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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/18/2007 New Orleans Saints
Nice Sign! I think that says it all. With my history of being a Tom Benson critic; I think it's time to give credit where credit is due. Tom, thanks for keeping the Saints here in New Orleans, and thanks for hiring Sean Payton. I can't begin to say what this team has done for the spirit of the people here in New Orleans. Through "hell and high water" our city was on the difficult road to recovery, and making progress albeit sometimes at a big easy pace. Many of our people have not returned, and for many different reasons. While I thought that I loved the city more because I stayed; I now realize that many didn't return for that exact same reason: that they loved the city. Regardless of where we all are now, the success of the Saints this year has been a uniting force that's put smiles back on the faces of many people still grieving the many losses they've faced since August of 2005. This team's comeback from the difficult season last year has been little short of an NFL coup d'etat. Sean Payton and his gang have defied the odds and shown all the critics what they are here to do. Saints fans all over the country finally have a chance to live the dream we never thought possible. Thank you, New Orleans Saints, for the incredible gift you've given our city and your fans all across America.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I like this - someone submitted it yesterday. Anonymous post: Saints Fans don't fear. If you remember a few years back, the Saints Beat every team they faced that had a Winning record, but they also Lost to every team with a Losing record. The Saints are IN the playoffs and will only be facing teams with winning record. So let's not beat around the BUSH but start tooting our own HORN. We can just BREES our way to the playoffs by just winning DEUCE more games. Go Saints! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holy Cow. Saints 42, Cowboys 17
Do the New Orleans Saints still have to prove themselves? I hope so. I hope we stay the underdogs until the day we win the (I don't want to say the "S" word). That's how we do best. That's why I've been a Saints fan since I was old enough to walk. I can identify with the "underdog." So I hope every team in the NFL thinks we "suck" while we're putting points on the board. Congratulations guys, that was a great performance you put on last Sunday night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous post: I'm not so glum. I was at the Saints game Sunday. I stayed when everyone else left just because I wanted to see what they could do. This is a team that's great to watch, even when they're down. It's definitely not the Saints of last year. That was a team that was inconsistent in all levels of play. Right now our biggest problem is turnovers, and although it's something that will cause us to lose football games, it's a problem we can solve. The poor leadership of the past was not the same problem at all. This is an explosive offense, and a defense that's playing with a lot of heart. You gotta keep the faith! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man, I feel like the worst fan ever. The Saints are having one of the best seasons of all time, and I'm missing game and not having time to post. Here's my excuses: my wife really did spill water on my laptop, well, I got it back (repaired) last week ... then I came down with this nasty virus that's had me throwing up all weekend. I was so sick on Sunday that I could barely hold my eyes open, although when open, they were on THE GAME... Saints 27, Eagles 24 I guess this showed all the naysayers that the Saints really are "for real." It was awesome to see Joe Horn get back in the swing. I was real worried about Deuce going out for a while...what's the status on his hamstring anyway? Coach Payton is quickly becoming one of most popular guys in New Orleans. Deservedly so.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 20, Falcons 3 Incredible. The dome was rockin last night! I've never been a part of a crowd so electrified. I think I lost my voice after the first 5 minutes. From the blocked punt to the last field goal of the game the Saints played with more enthusiasm than I've seen in years. In particular, the defense played a near perfect game with help from almost every player. The Falcons had only one successful long passing play when one of their receivers got past McKenzie. Fred Thomas was AWESOME. The combination of their effort and the Falcon's bumbling receivers left the Falcon's offense inept. The only areas I'd like to see our guys improve on were special teams play against the returns and blocking for our returns. The kick returns were a little lopsided in the Falcon's favor. Although we didn't need long passes in this game, Carolina could be a different story. Our red zone play could have been better, since we left excellent field position quite a few times with only a field goal. But I certainly don't want to rain on this parade. These guys deserve all the praise they get this week from a grateful bunch of fans. The Saints win gave this area a good injection of renewed faith and hope. Bless you boys! Keep the Faith! Who Dat? Cha-Ching! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can't begin to say what the Saints return to New Orleans means to the people of the City of New Orleans, and myself included. Win or lose, it's gonna be a great event this Monday night. Here's a comment I got yesterday: "I am a Saints fan living in Denver Bronco territory, (not a Katrina casualty) however my heart has always been with the Saints........ Go Saints Go!!!!!!!! This is our time to shine!!!!!!!