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re: The Worst Saints Season Ever?
Posted on 8/27/11 at 2:54 pm to ClientNumber9
Posted on 8/27/11 at 2:54 pm to ClientNumber9
2005 easily
Not only do you watch your team lose every single week, but the likelihood that this may be the last season your team ever plays also lingers in your mind.
Just a miserable feeling
Not only do you watch your team lose every single week, but the likelihood that this may be the last season your team ever plays also lingers in your mind.
Just a miserable feeling
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Posted on 8/27/11 at 3:39 pm to ClientNumber9
What was so bad about 2005 is that it wasn't a horrible team. They just played awful.
Posted on 8/27/11 at 3:49 pm to stapuffmarshy
quote:
at you youngsters
07? anyone saying 07 is clueless sorry
fans wearing bags over their heads trumps even Katrina
What you fail to realize is that in the Aints days everyone knew we sucked and knew nothing else. In 07 we had just come off the NFC championship game and were pumped to do great things and came out just getting our asses handed to us with the same team that just went to the NFC title game. I'd much rather know that my team was going to be crap than expect them to be a contender and have them play like crap.
And in NO WAY, shape, or for were the older days worse than the Katrina year. We might have sucked but it was still our team, 05 was the most real chance we ever had of losing the team....but go ahead and brag about how much more of a fan you are since you're older if it helps.
This post was edited on 8/27/11 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:50 am to St Augustine
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What you fail to realize is that in the Aints days everyone knew we sucked and knew nothing else.
What you fail to realize is that in '79 we reached .500 for the first time in Saints history, Archie Manning was the NFC Offensive MVP, and the Saints had five players in the Pro Bowl; Manning, RB Chuck Muncie, WR Wes Chandler, TE Hank Childs, and S Tommy Meyers. All of whostarred in the game. Meyers had a key interception and Manning led a game-winning drive that included catches by Chandler and Childs and Muncie won MVP.
Expectations for the 1980 season were deservedly high. The first game was a close loss to San Francisco,then in the second game we got blown out by Chicago. Things just snowballed the rest of the way. The low point was a Monday night game against San Francisco where we blew a 35-7 halftime lead. (I was there, we couldn't get a first down in the second half to save our lives.)
That was unquestionably the worst season ever.
quote:If you lived in New Orleans, how the Saints played was one of the last things you gave a frick about. Sure, you were concerned about losing the franchise, but for the most part you had a lot more important things to worry about.
And in NO WAY, shape, or for were the older days worse than the Katrina year.
quote:And you go ahead and continue to be a smug little know-it-all with no respect for your elders.
but go ahead and brag about how much more of a fan you are since you're older if it helps.
Edited because I had called you a bad word.
This post was edited on 8/28/11 at 2:08 am
Posted on 8/28/11 at 4:35 am to johnnydrama
I lived in New Orleans, and it wasn't one of the last things I cared about
Posted on 8/28/11 at 9:21 am to johnnydrama
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johnnydrama
spot on about the 79-80 situation
Posted on 8/28/11 at 9:36 am to ClientNumber9
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the 2005 Katrina season
If your really think it through, this one was the worst. shite I couldn't get into my house until October and the Saints were already stinking up the field and playing like zombies in Baton Rouge, and the owner was preparing to abandon New Orleans.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 10:01 am to VOR
1978 NFL New Orleans Saints 7-9
1977 NFL New Orleans Saints 3-11
1976 NFL New Orleans Saints 4-10
1975 NFL New Orleans Saints 2-12
1974 NFL New Orleans Saints 5-9
1973 NFL New Orleans Saints 5-9
1972 NFL New Orleans Saints 2-11
1971 NFL New Orleans Saints 4-8
1970 NFL New Orleans Saints 2-11
1969 NFL New Orleans Saints 5-9
1968 NFL New Orleans Saints 4-9
1967 NFL New Orleans Saints 3-11
We were a National punch line used by coaches and comedians alike. A joke of a team never meant for anything other than learning fodder for what not to do to be succesful in the NFL. "The lovable losers."
How bad was it to be a fan?
After the 79 8-8 season and celebrating our 1st non losing season I realized just how bad our situation as a team and fan base was that you could celebrate such mediocrity.
So sad looking back on it.
These now are the salad days indeed.
1977 NFL New Orleans Saints 3-11
1976 NFL New Orleans Saints 4-10
1975 NFL New Orleans Saints 2-12
1974 NFL New Orleans Saints 5-9
1973 NFL New Orleans Saints 5-9
1972 NFL New Orleans Saints 2-11
1971 NFL New Orleans Saints 4-8
1970 NFL New Orleans Saints 2-11
1969 NFL New Orleans Saints 5-9
1968 NFL New Orleans Saints 4-9
1967 NFL New Orleans Saints 3-11
We were a National punch line used by coaches and comedians alike. A joke of a team never meant for anything other than learning fodder for what not to do to be succesful in the NFL. "The lovable losers."
How bad was it to be a fan?
