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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; i have been here at this site for close to a year now and i don't really know what ticks me off worse..the saints losing or these punk a** fair weather fans on this site..halo should make a separate board ...
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Bunch of phony fair weather fans
i have been here at this site for close to a year now and i don't really know what ticks me off worse..the saints losing or these punk a** fair weather fans on this site..halo should make a separate board like saint bashers or something cause you guys are sad..whodat,saintfan,gatorman..i have stayed on this message board because of you guys ..you provide more info on the saints faster than the papers it seems and really seem to know what your saying but the respect i had for you guys has deminished big time..i have been a saints fan for 22 years now..born and raised..and have always stuck by them..and you know how bad it has been in the past!this negativity you guys talk now does nothing but hurt the team..its hard to do what they do..harder than you realize in all of your brilliant saint disecting that you do..go post that crap somewhere else..i thoght this was a saints "fans"site?!?no way will i ever be a fair weather fan cause if the saints leave...god forbid...i would probably stop watching football and you guys might say..damn..dont know what you got till its gone..i mean..are you gonna dog them when they are the L.A. Saints?!?!i dont post much like i said but this negativity was making me sick and i had to release so ..bash away if you want but you guys have let me down recently...i could be misunderstanding you guys..mabye this way you feel better about the losses but it dosent come off that way...that is all through thick and thin...WHO DAT!!!
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I think your anger is misdirected. Be mad at the front office, coaching staff, and players for making your team this bad. I didn\'t make the team this bad. I want them to be 16-0. But no matter how you dress it up, crap is crap. Listen, I understand your anger, but don\'t start calling members of this board out for being fans. I carry my badge in a saints holder and wear it on my belt every day (and I live in Chicago). I carry a Saints pen all day. I have a Saints sticker on the car I drive every day. I have a helmet in my office. I didn\'t miss a home game for the last 4 years I lived in NO. I have over 3,000 posts on this board. I bleed black and gold, so before you start calling guys out for not being fans, think about why you\'re mad. Now, what exactly is there to be happy about right now? A few things - but not nearly as much as there is to be disappointed or upset about. You think we have fair weather fans? The Dome was sold out despite the Saints playing against all odds Sunday night, was it not? It sounded real loud in there to me almost all game. You think our fans are the only ones that boo? Turn on a Bears game. They were 13-3 three years ago. They won a Super Bowl in most fans lifetimes. Our fans are amongst the most loyal in pro sports. The Cubs are the lovable losers - well our team isn\'t loveable. It\'s infuriating, it makes me physically ill some times, and we endure more pain than most. I keep coming back every year. So take that \"fair weather\" crap, and stick it where the sun don\'t shine... and I don\'t mean the Saints locker room. |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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1) On defense it\'s clear that nothing so far has worked. So do something else, like blitz the hell out of the opposition. Like chuck every receiver on the line every play. Just do something different than letting the QB sit back for 6-7 seconds at a time picking apart the secondary. 2) On offense give every player a one strike rule. Screw up and you\'ll be pulled for that game and you\'ll be inactive for the next. And that goes from everyone from Brooks down. 3) Find a bread and butter play that exploits all of your options. For example Indy has the stretch handoff play to James. James can run outside, or cut back, or Manning can keep the ball. It\'s presents options, therefore it presents problems. The Saints bread and butter play is either the srtaight power I with Deuce, or Brooks standing in the pocket trying to make a play. Our offense simplifies the job for the opposing defense. Be deceptive by putting the ball into Deuce\'s belly EVERY PLAY. Try a trap, a cut back. Try decoying Karney instead of a straight run every time he\'s in the game. Anyway the point is that if the same ole, same ole, isn\'t working, then scrap it and try something new. And a double cosign on Brooks and the rest of the offense. When your team gives up 605 yards of offense and 5 TDs, and only loses by 7, then your offense has to be doing something right. SFIAH |
Super Bowl Championships: New Orleans Saints:1, Carolina:0, Atlanta Chokers: STILL ZERO
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Beeobee............. man... I can see where you`re coming from, but let me say this.... I`ve been on this site for 3 years now, and these guys love the Saints just like you. Sometimes their comments and expressions can be seen as negative, but I can assure you, these fellows are hard core fans that want the best for our team. It`s kinda like me saying something negative about one of my family members....but if someone else outside the family said the same thing...it would be fighting words.
