Players-Only Meeting
by MtnExile on Oct 24, 2010 8:03 PM CDT
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PrintSeveral other people have already published open letters stating...well, various things, some of them anatomically improbable. I'd like to join in, but I have a specific audience and a specific idea. Drew Brees, this is for you: it's time to call a players-only meeting. And here's what you should say once the doors slam shut on you and your teammates:
"For ****ing ******'s sake, what the **** is wrong with us!? Other than having our heads so far up our ***** we can't see with our mouths closed! We have ONE WEEK to figure this thing out before the best team in the NFL comes into our house and posts a giant "Property Condemned" sign on the front door!
"We need to hold onto the football. Catch passes. Open holes...or close them, as the case may be. We need to stay in our lanes, control our gaps, control our tempers, quit trying to be Superman and just be better football players. Like we were last year. Like we know we can be, because we've done it before.
"And screw all that talk about bringing a championship to New Orleans, because we feel all sorry for these poor people. This is for us! Because the rest of the NFL is grinning at us. They're shaking their heads, and laughing, and saying "We knew it was a fluke." Nobody believes in us anymore. Hell, even Canal Street ****ing Chronicles has turned against us! We have nobody left but ourselves--and I don't know about you, but that's all I care about. **** New Orleans! **** the fans! **** the media! I want another *******ed ring, ******* it! For ME! And for you guys. To show everyone that last year was no fluke, that we're the ****ing best team in the NFL, and we'll continue to be until we say different! It's not over until we say so! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? NO! And it ain't over now! Nothing's over until we decide it is! Who's with me?"
Or words to that effect.
Seriously, Drew: you guys need to do some world-class soul searching. I'm not a football player...I don't even play one on TV (like some of you). But I've got twenty years on you, and I've seen this before, and I know what's going on. You guys are trying to get by on what you did last year; you think all you have to do is show up, and the opposition is going to faint, and you'll score a forty-burger before halftime. You think you can defeat the Emperor Nero with a lead sword. Well, that was last year, Drew. This year is different. You're actually going to have to work for it; and while I appreciate that'll involve blood, toil, tears, and sweat, it's also the chance of a lifetime. Every time you take the field, it's the chance of a lifetime. Take it from me: that lifetime goes by in a blur. Before you know it, Bowen is going to be asking you why you never repeated as champions, and you'll remember it like it was yesterday. But he'll be calling you from his dorm room.
Call the meeting, Drew.
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A very accurate statement
Yes, everyone is laughing at us again calling last season a fluke etc. That’s what cowards do behind computer screens is laugh at a team that loses to a “Bad” team. It really get’s old fast. We get no respect. My question is: is this team committed? Or are they patting themselves on the back for their efforts last season?
Are they thinking they could just walk on the field and “expect” a win? You are correct regarding they have their heads up their rear ends. This season is pitiful so far to say the least.
Same players for the most part….with a different attitude.
It starts with Sean Payton. He doesn’t have that killer instinct he once had.
And is Drew Brees chosing to be a family man or a football player? I’m all for family but business is business and they’re not getting it done.
I’ve seen this trend before, and I hate it. We don’t do well in these situations. I believe today’s loss will impact our entire season. Not trying to be negative, I just call it as i see it.
This team along with coaching looks like a freaking joke!
Love the Animal House reference
and overall, a great post. Wrecked it for ya.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Brees needs to take control of this team
It pains me to say this, but when’s the last time Peyton Manning threw 4 picks? Tom Brady? If he wants to mentioned with those guys, it is time to step it up show us the Brees we’ve been used to seeing.
"But tonight the Superbowl belongs to the City of New Orleans" - Roger Goodell 2/7/2010
by SaintBevo on Oct 24, 2010 9:43 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
You are correct.
It pains me to agree, but I’ve had a sinking feeling for much of the season that both he and Sean may have been reading too many of their “elite” and “genius” press clippings.
Please
Peyton Manning has thrown six picks in a game against the Chargers.
