lumm0x

Well back to the basics for the team and every member here I guess.

Not that I have been an avid defender of Aaron Brooks, but I have defended him when I felt he played decently, but last night he was definitely part of the problem. To me he still looks like a different person, and by that I am giving him a compliment. He\'s had outings as bad as last night. It was nothing new for him. He looks as if he has at least accepted the fact that he needs to be a leader on this team, and he is showing positive traits on the sidelines. But, with that said, when the going gets tough he heads to the sidelines. Any team takes it\'s cue from it\'s leadership and this team has none. Haslett, Venturi, McCarthy, Brooks, and anyone else that claims to be or is designated a leader role is simply standing jaw-dropped confused. Honestly so am I. WhoDat was very accurate saying that this is the worst team he\'s ever seen, simply because we are squanering more talent than is humanly possible. When opportunity knocks, the Saints aren\'t home.

I was more than worried about this defense in the preseason and was even limitedly hopeful after the first couple of games that by mid-season we\'d come together. You can\'t use injuries as an excuse but it\'s a contributor. I\'ve never defended Venturi before and .....still can\'t. He\'s unimaginative and far too passive in his scheming. There issimply nothing that can be said about our defense that is positive. No player, no play, nothing.

On offense is the biggest surprise. We can lay blame on a lot of individuals for bad throws, dropped passes, missed blocks.....but I think if we corrected any one problem it wouldn\'t overshadow that inept play calling that we are dealing with. I just can\'t understand how we have gone from first to worst in this area. Were we just so different last year that everyone has caught up with us and we have no ability to change?

Last night all I could do was silently sit in shame. That was no loss....it was murder.