James Hurst theorizes on when the players started to separate from DA (1 Viewer)

[sfidc3]

Back when I coached U16 soccer, I had parents and coaches of opposing teams mad at me because my team never won by fewer than 10 goals. I had a ringer team made up mostly of JV guys, a few who were state All-Stars, and my brother who played right mid for me was in the Olympic Development Program for the USMNT. I told them I didn't care about how they felt because point differential determined state playoff seeding. I told them if they didn't want my team to win by double digits, then stop us on the pitch. It's probably why I like(d) Payton so much as a coach.

I was on the receiving end of some beatdowns in soccer and football growing up. It didn't make me whine or complain; it made me determined to play better/harder and not let it happen again.

I managed my son's D1 travel team, and had a similar experience....most of the kids on that team were offered college scholarships of some form or fashion (only a few of them actually took them, most, my son included didn't want to play soccer in college, I get it, they wanted a social life).....

We scored at will, often and at that level never once received a complaint from opposing teams/coaches because it was well known that goals/points mattered.....

This notion that it's "classy" not to score comes from folks that either have never been close to high level competitive sports or have some warped morality that it's somehow a sin.....it's a losing mentality, and DA is a prime example of that.....I loved that about CSP as well....

 

[Sun Wukong]

I care. It's called class. There is no need to beat people by more than a couple of scores unless you are in some sort of round robin.

Apparently people in NOLA or America lack that.

It's a game played for entertainment purposes. Pearl clutching Boomer takes like these are so hilarious.

 

[sainthood]

The five minutes where I thought Allen actually called the run play for Williams to score were the only five minutes in the Dennis Allen era where I was proud he was our coach.
I thought he gets us. He gets the Saints Falcons rivalry.
Then he had to Dennis Allen it up and reveal who he has always been, a horrendous leader of men.

 

[Que Que 6]

And it's pretty much the incident a few of us expected.

Former Saints player details the beginning of the end for Dennis Allen

Dennis Allen’s actions in the 2023 season finale vs. the Falcons was a tough pill for fans to swallow. James Hurst says many players felt the same:

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Hold up, I thought ya'll assured me that the demons MT and CJGJ were why this team fell apart.

 

[wwepatriot]

I think it was partially lost before that with Pete Carmichael. Maybe Carmichael wasn't the problem but needed to be micromanaged like he was under Payton. It never happened.

 

[St4ever]

Like CSP recently said, it’s the Freaking NFL, you don’t want us running the score up then stop us!

 

[St. Geezy]