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now I'm excited. The Saints are 2-0. I told you guys not to worry about preseason! Bench McKenzie coach! He's weak! He got burned numerous times today. It's hard for me to post right now since my wife spilled a glass of water on my laptop last week. We're in the data recovery process...this will interfere with my ability to post pics too.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sorry to Offend." [anonymous] I guess it's the guy from last week. No offense taken! I'm sitting on my *** with nothing to talk about. I really haven't been that concerned about preseason. You gave me something to talk about. Now I'm getting concerned about preseason. After last Saturday, this is looking a lot like last year. I was listening to the whole 870 team crawfish on their initial predictions for the team. I guess we'll see.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I got these comments from some knucklehead sounding jock / football announcer last night: "Game tonight. Let's get this blog in gear!!!!!!!" First of all, this is New Orleans. Nothing ever has been or ever will be "In Gear." This is preseason, the only thing I'm remotely concerned about, is if any of our guys get hurt. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------8/14/2006 New Orleans Saints I'm not even commenting on preseason.
what a waste of time. The fishing's too good right now.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints Sign Reggie Bush. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints Beat Out Miami to Sign Drew
Brees.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean Payton Hired. Congratulations Sean Payton on your new head coaching job. I hope you can turn this team around and provide the discipline they need from a coach, the discipline they have been lacking under Jim Haslett's tenure. Welcome to New Orleans! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Haslett Fired. The New Orleans Saints have relieved Jim Haslett of his head coaching duties in a decision made by Executive Vice-President/General Manager Mickey Loomis. Haslett's tenure with the Saints stretched eight years with six as head coach. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Benson announces the Saints' return to New Orleans for the 2006 season. http://www.wwltv.com/...aints.2c3f23ed.html
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 10, Panthers 27 I don't waste my time commenting on game play anymore. This team can't get a handle on fundamentals, so to sit here and say, "they should have done this, or that." Is a waste of time. 6 Turnovers. Enough said. The worst owner in the history of the NFL continues to give us a poor product. Tom Benson - please stay in San Antonio. And please give us our Saints back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest from ESPN is no surprise to
Saints fans! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 17, Falcons 36 I just can't get excited about my team anymore. I love the Saints,
but we're just in a place right now where the team owner has made it
impossible for this team to be successful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 3, Buccaneers 10 You can't win a game with 4 interceptions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A much needed victory last night for our
displaced team. I'm glad that the ESPN announcers brought attention to
the unusual dilemmas our team now faces since the storm.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 17, Patriots 24 "Obviously, we're not getting it done. That's the bottom line. Every
week it's the same old saga." It got entertaining towards the end, but it was too late get juiced. I can't believe Carney missed that field goal. It wouldn't have made a difference now; but if we had scored that td in the end we could have won the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I saw Terry Bradshaw on FOX last weekend
talking about buying the New Orleans Saints. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Bradshaw wants to buy the Saints? [more to come] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the New Forums Where You can Discuss the Saints: <Deleted>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 17, Bears 20 It was the same old show again in Death Valley. Another game of
turnovers - although the Saints stayed within reach of the win due to
the fact that the Bears had their share of turnovers as well.
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Rock BottomTom Benson lunges at the WWLTV camera after the game, following his team's 4th straight loss in a row. Fans and season ticket holders had to wait hours in line to see the game. Many speculate that Benson wanted to show a "lack of local support" in order to make his case for moving the team. Saints 6, Dolphins 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't even know if I should post this. It's such a load of #@&%. Tom Benson says, "TOM BENSON WANTS TO RETURN TO NEW ORLEANS." What Tom WANTS is to milk the state of Louisiana for as much money as he possibly can, and he reminds us of that here:
He took a stab at the mayor, said he donates millions to local charities (which I think we need to check the facts on - because nobody donates millions without handing over a big cardboard check in front of TV cameras), and then goes on to criticize the media because they, "have never run a company and have no clear understanding of how to run a successful business." Enough said. I think we can all read between the lines. Thanks Tom. Thanks for the help. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 17, Rams 28 Why am I cursed to love a team that shoots themselves in the foot, time and time again. What was with that fake field goal? I mean, if your'e gonna have a skinny back up quarterback run the ball - don't send him through the middle where all the blockers are!
