Frank D'Amico files lawsuit against Goodell

OldMaid · 01-22-2019, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by dam1953

We’ve never met, but I can possibly identify the likely reason for our differing responses. I’m 65 years old. I lived through the Aint’s. Through wearing bags to games. Through years of losing seasons and last second losses. People my age thought this BS was behind us with the coming of Brees and Payton. For the most part it was. Then two years in a row, games with Super Bowl ramifications were effectively stolen from us. One legally. One, for all practical purposes, illegally. People like me, who’ve live through the years of pain, are having flash backs.

Correct me if I am wrong.

I remember the Saints losing in a fair game in the mid 1980s, to gain a playoff game. It must have a wildcard chance .
It may have even been Bum Phillips as coach. Maybe Mora had jut started that year.
Anyway, the Dome was rocking. Saints were really winning. Police were out on horseback around the field. Like a minute or under , something like that, boom. Saints fairly lost.
I was there at that game.
I THINK

they were playing the L.A.Rams.

dskyyksd · 01-22-2019, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by OldMaid

Correct me if I am wrong.
I remember the Saints losing in a fair game in the mid 1980s, to gain a playoff game. It must have a wildcard chance .
It may have even been Bum Phillips as coach. Maybe Mora had jut started that year.
Anyway, the Dome was rocking. Saints were really winning. Police were out on horseback around the field. Like a minute or under , something like that, boom. Saints fairly lost.
I was there at that game.
I THINK they were playing the L.A.Rams.

That was 1983, the final game of the season. They lost to the Rams on a last second field goal. It would have been their first winning season ever and I think they also could have gotten into the playoffs, although they needed help. That was a very frustrating year. That team had talent, but Bum was a typical ultraconservative defensive coach who played not to lose way too many times. He never could get over the hump against the Steelers when he coached the Oilers and he couldn't get the Saints over the hump, either. Kenny Stabler was a shadow of his former self, which didn't help, either.

Now I'm having flashbacks of that year. Kenny Duckett dropped a touchdown pass that would have put away their first game against the Rams. Tough break, I liked Duckett. Instead, the Rams rode Eric Dickerson to the winning touchdown. The loss to the Cowboys was brutal. Kenny Stabler curled up in the fetal position and took a sack in the endzone that cost them the game. Then there's the final game against the Rams. They should have won at least 11 games that year.

I went back and checked. They would have clinched a wildcard spot if they had won that game. I remember it well. It was the last time I ever cried about the outcome of a football game. The winning season was more important to me than making the playoffs.

Now I just checked and read that Kenny Duckett died a long time ago of diabetes complications. It's probably something a lot of people on here knew. He was only 38. I knew he had diabetes, but I didn't know he was that sick.

01-22-2019, 07:43 PM	#1
OldMaid Site Donor 2014 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,919 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Frank D'Amico files lawsuit against Goodell Originally Posted by dam1953 We’ve never met, but I can possibly identify the likely reason for our differing responses. I’m 65 years old. I lived through the Aint’s. Through wearing bags to games. Through years of losing seasons and last second losses. People my age thought this BS was behind us with the coming of Brees and Payton. For the most part it was. Then two years in a row, games with Super Bowl ramifications were effectively stolen from us. One legally. One, for all practical purposes, illegally. People like me, who’ve live through the years of pain, are having flash backs. Correct me if I am wrong. I remember the Saints losing in a fair game in the mid 1980s, to gain a playoff game. It must have a wildcard chance . It may have even been Bum Phillips as coach. Maybe Mora had jut started that year. Anyway, the Dome was rocking. Saints were really winning. Police were out on horseback around the field. Like a minute or under , something like that, boom. Saints fairly lost. I was there at that game. I THINK they were playing the L.A.Rams.

01-22-2019, 11:43 PM	#2
dskyyksd Registered Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 73	Re: Frank D'Amico files lawsuit against Goodell Originally Posted by OldMaid Correct me if I am wrong. I remember the Saints losing in a fair game in the mid 1980s, to gain a playoff game. It must have a wildcard chance . It may have even been Bum Phillips as coach. Maybe Mora had jut started that year. Anyway, the Dome was rocking. Saints were really winning. Police were out on horseback around the field. Like a minute or under , something like that, boom. Saints fairly lost. I was there at that game. I THINK they were playing the L.A.Rams. That was 1983, the final game of the season. They lost to the Rams on a last second field goal. It would have been their first winning season ever and I think they also could have gotten into the playoffs, although they needed help. That was a very frustrating year. That team had talent, but Bum was a typical ultraconservative defensive coach who played not to lose way too many times. He never could get over the hump against the Steelers when he coached the Oilers and he couldn't get the Saints over the hump, either. Kenny Stabler was a shadow of his former self, which didn't help, either. Now I'm having flashbacks of that year. Kenny Duckett dropped a touchdown pass that would have put away their first game against the Rams. Tough break, I liked Duckett. Instead, the Rams rode Eric Dickerson to the winning touchdown. The loss to the Cowboys was brutal. Kenny Stabler curled up in the fetal position and took a sack in the endzone that cost them the game. Then there's the final game against the Rams. They should have won at least 11 games that year. I went back and checked. They would have clinched a wildcard spot if they had won that game. I remember it well. It was the last time I ever cried about the outcome of a football game. The winning season was more important to me than making the playoffs. Now I just checked and read that Kenny Duckett died a long time ago of diabetes complications. It's probably something a lot of people on here knew. He was only 38. I knew he had diabetes, but I didn't know he was that sick.
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