Also, this year expectations were high for our team to be at lest 1-5 right now. We all believed that the talent was in place to take us to the next level ; a playoff contender...... that light is fading...and it`s frustrating. And when fans get frustrated they start finger pointing....not out of disloyalty, but out of frustration of fading expectations. Our offense fought hard to keep us in the game against the Vikes. I applaud their efforts..... and if the defense could have come up with a stop there in the last 3 minutes, we a had a shot to tie the game. I`m not real sure why our defensive coordinator thought it was smart to let Daunte stand back there with all the time he needed......but....I`ll save that for another thread. |
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The Professor
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Every season I do my best to find the positive qualities of the team. You can check out my posts during the preseason as evidence. However the team has played for 6 weeks now. Barring three magnificent offensive drives in the 4th quarter and OT, this is a team that would be 0-6. It doesn\'t hurt the team to tell the truth. The defense is non existant, and the offense is its own worst enemy with fumblitis, dropitis, penaltyitis, and any other itis you can think of. The team is undisciplined, and lacks both sufficient coaching and scheme on both sides of the ball to be successful. While it\'s all negative, it\'s the truth. And the truth needs to be said. I first started watching the Saints in 1972 in Tulane Stadium. I went to every game in town as a kid until I moved away. I\'ve been to every Saints home playoff game, driving down for the priviledge. I live in Atlanta, hated Falcons territory and I have to put up with the taunts of Falcons fans whose team had the guts to do what we need to do now: Fire the coaching staff and start over. So just because I\'m telling the truth, don\'t accuse me of being a fair weather fan. SFIAH |
Super Bowl Championships: New Orleans Saints:1, Carolina:0, Atlanta Chokers: STILL ZERO
Only Atlanta choked in an unchokable situation... Life is definitely good. |
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Do the Saints even have any \"fair weather fans?\" When was there fair weather for this team (dome jokes aside)? OK, maybe the 2000 season. Any fair weather fans from then would be long gone by now after the last three years of pain. The people posting at this site are nearly all die-hard, lifelong Saints fans, or we wouldn\'t be here. On this site, we don\'t (usually) insult our team; the team insults itself and the fans by consistently underachieving. Having said that, you wouldn\'t hear me booing Aaron Brooks at a game. I agree that booing your own team or one of its players is inappropriate and counterproductive. However, what we do here on this forum is different. We are searching for answers, looking for reasons, and just generally commiserating with each other. If the team or the staff is reading our comments and it upsets them, then so be it--it\'s not at all the same as booing in the \'Dome.
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I appreciate your concern with the relationship with our team. I too have problems understanding this relationship. I\'ve even posted material about it before on this website.
( http://www.blackandgold.net/site/mod...d&tid=5387#pid) As for the recent negativity: just look at the team! We\'re 2-4 with losses to two of the worst teams in the league! The defense is one of the worst in the league! We make stupid mistakes/penalties! The team\'s chemistry is sinking downhill at an ever increasing rate! The fans and media agree that our head coach\'s job may be on the line! The team is in absolute disarray! What\'s there to be positive about? I think I can speak for every other member on the board when I say that I love the Saints to death, and I desparately want to see them succeed, something that has never worked out for our Saints. It\'s frustrating to see this team struggle and lose the way we do. And I\'m tired of it. Many members here feel that not enough is being done to make this team a playoff contender. |
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Riddle me this - how do our posts on this boar hurt the team? How is getting paid millions of dollars to play a game the hard life? Most importantly - tell me what we fair weather fans have to be positive about. |
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Riddle me this - how do our posts on this boar hurt the team? How is getting paid millions of dollars to play a game the hard life? Most importantly - tell me what we fair weather fans have to be positive about.
[/quote:d4b726c869] To answer your question with a question. Have you heard of home field advantage? Well the saint don\'t have it. They play better away from the so call saint\'s fan. What is a million dollar if you can\'t enjoy spending your money in the city that you repesent. you have people in the city heckling you in front of your family. The most important thing to be positive bout is a team that repesent this high state taxes, low market area. [Edited on 19/10/2004 by bayouking318] |
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First Bee, thanks for the nice comments - but come on. If you\'ve beena Saints fan for 22 years, this shouldn\'t be anything new to you.
Riddle me this - how do our posts on this boar hurt the team? How is getting paid millions of dollars to play a game the hard life? Most importantly - tell me what we fair weather fans have to be positive about. your right..this isnt new to me...let me say again..I AM SICK OF THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS..you dont like the saints..pick a new team!!let me tell you how the posts hurt the team..do you think the comments stop at this board?!? no..it spills over to the every day conversation..then to the dome where it should NEVER be!! and the money they make..do you think for one second that the money they make..and i am not talkin bout EVERY player now but most of em..that they wouldnt trade it for a super bowl ring???they want to win..you have to still believe that right??just as bad as we want them to..and they need US to support them!! lastly to answer your question...\"what do we fair weather fans have to be positive about?\" right now nothing..THATS WHAT MAKES YOU A FAIR WEATHER FAN!!you say your a saints fan?prove it brother..cause all i see you write is jokes about em dude...i used to hang on every thing you wrote and say...man this dude knows the saints..what happened?? i\'ll tell you..man it sure aint nice \"outside\" today huh? |
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