Originally Posted by billyt81 (Post 782559)

People think of New Orleans teams like we're a minor league farm system for the real teams in the league. Noone wants to see New Orleans excel consistently. We are one of the smallest if not the smallest market, TV market etc. We consistently get very tough officiating. The Atlanta game was a perfect example. I'm sorry but the Patriots and the Cowboys don't get killed by the refs like that. A win versus the Falcons giving the Saints a good chance of home-field through the playoffs . The Pelicans get treated even worse. Jrue Holiday drives the lane more than most guards in the league and gets hit every time but he never gets to the free throw line. Boogie is a premier big body post scorer also rarely shoots free throws. For a New Orleans team to win it must beat its opponent and overcome lopsided officiating. Period. Players and coaches know this and some of them eventually get disillusioned with the uphill battle of playing in New Orleans. I can't remember a single instance when an established head coach of a team leading its division was rumored to coach somewhere else EVER. How can that even be possible? What's worse is that these stories are never laughed off and treated as ludicrous. Ever since we've had Anthony Davis there's been one rumor after another about where AD is going. He's got three years left on his contract. He's easily a top 5 player in the NBA. Now Kyrie another top 5-10 player did just pull off a move like that but its obvious when every time the Pelicans have a great young player the talk is never about his chances of success in New Orleans, instead it's always what big market team he will win a championship with. If AD leaves New Orleans, I wont watch the NBA until he retires. I cannot watch Anthony Davis win a ring with the Lakers Knicks or Rockets or whatever big Market City he ends up with. The NBA is blatant with its lopsided officiating , free agent and draft maneuvers. I mean the Hornets drafted Kobe Bryant and immediately traded him for Vlade Divac. It's not like people didn't know who Kobe Bryant was. Everyone knew he was the next big thing. Nobody trades that guy. And not for Vlade Divac who was actually past his prime. Still a good player but it's not like the Hornets were ready to contend for a ring. They weren't going to let Kobe Bryant play in New Orleans. No he was going to play in Los Angeles where the NBA could maximize the $$$ he could generate for the league. Very smart business. Very unfair to New Orleans. Anthony Davis will probably end up a Laker too. And like I said when AD goes to the Lakers I'll be done with the NBA. And if the officiating for the Saints remains so lopsided............uumnnngggghj!!!! I want feedback here. Am I wrong or is this a real possibility?

Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 782588)

More distraction from the media trying to throw the team off focus. The NFL and media are throwing everything they can against the wall to make sure we don’t get to the playoffs.

Originally Posted by WhoDat!656 (Post 782549)

"Steve and Jeffery discuss how Saints head coach Sean Payton could be in line to take over as coach of the New York Giants. Jeffery says that Payton wants out of New Orleans and that he would fit in New York as a younger Tom Coughlin."

https://foxsportsradio.iheart.com/fe...of-the-giants/