Fujita's Departure Means Super Bowl Party Over; Free Agency Party Just Getting Started

That the front office is too busy fellating each other and having a good ole fashioned back-slapping part: Far too engrossed in partying, as opposed to, y’know, actually doing their job and keeping our dearly loved team as intact as possible.

Losing Fujita hurts bad for me – I have such great respect for the guy. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that he’s a damn fine football player.

HOW CAN THE SAINTS DO THIS?! He won the SUPER BOWL! He looks more like John Krasinski than ANYONE ELSE ON THE TEAM! First Simoneau, then this guy. It’s genocide, I tell ya.

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The Saints get $14 million more to play with, and they can now play the UFA field. Or…they can use the money to lock up PT and Sharper, if they wish, and find Fuji’s replacement through the draft or free agency.

You had to think that you were going to lose some people…the law of averages will catch up ultimately.

don’t get me wrong- i liked fujita as a saint because of his personality, involvement with the community, etc. – but he was probably the weakest of our LB corps (i don’t want to start the whole defense of shanle thing again, so just take it from an injury/productivity standpoint if need be). still a surprise though.

and i think it’s most surprising because fujita doesn’t seem like a money-motivated kind of guy (see: donating playoff earnings to charity), yet he said he chose to sign with the browns because the Saints didn’t “value” him as much – which translates into “they didn’t want to pay me enough.” it’s not like the 3 year, $14 mil contract cleveland gave him could’ve been astronomically more than the Saints’ offer, could it? why wouldn’t he take a few million less to stay somewhere (a) that isn’t god-awful, both as a city and a franchise (sorry, clevelanders) and (b) where he was adored, respected, part of the community, etc.?

oh well- drafting well is more important than ever now.

He may have to come back, but I don’t think he’ll like being embarrassed in public. I’m not saying he didn’t bring it on himself, because that’s not the point. The point is: will it affect his play?

Now they have two holes to fill.
One at DE and one at LB.

I really hope they know what they are doing.

This move scares me.

This is exactly the thing that made me like him less. I don’t like m*****f***ers preaching to me unless I go to see them in church. And he certainly could have used a little more discretion in the most Catholic city in the country.

Drew Brees is a conservative, but he’s very discreet about his politics and goes out of his way to say nice things about Obama and make sure that he doesn’t alienate half of his fan base. Fujita would have been well advised to do the same.

I liked the guy but his skills where diminishing over time. He is a great ambasador to the city and the team but we have to get younger and more athletic. The Browns overpaid by leaps and bounds for him. Hey I would leave to if I got the upfront money that Fajita recieved. Good luck to him and his family and thanks for the contributions to the Saints and New orleans!

  Parting gift to coastal restoration says a lot to me. No so long-suckers. He must know Cleaveland is no Valhalla, but a man does for his family, a drilling rig in a god-forsaken swamp or Cleaveland, I can relate. Fujita conducted himeself with class, and, take it or leave it, courage as a commuity member and as has been noted is a good football player who will be hard to replace. Saint’s fans if anyone anywhere should know a Super Bowl season is lightning in a bottle, and next year will be it’s own situation. Saw a mock draft the other day with the Saints picking up Carlos Hernandez in the first round, now that is a good idea. Need a veteran LB, already have veteran TEs.

He did say one smart thing once. “After your team wins a championship, they immediately get a five-year grace period: You can’t complain about anything that happens with your team (trades, draft picks, salary-cap cuts, coaching moves) for five years. There are no exceptions”

And it happens every time a team wins the SB that teams free agents get signed somewhere else. Its just buisness. So I say good for you Scott. Make your money. Cause you and I know life is going to suck in Clevland nexxt year

I don’t know whether I want Chili’s, or some Japanese food. Either way, the man’s last name makes me damn hungry. Sucks for the Saints that he’s gone, but he might just help the Browns win 2 or 3 games next year.

The other thing that has made each memebr of the team such a heroic group is the fact that they have all been so instrumental and support of the rebuilding of New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region. They have all spent a lot of money out of their own pockets to help rebuild the area, as well as actually go out and help clean up and rebuild.

I love the “civil/human/moral rights” open thread this has become. Can anyone tell me if there’s a right-wing conspiracy as to why I can’t find wire coat hangers at Wal-Mart anymore??

this was what I originally wrote last night in this post…

Whether you agree with his stance on the subject or not (and this will not be the post for you to tell us), you’ve got to respect his bravery for saying it

But – and this shows my naivete – I didn’t want to draw attention to this point because it was nowhere near the most important aspect of this post and I thought I could share my opinion and we could move along. I was wrong. I let my paternalistic instincts be overruled.

