re: Are we at the lowest point in Saints history?

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Are we at the lowest point in Saints history?

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Dude this ain't even close to the lowest point. Pump the brakes on that shite. The 2005 season was not only a horrible team, but the franchise looked like it was finished it New Orleans.

You had the team setting up headquarters in hotel ballrooms and practicing at high school fields. They played games in like 20 different stadiums. You didn't know week to week where they would even practice or play. The games in Tiger Stadium were brutally hot, miserable, and empty stands. I remember sitting there during the Bears game in TS sweating my balls off watching Kyle fricking Orton shred our defense thinking this is the end of the Saints in Louisiana. It was a miserable time. God bless Paul Tagliabue for being the only person seemingly that fought to keep the team in NOLA.

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After practicing for approximately a week in San Jose, California, where they had evacuated in conjunction with a pre-season game against the Oakland Raiders, the team set up temporary headquarters at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk and Henry B. González Convention Center.[4] Practice facilities were arranged at a sports complex adjacent to Luther Burbank High School in San Antonio, Texas.[1]

The league then announced that although the Saints' first home game on September 18 against the New York Giants would be played at Giants Stadium at 7:30 p.m. EDT on September 19, other home games would be split between Tiger Stadium (the stadium of the LSU Tigers football) at LSU in Baton Rouge, and the Alamodome in San Antonio; offices and practice would remain in San Antonio throughout the season.

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arious media reports in the San Antonio Express-News indicated the owner and government officials in San Antonio were working behind the scenes concerning a possible permanent relocation to San Antonio. San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger had pushed a strong verbal campaign to pursue the Saints. Other officials, including Texas Governor Rick Perry, had indicated that they would also support a relocation to San Antonio, including using funding to upgrade the Alamodome, or possibly build a new stadium.

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CNN reported on September 7, 2005 that the hurricane had so badly damaged the Louisiana Superdome that it would likely have to be demolished.[6] On October 21, Benson issued a statement saying that he had not made any decision about the future of the Saints.[7] However, the San Antonio Express-News reported that sources close to the Saints organization said that Benson planned to void his lease agreement with New Orleans by declaring the Superdome unusable.[8]

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The season began with the team trying to improve from their 8–8 record from 2004. The Saints played two preseason games in the Louisiana Superdome before being forced to evacuate New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. They were forced to play the rest of the season on the road, splitting their games between their temporary headquarters at San Antonio’s Alamodome, and LSU’s Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, and even playing their first home game at Giants Stadium.

The season ended with a 3–13 record, their equal-worst record alongside 1996 and 1999 since their 1–15 1980 season, and the firing of Jim Haslett.

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And don't forget our awesome draft from that year, including drafting a "QB" that lined up under the guard instead of the center on his first snap in the NFL. (ETA: and also got hit by a golf cart being driven by the Titans mascot )

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Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 13 Jammal Brown * Offensive tackle Oklahoma
2 40 Josh Bullocks Free Safety Nebraska
3 82 Alfred Fincher Linebacker Connecticut
4 118 Chase Lyman Wide receiver California
5 152 Adrian McPherson Quarterback Florida State
6 193 Jason Jefferson Defensive tackle Wisconsin
7 232 Jimmy Verdon Defensive end Arizona State

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