The Dude

Dumb post. So you are writing an I told you so thread because we wound up in a bind? You would have rather rebuilt than watch the Saints contend for a Super Bowl the last 3 years? No, we didn’t get another Lombardi but we did get to watch a hell of a lot of great football. We all knew it would eventually come to an end. If we would have traded all the players you listed we would’ve been watching another string of 7-9 seasons.
Some of you guys think it’s easy to just rebuild and be right back in the thick of things, it’s not. Obviously a lot of people are too young to remember the pre Brees/Payton era.
As for Saintsreport, it’s full of children who have very little football knowledge. Last year there was a 200 post thread full of people who were absolutely convinced we were going to trade to get Joe Burrow.
I got banned because I said “Reggie Bush isn’t an every down back.” That was it, no smart ass comment, nothing.

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AsylumGuido

I couldn't agree more with this. There are so many factors involved in having success as an NFL team. Planning for tomorrow at the expense of today carries no guarantees. Every player is an injury away from having their career ended. Every coach is a number of losses away from losing their job. Everyone in the front office is on borrowed time. The time you have the most control over success is in present. Winning now and worrying about the future later is the mantra of the persons in charge, because if you don't do everything possible to win now there very well may not be a future.

Ownership and the fans are the only given constants. But one thing the ownership knows better than the fans is to trust whom they hire to handle their team. Does it always work out? Of course not. But more times than not it gives them their best shot of winning it all.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

Rugby Saint II

I feel dirty every time I go to that site.