The 2012 Offseason Blues: How Will You Beat Them?

Here kitty-kitty…

That is how I will spend this off season. I really don’t care that much. I don’t want to drive myself crazy with all the could have and should haves to really care. I don’t watch other teams, only when they are playing the Saints, so I have no idea what kind of talent, or lack there of, is avaliable in the free agency. I know people like to droll and slobber over the latest and the greatest, but until they put on the Black and Gold and prove something, (Yeah I’m talking about you kreutz), I really don’t give a flip. When the 1st or 2nd reound draft pick actually does something the following year, then I might give my yea or ney to that certain draft pick. There is too much uncertaintees running around for me to really waste the oxygen to get those brain cells moving. OTA? What the heck is an OTA? That is how much I know about the off season. I know that I need to wash my Saints clothes because not washing it since the end of October lends an interesting aroma. When the schedule comes out, yeah I am going to look at it and see what I think the Saints are going to do next year and get my hopes up for another stellar year by our boys in the black and gold, but until that happens, I have a back yard that is in dire need of help as well as a garage that needs an overhaulin’

That is how I will spend this off season. I really don’t care that much. I don’t want to drive myself crazy with all the could have and should haves to really care. I don’t watch other teams, only when they are playing the Saints, so I have no idea what kind of talent, or lack there of, is avaliable in the free agency. I know people like to droll and slobber over the latest and the greatest, but until they put on the Black and Gold and prove something, (Yeah I’m talking about you kreutz), I really don’t give a flip. When the 1st or 2nd reound draft pick actually does something the following year, then I might give my yea or ney to that certain draft pick. There is too much uncertaintees running around for me to really waste the oxygen to get those brain cells moving. OTA? What the heck is an OTA? That is how much I know about the off season. I know that I need to wash my Saints clothes because not washing it since the end of October lends an interesting aroma. When the schedule comes out, yeah I am going to look at it and see what I think the Saints are going to do next year and get my hopes up for another stellar year by our boys in the black and gold, but until that happens, I have a back yard that is in dire need of help as well as a garage that needs an overhaulin’

I wonder what Cleveland et al do in February and March?

Let’s see…I don’t get into the mock draft thing at all. I watch the combine, and sometimes we even have our own little version in the backyard. I watch the draft and look forward to any news concerning the Saints. I most definitely continue to visit this site multiple times a day, even if I have nothing to contribute. I have a very busy son in jr high. We are wrapping basketball season today, but they will jump right into track. And summer brings fishing, football camps, fishing, basketball camp, fishing and more fishing. I’ll survive the off-season…just barely.

I have to say i’m a bit surprised that NFL teams only start training one month before the season starts. Do the players do more training themselves, on a personal level, in the lead up to this?
When you see how explosive teams like the Saints are i would have thought they would be training at least three months in advance after such a long off season.
I follow the Australian NRL (rugby league) and although that sport is much more about endurance than the NFL is (it 80 minutes non-stop, except for half time), they start pre- season training in November even though the season doesn’t start until March.
That’s five months of pre-season.
Do OTA’s often involve serious training?

and if you don’t believe it’s an actual show, look it up! That is how I will beat the Offseason Blues. That or I will wait for the draft, free agency, training camp and all that junk. There is also baseball.

I have 3 games saved on the dvr plus I have the best games of 2009 and the NFC Championship/SB 44 dvd’s to keep me from getting depressed. I don’t pay too much attention to the combines but I do watch the draft plus I check out the internet for any news about the Saints!

Although it has no official release date, the NFL usually releases the Regular Season Schedule right around the time it has its Draft, with the PreSeason Schedule announced a few days before the Reg Schedule.

Until pre season starts.

Feb. start thinking about the draft and getting the boat lined out for fishing season. While always contributing my own brand of nonsense here at CSC.
Depending on the weather…From mid to late Feb. and March, Start going after the colder water biting fish, like white bass then crappie to our northern friends…Sac Au Lait to us Cajuns.
Combine I just mostly check various sites and NFL Network for reports. Don’t have the patience to watch much live. Check the mock drafts for the laughs mostly. Free Agency am mostly concerned with how our concerns play out, especially this year. I’m looking at you Loomis.
End of March start getting the Garden ready for planting and get some cabbage and Green onions in the ground.
April, de Sac Au Lait are usually hot till about the middle of the month or end, again depending on the weather. Plant the garden, watch the draft, fish and start switching to Catfishing till the weather gets to hot for me. Usually the end of June or middle of July.
May, clean and open up the pool and start feeding that money vacuum.
When it gets to hot to fish I’m soaking my head in the pool, usually while soaking up dem Daiquiris.
Lots of Bar-b-que during the summers months along with the Bud heavy.
August, the garden is pretty mush toast except for the peppers and maybe a few tomatoes.
Also the grass is brown and I can quit burning my gas money on it.
September, start teaching hunters ed. Then it’s not off-season anymore. Woo Hoo

I’m heading over to the Australian and Hawaiian internationals, and then me and Mick are going to wing on over to London and jam with the Stones.

continue writing weekend pieces for CSC

follow FA a bit – I’m not really good at knowing who’s great and reasonable to expect the Saints may sign from other teams, but will follow closely the news of the big three from NO – Brees, Nicks, Colston – and also the role players, to some extent. And I always stay up late and lurk a bit on CSC and nfl.com and twitter and nola.com during the clock hour when FA officially starts…to see if there is any late-breaking exciting news that blows up in a hurry. This was really fun when Vilma was a FA in 2009 following his first year as a Saint.

I’m wondering about the WR coach position vacated by Curtis Johnson (Roll Wave!!)

pay some attention to the Combine and take the Wonderlic again

read up on some mock draft stuff, but not take it too seriously – SBNation has a pretty cool site, Mocking the Draft, and I’ll go to walterfootball.com regularly for player rankings and mocks. I’ll sign up to be in CSC’s mock draft, too.

I always get the summer offseason NFL magazines to pass the time between the draft and training camp opening – Lindy’s and Athlon’s are two favorites.

I’m also excited this offseason about connecting with the new writers/contributors to CSC and sharing story ideas and thoughts and hopes and dreams so that we can bring more width and depth and breadth of voices to the mix of CSC coverage.

or comment. Gives me something to contemplate on the weekend when I’m trying to catch up on all the neglected chores from football season. Check in here hoping Clay Mathews has decided he must live in N’awlins or something.

March Madness, maybe an NBA game or two, Horse Racings’ Triple Crown, French Open and Wimbledon, LSU , Tulane, UL-L baseball, a MLB game or two, 30 yr H.S. re-union, a trip to Wisconsin (to get out the Texas heat), haven’t been to France/Croatia (family) in 27 yrs, coach-up my son in basketball, home maintenance, that four letter word W-O-R-K, by that time it should be NFL pre-season.

that I am going to get my 6 year old daughter a wilson junior rubber football and enter her in the PPK tournament. I think this may help me get over my football blues this season. She loves to kick stuff and she loves football. I think that she loves football because I love football. So should I get her a Morestead jersey and try to get her to channel roboleg or get her a Breeus jersey and hope she can get his accuracy??