What Would You Do If...

But, I’ll play, I guess.

Call for Loomis’ head on a platter because the window is not closed yet on Drew and the team goes to an instant 3-13 team.

Intolerable. I think people would riot. In New Orleans anyway.

I would certainly hate it, but I wouldn’t renounce the team over it. That said, if we lost him somehow I would move to resign Colston (or to let him go too and make a run at Vincent Jackson) so that Chase at least has a legit WR1 to throw to next season, and then invest as much of the resulting money as possible in the defense.

For starters, it will take a lot more than letting the team MVP walk for me to renounce my fanhood, and I’d get over it in maybe 3 or 4 years. As to how it would affect the team, I don’t think it will be as bad as the Colts were this year, but I don’t think it will be too much better.

In concern to the money we’d save… Mario Williams would be a must sign, and the rest should also be used on suring up the defense

He looked pretty good in preseason but I don’t know what that tells us about him being our starting QB. He’s never been in that situation and just barely managed real game time experience. I might feel better if they’d get some roving veteran.

You can never have too many Peytons…or Paytons.

And follow Loomis around everywhere he went. Muttering “WTF” (in expanded form) all day. Restraining orders would do nothing.

We would be the laughing stock of the league.

That’s what a fan should do. I just find this prospect so shattering, I’d still root for the Saints, as I have my whole life, but would honestly think they made a gargantuan mistake.That’s if Bress and his agents are being reasonable, and maybe I have too much misplaced faith in Brees, but this deal can be done and the opposite is unacceptable to me. I’d fault the Saints for making an historically bad decision.

And an “Occupy Saints HQ” at the offices on Airline Drive.

I’d sit staring at my Saints hat before putting it in storage. This would be followed by a trip to the grocery store to pick our a comfortable paper bag to wear next year. I know its not necessary since I’m watching the games from home, but it comforts me for some strange reason.

Especially at anybody stupid enough to actually riot over it. Plus laugh at all the people’s predictions of doom and gloom here. Come on people, the Saints are not the start middle and end of my entire life, and if they are of yours I pity you. Sure, sometimes with the amount of time I waste on this site it may seem like they are that important, but they are not. And I’d still be a fan, if far less involved (certainly at least at first).

Would our team have some hard times? Probably. Maybe even for a very long time. But perhaps not too. Because I do think Sean’s demented genius, a good running game (which we already have), a hopefully improved defense under Spags, and Chase would be enough for us to still be decent. We’d almost certainly not get the division, much less a BYE, but I think we’d still have at least half a shot at sneaking into the playoffs as a 6-seed. And then who knows what happens after that? Probably bounced immediately, but it’s possible we wouldn’t be, and stranger things have definitely happened before…

I’d be insane to actually want this, but if it happens, oh well. My screaming at Loomis can’t change the past any more than my screaming at refs can change their bad calls. So I’d probably be very annoyed for a short while but then get over it and hope Sean can make Chase at least decent.

We’d all do the exact same thing we did before Brees walked in the door….root for the Saints. All the greats eventually leave…rather it be by free agency, trade, or retirement. Will it suck…sure…but business will continue as usual….so will being a fan. The team would suffer…but those of us who were fans before 2006 are used to that. You move on…I’ll always be a Brees fan…but allegiance to the Saints come first, even if I don’t agree with the move.

As far as I’m concerned, the players and the front office and even the owners simply hold their positions in trust. Players change. Executives change. Even ownership changes. The team goes on, and it’s our team.

So I wouldn’t just renounce the Saints over the actions of one benighted idiot. I’d feel seriously depressed, and I’d hope that Drew wins multiple Lombardis in his new location…even if it’s Atlanta. And I’d wish about ninety loathsome skin diseases on Mickey Loomis.

But let’s be fair to Mickey: it ain’t gonna happen. This is just a weird hypothetical, and Mickey is never going to have to face that kind of hate and vituperation. He’s going to be remembered for all time as the man who brought Brees to us, not the guy who kicked him out. And I also don’t buy that Drew will put his name to the sort of team-killing contract that some seem worried about…or that he’d allow Condon to try to negotiate such a contract. The agent is an agent, after all: he takes his orders from his client, and negotiates the kind of contract his client wants, to the best of his ability. And Drew has said he wants to keep everyone together. I believe him.

I don’t like it.

Poison all of Mickey Loomis Trees on his lawn like that nut from Alabama did to the trees in Auburn! Then I would post on CSC that I did it!!!!!

