St.Shrume

A couple of nights ago, Haslett was on NFL TOTAL ACCESS on NFL TV, and he brought up a good point about the Saints and that is that the Saints don't deal very well with wins. We win 3, 4 games in a row, and you KNOW we're going to lose to the 0-15 team. You see it in the demeanor of the players.

i'm sure some here are salivating to respond how it is all Haslett's or Brook's fault. That is not why I bring this up. It seems that our team is not used to winning a lot. Haz brought up the maturity level of our players. I hope this will change this year. Our guys get drunk on victory too easily. You can't blame 'em in some ways, we're not used to it.

But i think our attitude is a MAJOR thing that has to change with us, the fans, the coaching staff, the owner and of course the players. We quickly start thinking playoffs (and beyond) after going only 3-0, or we quickly give up and think "that's the Saints, they sux, Haz sux, Brooks sux" when we go 0-2. I remember how many times my gut and heart were wrenching in games, thinking to myself "2 minutes left in the game, we're up by ten....watch us lose this one"

Sure there is good reason to think this way (JAX game as an example of how even when we do amazing things, we shoot ourselves in the foot), but we have to get rid of the pessimisism AND the over-confidence. In this day and age in the NFL, we should not be surprised if we make it to the Super Bowl (hopefully our guys can handle the 'high' of victory) or if we end up 6-10. I was very impressed with the way the Panthers handled the pressures of winning and making it to the Super Bowl.