After the 79 8-8 season and celebrating our 1st non losing season I realized just how bad our situation as a team and fan base was that you could celebrate such mediocrity.
So sad looking back on it.
These now are the salad days indeed.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 11:58 am to goatmilker
Having watched the Saints from day 1 – and in the stands for many of those games, I believe that you should rephrase your question. “Which group of four consecutive years was the worst for the Saints?”
Posted on 8/28/11 at 12:27 pm to Pietra
any list of "worst of" about the Saints is gonna require a lotta review and argument. There is the whole Black Ages of history to take in.
So, a few cents...
There's worst in different ways...
05 was very black with the whole Katrina thing, the team (after some decent year) imploding, and talk of relocation. Overall emotion perhaps the worst.
80 gets point in actual performance. They started 0-14
As pointed out, there was actually expectations of a good year for many after the 8-8 '79 season.
That relates to prolly my worst Saints heartache... 1979 Week 14, 7-6 vying for the playoffs the first time. MNF vs. Oakland, 28-7 lead in the 2nd qtr, then go on to lose 42-35. You find it on greatest games in Raiders & MNF lists- for all the wrong reasons. I knew at that game it was done for Nolan.
Flat out bad? The '70-72 teams were actually the worst to me- pick any of'em. So badly coached and managed it didn't matter who was on the field. They gave draft picks away for washed up or never was players. A head coach that didn't know who O.J. Simpson was!
The Black Ages- past!
The Golden Age- NOW
So, a few cents...
There's worst in different ways...
05 was very black with the whole Katrina thing, the team (after some decent year) imploding, and talk of relocation. Overall emotion perhaps the worst.
80 gets point in actual performance. They started 0-14
As pointed out, there was actually expectations of a good year for many after the 8-8 '79 season. That relates to prolly my worst Saints heartache... 1979 Week 14, 7-6 vying for the playoffs the first time. MNF vs. Oakland, 28-7 lead in the 2nd qtr, then go on to lose 42-35. You find it on greatest games in Raiders & MNF lists- for all the wrong reasons. I knew at that game it was done for Nolan.
Flat out bad? The '70-72 teams were actually the worst to me- pick any of'em. So badly coached and managed it didn't matter who was on the field. They gave draft picks away for washed up or never was players. A head coach that didn't know who O.J. Simpson was!
The Black Ages- past!
The Golden Age- NOW
Posted on 8/28/11 at 12:44 pm to johnnydrama
quote:
The low point was a Monday night game against San Francisco where we blew a 35-7 halftime lead. (I was there, we couldn't get a first down in the second half to save our lives.)
I agree with your assesment, however this was a game played in San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon. The Saints did have a Monday night game against the Rams that year at the Dome, and I believe they lost 24-7.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:01 pm to uptownruler
any season with aaron Brooks as the quaterback
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:03 pm to jamsmiley
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any season with aaron Brooks as the quaterback
so our 1st playoff win was one of the worst seasons in Saints history?
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:07 pm to johnnydrama
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And you go ahead and continue to be a smug little know-it-all with no respect for your elders.
overreaction. Elders and youth both feel, idiotically, that no one understands them.
Elders feeling the need to have universal respect is also extremely sophomoric.
This post was edited on 8/28/11 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:08 pm to TigerBait1127
i knew someone was going to mention this yes i originally was going to exclude that one year but i did not
Posted on 8/28/11 at 2:12 pm to uptownruler
quote:You're right, I was confusing it with the Oakland game the year before. Doh!
quote:
The low point was a Monday night game against San Francisco where we blew a 35-7 halftime lead. (I was there, we couldn't get a first down in the second half to save our lives.)
I agree with your assesment, however this was a game played in San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon. The Saints did have a Monday night game against the Rams that year at the Dome, and I believe they lost 24-7.
quote:You are also right. I apologize. I was mad. I'll take my lumps.
overreaction. Elders and youth both feel, idiotically, that no one understands them.
Elders feeling the need to have universal respect is also extremely sophomoric.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 2:22 pm to johnnydrama
Posted on 8/28/11 at 2:52 pm to johnnydrama
quote:
I was confusing it with the Oakland game the year before.
I was there both seasons too, sometimes all that bad stuff runs together...that's a good thing
Posted on 8/28/11 at 3:48 pm to johnnydrama
quote:
You are also right. I apologize. I was mad. I'll take my lumps.
huh? wha thu... certainly un-message board bully like. Perhaps an authentic fan and not OT/Rant bandwagoner material.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 6:14 pm to johnnydrama
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And you go ahead and continue to be a smug little know-it-all with no respect for your elders.
how was I being smug?
I was responding to a previous post that was discounting others opinions because of their age. If that makes you angry, then you have some issues. I'm not even that young
however, maybe in another 10 or 15 years I'll lose my "smugness" and mature enough to get angry over messageboard posts and name myself after an immature 40 something television character. I have plenty of respect for elders who have actually done something warrant it, or who are simply just not crotchety jerks. This post was edited on 8/28/11 at 6:46 pm
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