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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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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We went into the free agency period aiming to improve our depth at running back, and we have accomplished that goal with the signing of Aaron. He is a proven player who we can depend upon to take over at running back if needed or just to give Deuce a rest during a game.
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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 disadvantaged enough. We don't want to go through the whole season and be the visiting team.
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We mutually agreed that it was the right move for the Saints.
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We've had firsthand reports that it's a mess.
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It doesn't seem like we'll be able to return to New Orleans in the near future. We've got (players and staff) that have kids that need to go to school and a lot of other issues with families. We think it's fair to them that we establish a base here.
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You kind of feel like a derelict after a while, wearing the same shirt every other day. Through all this, no one is complaining. Everyone sees the plight of others . . . and we know we're fortunate. We have incomes.
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With the experience we went through last year there was considerably less chaos than there might have been.
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From what I've seen on TV, what we can all see, that's what you would speculate. It doesn't look very good.
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I don't think it will be difficult. This is a good job. Obviously, we have some challenges in front of us, but frankly I wouldn't want a head coach who's not willing to face challenges.
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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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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.
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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.