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I would like to clear something up. First of all I HAVE engaged in SOME thrash talking. I am guilty as charged. Now, I have not gone to extremes and don't make a habbit of insulting ANYONE. Whatever it is that I'm doing, it seems to be upsetting some of the memeber here. I don't wish for anyone to leave because of me, so, I will not be responding to ANYONE who wishes to trash talk with me. I will ignore every insult thrown my way. I hope this will satisfy everyone who is so upset with me.

What I will not do is stop calling people out on things that I feel are untrue. I do not play devil's advocate. I say things I believe and just because they don't jive with the majority of the doomsayers on here, it ain't gonna stop me from posting what I believe.

Besides the trash talking that some BELIEVE I go around doing, there seems to be a couple of things that people take exeception to me saying. Some take execption to me calling their loyalty to the Saints into question. Maybe some of you are more of a Saints fan than I think you are, but it sure seems there are some that take way too much enjoyment out of bashing this team.

Well, I could sit here and write a book but I won't. Let me just say this. The name calling by me has stopped. If there are anymore problems that some of you have with me -- LET ME KNOW --

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Your ear hair is getting unruly.... :D

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devil\'s advocate = saintz08 = da devil!

:P

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I am not writing this to stick up for anyone, and personally I have never taken offense at my own loyalty to the Saints being called into question because I bash the team. But I do feel kindred to those people who express unhappiness with the Saints when they play badly and call out the problems they see in the team and coaching.

For myself, I am miserable for three days after each Saints game when they play like they do. I want to rage and vent because we put on such a poor showing. I want them to win SO BADLY! Come game time, I am on my feet shouting down at the field or at the television. I am physically cheering and sometime I even \"Boo\" in my own living room at a bad call by the zebras. Basically, my somewhat rabid behavior when it comes to the Saints drives my wife and daughter to visit the in-laws every Sunday.

I also want to bash them when they play badly. Because I am so passionate about this game, I want the team to be passionate as well! When I see someone just laughing off something I care a lot about, I want to just shake some sense into them and yell, \"HAVE SOME PRIDE! YOU ARE A PLAYING FOR MY TEAM!\"

Sue me if that passion for my team translates into frustration and sometimes a seriously negative assessment of the lifeless play I see on recent Sundays. Dislike me because I desperately want them to win and am willing to make any change necessary to spark something, ANYTHING, to get a win.

I suspect that most of the people who post to this board and bash the Saints feel like I do. Saints fans are passionate. We hang by our team year in and year out, even though our combined record has more than a hundred more ticks in the \"Losses\" collumn over the life of our team. That is loyalty. That is a fan and every single one of them has earned the right to call themselves a \"True Fan.\"

Just the opinion of a \"rabid\" Saints fan, that everyone in my office makes fun of because I love them so much and they\'ve been playing so poorly.

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CBS Sportsline .

Biggest team disappointment

The Saints had the look or a playoff team before the season, now they might not win six games. Injuries have hurt, but quarterback Aaron Brooks has not stepped up his play.

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08, you hit the nail on the head. Sometimes you have to take a step backwards to go forward. We have to have a bad season this year to get rid of Haz/Brooks in order to right the ship. That\'s the only thing that will fix this.

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Yes, folks, it\'s just that easy. And don\'t question his expertise, he played football and has season tickets. HURAH!