Consultation firm recommended 5-6 names for GM, Gayle and Lauscha will make decision

Loomis also no longer will have official role with Pels:

except for when he's busy acting as a "consultation" on hires to make and such like he's done before....

oh man, wave the perception flag proudly bunchie.

For as shitty as Loomis has been with the Pels, rooting for him to stay on with the NBA side is a weird flex.

I really didn't want to go down this road, and I really hope that Chad isn't successful in derailing this thread but...

Loomis wasn't shitty with the Pels. He was nothing, which it me in some ways was worse.

He was the damn President of Basketball Operations, which for all other teams, is a significant title with significant responsibilities. But he admitted he basically did nothing. It created confusion and a perception that the ownership only gave a shite about the Saints.

Perception matters in sports a great deal.

Even if his role is essentially the same (aka a consult of Gayle), but he has no title, that is a marked improvement.

Let basketball people run basketball and let football people run football.

Have dedicated staff (medical, training, and otherwise) that solely focus on each. Act as if it is not the same owner owning both.

So Pels are going from one GM to another GM.

Loomis' perception is being removed (yet he's still an active side voice of the owner).

Gayle publicly states that position reports to ownership. YAY.

I've just always have stated that the "loomis" problem has been severely overstated and bunchie admits its a perception problem and gets mad when i call it such.

I have never had a problem with Loomis being a "Special Advisor to the Owner" or whatever.

Gayle trusts him. He is basically a de facto owner. I have no problem with that at all. Mickey is a sharp guy.

Not really. Loomis was helping Tom make organizational decisions which is not that absurd given their relationship and trust.

No one has a clue but we can probably make educated guesses on at least 2-3.

thought this thread was booming with discussion around the potential candidates recommended and it's more like this

Loomis is locked into the inner circle, as are Lauscha and Bensel(although Greg generally handles communication only. He can write in complete sentences)
Gayle trusts Loomis. Nothing really wrong with that. He’s a loyal guy. He found his destiny and fortune in NOLA. As you all know, Lauscha is the financial guy, and has performed well.

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Hate to be a stickler, but you can't recommend 5-6 people. You can recommend 5. Or 6. But not 5-6

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How do people still not understand what a search firm does? They look to quietly find the best candidates that are interested in the job. If they are saying 5-6, then it’s likely that 1 may not take an interview.

I get you have always been team Dell and anti-ownership, but who do you think made their list/identified their candidate if they didn’t use the consultants?

I think you are wrong about it being a facade.