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Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 921301)

FA’s don’t want to come here anymore. If we hadn’t lost so many pieces FA’s would be flocking to us but we aren’t that team anymore. The good ones want to go to a team that has a stacked roster and a legit shot at a SB. We have neither of those. Hopefully we can enjoy one game in the playoffs but I’m not holding my breath. Watching who steps up and who looks like they could wind up being a major player for our team over the next couple of years will be the entertaining part.

Dude, Saints have always had an uphill fight to win over NFL free agents...

Schools suck unless you're paying for Isidore Newman School, Académie du Sacré-Cœur, Jesuit HS, St. Martin's Episcopal School, De LaSalle HS et al...

Crime is rampant with an always underfunded police force that's been mismanaged since the 70s...

A corrupt Sewerage & Water Board that's taken in billions in Federal Aid (leaving nothing for surrounding parishes) and still hasn't fixed pumps since H. Katrina...

And the city has not had competent leadership and vision since the 50s, starting with Moon Landrieu it's been a revolving-door asshat clown show...

There's few places for millionaire athletes to truly get and and spend their money as there is in other cities...

And the only semi-successful recruiter has been Payton; and it's a mixed-bag with the Brees Signing (best in NFL history) being his saving grace in that regard...