Saints' McAllister understands staff moves

GumboBC · 02-11-2005, 08:31 AM

Saints' McAllister understands staff moves
February 11, 2005
By Scott Ferrell

sferrell@gannett.com

New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister said he understands why changes were made to the team's coaching staff following an 8-8 season which kept the Saints out of the playoffs.

"Obviously it's a situation where we were a stagnant team,'' McAllister said Friday on a visit to Shreveport for Circuit City's grand opening. "Offensively, defensively, and at times, on special teams. Hopefully it will give us a boost.

"I lost a good coach, our running backs coach (Dave Atkins). I wish him the best. Probably the best thing about the whole situation is we'll keep our terminology. It won't be a whole new system. We'll keep our terminology the same. There will be some tweaks in the system, obviously.''

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GumboBC Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,616	Saints' McAllister understands staff moves Saints' McAllister understands staff moves February 11, 2005 By Scott Ferrell sferrell@gannett.com New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister said he understands why changes were made to the team's coaching staff following an 8-8 season which kept the Saints out of the playoffs. "Obviously it's a situation where we were a stagnant team,'' McAllister said Friday on a visit to Shreveport for Circuit City's grand opening. "Offensively, defensively, and at times, on special teams. Hopefully it will give us a boost. "I lost a good coach, our running backs coach (Dave Atkins). I wish him the best. Probably the best thing about the whole situation is we'll keep our terminology. It won't be a whole new system. We'll keep our terminology the same. There will be some tweaks in the system, obviously.'' Read More
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