Identity Crisis for Saints Fans

falconhater · 03-05-2010, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by jnormand

No no...I think I know where Falconhater is coming from. It's really weird to go from defending your team who has never been to the big game to defending your team about their win in the big game.

For most of us, its a huge change of pace. We go from the team that is scrutinzed and unrecognized, to the team to beat. It's an unfamiliar feeling being fans of the World Champions when for so many years we were fans of the "underdog".

The word "Aints" is burried (literaly) and our team is on the map, getting more publicity and is entrenched in Super Bowl history.....

I dunno....just smile and say, "I told you we would make it."

Thats it exactly... kinda new frontier...Im not complaining like i said i like the problem just need to grow into the role.

Lets as fans just not become arrogant like the Pats fans have.

Srgt. Hulka · 03-05-2010, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by falconhater

Lets as fans just not become arrogant like the Pats fans have.

That was the point I was trying to make. Be proud of the accomplisment, just don't be arrogant. I don't want someone to confuse me with a Cowboys fan. LOL

Speaking of Cowboys fans, I’m going to hijack this thread just a minute and tell a quick story.

The Friday before the Saints / Cards game, I was in a restaurant for lunch. I was wearing my Saints gear that day for “casual Friday”. There were several Caddo Parish deputies sitting at a table next to me. One of the deputies, who was a Saints fan, asked me if I would scoot over so he could take a picture of me next to his Captain, who happened to be a big Cowboys fan. I got up, stood next to his Captain, wearing my Saints shirt, and holding up my finger for #1, (not the other finger). We BS’ed a little bit then I left. Saints won the Cards game.

Saw them in there the next week. I told them that we were going to beat Minnesota and go on and win the Superbowl. He said that Minnesota was going to destroy us. Saints beat Minni.

I saw them the week after the NFC Championship and told them we were going beat the Colts, that there was no doubt in my mind. The one Deputy who was a Saints fan told me he was showing the picture he took to all their friends. The Captain told me he was not happy because it makes him look like a Saints fan. This, of course, was all done in fun. I wasn’t being arrogant; I was just having fun talking football with other football fans.

Now, about a week and a half after the Superbowl, I saw the same Deputies in the restaurant without the Captain. They called me over to their table and told me that the Captain had a heart attack the day after the Superbowl, but was doing OK. They said that the Captain said that it was all my fault, that I was in trouble. They were just joking with me, but of course, I’m thinking, “oh crap!” I told the Deputy (the Saints fan) to give the Captain my best, that I would say a prayer for him.

I have not seen the Deputies or the Captain since then, but I get a little nervous every time a Sheriffs Deputy car gets behind me on the road.

03-05-2010, 12:21 PM	#1
falconhater 100th Post Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 257	Re: Identity Crisis for Saints Fans Originally Posted by jnormand No no...I think I know where Falconhater is coming from. It's really weird to go from defending your team who has never been to the big game to defending your team about their win in the big game. For most of us, its a huge change of pace. We go from the team that is scrutinzed and unrecognized, to the team to beat. It's an unfamiliar feeling being fans of the World Champions when for so many years we were fans of the "underdog". The word "Aints" is burried (literaly) and our team is on the map, getting more publicity and is entrenched in Super Bowl history..... I dunno....just smile and say, "I told you we would make it." Thats it exactly... kinda new frontier...Im not complaining like i said i like the problem just need to grow into the role. Lets as fans just not become arrogant like the Pats fans have.
falconhater 100th Post Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 257

03-05-2010, 01:17 PM	#2
Srgt. Hulka 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 4,417	Re: Identity Crisis for Saints Fans Originally Posted by falconhater Lets as fans just not become arrogant like the Pats fans have. That was the point I was trying to make. Be proud of the accomplisment, just don't be arrogant. I don't want someone to confuse me with a Cowboys fan. LOL Speaking of Cowboys fans, I’m going to hijack this thread just a minute and tell a quick story. The Friday before the Saints / Cards game, I was in a restaurant for lunch. I was wearing my Saints gear that day for “casual Friday”. There were several Caddo Parish deputies sitting at a table next to me. One of the deputies, who was a Saints fan, asked me if I would scoot over so he could take a picture of me next to his Captain, who happened to be a big Cowboys fan. I got up, stood next to his Captain, wearing my Saints shirt, and holding up my finger for #1, (not the other finger). We BS’ed a little bit then I left. Saints won the Cards game. Saw them in there the next week. I told them that we were going to beat Minnesota and go on and win the Superbowl. He said that Minnesota was going to destroy us. Saints beat Minni. I saw them the week after the NFC Championship and told them we were going beat the Colts, that there was no doubt in my mind. The one Deputy who was a Saints fan told me he was showing the picture he took to all their friends. The Captain told me he was not happy because it makes him look like a Saints fan. This, of course, was all done in fun. I wasn’t being arrogant; I was just having fun talking football with other football fans. Now, about a week and a half after the Superbowl, I saw the same Deputies in the restaurant without the Captain. They called me over to their table and told me that the Captain had a heart attack the day after the Superbowl, but was doing OK. They said that the Captain said that it was all my fault, that I was in trouble. They were just joking with me, but of course, I’m thinking, “oh crap!” I told the Deputy (the Saints fan) to give the Captain my best, that I would say a prayer for him. I have not seen the Deputies or the Captain since then, but I get a little nervous every time a Sheriffs Deputy car gets behind me on the road.
	That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, ...

LinkBacks (?) LinkBack to this Thread: https://blackandgold.com/saints/25472-identity-crisis-saints-fans.html
Posted By	For	Type	Date	Hits
The Latest New Orleans Saints News \| SportSpyder	This thread	Refback	03-05-2010 02:58 PM	1