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As some of you know, my son was born 3 months after I was injured in service. He was like Gods way of showing me why I had to look past the pain and focus on the future. Well over these last 14 years he has become quite a diehard Saints fan to the point of sometimes emotional devastation. I'm proud of his commitment to this team considering he has never lived in the N.O. and has been to more away games than home games.
We live in Florida and go to the Tampa game every year, and travel to at least 2-3 others including at least one home game a season. Over the years of keeping this up, we have grown a tight bond and like his dad, we handle tough losses really bad. He won't talk about the Minnesota disaster nor will he hear any argument about the Rams game unless you're arguing whether they should have called the PI or personal foul they missed. He gets it all so there hasn't been much I've had to teach him until last weekend.
He still thinks that wins and losses in the preseason matter and he did not take well to losing to his now most hated opponent, the Vikings. I had to explain the evaluation process, vanilla defense, and why he didn't see anything special from the team. I explained how I was the exact same way when I use to watch the preseason as a kid. You think that what you are seeing is what your going to get in the season. It also gave me an opportunity to explain depth and why he didn't see the starters out there.
I know this post isn't much of a story but when I joined here, my son was a toddler and I use to hope and pray that he would be a Saints fan and not fall in love with the Dolphins like the rest of his Florida born relatives. Not only does he bleed black and gold, Saints football has given me countless teaching moments with him, good and bad. With players like Brees, I'm able to point out why being a leader means leading by example. He tunes in because we are able to incorporate something he loves into conversations that need to be had in order to raise a respectable man.
We live in Florida and go to the Tampa game every year, and travel to at least 2-3 others including at least one home game a season. Over the years of keeping this up, we have grown a tight bond and like his dad, we handle tough losses really bad. He won't talk about the Minnesota disaster nor will he hear any argument about the Rams game unless you're arguing whether they should have called the PI or personal foul they missed. He gets it all so there hasn't been much I've had to teach him until last weekend.
He still thinks that wins and losses in the preseason matter and he did not take well to losing to his now most hated opponent, the Vikings. I had to explain the evaluation process, vanilla defense, and why he didn't see anything special from the team. I explained how I was the exact same way when I use to watch the preseason as a kid. You think that what you are seeing is what your going to get in the season. It also gave me an opportunity to explain depth and why he didn't see the starters out there.
I know this post isn't much of a story but when I joined here, my son was a toddler and I use to hope and pray that he would be a Saints fan and not fall in love with the Dolphins like the rest of his Florida born relatives. Not only does he bleed black and gold, Saints football has given me countless teaching moments with him, good and bad. With players like Brees, I'm able to point out why being a leader means leading by example. He tunes in because we are able to incorporate something he loves into conversations that need to be had in order to raise a respectable man.
