since June 2012, he is also head of basketball operations for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association...
baton games involved league
We would like to play our games in Baton Rouge. Obviously, the league has a lot of say. They'll be involved in the decision.
bring facility good spot
Our facility has been commandeered, which is fine, it's a good spot for them. We'll bring back what we can.
league stadium visiting
We're disadvantaged enough without having to go in every stadium in the league and be a visiting team,
season visiting
We're disadvantaged enough. We don't want to go through the whole season and be the visiting team.
assuming greater maybe nowhere player position rise
And that's only assuming that we are going to take a quarterback. Maybe there's another player at another position that we think can have a greater impact... . Or who's to say that some other quarterback doesn't rise up out of nowhere to be the pick?
desires five four knew talked
I knew what his desires were, but we didn't get to that point. We talked about four or five different scenarios.
believe fox john sean
As John Fox told me, personally, Sean Payton has the 'it' factor. And I believe him.
exhaustion factor mental physical
As we go forward, there is a mental and physical exhaustion factor that comes into play,
coaches cumulative entire five last playoffs record season since situation tough winning year
It's been a tough season for everyone. We haven't made the playoffs in the last five years, and we haven't had a winning record since 2002. It's a cumulative effect. Certainly, the situation we had this year made it tough for Jim, the coaches and players, and everyone in the entire organization.
came careful decision evaluation factors great involved move necessary past year
This was a decision I made that came with great consideration and thought. It wasn't a move I thought necessary without careful evaluation of all of the factors involved this year and in past seasons.