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New Orleans Saints and Pelicans president Dennis Lauscha's ninth anniversary in his role with both clubs is May 20, and to commemorate the native New Orleanian's tenure with the two franchises, he sat down with Saints team reporter John DeShazier for a Q&A.

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Lauscha, before he was promoted to be the president of the Saints and Pelicans organizations, was the Saints' treasurer (now referred to as chief financial officer) and had been in that role since 1998.

"I think if there's one constant, that constant is change," Lauscha said of the challenges the Saints franchise has faced since 1998. "From one challenge to the next challenge, but we always get through them pretty well."

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Lauscha said that a lot of his attention in the early days of his presidency was focused on the Pelicans and merging the operations between the city's NFL and NBA teams.

With Lauscha having to learn the tricks of the trade for the NBA after having worked in the NFL for more than a decade, he said he learned very quickly that the Pelicans' operations had to be on its A game because of the challenges that small-market teams face, like television rights and ticket sales.

"All of those things are big challenges," Lauscha said. "It made us a much, much, much better football team, because many of the things we learned in the NBA — best practices — we exported over to the NFL, and I think it made us a much better team."