Tom Brady threw three picks against the Chargers in the ’07 AFC title game.
This doesn’t hurt his chances for Canton in the slightest. A few bad games? It happens.
"In fact, Sterger claims that, in one of the photos Favre allegedly sent her, he's masturbating — while wearing a pair of Crocs"
I'm not concerned right now with his chances of getting to Canton
I’d be happy to just see two strong outings in a row before the season’s over.
A few bad games.
Is understandable against good teams that play to win games. However, it’s unacceptable against inferior teams when you’re supposed to be “Defending Champions”
We’re beating ourselves.
Period!
The Browns aren't necessarily a bad team.
"In fact, Sterger claims that, in one of the photos Favre allegedly sent her, he's masturbating — while wearing a pair of Crocs"
Please tell me you’re not serious with the whole “beating ourselves” statement. That is a crock of bleep. We lost fair and square, no ifs, ands, or butts about it.
Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late. - Mike Tyson
no ifs, ands, or butts about it.
I just thought that was funny.
And though it's a part of the Lone Star state, people don't seem to care,
They just keep on looking to the East.
yeah, and they kicked our butts, too
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Oct 25, 2010 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey, I love Drew...
but we’ve got to face facts. This isn’t one bad game against a great D in a championship game. He LEADS THE F*&#!!-ING LEAGUE IN INTERCEPTIONS! I’m not hating, just telling the truth
And, like drew-dat said, this has nothing to do with him getting into Canton.
"But tonight the Superbowl belongs to the City of New Orleans" - Roger Goodell 2/7/2010
I dig Brees, but the Canton talk is a bit much at this stage, imo. Kurt Warner has a stronger career resume and is no shoo-in himself.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
I noticed you left out the “h” in “imo”. Not that I disagree with your point.
"He's every rich kid you knew in college who read The Fountainhead once and loved the idea that sharing is immoral."
Everybody knew that already.
"He's every rich kid you knew in college who read The Fountainhead once and loved the idea that sharing is immoral."
by stujo4 on Oct 25, 2010 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd. A great QB makes the difference in the parity NFL.
If you have one you always have a chance and right now we have the players around him for a good offense—with PT/Reggie back even better. We have one—he needs to start playing like it again. I actually typed come on D bail out the offense in the game thread, it just felt wrong. Brees needs to step up.
"(actor James Urbaniak) Robert Crumb: You turned yourself into a comic hero?
(actor Paul Giamatti) Harvey Pekar: Sorta, yeah. But no idealized s***. No phony bs. The real thing, y'know? Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.
(Real) Havey Pekar: I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All I did was think about Jennie Gerhardt and Alice Quinn and all the decades of people I had known. The more I thought, the more I felt like crying. Life seemed so sweet and so sad, and so hard to let go of in the end. But hey, man, every day is a brand new deal, right? Just keep on working and something's bound to turn up."
From the movie "American Splendor"
Not to be picky....
But before Brees has his meeting, someone needs to tell him the Germans didn’t bomb Pearl Harbor.
Animal House reference.
Week 8 matchup: Steelers
Week 8 motto: Stop making me post facepalm pictures!!!
Uh, I believe it’s titled “Animal Farm”, first published in 1945.
"He's every rich kid you knew in college who read The Fountainhead once and loved the idea that sharing is immoral."
Sorry, I never liked Animal House. I see it as a landmark for the decline of American civilization.
"He's every rich kid you knew in college who read The Fountainhead once and loved the idea that sharing is immoral."
Anyone who doesn't like Animal House
is nuts. Decline? Sure. Declines can be hilarious. I wish ours was.
It was worth the wait.
Yeah, the Saints need to beat the Steelers in the "E** Me" Death Mobile Cake float!
Or with balanced play calling (Brees on his A game and Ivory running hard again), disciplined play, and good D again. Animal House is great and still very funny to watch every now and then.
