re: Offseason Boredom - Rank Your Top 5 Most Despised Saints

Don Reese.

Busted with lb of Cocaine when he was with the Dolphins, later outed many players for coke in SI in the early 80's. Was blamed for wide spread coke use with Saints (yes the Saints got him after he was busted in Miami. In SI article he talked about free basing with Chuck Munice and other Saints. I've long thought it was cocaine that destroyed the 1980 Saints. (fwiw, Channing Crowder's dad was busted with Reese in Miami, he went to TB and seemed to turn his life around).

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If you're going to add office people in then you have to put Mike Ditka on the list.

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Hey, I understand everybody's frustration about Ditka, and I know the guy made some mistakes, but I can't bring myself to hate on the guy. I think he was an awesome game-time coach, just not great with the preparation needed to win. Jim Mora was the opposite, great at the prep, sucked on gameday. A hybrid of the two would have been great.

Anyway, the guys I do want to hate on...

• Aaron Brooks - always hated the fact that he got the job because Jeff Blake got hurt, and then Jeff never got the chance again. I mean, Jeff was playing incredibly when he went down. What a waste Brooks was.
• Jim Haslett - for keeping Aaron Brooks.
• Tom Benson - sorry, but come on already! Just sell the team to somebody who cares about the city of New Orleans. I'll even let you retire in peace to San Antonio.
• Steve Walsh - I love the Cannon too much to care for this guy. Hey, maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't he the idiot who fumbled the snap and then kept "throwing" the ball at the ground to convince everybody that he had actually spiked the ball?
• Ricky Williams - In one sense, I appreciate the guy. I put him on the list because of the sheer disappointment he was in the end.

SAINTS 2009!!

1. Scott Shanle (maybe the worst NFL player in history)
2. Ricky Williams (the trade, enough said)
3. Mike Ditka (for the trade)
4. Aaron Brooks (talented, but dumb)
5. Gary Gibbs (for his bullshite system and playing Shanle)

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2. Ricky Williams (the trade, enough said)

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Don't take this the wrong way, because about 10 other people listed RW as well, but..

Are you guys retarded? Seriously? Do you not comprehend that we got 2 relatively high first round picks for Ricky Williams AFTER we got him for a cheap contract and AFTER he took a pounding for us for 3 years?

The trade to get him really wasn't that bad. That's why so many teams passed on it. Cleveland, Philly, Indy... all passed. It wasn't that bad of a trade in the first place. And then we got even MORE in return for him.

Two 1st round picks > 2nd rounder, 3rd rounder, 4th rounder, 5th rounder.

It turned out to be one of the better deals in Saints history.

Let's go with:

1. Aaron Brooks
2. Jason David
3. Fred Thomas
4. Dante' Stallworth
5. Danny Wuerfell (spelling?)

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Scott Shanle (maybe the worst NFL player in history)

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How quickly we forget...
Alfred Fincher 3rd rd
Courtney Watson 2nd rd
Wille Grant 2nd rd
Sedrick Hodge 3rd rd
Winfred Tubbs 3rd rd
Reggie Freeman 2nd rd
Steve Bearden 3rd rd
Alvin Toles 1st rd
Reggie Mathis 2nd rd
Robert Watts 3rd rd
Rick Middleton 1st rd
Wille Hall 2nd rd

The Saints had the greatest LB group in history with the DP but besides then it might be the worst drafted position in their history. And that's saying a lot. Most of those guys didn't pan out at all, not even journeyman.

alex molden
we drafted him instead of eddie george
thanks mora

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Are you guys retarded? Seriously? Do you not comprehend that we got 2 relatively high first round picks for Ricky Williams

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Yeah, we used those to trade up and take Jonathan Sullivan.

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Rick Venturi-- nuff said

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where is he now??

you need to review the Worst Draft picks threads to keep that blood pressure going.