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...
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As we go forward, there is a mental and physical exhaustion factor that comes into play,
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I wouldn't say it's overwhelming. They understand they have a job to do. They know their families are safe. Once you know your family is safe, you go back to your business. What's overwhelming is what's going on in New Orleans, Mississippi and the entire Gulf Coast.
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But even if we had it available, where would our people live? Half our people's homes are OK, but the other half are not . . . and there's a shortage of housing.
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If we can uplift anyone, obviously that's worthwhile to us. We're representatives of the people of Louisiana and the people of New Orleans.
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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?
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We've had firsthand reports that it's a mess.
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We're disadvantaged enough without having to go in every stadium in the league and be a visiting team,
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We're going to get the best coach available to us. The right man for the job. Obviously, we'll pay accordingly.