I would like to thank a_suitable_case_for_treatment for being “that guy” and sharing his opinion on non-football related matters, an opinion which nobody wants to hear here, and ruining this thread. You’re awesome.

He has been hampered by injuries and turns 31 this year. He felt that he could still play at a high enough level for what the Browns were willing to give him and the Saints did not. I have no doubt that Loomis tried to retain Fujita, but Fujita wanted more than the Saints were willing to give him. We have a lot of free agents to to deal with and there was no way that we could retain them all. This is a business first and foremost and Fujita didn’t air out his problems with money in the media much like Darren Sharper has. I wish Scott the best in his future endeavors.

I don’t care about Fujita’s political views except to say that he has every right to have them. What I did care about is that he was a good presence in the clubhouse and a hard worker. Cleveland could have done a lot worse when shoring up their defense and Fujita still has something left in the tank. With what the Saints have on the table, Loomis either couldn’t afford to give Fujita that much or he wasn’t willing. We’ll never know unless they talk and knowing Fujita, that’s not going to happen.

is a good meal and good music. I mean Cleveland? Hope he keeps a crib down in the easy. As long as Greg Williams stays put I’m cool with all of it. Like somebody said up there, we got more money to play with, so let’s go get a stud. Who Dat, I don’t know yet but a Who Dat stud fa sho!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Scott-Fujita-knows-the-right-way-to-leave-a-city?urn=nfl,226444

the correctness of the title: The Super Bowl Party is Over.

 That’s a wrap.

 Yes. I’m back already.

but, I was ready to have him replaced as a starter. I was hoping that he’d be back as a veteran backup, providing leadership and an occasional Peyton Manning taunt. I do think this makes signing Sharper more important from a leadership perspective than from a football one.

 drewbrees

We lost a great player, person, and leader today in free agency. Scott Fujita signed with the Browns. He will be missed

For giving his SuperBowl paycheck to charity. Before he left for Cleveland, he donated most of his SB check to local charities. One in particular that i feel strongly about, coastal restoration. Idk how y’all all feel about that, but I live close to the coast and I thank Fujita for taking the initiative on this matter. And it was brave of him to talk about gay marriage because he is still getting backlash today for it. In my opinion, life is short and who am I to say you can’t be happy. If you happen to be gay and you want to get married, who am I to stop you? It’s your decision and really doesn’t affect me in any way.

PS Can’t wait for next season and we can get away from the political debate. But since it was brought up, I thought I would give my 2 cents

It’s a sad day for CSC.
I wish I had never read it.
Just delete the whole thing.
I’m embarrassed for us all.

but im jaded and weird like that. and i do heare flamboyant university has a tight end we might be interested in. just saying

are we here to talk about football? This is ridiculous. Dave didn’t bring this conversation to polotics or even leave it open to it. He just said that he thought that what Fujita did(speaking about gay rights) was courageous. He didn’t say whether it was right or wrong. He left it up to us to be adults or mature readers, whichever the case may be. He simply expressed he thought he was brave. Agree or disagree with it that’s fine. He didn’t tell you why he thought it was brave in specifics. Do you go to the public and give interviews like these players do? Could you lose alot of fan support because of your opinion and not your work on the field? That’s why I think it was courageous to say that and it doesn’t matter if i agree with him or not. You can agree or disagree if he was courageous to speak out about gay rights or not but let’s leave it at that and be adults. I skimmed 1/3-1/2 of the comments and almost none have to do with football. So…can we move on with this and call it a day? This was like a test and I don’t believe that we passed it at all.

Did my assertion that Fujita resembles John Krasinski violate community guidelines? I notice that it was deleted.

This is one of the many reasons I love Da Chronic. It’s like having a lot of people over to watch the game. During half-time, when nothing important is happening, the conversations may occasionally drift to politics, even philosophy. Heated discussions can occur. Some people are uncomfortable, some are really into it, some are serious, some are sarcastic. Some, like me, sit back and smile, appreciating that we are not just fans, but real people with a wide variety of opinions. IMO we need a thread like this occasionally. What we really need. though, is for important football stuff to start happening again. Otherwise, we may continue to go Japanese longer than we really want to. Come on second half!

It’s not that I’m easily offended or too sensitive. I couldn’t give two s**** about any of it.
Just don’t be surprised if we don’t get anymore player interviews and such.
If I was on the team, I wouldn’t touch this blog with the crap written above. If you like this crap there are plenty of other sites for it (as our rules indicate).

I’m all for getting him back via trade!!! they can take.. REGGIE!