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If you read his post about Buddy D. on the front page you know what I am talking about.

No way this team makes it to 8-8.

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You know I can understand where Stealthman is coming from. We have members on here that have ABOLUTELY written this season off. FWtex made the statement that there is no way that this team is going to even finish 8-8. We\'ve got people on here like WhoDat that goes around claiming all of his negetive predictions have come true already. Well, as much as you guys don\'t want to hear this: IT AIN\'T HAPPENED YET !!

This season can still be saved. Are the odds against it. Probably. But this is what we have coming up:

1. Bears -- This is a very winnable game for us.

2. Atlanta -- Vick won\'t be back. Again, very winnable.

3. Panthers -- Should have beat them in Carolina. We have them at home this time. Again very winnable.

4. Bucs -- Beat them twice last year and they are a beatable team this year. Injuries are starting to hit them too.

If we win all of these games our record will be 5-4. Even if we only win 3, our record will be 4-4. That\'s right back at .500 and we are right were we need to be.

Let\'s see what all the naysayers have to say if we win the next two.

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I\'d make a bet with you again Billie but you obviously don\'t honor your side of bets. LOL

Here is what I noted most out of your post.

\"Are the odds against it.\"
\"If we win all of these games our record will be 5-4.\"

You don\'t sound to confident in your own thoughts there. My other thought is, is an 8-8 finish now the standard you have lowered the saints to this year? Thats a little far from a few weeks ago, huh? Looks like some of those naysayers are more right than you and you just can\'t bring yourself to see it or admit it.

BTW, I would have honored my side of the bet.

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FWtex --

My standards are the same every year for this team and that\'s to go to the playoffs no matter what the record might be. I\'m just the type of fan that never says die. Not until this team is officially out of it. I get discouraged at times. But, I still have to believe. Do you think the players should have your attitude?? If not, then why do you have it?

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What attitude is that?

Do I beleive many players on this team see the writing on the wall and have accepted it already ... yes.

I bet you (ooops, already did that once) that there have been players talking over a beer that have said something like. \" man I can\'t believe how bad we suck\" \" this seasons goals are cooked and we are not even half way through.\" \" I hate playing with nothing to play for.\"

At this point its not about what attitude they should have but what attitude they DO have. Until there is a significant change within the team this will be the attitude.

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FWtex --

Nice try but stay with me here. You said that there is no way that the Saints are even going to finish 8-8. Should the players have that some mentality as you? If you say yes then that tells me a lot about you and if you say no, then why should you as a fan have that mentality?

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Billie quote:

\"then that tells me a lot about you \"

You have lots of guts billie ! Me and everyone else on this board know who the quitter, is.

Yes I am a realist and I see no way in HE_L this team gets 7 more wins on the schedule as long as they go with the same plan they have been using. Mark it right here , if there is no change at QB, HC or OC, this team will be lucky if it wins 4 games.

Should the players have the same mentality? this is another one of your lame questions trying to get someone into a box? Well,, the players should not have that attitude but its just like saying you should not play with matches. Human nature is human nature and it happens.

Ps.



[Edited on 9/10/2003 by JOESAM2002]

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Keep talking your trash. I take it by the fact you come back with this type of attack thaqt you realize you lost again.

get life looser!

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Hey brother. You started the trash talking. I just simply replied !! I haven\'t lost a damn thing. Cool off baby. It\'s all good.

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Joesam, I apologize for the extra work but there are only a couple things I can\'t stand.

I have only one request. When you edit out a complete post please let it be known because otherwise the thread does not make a darn bit of sense.

I\'m back to using more knowledge than Billie can dream of having so your edits should be no more on my posts.

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Saints upbeat despite defeat


By SHELDON MICKLES
smickles@theadvocate.com
Advocate sportswriter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Coming out of their first five games with a 1-4 record was not the way the New Orleans Saints -- or most of their fans -- envisioned their season starting.
No way, no how.

Nevertheless, it happened.

But, believe it or not, there was some good news Monday for the Saints. Namely, a tough, five-game stretch to open the season finally ended with a 19-13 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

Record-wise, the Saints played one of the toughest schedules in the NFL in the first five weeks and it shows in their own record -- which has them tied with the Atlanta Falcons at the bottom of the NFC South.

Four of the Saints\' first five opponents have a winning record, a group that included two of the league\'s last four undefeated teams going into Monday night\'s game between the Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Bucs.

