Perspective

darstep · 12-27-2009, 08:55 PM

Whoever was chalking this one up as an easy victory, has not been paying close attention to our play of late. This team has not played up to its potential the last several weeks. We got away with sub-par play on both sides of the ball and managed to fall short the last couple of weeks. Even when they managed to pull off a win, they weren't very pretty at all. Everyone else was jumping up and down and I was spitting nails because of how ugly the games were. A win is not "just" a win as many were saying; how we win is important...and how we lose is also important. I was concerned that last weeks loss to the Cowpokes could take us in either direction. We have struggled to start strong and finish. This is the time of year to start strong AND finish well. They've gotten away from crossing their T's and dotting their I's. Believe it or not, these recent games were the start of our playoffs. If anyone thinks the week 1-5 team is going into the post season they are sadly mistaken. We are going into the post season with the week 12-17 team (whoever that turns out to be). Let's just hope that this group gets its groove back: consistency and rhythm on offense - sound fundamentals, fire and intensity on defense. Don't you just love the Saints!?

12-27-2009, 08:55 PM	#18
darstep SaintSince67 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PortCity Posts: 2,044	Re: Perspective Whoever was chalking this one up as an easy victory, has not been paying close attention to our play of late. This team has not played up to its potential the last several weeks. We got away with sub-par play on both sides of the ball and managed to fall short the last couple of weeks. Even when they managed to pull off a win, they weren't very pretty at all. Everyone else was jumping up and down and I was spitting nails because of how ugly the games were. A win is not "just" a win as many were saying; how we win is important...and how we lose is also important. I was concerned that last weeks loss to the Cowpokes could take us in either direction. We have struggled to start strong and finish. This is the time of year to start strong AND finish well. They've gotten away from crossing their T's and dotting their I's. Believe it or not, these recent games were the start of our playoffs. If anyone thinks the week 1-5 team is going into the post season they are sadly mistaken. We are going into the post season with the week 12-17 team (whoever that turns out to be). Let's just hope that this group gets its groove back: consistency and rhythm on offense - sound fundamentals, fire and intensity on defense. Don't you just love the Saints!?
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