Brooks"I owned them pretty much the whole night with my eyes

daviddrake2 · 09-10-2003, 12:07 PM

I am not calling for Brooks to be benched or cut nor am I saying that any or all of our past and present back-ups are better than him. All I\'m trying to say is that Brooks, at times obviously lacks the mental and emotional drive to be the team leader we need him to be.

My opinion of why he hasn\'t given it his all at times last season (particularly late in the season -- and yes I know he was hurt) and during the pre-season and last week\'s game is that he doesn\'t have enough incentive to do so. He knows and Haz has proven that he won\'t be pulled -- NO MATTER WHAT. Not if he\'s hurt, not if he screws up and certainly not if he he just laughs off bone-headed goofs and missed opportunities.

To me, he is not showing the leadership qualities that Haz has eluded he should have -- he\'s got a huge contract, no more so-called distractions from people like Turley that were \'bad\' for the team, but also provided some leadership and got the team fired up.

We need leaders! Haz has obviously not made it clear that that is what a QB is supposed to be -- a leader.

I know Brooks put up some fantastic numbers last year. I was pleased as could be to see them too. No one would be happier than me to see him do it again. But I\'ll still be pissed if he does it with the same kind of flipant attitude he has displayed in the past.

And if you read my posts, it is very easy to see that I do not put all of the blame on Brooks\' head. I give credit where credit is do, but I also call out those that don\'t play NFL-caliber football, i.e. poor tackers, linemen that can\'t stop a rush, receivers that consistently drop passes, butter fingered players, etc. But most of all, I call out Haz forletting his players get away with sub-par outings.

If a kid acts up in school, breaks the law or just has a bad attitude in general, it\'s as much the parents\' fault for letting the kid get away with it as it is the kid\'s. Haz need to crack the whip a little more and maybe, just maybe his charges will learn that anything less than 100% is unacceptable.

One last thing, if I didn\'t care so much about this team and only want what is best for them and all of us fans, I wouldn\'t have wasted so much time and emotional effort rooting for them all these years and I certainly would be wasting time posting here. I do it because I love this team, even though they can really T me off at times.

Go SAINTS!!!!!

David in Houston

09-10-2003, 12:07 PM	#11
daviddrake2 100th Post Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Houston (formerly N.O.) Posts: 270	Brooks"I owned them pretty much the whole night with my eyes I am not calling for Brooks to be benched or cut nor am I saying that any or all of our past and present back-ups are better than him. All I\'m trying to say is that Brooks, at times obviously lacks the mental and emotional drive to be the team leader we need him to be. My opinion of why he hasn\'t given it his all at times last season (particularly late in the season -- and yes I know he was hurt) and during the pre-season and last week\'s game is that he doesn\'t have enough incentive to do so. He knows and Haz has proven that he won\'t be pulled -- NO MATTER WHAT. Not if he\'s hurt, not if he screws up and certainly not if he he just laughs off bone-headed goofs and missed opportunities. To me, he is not showing the leadership qualities that Haz has eluded he should have -- he\'s got a huge contract, no more so-called distractions from people like Turley that were \'bad\' for the team, but also provided some leadership and got the team fired up. We need leaders! Haz has obviously not made it clear that that is what a QB is supposed to be -- a leader. I know Brooks put up some fantastic numbers last year. I was pleased as could be to see them too. No one would be happier than me to see him do it again. But I\'ll still be pissed if he does it with the same kind of flipant attitude he has displayed in the past. And if you read my posts, it is very easy to see that I do not put all of the blame on Brooks\' head. I give credit where credit is do, but I also call out those that don\'t play NFL-caliber football, i.e. poor tackers, linemen that can\'t stop a rush, receivers that consistently drop passes, butter fingered players, etc. But most of all, I call out Haz forletting his players get away with sub-par outings. If a kid acts up in school, breaks the law or just has a bad attitude in general, it\'s as much the parents\' fault for letting the kid get away with it as it is the kid\'s. Haz need to crack the whip a little more and maybe, just maybe his charges will learn that anything less than 100% is unacceptable. One last thing, if I didn\'t care so much about this team and only want what is best for them and all of us fans, I wouldn\'t have wasted so much time and emotional effort rooting for them all these years and I certainly would be wasting time posting here. I do it because I love this team, even though they can really T me off at times. Go SAINTS!!!!! David in Houston
	Go SAINTS!!!!! David in Houston