Originally Posted by blackangold (Post 439357)

The 0-2 start honestly does not concern me all that much... really. We can come back from it if we play real Saints ball.

What truly concerns me is what I see when looking at the players on the field and how we are playing regardless of the score. It's not like these are close losses. They are blow-outs and the passion I see from the players is worse than the passion I see from the coaches. So, regardless of our record, and just using what I see from our players on the field we have no chance this season unless we get some passion out of our guys.

Originally Posted by SaintsBro (Post 439368)

I like what you are saying. I know I am sounding like a broken record tonight, but Joe Vitt = passion. He is literally the guy that Payton sends to yell at people for him. Players fear him, respect him, and listen when he talks. He is a piece we are missing along with Payton right now. I think when he comes back the team will look a lot more Payton-like, meaner, tougher, smarter, fewer mistakes, all that type of stuff.

Originally Posted by SaintsBro (Post 439255)

You get your linebackers coach/assistant coach back in week 7 who has 30+ years experience in defensive coaching, and he goes ballistic yelling and screaming in the first meeting and tears everyone on the team a new one, puts the fear of God in them, and busts out the X's and O's and makes Spags explain what the hell he has been doing the past six weeks. No seriously. We are two coaches short of every other team in the league right now. Think about that. The defense IS going to get better when Vitt comes back, and the offense will get better when Kromer can go back to focusing on coaching the O-line, like he's supposed to.

Originally Posted by QBREES9 (Post 439519)

Its not over till we say it's over. was it over when the germans bombed Pearl Harbor. Germans ?