Saints special teams were horrible. Again. The NFL needs to start fining REFS for making blatantly bad calls, that might put a stop to it. When Aaron Brooks went out for the last possession, I just felt bad for him - if I was in his shoes, I don't think I'd wanna get back on the field. Maybe next week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for saying what we've all been thinking for a while now. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------10/18/2005 New Orleans Saints Please take the time to read Jim Henderson's editorial on Benson possibly moving the team to San Antonio: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 31, Falcons 34 I didn't comment on last weeks game because there was just nothing to say. This week was pretty exciting, although the same mistakes they've made in the past crippled them. Turnovers being the most troublesome. 3 turnovers turned into 21 points for the Falcons that they didn't even have to work for. Saints special teams played horrible. A field goal got blocked and turned over for a touchdown. A blocker ran into Hakim, and I don't think that they returned the ball past the 20 yard line. Did they?
259 yds Passing / Stecker and Smith combined for almost 180 yds rushing. Awesome game. Bad call in the end by the officials kept the game from going into overtime. I think the official wanted to get home on time or something. The Saints tied the club record for first downs with 32.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 19, Bills 7 Good game. No turnovers. Few penalties. If they can keep that up, they will do great. Just play like pros.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With all this evacuation nonsense...I haven't been as astute as I'd like to the New Orleans Saints. Last week, I listened to the game from Houston on WWL. It was AWESOME. I'm so proud of those guys for pulling such a great effort out in the season opener with everything as crazy as it has been back home. My eyes welled up for a second thinking about what being a Saints fan means for me. The New Orleans Saints are the underdogs in NFL world. We don't expect our team to come out and win the Superbowl, not even make the playoffs. It's not that they don't have the talent. It's more like some kind of voodoo curse the team has. That's what makes it so awesome when we do win...it's like we're defying gravity or something. That Sunday it was like telling the world, "we might be down, but we're on our way back up." Then came week 2. Wow, is this 2004 all over again? Mistake, after mistake, after mistake. It's like a row of dominoes - when one falls, they all fall. This is going to be the challenge for this great football team all season long - consistent play. It's ok to make mistakes. It's going to happen. But it's almost like it's "all or nothing" with the Saints. They either play like Superbowl contenders or a bunch of rookies with their heads up their rear. The attitude needs to change from "Oh crap, Joe Horn dropped a pass," to, "Man, Joe dropped that pass - so I got his back, I'm gonna catch mine." Come on fellas... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Joe Horn and the other Saints players for visiting our people in the Astrodome. Thanks for keeping the spirit of New Orleans alive. Read the article on WWLTV's website by clicking here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------8/25/2005 New Orleans Saints I'm not going to spend much time worrying about preseason, but the team's enthusiasm was AWESOME last week. Go Saints! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm really upset about the current situation with the Saints' negotiations with the state. The Saints franchise brings a TON of money to the state of Louisiana, and Kathleen Blanco is making Tom Benson out to be a greedy millionaire who wants to suck the state dry. Is Tom Benson a greedy millionaire? Probably So. Does that matter? No. The New Orleans Saints Franchise is a business, and as far as Mrs. Blanco is concerned, it shouldn't matter who owns them. This is a financial deal for the state - that is good for the state. As David Tyree said, if this was Bill Gates talking about bringing a business to Louisiana, would Mrs. Blanco ask him to open up his books? Would she make references to the number of yachts he owns? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The City of New Orleans and all Fans of the New Orleans Saints today mourn the death of Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto. "Buddy D." passed away Friday night of a heart attack and he will truly be missed. He was 73 years old. I can remember Buddy D.'s voice doing Saints commentary for as long as I can think back into my childhood. My grandfather used to take me to the Saints games and we'd listen to Buddy D. the whole ride back. His sports commentary will be missed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 21, Panthers 18 What's different about this team from the one that started the season? Enthusiasm. McKenzie. Fewer mistakes. Who's dogging it coach? What spurred this team to turn around like they did? How did Benson's comments affect the team? They seem to do better as the underdog, when no one expects anything of them. Who knows what next season will bring for the New Orleans Saints. Only one thing is certain. If nothing changes; nothing will change. These last four games were great, and sadly, they gave us another taste of what this team is capable of. Falling just short of the playoffs was a symbolic ending to another season. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 26, Falcons 13