…where would he go? No matter who signed him, they’d have to be willing to pay him what New Orleans wasn’t, or he’d just stay.

Drew, as much as we love him, isn’t enough by himself to turn a mediocre (or bad) team into a champion. Not even on the Saints: it took Payton’s offense, an outstanding offensive line, and Darren Sharper, on top of a solid team, to do that. So after the Saints refuse to mortgage their future for one guy, which team would make that mistake?

…the photo at the top of the page just makes my heart hurt. Damn, damn, damn, damn.

Karma can be an ill tempered old crone when provoked.

have been all my life, will be for the rest of it, too.

Wouldn’t be happy about it, but the team isn’t just one man. He doesn’t deserve a Manning-esque contract (neither does manning, imo). If they spend it all on him while other key players walk, we’d be just as bad off as if he weren’t there, if not worse.

Contact Stu and ask him, “are you happy now?”

the 2011 MVP Trophy would be retroactively changed from Aaron Rodgers to Drew Brees.

and perhaps retired

into before Brees, during Brees, and after Brees. I’m sure all reasonable people, which I earnestly hope includes number nine his ownself, want to linger in phase two of that as long as possible. If he left, buy Chase a receiver and a defense and go on with our lives. If the day comes when Brees is stumbling around in a Saints uniform like Billy Kilmer, I will still be his strongest supporter and thankful for what he has given.

I could foresee Brees wanting to give New Orleans a discount, but Loomis should not low ball him. Brees is a top five quarterback in the NFL today and deserves a payday. I don’t think anyone who matters truly disputes that. What should be most important is being sure that the Saints are in a regular position to contend for the NFC crown. When you consider the Saints have been to the playoffs four times with two trips to the NFC championship game and one Super Bowl win, you know that Drew Brees is a big part of that success.

The Saints do need help. We know that Brees alone cannot bring another Lombardi to New Orleans any more than Marino alone could not bring a Lombardi to Miami. We know that the defense needs to change because the offense works. Hopefully, once the contract is negotiated, there will be enough room to keep the Saints in a position where they can pursue free agents and remain strong contenders. We’re a bit spoiled now with the Saints being perennial contenders after years of mediocrity. Letting Brees leave when there is no good reason to let him walk would be a step in the wrong direction.

I still would love my SAINTS but i would probably have a new 2nd favorite team . Until he would retire UNLESS he went to atlanta.Not even the GREAT DREW BREES could ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever make me like atlanta!….. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER!! Its not that i HATE the falcons i just dont like them.

Then realized it didn’t need to be written.

but if it were to happen, so what? He is in decline anyway!

step one would be to buy a ****load of shotgun shells to protect myself from the inevitable riots. next, i would probably take a brees jersey and soak it in mad cow disease before sending it to loomis. i think some of yall expect chase to step up and only put a mere 4,400 yds passing… qb’s are hard to find. ask the dolphins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we-L7w1K5Zo

Are we fans of the team or of the player? Brees is a hall of fame quarterback, but he is only a single player in the entire history of the franchise and in the league. If keeping Brees would severely limit the ability of the franchise to improve the team in ways that are required for success moving into the future, I would WANT the team to let Brees walk. As great as he is, the team shouldn’t mortgage its future on him. Look at what happened with the Colts. They never thought about a replacement for Manning and the took all their money and invested in him. They’ve had a lot of regular season success with Manning, but they will have a good five years or more of rebuilding after him. So, what’s it worth to you?

Won’t entertain the thought.

Sorry

they should let him go. I don’t think anyone wants to see that….

I don’t see Drew Brees becoming a pig.

I would still be a fan though, just a fan of a loveable loser, again….

I think we’d still make the playoffs without Brees.

In the end you put the players on the field that give you the best opportunity to win, but that doesn’t mean they are your ONLY quality players.

Chase Daniel has been working with Brees day in and day out. Brees has said himself that Daniel is quality and really pushes him in practice. The things I’ve seen Chase do in his times behind center lead me to believe he could fill-in just fine. Not to Brees’ level but I would even venture to say top half of the NFL.

I would have to find my paper bag for my head – it’s stored in the basement somewhere.

On the bright side, I would imagine my spot on the season ticket waiting list would dramatically improve.

What would you do if the Saints traded Brees to the Colts for the No. 1 Pick?

…last time I felt compelled to comment, but in addition to everything that’s already been mentioned I’d find a very good corporate/contract attorney and see to making the Saints the second community-owned team in the league.