saint5221

Wow, where do you start on this one. I guess with Turley, I think he is just being his same old pain in the ass ,pissed off self. His hot head and poor judgement cost us games and chances to win games. His attitude is awful and I\'m glad he is gone.
Having said that, I too must say I think he makes some valid points. I don\'t know if I would put it as two faced but if I were playing poker with coach Haslett I would sure bet he was bluffing on just about every hand. The crap with AB\'s injury at years end sure was\'nt candor, the snow job with the press in this years draft is similar and I can recall several other instances as well. Turley is mostly crying about Coach not standing up for his contract. I think Neocloning nailed it, Jim pushed the first offer ,Turley the baby blew it.
Benson is absolutely a cheap bastard. I have several friends who work for him and the stories I hear are horid. Screwing employees on car deals is standard even manditory to Benson. Benson will do anything he can to save money wherever he can. But after he ate Ditka and all his staffs contracts and built the new training facility it\'s tough to say he is not willing to make football decisions that are not just about money. Hard guy to figure out.
The Mueller fireing was not about money. I have a college friend who was an exec with the Saints on the buisness side, who told me for months trouble was brewing between Benson ,Felkow and Mueller. Mueller did want almost total control of both buisness and football operations and maybe some think he should of gotten it ,but he did\'nt.
The Saints are not a perfect organization for sure but I see more reasons to be optimistic about the comming few years than ever before and damn I wish we played the Rams this year too.

[Edited on 6/6/2003 by saint5221]