Don't get nervous Saints' fans, I'm not...yet

saintfan · 10-13-2010, 01:26 PM

First things first: It DOES matter when you lose and to whom you lose. A loss is not a loss, college or pro. And losing to one of the NFLs worst teams is certainly worse than losing to one of it's better teams, so we disagree.

Second, I'm not sure why this talk of bandwagon fans keeps coming up. A few weeks ago, when people were beginning to recognize the fact that we had a problem, this nonsense of being a 'bandwagon' fan started again. Fast forward a couple weeks and those of us who were not willing to say "it'll be ok when they turn on the switch" are feeling a little vindication.

The NFL season is short. We are in THIRD place in our division. We're still giving up 20+ points a game and scoring far less than a year ago with essentially the same players. When is it appropriate to panic? Does that happen when we have to start doing the math? If we get it handed to us by the Bucs in a few days we will be at .500 through 6 games. Will it be ok then?

When we get PT and Reggie et all back on the field will we be any better? Of course we hope so, but those guys were on the field early on, and we've been lethargic both with and without them thus far.

Am I in panic mode? No. Am I a 'bandwagon' fan? Nobody is going to call me one in person I can assure you. Is Greg Williams going to have some sort of epiphany that causes him to change what he's been doing for years? Not likely. Is the Red Zone fairy going to light on our sideline handing out loads of free touchdown scoring pixie dust? This ain't never never land.

The best we can hope for - and it's a real possibility - is that this team gets beyond the mindset of 'Superbowl Champions" and starts playing with the realization that nobody is going to lay down for them. The Cardinals sure didn't. It doesn't get any easier. It's gets magnitudes harder.

10-13-2010, 01:26 PM	#8
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	First things first: It DOES matter when you lose and to whom you lose. A loss is not a loss, college or pro. And losing to one of the NFLs worst teams is certainly worse than losing to one of it's better teams, so we disagree. Second, I'm not sure why this talk of bandwagon fans keeps coming up. A few weeks ago, when people were beginning to recognize the fact that we had a problem, this nonsense of being a 'bandwagon' fan started again. Fast forward a couple weeks and those of us who were not willing to say "it'll be ok when they turn on the switch" are feeling a little vindication. The NFL season is short. We are in THIRD place in our division. We're still giving up 20+ points a game and scoring far less than a year ago with essentially the same players. When is it appropriate to panic? Does that happen when we have to start doing the math? If we get it handed to us by the Bucs in a few days we will be at .500 through 6 games. Will it be ok then? When we get PT and Reggie et all back on the field will we be any better? Of course we hope so, but those guys were on the field early on, and we've been lethargic both with and without them thus far. Am I in panic mode? No. Am I a 'bandwagon' fan? Nobody is going to call me one in person I can assure you. Is Greg Williams going to have some sort of epiphany that causes him to change what he's been doing for years? Not likely. Is the Red Zone fairy going to light on our sideline handing out loads of free touchdown scoring pixie dust? This ain't never never land. The best we can hope for - and it's a real possibility - is that this team gets beyond the mindset of 'Superbowl Champions" and starts playing with the realization that nobody is going to lay down for them. The Cardinals sure didn't. It doesn't get any easier. It's gets magnitudes harder.
	C'mon Man... Last edited by saintfan; 10-13-2010 at 01:29 PM..