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Tom Benson...A Winner.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 7/28/14 at 5:32 pm
The Saints All-Time record with Benson as owner is 239-224 and 7-9 in playoffs, 1 Super Bowl Victory, and 10 playoff appearances. Prior to Benson 78-176-5 and 0 playoff appearances.
Could he be one of the best/most overlooked owners in the game? I think so.
Benson Era
Pre Benson
Could he be one of the best/most overlooked owners in the game? I think so.
Benson Era
Pre Benson
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 5:40 pm to klew5
I'd rank him just below Georgia Frontiere, Bud Adams and Art Modell. He was denied his place among that pantheon by the NFL in 2005.
Compared to John Mecom, Benson is Jerry Buss.
Compared to John Mecom, Benson is Jerry Buss.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 5:43 pm to klew5
Take Brees away from that and he is poop.
Its Loomis more than Tom too
Its Loomis more than Tom too
Posted on 7/28/14 at 5:48 pm to Mr.Perfect
Take away Brady...take away Montana etc etc. C'mon.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 5:51 pm to Mr.Perfect
Considering what he inherited it's outstanding. Went to Playoffs 4 of 6 years early on. He hired Loomis. He hired Payton. He paid Brees. Never been afraid to open up checkbook and pay players.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:01 pm to Mr.Perfect
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Take Brees away from that and he is poop.
Its Loomis more than Tom too
Who hired Loomis?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:05 pm to Mr.Perfect
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Take Brees away from that and he is poop.
Man, you have to give Benson as much credit for Brees as Loomis. He's the guy that agreed to write the checks for a guy no one knew would ever be 100%.
Benson's actions after Katrina were despicable...but he came back and wrote the check to buy the Hornets (Pelicans) and kept them here.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:11 pm to adono
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Benson's actions after Katrina were despicable...but he came back and wrote the check to buy the Hornets (Pelicans) and kept them here.
Were they really despicable? That's a true business mindset, he had no clue how the city was gonna turn out and the saints are part of a multi-billion dollar industry. That is a lot of invested money into something that no one was even sure would pan out so he made a plan B.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:33 pm to htran90
not to mention he was trying to make money. what better way to make money than to dangle a carrot to san antonio and make them think the saints were going to move?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:34 pm to klew5
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Never been afraid to open up checkbook and pay players.
wrong
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:44 pm to geauxtigers87
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wrong
As long as I can remember if you can play you get paid cap permitting of course. One word arguments hold up real well.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:50 pm to klew5
Benson has been great since Katrina.
There's no reason to shite on him forever.
There's no reason to shite on him forever.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:54 pm to geauxtigers87
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wrong
Don't confuse Benson and Tom Finks
Posted on 7/28/14 at 6:59 pm to adono
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Benson's actions after Katrina were despicable
How many businesses/people left after Katrina? A ton. Do you quiver with rage when you drive past a Ruth's Chris? They bolted, and so did many others.
So he wavered. He has that in common with probably 95% of the people who had significant business investments in the city of New Orleans.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 7:58 pm to EmperorGout
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Don't confuse Benson and Tom Finks
the Saints had the highest payroll in the league one year under them
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:18 pm to klew5
Owners don't play. The only owners that should grt ANY credit are in leagues without hard caps.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:29 pm to Mr.Perfect
Benson hired Loomis.
Where would we be without Mickey Loomis?
Where would we be without Mickey Loomis?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 8:34 pm to klew5
It's hard, very hard, for me to forgive Benson for always threatening to move the team to LA, asking for more money from the city/state without opening his books, not paying players (Morton Anderson, Pat Swilling, Sam Mills, Quinn Early, LaRoi Glover, Joe Johnson, etc.) and his comments after Katrina. Also, friends in the car business say he was a total douche to his employees.
It seems he's tried to buy a lot of goodwill later in his life. I'm thankful for that.
(And he didn't pay Drew Brees. That comes from Loomis spending money under the salary cap from the organization. It's not like he wrote a personal check or anything.)
Anyway that's just my opinion.
Everybody's entitled to have one.
It seems he's tried to buy a lot of goodwill later in his life. I'm thankful for that.
(And he didn't pay Drew Brees. That comes from Loomis spending money under the salary cap from the organization. It's not like he wrote a personal check or anything.)
Anyway that's just my opinion.
Everybody's entitled to have one.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:03 pm to EmperorGout
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Tom Finks
Stahp. Just stahp
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:44 pm to Suntiger
quote:
It's hard, very hard, for me to forgive Benson for always threatening to move the team to LA, asking for more money from the city/state without opening his books, not paying players (Morton Anderson, Pat Swilling, Sam Mills, Quinn Early, LaRoi Glover, Joe Johnson, etc.) and his comments after Katrina. Also, friends in the car business say he was a total douche to his employees.
It seems he's tried to buy a lot of goodwill later in his life. I'm thankful for that.
(And he didn't pay Drew Brees. That comes from Loomis spending money under the salary cap from the organization. It's not like he wrote a personal check or anything.)
Anyway that's just my opinion.
Everybody's entitled to have one.
I agree with you 100%. Can't add anything to that.
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