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It should go like this...

HC: Mike Singletary
OC: Mike Martz
DC: Dom Capers

- A hard nosed defensive minded head coach to bring some discipline to the team. Singletary could do wonders with our young defense with Capers scheming with him. Martz has wonderful QB development skills, and a flare for offense. With a strong head coach to keep the "Mad Scientist" in check, and experienced Coordinators to ease Singletary's relative lack of coaching experience and this trio is a strong pyramid to stand on for both 2006 and the years after.

Did I make you nervous when I mentioned "QB Development"? Dont worry, I realize that this Saints team has alot of potential. Potential for "Now", not for "Development". So we forget about Lineart. No rookies. We cut Bouman and keep McPhereson. Then we bring in Billy Volek and Jon Kitna and open the QB competition to the best of the three. I think Kitna could win us games now. Laugh all you want but he is a pretty proven commodity. Volek could win us games now, and for a long time coming. He is an expeienced backup with several starts and outstaning games under his belt, and could be the QB of today AND tommorrow for the Saints.

The RB stable stays as it is. Stecker has much heart, Smith has much experience, and Deuce is the man.

At TE, Zach Hilton gets the nod as my starter.

And the worrisome WR quandries. Az Hakim is really on the team? Worrisome indeed. First off, Horn is showing his age. He is still a great clutch reciever and always aware of where the chains end. Joe stays. As for Donte "Butterfingers" Stallworth... I dont care how fast you are kid. Get lost. We try to develop Poole and Henderson a bit more, and look for some more WR talent in FA and the draft.

Dont have time to go into the defense, but that is my dream for 2006.