Mickey Loomis Quotes (20 Quotes)

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.

We are working to create competition at every position. Michael has experience and has been a solid, explosive player throughout his career. We will add him to the mix at running back, where we already have some depth.

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.

Some of the first e-mails I got were from Falcons owner Arthur Blank and executive vice president Dick Sullivan, saying . . . if there was any way they could help they'd be more than pleased and honored to do so. I know Arthur has given a lot of money.

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.

I have two pairs of slacks, and two training camp shirts,

I think Jim performed really well under some adverse conditions, unprecedented conditions. But unfortunately we haven't had the results the past five seasons that you come to expect in this league. It wasn't based just on this season.

I don't want to take anything out of play. It definitely gives us a flexibility that we don't have to take a quarterback.

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.

Sean was the best fit for us. I thought we had a good connection and I liked his strengths as an assistant coach.

We're going to stay here all season, and we wanted to make that decision quickly,

I don't really give a damn about Kyle Turley. He's the Rams' problem now.

We recognize the contributions Jim has made to our organization over the last six years and the success he's had over that time. Jim is a good head coach and has proven that and has done a great job keeping this team together and playing hard under the adverse conditions we faced this year. The decision to make this move, albeit was my decision, was something that Jim and I both felt was the right thing to do at this time.

I believe we've hired a head coach that has what it takes to bring a championship to this city.

It's looking that way. You'd like to leave it open-ended, and continue to look at the alternatives, but we're dealing with people's lives here. Families have decisions to make and you can't delay that forever. And it's obvious we can't go back to New Orle

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.

We've proven we'll trade up, we'll trade down or we'll take our own pick. We are going to keep all of the options available to us open and play it close to the vest until the last minute.

We don't have enough information to even make a guess at it.

I'd be embarrassed I think we'd all be embarrassed to compare our challenges to those we've seen on the news reports of people who remained in New Orleans who have gone through the suffering they have gone through. It brings tears to your eyes to see your peers, the people in your city, your fans, that have suffered so much. So for us to complain about anything would be an embarrassment to ourselves.

We're going to pursue a head coach, we're going to do a thorough search. Obviously I'd like to get it done as soon as possible. We want to make the right decision. We will make the right decision.