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WhoDat · 04-27-2003, 05:23 PM

The thing that may be scariest of all to me, is that Haslett and the other coaches, talent scouts, front office people, etc. DON\'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH OUR LINEBACKING CORP!!! They\'ve come out and said that they like them. Further, their actions in FA and the draft make that all the more obvious. They past on big name FAs like Colvin, Quarles, and Spikes. Ok, those guys cost money. Then they past on REAL VALUES like Claiborne (who would have cost the Saints half a mill more per year than Ruff!!!). Finally, in the draft, they sh-t the bed by passing on talent like Bailey, Henderson, and James time and again. To me, that only says that they are happy with their linebackers just the way they are. Don\'t hold your breath for a LB come June.

The only thing I can say that may hopefully make some of you feel better (though I doubt it), is that I said this last year about the Ricky move. I thought Williams had the ability to be the rushing leader in the NFL (which he proved he did this year), and while I really liked Deuce, I was very unsure about his durability. I remember talking about how dumb it was to let a guy who only had 16 carries in 2001 take the reigns as THE GUY in his second year... especially when he had a slight history of injury, and we had no real backup. Well, I was right about Ricky and I was right about not having a backup, but I was wrong about Deuce\'s ability to handle the load. That move proved to be a great one for the Saints. Let\'s hope that happens again this year with our linebackers. Right? Optimism...? Well, actually, I can\'t be totally optimistic (you guys know me). Just think of how bad it\'ll be if one or two of our linebackers gets hurt!!!! Wow... they may suit JOE up in that case, or put Pak on the field and let him use the force.

04-27-2003, 05:23 PM	#1
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	WAITING The thing that may be scariest of all to me, is that Haslett and the other coaches, talent scouts, front office people, etc. DON\'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH OUR LINEBACKING CORP!!! They\'ve come out and said that they like them. Further, their actions in FA and the draft make that all the more obvious. They past on big name FAs like Colvin, Quarles, and Spikes. Ok, those guys cost money. Then they past on REAL VALUES like Claiborne (who would have cost the Saints half a mill more per year than Ruff!!!). Finally, in the draft, they sh-t the bed by passing on talent like Bailey, Henderson, and James time and again. To me, that only says that they are happy with their linebackers just the way they are. Don\'t hold your breath for a LB come June. The only thing I can say that may hopefully make some of you feel better (though I doubt it), is that I said this last year about the Ricky move. I thought Williams had the ability to be the rushing leader in the NFL (which he proved he did this year), and while I really liked Deuce, I was very unsure about his durability. I remember talking about how dumb it was to let a guy who only had 16 carries in 2001 take the reigns as THE GUY in his second year... especially when he had a slight history of injury, and we had no real backup. Well, I was right about Ricky and I was right about not having a backup, but I was wrong about Deuce\'s ability to handle the load. That move proved to be a great one for the Saints. Let\'s hope that happens again this year with our linebackers. Right? Optimism...? Well, actually, I can\'t be totally optimistic (you guys know me). Just think of how bad it\'ll be if one or two of our linebackers gets hurt!!!! Wow... they may suit JOE up in that case, or put Pak on the field and let him use the force.
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	\"Excuses, excuses, excuses. ThatÃ¢Â€Â™s all anyone ever makes for the New Orleans SaintsÃ¢Â€Â™ organization.\" - Eric Narcisse \"Being a Saints fan is almost like being addicted to crack,\" he said.[i]\"You know you should stop, but you just can\'t.\"