New Orleans Saints turn 50: Seeking your best golden memories

neugey · 06-10-2016, 01:50 PM

The offseason following Katrina - the excitement around hiring Payton, getting Drew Brees, drafting Reggie, watching Colston destroy in pre-season games. I could really feel something special was around the corner.

skymike · 06-10-2016, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by neugey

The offseason following Katrina - the excitement around hiring Payton, getting Drew Brees, drafting Reggie, watching Colston destroy in pre-season games. I could really feel something special was around the corner.

Yes, THIS. Regardless how you feel about Reggie, he lit everyone up about the Saints, and drafting him showed that the Team was serious about winning. Honestly, I didnt know squat about Payton. I still thought we would SUCK. But I was just happy New Orleans kept the Saints, even though I live closer to SA. I wouldve quit the NFL, had that happened.

-- Then training camp in Jackson, which I attended, was electric, and so were preseason games in Jackson and Shreveport, as the Saints were conducting their own old school NFL Style Barnstrorming Tour, making new fans, and solidifying old ones in outlying areas.

-- Pierre Freakin Thomas coming out of obscurity to blow up and kick out the big draft stud, and make the team.

-- U2 & Greenday showing up for the reopening of the Dome, and being surprisingly non-political about it.

-- All leading up for me to my favorite moment, since it happened in MY endzone, the Girod St. one.-- Gleason's Block, the moment The Curse lifted.

06-10-2016, 01:50 PM	#1
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,870 Blog Entries: 13	Re: New Orleans Saints turn 50: Seeking your best golden memories The offseason following Katrina - the excitement around hiring Payton, getting Drew Brees, drafting Reggie, watching Colston destroy in pre-season games. I could really feel something special was around the corner. jnormand, CheramieIII and skymike like this.

06-10-2016, 11:24 PM	#2
skymike E. Side Cholo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Barrio, H-town Posts: 6,089	Re: New Orleans Saints turn 50: Seeking your best golden memories Originally Posted by neugey The offseason following Katrina - the excitement around hiring Payton, getting Drew Brees, drafting Reggie, watching Colston destroy in pre-season games. I could really feel something special was around the corner. Yes, THIS. Regardless how you feel about Reggie, he lit everyone up about the Saints, and drafting him showed that the Team was serious about winning. Honestly, I didnt know squat about Payton. I still thought we would SUCK. But I was just happy New Orleans kept the Saints, even though I live closer to SA. I wouldve quit the NFL, had that happened. -- Then training camp in Jackson, which I attended, was electric, and so were preseason games in Jackson and Shreveport, as the Saints were conducting their own old school NFL Style Barnstrorming Tour, making new fans, and solidifying old ones in outlying areas. -- Pierre Freakin Thomas coming out of obscurity to blow up and kick out the big draft stud, and make the team. -- U2 & Greenday showing up for the reopening of the Dome, and being surprisingly non-political about it. -- All leading up for me to my favorite moment, since it happened in MY endzone, the Girod St. one.-- Gleason's Block, the moment The Curse lifted. neugey likes this.