"(actor James Urbaniak) Robert Crumb: You turned yourself into a comic hero?
(actor Paul Giamatti) Harvey Pekar: Sorta, yeah. But no idealized s***. No phony bs. The real thing, y'know? Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.
(Real) Havey Pekar: I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All I did was think about Jennie Gerhardt and Alice Quinn and all the decades of people I had known. The more I thought, the more I felt like crying. Life seemed so sweet and so sad, and so hard to let go of in the end. But hey, man, every day is a brand new deal, right? Just keep on working and something's bound to turn up."
From the movie "American Splendor"
I look down my long nose at your severely stunted sense of so-called humor
I didn’t mean to say I didn’t laugh. It’s just that every young punk who ever saw that movie tried to go out and be Belushi. Except for the speedball part, unfortunately. Another one is “Porky’s”. Yeah, steep decline.
And though it's a part of the Lone Star state, people don't seem to care,
They just keep on looking to the East.
Now I get it.
It was the obnoxious, drug addicted dead comedian from a movie 30 years ago that thought the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Sorry I brought it up. And to thnk I used to be pretty good at Trivial Pursuit.
Well said sir. Well said.
They REALLY need to have a similar discussion. Hopefully, they’re not egotistical enough to expect a win every game day but, I do see what your saying.
"It's about time something good like this happened." Drew Brees
I have just enough strength to give you a rec.
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 25, 2010 2:02 AM CDT reply actions
"We thought the Stork was Brain Damaged!"
You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.
I think Drew Brees calling a meeting is a little awkward.....
He had the worst game of his career- he wasn’t single- handedly the reason we lost- but the largest contributor. Kind of a tough time to call your team togeth and lead them and inspire them when you are at the bottom of your game. And, the defense may not want to hear about a meeting. These meetings rarely work, but I think Brees calling one this week may not be coming from a real posotion of strength as he is licking his wounds.
If Pro is the opposite of Con, what is the opposite of Progress? Congress!
-Men's Restroom - House of Representatives, Washington, DC
by Philinwood on Oct 25, 2010 8:24 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Not at all. He could lead off—he should lead off—with an apology. But despite his play, I don’t think any Saints player is as widely respected, on or off the team, as Brees is. He’s the natural leader, and the most appropriate person to call a meeting. Thomas Morstead, for instance, has been playing great…but if he were to call for a team meeting, do you think the response would be quite the same?
As for team meetings rarely working, I don’t know where you get that idea. They work or they don’t according to the dynamics of the team and the situation they find themselves in. Would it be better to wait until they go into the bye at 4-5?
It was worth the wait.
COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE!
Brees sucks right now and everyone on the team (and the world) knows it. Something like this would be so much more beneficial coming from, for example, “Quiet Storm.”
"In fact with that article from today that had him real lean and everything, I think I’m going to play him at corner this week in place of Tracy Porter."-Greg Williams in refefernce to Sedrick Ellis
by BRSaintsFan on Oct 25, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
2 Picks caused by his line not being able to block a 3 man rush and getting nailed as he’s hit and 2 other picks caused by the receivers running the wrong options on specifically designed route plays….he hardly sucks. Every int isn’t the fault of the QB…he just gets the byline blame. Even the media are calling out our O-line for leaving Brees high and dry on those ints.
Maybe somebody else should run the meeting...
Even Drew’s pregame psyche-up chant just seems very uninspired and sort of reeks of going through the motions.
Just sayin’
I’ve only seen it a couple of times this year, but on both occassions, I thought the same thing.
Something is definately missing.
Yeah. Points.
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2010 1:51 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
BOOM!!!
"It's about time something good like this happened." Drew Brees
by saints_r_us#9 on Oct 28, 2010 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm guessing that Brees thought that he could handle this birth of a son and play football
a little easier than he did. Bear in mind, Baylen was born in January 2009 after the season was over and we were not in contention then. This week I am sure he got not sleep on Tues pm because of the timing of the birth and the rest of the week HAD to be a total distraction with not much rest and a bit of chaos. Brees is very professional, organized and disciplined but I think the magnitude of this caught him by surprise. Could be a wake-up call for the future.
