After a very disappointing 7-9 season, Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis held a 30-minute meeting with reporters yesterday. Loomis is not ready to comment on whether defensive coordinator Rob Ryan will return next season and says they are still in the process of evaluating the entire organization….

cut 16 (19) “to be adjusted”

There have been reports the Saints will have trouble improving their roster, because of salary cap limitations, but Loomis downplayed those concerns

The lawyer for recently arrested Saints linebacker Junior Galette expects his client will be exonerated once all of the facts are presented. Galette was booked by Kenner Police Monday on a charge of simple battery with domestic violence. Attorney Ralph Whalen says the alleged victim in this case refused to leave Galette’s home and grabbed a knife, threatening Galette and four other people in the home.

It looks like LSU is moving forward in their search for a defensive coordinator. It’s being reported that Penn State defensive coordinator Bob Shoop will interview for the job in the very near future. Shoop just finished his first year in Happy Valley. Prior to that, he served three years as defensive coordinator at Vanderbilt, where the Commodores were never outside the top 25 in total defense. LSU is looking to fill the vacancy left when John Chavis accepted the defensive coordinator position at Texas A&M.

In other college football news…former Southeastern Louisiana head coach Mike Lucas has been added to Mark Hudspeth’s staff at U-L Lafayette. It’s been reported Lucas will coach the Ragin Cajuns defensive backs. He spent last season as the defensive coordinator at Northwestern State. Demons Head Coach Jay Thomas says they will take their time in naming a new defensive coordinator.

In the NBA, the Pelicans are on the road to take on the Hornets in Charlotte tonight. The Pels hope to return to their winning ways. They are 2-and-a-half games behind Phoenix for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

In college basketball, Tulane takes on Temple in a game you can catch on ESPNEWS beginning at 6PM.