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re: A MUST WATCH.....The Big Easy welcomes Zion with open arms
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:11 am to TabledTiger
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:11 am to TabledTiger
I have to be honest....I have never seen a bushel of Bay leaves in a crawfish boil.
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Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:13 am to TabledTiger
Check that LouiZIONa shirt out!
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:30 am to whoisnickdoobs
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This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 10:08 am
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:35 am to TabledTiger
man i wish every puff piece on new orleans didnt start with "laissez les bon temps rouler". i have never in my life heard anyone in new orleans use that phrase in conversation. it is most definitely NOT "what we always say"
fire that shite into the sun
fire that shite into the sun
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:36 am to cgrand
and get the frick off my lawn 
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:37 am to cgrand
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"laissez les bon temps rouler
Check
pistol pete
check
crawfish
check
katrina
check
gleason
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puff puff pass.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:37 am to Chad504boy
big easy bingo!
Posted on 6/18/19 at 9:59 am to carrguitar
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but terrible??
yep, i threw up in my mouth as soon as the ol kaplan crawfish man started with the good times role quote.
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we got folks waiting in the wings to piss all over it
nope, just pissin on ESPN stereotypical lazy productions....i turned it off early, did it have a second line with brass band and a shot of the dome after katrina?
how bout a voodoo priestess???
Posted on 6/18/19 at 10:00 am to cgrand
Posted on 6/18/19 at 10:01 am to NOSHAU
why would that matter?
Posted on 6/18/19 at 10:03 am to TabledTiger
That Gleason statue is so terrible - the figures are grotesque
Posted on 6/18/19 at 10:07 am to TabledTiger
The city can claim love of its teams but only really spends money on winners. The "Saints embrace" has only occurred the last 18 or so years. We tasted some winning with early Haslet years, it fell apart (and attendance dropped) and theyve been a sustained winner since Katrina. People don't care about Brees because he has a great smile and donates money to city efforts, he's beloved because he wins.
If AD had won, he'd have been loved, but he couldn't carry a team beyond a one series win that was largely on the back of Jrue Holiday.
But it's disingenuous to not say the city had the same hope about AD as we do now about Zion. When the Hornets won the 2012 draft lottery, men cried and hailed AD as a franchise savior. That event also pushed ticked sales and hope to highs.
If AD had won, he'd have been loved, but he couldn't carry a team beyond a one series win that was largely on the back of Jrue Holiday.
But it's disingenuous to not say the city had the same hope about AD as we do now about Zion. When the Hornets won the 2012 draft lottery, men cried and hailed AD as a franchise savior. That event also pushed ticked sales and hope to highs.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 10:51 am to TabledTiger
Marketing an athlete/sports team in New Orleans is so easy. All you have to do is convince your players to at least pretend they love New Orleans, even if they don’t. The city goes nuts over people who love the city.
Step One: hold a press conference and say how you always wanted to play in New Orleans and that you grew up a Saints fan. Even if you’re from Seattle. Say you can’t wait to get to know the city and be a part of something special here.
Step Two: do some parades and public appearances. Do lots of autographs and pictures and talk about how much you love everybody here.
Step Three: in season, make sure you say how you want to represent New Orleans and put a winner on the court for the people of this town. Every interview.
Even if you don’t really mean it, you will be a legend in NOLA. An ounce of lip service equals a ton of support in New Orleans.
The problem is, so many players can’t or won’t even give that ounce. And they wonder why they’re miserable. Looking at you, AD, you unmarketable toad.
Step One: hold a press conference and say how you always wanted to play in New Orleans and that you grew up a Saints fan. Even if you’re from Seattle. Say you can’t wait to get to know the city and be a part of something special here.
Step Two: do some parades and public appearances. Do lots of autographs and pictures and talk about how much you love everybody here.
Step Three: in season, make sure you say how you want to represent New Orleans and put a winner on the court for the people of this town. Every interview.
Even if you don’t really mean it, you will be a legend in NOLA. An ounce of lip service equals a ton of support in New Orleans.
The problem is, so many players can’t or won’t even give that ounce. And they wonder why they’re miserable. Looking at you, AD, you unmarketable toad.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 10:59 am to TabledTiger
It was ok at best, basically a typical ESPN piece on New Orleans. It had all the stereotypical New Orleans cliches, "House of the Rising Sun" instrumental music, swamps, crawfish, Hurricane Katrina (which happened almost fifteen years ago), white trash cajuns, etc.
ETA: "We will rise!!"
ETA: "We will rise!!"
This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 11:02 am
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:16 am to cgrand
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man i wish every puff piece on new orleans didnt start with "laissez les bon temps rouler". i have never in my life heard anyone in new orleans use that phrase in conversation. it is most definitely NOT "what we always say"
To be fair, they weren't in New Orleans at the beginning of the video. They were in "Cajun Country".
Now, why were they in Kaplan? I have no clue, but that's where they were.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:28 am to Epic Cajun
was that the St. Thomas More basketball coach Danny Broussard in the opening clip?
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:38 pm to cgrand
Whenever I stop in Kaplan, people are laissez les bon temps roulering all over the place.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:01 pm to failuretocommunicate
Yes, that was Danny Broussard they were talking to in the beginning of the video.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:17 pm to Fun Bunch
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AD was always a bit standoffish and just has no personality whatsoever.
I remember even when we drafted him Monty saying he was a quiet kid. You also could tell from his commercials and stuff he was kinda stoic and uncomfortable.
A guy like him needs a big market to transcend basketball
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:22 pm to SpqrTiger
If Zion will be visible at Saints games and even LSU games, it could be a huge rise in attendance. We want someone to support who loves us back. Football is king here so he needs to use that to boost his image and build the fan base.
Pelicans need a visible superstar with personality. Jrue is great and he is quiet for the right reasons. But he is no freak of nature that brings the casual fans into the mix.
Pelicans need a visible superstar with personality. Jrue is great and he is quiet for the right reasons. But he is no freak of nature that brings the casual fans into the mix.
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