Prior to that game, Saints\' foes had combined for a 16-5 record and a .762 winning percentage. Which makes their next two outings with the Chicago Bears (1-3) and Falcons (1-4) much more palatable.

Those games against teams with losing records come at just the right time for the Saints, who may have gained a bit of confidence even in defeat against the unbeaten Panthers.

The best thing was that it came just seven days after taking a 55-21 beating from the Colts, who were also undefeated going into their matchup with the Super Bowl champion Bucs.

Vowing to stick together as a team in the wake of that devastating loss, the Saints decided that they were not going to be announced individually during pregame introductions against the Panthers.

The Saints rolled up 344 total yards against the stout Panthers defense and coach Jim Haslett\'s defense gave up one touchdown after being torched by Peyton Manning for six passing touchdowns in the loss to the Colts.

That performance came at the end of a tough week in which media and fans alike questioned their toughness and desire.

\"I was proud of them for the effort they gave all week in practice,\" Haslett said. \"The extra time they put in for film work, everything they did, they stuck tight with it.

\"They didn\'t want to be introduced individually, they wanted to go out as a team,\" he said. \"They played hard, and I give them credit for that. We\'re doing a lot of good things, but we\'ve got to find a way to win a game.\"

It\'s too late for the first five games, but it wouldn\'t hurt if they found their way against the Bears and Falcons. While it wouldn\'t cure everything that ails them, it would be a step in the right direction.

\"We need a couple of wins here,\" said running back Deuce McAllister, who had a career-high 183 total yards despite a bout with the flu. \"It\'s not like we\'re putting our heads down and saying that it\'s over. We want to still compete and be able to get back in the race.\"

The Saints would do well to follow McAllister\'s lead. Ninety minutes before kickoff, he had to be given intravenous fluids but still ran for 124 yards and caught four passes for 59 yards against one of the league\'s top defenses.

While they still lost, McAllister said he saw some encouraging signs from an offense that hasn\'t been able to carry the load for an injury-riddled defense through the first five games.

\"We\'re so fast on offense, we\'ve just got to play together,\" he said. \"We were just one or two plays away from this being a different ball game. Everybody who saw that game knows it.

\"We\'re not running out of time, we\'re definitely getting better as a team,\" said the third-year pro. \"Once the wins start coming, they come in bunches. We just have to try and get a win.\"

McAllister wasn\'t the only player feeling it.

Tight end Ernie Conwell said he saw a different team than the one that went down so easily against the Colts.

\"We didn\'t win, but I was real proud of the team coming out like we did after that debacle last week,\" Conwell said. \"We were really fighting hard for one another, and if we improve as much this week as we did last week we\'re going to be a good team.\"

While the defense still gave up 159 rushing yards to Panthers running back Stephen Davis, it gave a much better effort overall. Perhaps as good as it has all season even though the Panthers made the third-down conversions they needed almost every time they needed one.

\"What you saw today was a bunch of guys fighting,\" said cornerback Fred Thomas. \"Nobody was quitting out there. Last week was real bad, but we knew that we had a chance today.

\"We could have been a mediocre team after laying the egg that we laid last week, but we weren\'t,\" he said. \"We worked hard in practice all last week and everybody fought hard against a good team on the road. So that shows you what type of team we can be.\"

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Someone needs to figure a new way to edit posts. The process of just removing a post as though it was never posted creates the wrong impression on those living by the rules of the board.

Yes I am really sick of Billie on this site and there are plenty of other sites I can get my information and vent my thoughts about the saints.

For your information there have been a few post by Billie on this thread and others tonight that have been deleted. If this is the sie you want to have then best to you.

I will try to explain this one last time. Attacks on other members will not be tolarated. No matter what or who. If I let one, then all will. That just ain\'t going to happen. Those are the rules I was given to moderate by and those are the rules I will follow.

[Edited on 9/10/2003 by JOESAM2002]

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If memory serves me correctly -- Joe had to edit your post first. Isn\'t that right FWtex? Wasn\'t it you who started with the insults?? Now you have this holy attitude. All I can tell you is if it bothers you for someone to respond to your insults -- Then quit insulting brother. You get what you give.

As far as the bet you seemed to be so worked up about. You know the one that I didn\'t honor. Get over it dude. It was a silly little bet. You would have think I kicked your dog. Now if it makes you feel any better to think I\'m any less of a man or person. I can live with it. Now get off your high horse.....