If Pro is the opposite of Con, what is the opposite of Progress? Congress!
-Men's Restroom - House of Representatives, Washington, DC
That's why
You get laid in the fall, make babies in the summer. As a football player, he’s only actually on the clock for about 4 months. If having babies is his actual problem, try starting that process during the season. Or take a seat and let an inferior player who has no new mouths to feed take on the work of managing an offense. It can’t be worse than letting the two worst “aspiring amateur” quarterbacks in the league own you without even fielding any actual offense, or tossing a pair of pick-sixes to a D-lineman. The Browns’ own Jake Delhomme couldn’t have been any more embarrassing than that. To quote the great actor Ryan Phillipe, get it together you pu$$y.
"The Colts were punching at it and grabbing for it, trying to get it out. But I didn't care if they broke all my fingers. There was absolutely no way in the world I was going to let go of that ball. That was our ball.''-Chris Reis
by FuSoYa on Oct 26, 2010 8:28 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
a little harsh, don't you think... considering all that Brees has done and accomplished and...
IMO will accomplish??
If Pro is the opposite of Con, what is the opposite of Progress? Congress!
-Men's Restroom - House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Can we go back to last years pregame chant yet?
Just sayin….
SP: "No, No, No. I said 'Let's all take it to the Vikes again' not' Let's all take 2 Vicoden!'"
Maybe Drew should lead by example
A few less commercials and a little more practice would be a good place to start
World Champions at last
by mississippisaintsfan on Oct 27, 2010 9:20 PM CDT reply actions
rofl
I’m not laughing because it’s funny. Rather, that’s pretty ridiculous. Laughably so. That’s why I’m laughing. Because it’s ridiculous. Hence, funny.
Hilariously, ridiculously funny. But not because it’s funny. That’s what makes it funny, though.
"In fact, Sterger claims that, in one of the photos Favre allegedly sent her, he's masturbating — while wearing a pair of Crocs"
yes extremely ridiculous
like all his interceptions this year
World Champions at last
by mississippisaintsfan on Oct 28, 2010 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I see no real passion except from the defense
And a few players trying to prove themselves. The defense didn’t get much credit last year so maybe they want to prove themselves. Maybe they have become more comfortable with each other. Maybe both.
Offense doesn’t seem to care (for the most part). Could they be burned out? I relate it to working out – you have a goal to tone up, lose weight, run a marathon, whatever. You reach your goal and suddenly need a new reason to keep working hard beyond just to maintain. Maybe even though they said two dat being world champions was the ultimate and motivation is lost.
Hopefully Reggie and PT won’t just improve the run game it will bring more energy from two guys that have been stuck on the sideline watching their team play like crap, wishing they could be out there helping.
Breesus Is My Homeboy
by SarahT on Oct 28, 2010 6:05 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
The defense is showing alot of pride not so much for the rest of the team
World Champions at last
by mississippisaintsfan on Oct 28, 2010 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I think when a team loses or plays poorly we look closer for things and see things
we expect or want to see. For instance, a close look at the offense on any Sunday might reveal what looks like a minimum of emotion; last year that would be interpreted as focus, determination- a team looking “down gettingto busines and not getting involved in hype.” This year it would be interpreted as lackadaisacal and not caring.
If Pro is the opposite of Con, what is the opposite of Progress? Congress!
-Men's Restroom - House of Representatives, Washington, DC
I'm not sure.
I concede you might have a point, but take Shockey for instance. Remember how emotional he was, sometimes even for unextraordinary plays? He was animated.
That’s just one player and one example. But, I think we certainly have not seen the same overt intensity and emotion. It came easier I’m sure to be openly amped up when you were threatening to go undefeated.
by CrazyforColston on Oct 30, 2010 8:22 PM CDT reply actions
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