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The 2008 NFL (and LSU football) season simply can't come soon enough for me. There simply isn't another sport that tickles my fancy enough to keep me satisfied until Saints football starts again in the late summer months. (Although I'm starting to get a little excited over the Hornets rise to the top! )
Anyway, I still find it hard to believe just how woeful the Saints performed in 2007 as compared to that wonderful 2006 championship season. My only conclusion is that players and coaches around the league seem to learn more on how to win from losing rather than from winning. So many teams seem to work harder as to the things necessary to fix a losing season than to just continue in their winning ways.
Just look at how so many teams lately have sputtered after promising seasons and playoff appearances the previous year, and how often it is that the weaker teams get their act together and make some noise after they lay an egg the previous season. I really think it is more than just the advantage of some earlier draft picks during the off season.
As long as a team and staff can stay 'hungry' for the glory of winning, I think most teams have a chance to make big moves in the right direction from one year to the next. And I think the Saints have many pieces of the puzzle in place already for things to turn around in 2008.
Come On Defense!!! lus-un2:
Anyway, I still find it hard to believe just how woeful the Saints performed in 2007 as compared to that wonderful 2006 championship season. My only conclusion is that players and coaches around the league seem to learn more on how to win from losing rather than from winning. So many teams seem to work harder as to the things necessary to fix a losing season than to just continue in their winning ways.
Just look at how so many teams lately have sputtered after promising seasons and playoff appearances the previous year, and how often it is that the weaker teams get their act together and make some noise after they lay an egg the previous season. I really think it is more than just the advantage of some earlier draft picks during the off season.
As long as a team and staff can stay 'hungry' for the glory of winning, I think most teams have a chance to make big moves in the right direction from one year to the next. And I think the Saints have many pieces of the puzzle in place already for things to turn around in 2008.
Come On Defense!!! lus-un2: