Pigmy or Child

saintsfan1976 · 10-31-2014, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

No teams are great this year.
Dallas? Hardly.
Philly? Zona? Seattle? Nope.

All have warts just as ugly as ours.

Their kids are ugly too

SmashMouth · 10-31-2014, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by xan

But we lost to Atlanta, Cleveland and Detroit. I could have stopped at mentioning the Clowns, but Cleveland lost to Jax (come ON) and Detroit has been the beneficiary of opponents like the Saints inflicting self immolation (and they even lost badly to the Panties!?)

Saying that we barely lost to horrible teams does not support the thesis that we are on the verge of greatness.

I sense that we need a differential equation formulated in order to figure this out. Professor?

Exxcalibur · 10-31-2014, 05:07 PM

3 road games lost by a total of 6 = sleeping giants.

Next 5 weeks should tell us a lot (no **** sherlock) but it should be fun either way.

WHODATINCA · 11-01-2014, 03:00 AM

Prof, you think too much.

You, and this team, only need one thing:

OK, two things:

and a badass run game.

Your failure to adjust your expectation to the current reality ---
does not an constitute a reason to set my hair on fire, too.

xan · 11-01-2014, 06:40 AM

The one difference between the game against the panties and the previous 6 was that the team expected to win and played to close instead of hoped to win and played not to lose.

Good teams have that mentality no matter who the opponent. We've seen it only once in the Saints this season. One data point does not make a trend. 4 more does.

I'm not lowering my standards.

WhoDat!656 · 11-01-2014, 07:31 AM

I understand your concerns, but there are signs of encouragement.

A lot of the Saints sloppy play wasn't in evidence.

The offense moved the ball well; even against a bad team, going 85 yds in 1:56 with ZERO timeouts and finishing with a touchdown before halftime is impressive.

Injuries are going to be the stumbling block now; hopefully 10 days rest is enough for Strief to be recover before the whiners game!

Barry from MS · 11-01-2014, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by xan

The one difference between the game against the panties and the previous 6 was that the team expected to win and played to close instead of hoped to win and played not to lose.

Good teams have that mentality no matter who the opponent. We've seen it only once in the Saints this season. One data point does not make a trend. 4 more does.

I'm not lowering my standards.

I generally agree with you, but I do think that "killer instinct" of expecting to win was evident in the GB game as well.

We did play "not to lose" in the ATL, CLE, DET, MIN, & TB games for sure...it was pretty obvious.

The argument can be made that the trend of "expecting to win" & "stepping on the opponent's throat" has been set sequentially between the data points of the GB & CAR games.

The probability of continuing this trend is even higher considering our next 3 games are in the Dome (where we definitely play better) to include factoring in this week's "mini-BYE" (to help us get healthier).

However, I got a "C" in Cal II, so I could be a factor of "zero" in this argument.

WhoDat!656 · 11-01-2014, 02:06 PM

"Their kids are ugly too"

triman · 11-01-2014, 06:06 PM

NFC is wide open

hagan714 · 11-02-2014, 04:22 AM

A win is a win no matter how far you have to bend over nor how far you have to reach to pull it out. just do not smell it and accept it for what it is

A win

10-31-2014, 10:51 AM	#11
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,806 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Pigmy or Child Originally Posted by Danno No teams are great this year. Dallas? Hardly. Philly? Zona? Seattle? Nope. All have warts just as ugly as ours. Their kids are ugly too Halo, xan, hagan714 and 3 others like this.

10-31-2014, 04:48 PM	#12
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,044 Blog Entries: 29	Re: Pigmy or Child Originally Posted by xan But we lost to Atlanta, Cleveland and Detroit. I could have stopped at mentioning the Clowns, but Cleveland lost to Jax (come ON) and Detroit has been the beneficiary of opponents like the Saints inflicting self immolation (and they even lost badly to the Panties!?) Saying that we barely lost to horrible teams does not support the thesis that we are on the verge of greatness. I sense that we need a differential equation formulated in order to figure this out. Professor? Halo likes this.

10-31-2014, 05:07 PM	#13
Exxcalibur Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,389	Re: Pigmy or Child 3 road games lost by a total of 6 = sleeping giants. Next 5 weeks should tell us a lot (no **** sherlock) but it should be fun either way. Halo, Danno and Utah_Saint like this.

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WHODATINCA Site Donor Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: South Bay Posts: 3,784	Re: Pigmy or Child Prof, you think too much. You, and this team, only need one thing: OK, two things: and a badass run game. Your failure to adjust your expectation to the current reality --- does not an constitute a reason to set my hair on fire, too. hagan714 likes this.

11-01-2014, 06:40 AM	#15
xan Professor Crab and Site Donor 2014 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Princeton Posts: 3,368 Blog Entries: 34	Re: Pigmy or Child The one difference between the game against the panties and the previous 6 was that the team expected to win and played to close instead of hoped to win and played not to lose. Good teams have that mentality no matter who the opponent. We've seen it only once in the Saints this season. One data point does not make a trend. 4 more does. I'm not lowering my standards.

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11-01-2014, 07:31 AM	#16
WhoDat!656 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 16,036	Re: Pigmy or Child I understand your concerns, but there are signs of encouragement. A lot of the Saints sloppy play wasn't in evidence. The offense moved the ball well; even against a bad team, going 85 yds in 1:56 with ZERO timeouts and finishing with a touchdown before halftime is impressive. Injuries are going to be the stumbling block now; hopefully 10 days rest is enough for Strief to be recover before the whiners game!

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Barry from MS Site Donor 2014 Join Date: May 2007 Location: TEMPO VC Okefenokee Swamp Posts: 1,985 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Pigmy or Child Originally Posted by xan The one difference between the game against the panties and the previous 6 was that the team expected to win and played to close instead of hoped to win and played not to lose. Good teams have that mentality no matter who the opponent. We've seen it only once in the Saints this season. One data point does not make a trend. 4 more does. I'm not lowering my standards. I generally agree with you, but I do think that "killer instinct" of expecting to win was evident in the GB game as well. We did play "not to lose" in the ATL, CLE, DET, MIN, & TB games for sure...it was pretty obvious. The argument can be made that the trend of "expecting to win" & "stepping on the opponent's throat" has been set sequentially between the data points of the GB & CAR games. The probability of continuing this trend is even higher considering our next 3 games are in the Dome (where we definitely play better) to include factoring in this week's "mini-BYE" (to help us get healthier). However, I got a "C" in Cal II, so I could be a factor of "zero" in this argument. hagan714 likes this.
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