Jared Allen: Bounties not the cause of loss to Saints

FinSaint · 04-19-2012, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

This was nothing more than a politically correct way of saying "we got robbed", so he can feel like he's a bigger man. You can say it in as many ways as you want, Jared, but the message is still the same. You have not, and will not ever get over being beat by a better team that day.

Here's a new cup of milk. Drink it this time.

I disagree. Allen isn't really the sort of guy who would plant hidden messages within his statements, as clearly evidenced by the quote from him by WhoDat!656 - he doesn't really have a filter when it comes to statements.

And even more so, he clearly states that the penultimate reason for their loss was, in his opinion, the fact that they turned the ball over too many times.

He states the obvious, that according to the league investigation and ruling on the matter - however we might feel about their correctness - the Saints had an illegal pay-for-performance program. But he never says that he thinks that the Saints had bounties on Favre - that is just you molding it into what you want to read.

And if you think that the high-low hit on Favre wasn't vicious then I don't understand your definition of the term, and I do think that they should've thrown a flag on that play, because that combination hit was against the rules no matter what the other variables involved were. If the Vikings would've tackled Brees like that, you can be damn sure I would've been screaming at the refs and I'd probably still be talking about it as a missed call.

I wholeheartedly agree with you on that they were ultimately beaten by a better team that day regardless of the events and circumstances, but there's no shame in showing some grace when you're victorious and toward a guy who came out in defense of the Saints and their win over them - because a lot of Vikes' fans have been crying about how the Saints' bounty program affected the outcome of that conference final, and this was an answer to that false perception by Allen.

GO SAINTS!

...but also Go Vikes!

04-19-2012, 03:29 PM	#11
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Originally Posted by burningmetal This was nothing more than a politically correct way of saying "we got robbed", so he can feel like he's a bigger man. You can say it in as many ways as you want, Jared, but the message is still the same. You have not, and will not ever get over being beat by a better team that day. Here's a new cup of milk. Drink it this time. I disagree. Allen isn't really the sort of guy who would plant hidden messages within his statements, as clearly evidenced by the quote from him by WhoDat!656 - he doesn't really have a filter when it comes to statements. And even more so, he clearly states that the penultimate reason for their loss was, in his opinion, the fact that they turned the ball over too many times. He states the obvious, that according to the league investigation and ruling on the matter - however we might feel about their correctness - the Saints had an illegal pay-for-performance program. But he never says that he thinks that the Saints had bounties on Favre - that is just you molding it into what you want to read. And if you think that the high-low hit on Favre wasn't vicious then I don't understand your definition of the term, and I do think that they should've thrown a flag on that play, because that combination hit was against the rules no matter what the other variables involved were. If the Vikings would've tackled Brees like that, you can be damn sure I would've been screaming at the refs and I'd probably still be talking about it as a missed call. I wholeheartedly agree with you on that they were ultimately beaten by a better team that day regardless of the events and circumstances, but there's no shame in showing some grace when you're victorious and toward a guy who came out in defense of the Saints and their win over them - because a lot of Vikes' fans have been crying about how the Saints' bounty program affected the outcome of that conference final, and this was an answer to that false perception by Allen. GO SAINTS! ...but also Go Vikes!
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