jnormand

I need someone to tell me that this is going to be ok. Is Coach P REALLY gone for the entire season? What if Benson fires him? What about Loomis? Is Coach P going to be able to help with plays prior to games?

I'm just sick. Is Brees going to sign long term?

Are we going to be ok this year?! What the hell?! I'm freaking out! AAAGGGHHH!!!

JimmyWalker

I think we need Marcellus Wallace to send in the "Wolf" to make things better (Pulp Fiction)

CharityMike

It's gonna be OK bro! This is just a set back but a set back that we can still overcome.

Coach P is toast for the year. he can have no contact with anyone in the organization until April 1, 2013.

IMO Benson won't fire him. He has brought us to football glory. Don't think for a second, that they haven't been talking about possible punishments since the story broke. Benson already pledged his support to Peyton and Mickey and I think he means it.

|Mitch|

As of April 1st Payton can have absolutely 0 contact with the team until April 1st next year, meaning no gameplanning at all...

Loomis will be suspended in Sept. for the first 8 games so he can still handle this offseason and draft...

I don't see Benson firing Sean or Mickey over this...

We'll be okay, Carmichael and Spags can handle the coaching duties and we get Vitt back after week 6...

jnormand

Thanks guys. I'm just freaking out. The more I read into it the worse I feel. It's like my whole world is destroyed. The Saints are all I have.

My wife left me again. The only good thing that happened when she did that was we went to the Super Bowl that season.

Now our team is all jacked up and Coach P is gone. I'm so mad!

|Mitch|

Want some good news?

With Spags & Flajole, the defense can't be as bad as it was last year!

Danno

We're a veteran team on offense, so losing Payton won't hurt that much (assuming we resign Brees).

Every player has a chip on their shoulder now, and Payton never messed with the defense anyway so Payton's suspension will have virtually ZERO affect on the defense. Some player suspensions may, but they will likely be spaced apart so we'll make do.

All in all, if we resign Brees and they stagger the suspensions, the entire ordeal may end up costing us one game, or maybe two at the most.

So we enter the playoffs as a three seed 11-5 NFC South champ instead of a 13-3 one or two seed.

It hurts us, but its not a death penalty. The only knife to the gut occurs if we have excessive injuries like we did in 2007 (or maybe it was 2008).

Other than key or excessive injuries, there should be no excuses for not winning the NFCS.

Saintlyone

More bertstare here

NOLA54

Turn off the news & sports shows and chill. Drew will sign & we will have all of our ducks lin a row for the 2012 season. We need a title for our come back from this mess. Something we can chant at the games & wear proudly on our chests.

OldMaid

jnomrand, I hear you, but it is done. What is done, the decisions are done.
NEXT, Saints 'season is NOT done.
Look forward. I am sure Benson will not let his business, his, fail. He has other qualified people. Ms. LeBlanc is a smart woman and is her granddad's right hand with the Saints part of his business. I think it is her mom who runs the ranch part.
Saints have 16 games to play same as any other team and can win on any given Sunday like any other team.
Do you think the Saints 'players want to fail?No way. What doesn't break ya', makes ya' . Listen to Jabari Greer. Sounds like he is a leader to me. Move forward.

Go Saints