(WWL.com)
Saints fans continue to reflect on Sunday’s heart breaking loss in the NFC Championship game, but General Manager Mickey Loomis says the franchise is moving forward. Loomis spoke with reporters at the Senior Bowl in Mobile and says the pain is still fresh, but promises the team will bounce back.
“Well it’s hard to bounce back a day later, or two days later or three days later, but we will, we’ll put this behind us and we’ll be stronger for it,” said Loomis. “We still had an opportunity to win the game, but to the Rams credit they made some plays at the end to win the game.”
Loomis says he hasn’t heard from the league since they admitted to the blown no-call, but says the message to the team is clear.
“Life is not always fair and we got pick ourselves up from a tough blow, a tough circumstance and get ready for next year,” said Loomis.
Loomis realizes fans are hurting, but he believes they’ll come back stronger next season. He also doesn’t buy into the fan theories that the game was fixed against them.
“I don’t believe that there was anything intentional, it was missed, that’s what I believe,” said Loomis.