re: Bill Barnwell talking Saints

I'm curious as to how much Loomis is involved in the talent evaluation, and how much say he has in who we go after and how hard.

He has negotiated some terrible contracts, but I'd have to imagine the staff and ownership was telling him to do his best to retain these players. Harper and Smith come to mind. These are players that performed for the club, but the team really over-valued them. Harper's contract was especially a case of hyper sellers market. If you remember, there were very few legit starting options on the FA market for safeties that would fit into our system, and as they started to dwindle one by one, we were faced with either over paying for Harper or having a glaring hole at SS.