Sammy Knight

winmill1 · 03-03-2008, 07:48 PM

I am trying to get a second opinion on this. I loved Sammy Knight when he was a Saint. When I think of him, I think of a headhunter. If I remember correctly he was a great safety. I watched a little bit of him in Jacksonville last year and he looked pretty good. My question is does anyone think we should have looked at him to come into our rotation and mentor our young safeties? He signed a contract with the Giants today 3 yr 5million. Seems cheap to me. Any insight would be great.

hagan714 · 03-03-2008, 07:48 PM

sign him so he can retire a saint.

phatoosdey · 03-03-2008, 07:57 PM

damn i wanted sammy back
not as a mentor but as starter

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winmill1 · 03-03-2008, 08:34 PM

yeah I wanted him as a starter, but he could mentor Bullocks and Harper, retire a Saint and then maybe coach. I just thought with the price the Giants got him for we should have jumped all over him. I think he would have made our secondary instantly better.

Memnoch_TP · 03-03-2008, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by winmill1

I am trying to get a second opinion on this... Any insight would be great.

Should we have re-signed him? We should never have let him go in the first place. Sammy kicked ass. When you needed that clutch interception in the last two minutes to save the game, Sammy was there to pluck it from the air.

They decided that, even though he could break up passes, make interceptions, and was a good tackler, they wanted a safety with SPEED. So we dropped him and replaced him with the mighty Tebucky Jones. And just so you know, Tebucky Jones was a GREAT tackler, it's just that everyone he tried to tackle was smeared with butter. It was a horrible violation of the rules, but the Refs never called it. This is 100% true BTW, I got the story from Tebucky's grandma herself.

Yeah, it would have been good to have Sammy back. His loss is just another part of the legacy of Jim Hasbeen.

Lil Saint · 03-03-2008, 08:43 PM

Even though I don't know much about Sammy Knight, from the way you talk about im, he seems like a great accusition if we could get him.

winmill1 · 03-03-2008, 09:04 PM

You know over the years I have thought that I was the biggest Saints fan in the world and noone else felt my pain of being a fanatic for a team destined for underachieving. I spent 14 months in Iraq, 12 months in Korea- all that time still following the Saints. I wish that during that time I would have known about the black and gold website. You guys are truly Saints fans(unlike the fairweather bandwagoneers that I know)and it's truly refreshing to be able to discuss the one team that we all feel so passionatley about. Thank you for the responses and I have a feeling this is our year(I have been saying that since the days of Bobby Hebert and Steve Walsh). Keepin the faith in New Iberia, La.

pakowitz · 03-03-2008, 09:17 PM

we are trying to upgrade our secondary..

winmill1 · 03-03-2008, 09:33 PM

I know they are trying to improve the secondary but if we would have brought in a veteran(cost effective) safety it would have made a huge difference.

pakowitz · 03-03-2008, 09:34 PM

we have a couple veteran safetys.. we dont need older slower ones..

03-03-2008, 07:48 PM	#1
winmill1 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 426	Sammy Knight I am trying to get a second opinion on this. I loved Sammy Knight when he was a Saint. When I think of him, I think of a headhunter. If I remember correctly he was a great safety. I watched a little bit of him in Jacksonville last year and he looked pretty good. My question is does anyone think we should have looked at him to come into our rotation and mentor our young safeties? He signed a contract with the Giants today 3 yr 5million. Seems cheap to me. Any insight would be great.
winmill1 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 426

03-03-2008, 07:48 PM	#2
hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	Re: Sammy Knight sign him so he can retire a saint.

03-03-2008, 07:57 PM	#3
phatoosdey Drunkagen Join Date: May 2007 Location: kenner Posts: 356	Re: Sammy Knight damn i wanted sammy back not as a mentor but as starter ESPN - Sammy Knight Stats, News, Photos - Jacksonville Jaguars - NFL Football

03-03-2008, 08:34 PM	#4
winmill1 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 426	Re: Sammy Knight yeah I wanted him as a starter, but he could mentor Bullocks and Harper, retire a Saint and then maybe coach. I just thought with the price the Giants got him for we should have jumped all over him. I think he would have made our secondary instantly better.
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03-03-2008, 08:39 PM	#5
Memnoch_TP Logic Troll Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern Louisiana Posts: 565	Re: Sammy Knight Originally Posted by winmill1 I am trying to get a second opinion on this... Any insight would be great. Should we have re-signed him? We should never have let him go in the first place. Sammy kicked ass. When you needed that clutch interception in the last two minutes to save the game, Sammy was there to pluck it from the air. They decided that, even though he could break up passes, make interceptions, and was a good tackler, they wanted a safety with SPEED. So we dropped him and replaced him with the mighty Tebucky Jones. And just so you know, Tebucky Jones was a GREAT tackler, it's just that everyone he tried to tackle was smeared with butter. It was a horrible violation of the rules, but the Refs never called it. This is 100% true BTW, I got the story from Tebucky's grandma herself. Yeah, it would have been good to have Sammy back. His loss is just another part of the legacy of Jim Hasbeen.
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03-03-2008, 08:43 PM	#6
Lil Saint Rookie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 19	Re: Sammy Knight Even though I don't know much about Sammy Knight, from the way you talk about im, he seems like a great accusition if we could get him.

03-03-2008, 09:04 PM	#7
winmill1 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 426	Re: Sammy Knight You know over the years I have thought that I was the biggest Saints fan in the world and noone else felt my pain of being a fanatic for a team destined for underachieving. I spent 14 months in Iraq, 12 months in Korea- all that time still following the Saints. I wish that during that time I would have known about the black and gold website. You guys are truly Saints fans(unlike the fairweather bandwagoneers that I know)and it's truly refreshing to be able to discuss the one team that we all feel so passionatley about. Thank you for the responses and I have a feeling this is our year(I have been saying that since the days of Bobby Hebert and Steve Walsh). Keepin the faith in New Iberia, La.
winmill1 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 426

03-03-2008, 09:17 PM	#8
pakowitz The Dark Overlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,450	Re: Sammy Knight we are trying to upgrade our secondary..

03-03-2008, 09:33 PM	#9
winmill1 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 426	Re: Sammy Knight I know they are trying to improve the secondary but if we would have brought in a veteran(cost effective) safety it would have made a huge difference.
winmill1 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 426

03-03-2008, 09:34 PM	#10
pakowitz The Dark Overlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,450	Re: Sammy Knight we have a couple veteran safetys.. we dont need older slower ones..