smooth sailing for the saints?

papz · 06-05-2007, 11:17 AM

It's all necessary to keep people pumped and to sell tickets.

SapperSaint · 06-05-2007, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper

...it's been smooth sailing for the Saints because the Saints finally have people of character from top to bottom. And it will be smooth sailing for a while.

AMEN! You smacked the nail on the head!

SaintFanInATLHELL · 06-06-2007, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by SapperSaint

AMEN! You smacked the nail on the head!

However, we cannot forget the joker in the deck: injuries. Everything should be fine this season as long as the team stays relatively healthy.

SFIAH

iceshack149 · 06-06-2007, 10:52 AM

"Under the radar" is relative. Not because the media doesn't talk (or doesn't talk ill ) about the Saints is cause for the teams the Saints play to ignore the Saints. Other teams' coaches don't look to ESPN for scouting reports.-- Tobias

Where has "under the radar" gotten the Saints in the past? A handful of surprise seasons?

I think that the under the radar bit is created in our minds and is basically every Saints fans mindset; keep your expectations low. With this thinking if the Saints do poorly it was expected. If they do well then they've exceeded our expectations and we are optimistic until CRASH! our hopes are dashed once again. --Sorry, I had to that. Years of fandom does that.

However, this year is different. And it all starts with Coach Payton. The Saints have never had a coach like this. Their last good coach was Mora and judging by last year I'd much rather have Payton.

Barring injuries this team is bound to return to the play-offs. The tease of last years season has my expectations higher than ever before. Even higher than the Billy Joe and Billy Joe years.

06-05-2007, 01:38 PM	#2
SapperSaint Pink Nightmare Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Mississippi Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 7	Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper ...it's been smooth sailing for the Saints because the Saints finally have people of character from top to bottom. And it will be smooth sailing for a while. AMEN! You smacked the nail on the head!

06-06-2007, 09:04 AM	#3
SaintFanInATLHELL The Professor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lithonia, GA Posts: 2,783	Originally Posted by SapperSaint AMEN! You smacked the nail on the head! However, we cannot forget the joker in the deck: injuries. Everything should be fine this season as long as the team stays relatively healthy. SFIAH

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06-05-2007, 11:17 AM	#1
papz Problem? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,793	It's all necessary to keep people pumped and to sell tickets.

06-06-2007, 10:52 AM	#4
iceshack149 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fairbanks, AK Posts: 4,401 Blog Entries: 1	"Under the radar" is relative. Not because the media doesn't talk (or doesn't talk ill ) about the Saints is cause for the teams the Saints play to ignore the Saints. Other teams' coaches don't look to ESPN for scouting reports.-- Tobias Where has "under the radar" gotten the Saints in the past? A handful of surprise seasons? I think that the under the radar bit is created in our minds and is basically every Saints fans mindset; keep your expectations low. With this thinking if the Saints do poorly it was expected. If they do well then they've exceeded our expectations and we are optimistic until CRASH! our hopes are dashed once again. --Sorry, I had to that. Years of fandom does that. However, this year is different. And it all starts with Coach Payton. The Saints have never had a coach like this. Their last good coach was Mora and judging by last year I'd much rather have Payton. Barring injuries this team is bound to return to the play-offs. The tease of last years season has my expectations higher than ever before. Even higher than the Billy Joe and Billy Joe years.