B Boutros Blanchard

re: Open and Objective Discussion about the strengths and needs of this defense

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 10/29/12 at 3:50 pm to Sir Saint

Jenkins' skill is that he's a pretty good tackler. He's frequently out of position but he seems to always make the tackle if be gets ahold of someone. That's somewhat rare for a defensive back these days.

re: Open and Objective Discussion about the strengths and needs of this defense

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 10/29/12 at 3:26 pm to Hoodoo Man

Texans completely revamped their defense in one offseason 2010-2011. It can be done.

re: Any katy, TX peeps out there? Where's the best place to watch the game?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 9/1/12 at 3:41 pm to mooseknuckle

So you hate all Katy kids then. Me too (except for my little angel of course)

re: Any katy, TX peeps out there? Where's the best place to watch the game?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 9/1/12 at 3:30 pm to B Boutros Blanchard

And if you hate kids, stay outta anywhere in Katy!!!

re: Any katy, TX peeps out there? Where's the best place to watch the game?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 9/1/12 at 3:28 pm to mooseknuckle

I'd say if your limits are Katy, Einsteins is the closest thing you'll find to local smoky dive bar, but duvic's it ain't. I've never been there on a big college football night though, so not sure if they'd even show the game.
Orleans on Katy freeway will no doubt be packed w tigers, but it's mostly a restaurant and smoke free

re: Any katy, TX peeps out there? Where's the best place to watch the game?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 9/1/12 at 3:11 pm to mooseknuckle

The waitresses are smooookin hawt if that helps....

Not sure if you just moved here from la, but in general Texas is way less tolerant of smokers. Einsteins and baker street allow smoking but no one would mistake them for sports bars.
But Katy is loaded with Louisiana transplants so you could go almost anywhere and find a group of tigers (or saints on Sundays)

re: Any katy, TX peeps out there? Where's the best place to watch the game?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 9/1/12 at 3:02 pm to mooseknuckle

Stadia is the best sports bar in katy, but it's smoke free if that matters to you

re: Would Paterno be alive today had the scandal not broken?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/24/12 at 8:39 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger

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I've been saying for years that the only reason he still coached was because he knew he would die if he ever stopped. Like the Bear. Obviously, both deaths are coincidental to their retirements.

Bet that sucks for their wives to have to know. That they'd rather work or die than spend time with them?

Its not a matter of not wanting to spend time with them. My father died shortly after his retirement because he essentially lost his purpose in life. Working to support his family was just what he did. Take that away from him and I think he saw himself as just a burden to us.

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re: Would Paterno be alive today had the scandal not broken?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/24/12 at 8:36 pm to alajones

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I've been saying for years that the only reason he still coached was because he knew he would die if he ever stopped. Like the Bear. Obviously, both deaths are coincidental to their retirements.

He said it too

LINK

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“What else would I do?” he said when quizzed about retirement. “I don’t want to die. Football keeps me alive.”

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re: Joe Paterno dead at 85

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/22/12 at 9:58 am to jacks40

RIP Joe
You made a mistake that will always be an asterix and should be

If the smug sanctimonious douchebags on this site can accomplish 1 tenth of one percent of the good you did then this world would be a much better place

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re: How amazing was 2009.............

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/20/12 at 1:47 pm to 99DSTJ

yep, I was thinking the same thing, if I never see it again I will always cherish it.

A coworker is a indy fan and he was going on this morning about the 49er game last week shutting up us saints fans.
"Man 62 points and Tracey Porter still giving you nightmares, huh"
He didn't say much after that.

re: Saints Players Pissed At GW situation?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/17/12 at 7:29 pm to BigBrod81

yeah my assumption is that he had an audible to throw if it looked like the saints were in a D to stop the QB sneak.
What also drove me nuts during that game is that it was pretty obvious Smith only had one or 2 reads, and so much of the time his first read was so wide open it wasn't even an issue.

re: Saints Players Pissed At GW situation?

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/17/12 at 6:24 pm to BigBrod81

The issue is that big blitzing is high risk/high reward. When it works it looks spectacular and when it misses it looks spectacularly awful. If we play straight defense or overload the other side on the smith sneak he is dropped for a loss and maybe they miss the longer figgie and Espn is still going on about wtf was harbaugh thinking??

re: Just Relax...

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/17/12 at 11:12 am to Lafayette VooDoo

For those of us that knew of the saints before the SP era, its hard for us to adjust to the idea that our coach and GM are competent.
We'll come around....eventually. Until then we will still have nightmares about Ditka in a tux and RW in a wedding dress.

re: Schefter Tweet on Nicks Leaving N.O.

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/17/12 at 11:04 am to SaintsXLIV

He retweeted this morning that Carmichael did in fact interview in Oak

AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
RT @DashMan18: So did the Raiders interview Carmichael or not? ... Sure did. Friday, no matter what some say. Expected to talk more.

re: packers had 4 Turnovers

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/15/12 at 7:08 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR

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It was a whole team loss.

I agree. Was just letting the OP know that TD ST conventional wisdom is that the turnovers didnt matter.

re: packers had 4 Turnovers

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/15/12 at 7:02 pm to burke985

You're being to reasonable and applying logic to the situation. G Williams threw 2 pics and personally caused 3 fumbles.

re: packers had 4 Turnovers

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/15/12 at 7:00 pm to burke985

you may want to check other threads on this site. Clearly turnovers don't matter. at all.

re: There was not a single reason why we lost

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/15/12 at 9:37 am to St Augustine

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SF showed how to play great defense in today's NFL. With the rules favoring the offense there is no way you're stopping guys like Brees, Brady, Rodgers, etc every time. You have to make their life uncomfortable, tackle well, make drives stall, and create a few opportunities to get turnovers.

This

The 2 worst defenses in the league this year are the #1 seeds in both divisions. No need to play lights out. Just disrupt things and get turnovers. Kinda like us in 2009

re: 7 turnovers in two games

Posted by B Boutros Blanchard on 1/15/12 at 8:31 am to ATLienTiger

if we dont have the 5 turnovers we aren't even in that position.

Coming roaring back is a testament to how good this team was. But there is a reason teams in multiple turnover games don't have good results.
That makes me sick more than the last 3 minutes.