I had to listen to this one from Dallas using my laptop and NFL Field Pass - what a drag. These guys are finally starting to show some heart. I think McKenzie has been a great asset to the team, with interceptions in 3 consecutive games (the first time since we had Sammy Knight in 1998), he brings a much needed spark to our deflated defense. Glad to hear Stallworth make some good catches too; it seemed like all season he dropped more than he caught.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 21, Tampa Bay 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 27, Cowboys 13 Amazing that the defense showed up today. Testaverde had an awful day too, but man, what a game! The Saints played like they cared for a change. It was nice while it lasted. I've learned my lesson though; I must keep my expectations very low for next week otherwise I set myself up for disappointment. Joe Horn, Deuce McAllister ain't nothin' nice boyyyy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 21, Panthers 32 Much of the same. No, worse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 21, Falcons 24 Sadly much of the same inconsistency we've been seeing all year. The most painful part was in the end when the saints had about 1:30 to get down field and score. The play calling was horrible. Brooks threw a few short passes. They never made it out the starting gate. Tenth game in a row the Saints went scoreless in the first quarter. What should we attribute this to? Haslett's had four years with this team and they're worse off now than when Ditka turned them over to him. I mean, I hate to say that; because Haslett's such a nice guy. Maybe that's why we've kept him around so long? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saints 13, Broncos 34 "That's the worst performance I've seen of our club in the 20 years that I've owned them." - Tom Benson 11/21/2004 Maybe reality's finally starting to set in for Tom Benson. Buddy D. says he thinks Benson "might have missed a few games." I agree. But what's it gonna take Tom? Is this rock bottom? Is Tom Benson going to realize that now, maybe now - it's time to make some changes - to realize that we need to take a drastically different perspective on how a football team needs to be managed? In my amateur opinion ... everyone in the City of New Orleans knows the Saints started going downhill quick, after Benson fired General Manager Randy Mueller in 2002. You can't listen to talk radio for 10 minutes without hearing Mueller's name brought up. That was 2 years ago. Why was Mueller fired? Because he criticized Benson's "management style." If I was Benson, I'd call that guy quick and ask him what I'm doing wrong, and suck up my pride. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joe Horn is the man. If every Saints player had his enthusiasm they'd never lose a game. I don't even mind that stupid little dance he does. He can do that dance. DO THAT! DO THAT DANCE! GO JOE! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traffic uptown sucks right now. If they build a new stadium at the foot of the GNO bridge it will be a traffic NIGHTMARE. Why are people even talking about this? The Saints can't support it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------11/14/2004 New Orleans Saints The Saints actually won today, and I'm not surprised. They have awesome talent, but for some reason Tom Benson can't seem to figure out why they are COMPLETELY unmotivated. They lose to the worst teams in the NFL and beat some of the best. It kind of makes you wonder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
I really didn't see us winning the game after the Saints showed their
typical really-bad-timing penalties and dropped balls. They were on the
downhill slide FAST when the Rams' Furry STRIPPED the ball from Ernie
Conwell AFTER he was tackled - running in for a touchdown. The refs let
him go. That put the last nail in the coffin. The Saints couldn't
challenge because they didn't have any time outs left.
Brooks
played awesome - he had an interception resulting from a poorly thrown
ball, but it really wasn't that far off. It only got intercepted because
the receiver knocked it up in the air.
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