That brings up a good debate. Turning point or sinking ship. You can look at it both ways, I guess. When the
Saints shocked the NFL world in 2000 by winning the division and their first ever play-off game with a first-year coach and an inexperienced back-up QB, it gave
Saints fans hope for a bright future. Every \"assumed\" the
Saints would be a force the following season, and it was the turnaround everyone had been waiting on for years. Then comes the 2001 season. What a disappointment! So much potential, so little production. Too much bickering and drama in the locker room caused a lot of the problems, so we were right back where we started. In the hole. The front office made some key moves and got rid of some of the poison that was hurting the
Saints. Good job! Now maybe we can play some football? Of course, we can. We get the most explosive offense that I\'ve ever seen in my history of being a
Saints fan, but a defense that couldn\'t stop a pre-schooler from flicking a booger on them. So we turned the corner in one aspect, but backpedaled in the other. We traded off defense for offense. At least they saw what went wrong after the 2001 season and did what they could to correct it. Now maybe they\'ll see what went wrong after this past season and correct it, also. I believe every year is a turning point when you\'re a
Saints fan, because it always seems like the ship can sink no further.