San Antonio deserves some credit..... (1 Viewer)

[SEMPERFISAINT]

What in the hell is this guy thinking?
I did a search and didn't see it posted..........

Mike Finger - Mike Finger
<!--END STORY CREDIT/RSS--><!--STORY CONTENT-->Sunday night, when CBS cameras zoomed in on Drew Brees holding his son and a commentator said images like that are what the Super Bowl is all about, some of us thought of Earl Jackson. Jamar Nesbit might have remembered him, too.
The New Orleans Saints had been in San Antonio only a few days in 2005 when Nesbit and a group of other players made a trip to a Hurricane Katrina evacuee shelter at KellyUSA. There in a warehouse full of cots and despair, the players met Jackson, a 52-year-old New Orleanian who had been rescued from his rooftop the week before.
He had lost everything. And yet, the mere sight of the Saints sent Jackson into a smiling, fist-pumping frenzy.
&#8220;We gotta do something on the football field!&#8221; Jackson said. &#8220;This oughta be an inspiration! Y'all gotta bring it on home!&#8221;

Improvisation
San Antonio lesson: Throughout their time at the Alamodome, the Saints were at the mercy of city officials who often had different plans for their workspace. With the playing field unavailable for one Friday practice, then-coach Jim Haslett brought the team to the platform by the railroad tracks outside the dome, where it conducted a walkthrough in the shadow of a passing freight train.
Super Bowl payoff: Defensive end Will Smith, easily the Saints' best player of the South Texas era and a participant in that walkthrough, showed Sunday he can still adjust on the fly. After Tracy Porter intercepted a Peyton Manning pass late in the fourth quarter, it was Smith's block that sprung him for a 74-yard return.
The swallowing of pride
San Antonio lesson: As if conditions at the dome weren't challenging enough, the Saints were evicted for several weeks and relocated to a cramped, amenity-free high-school baseball locker room at Burbank.
Super Bowl payoff: In the years since he left his corner locker at Burbank, Devery Henderson watched other Saints receivers such as Marques Colston, Lance Moore and Robert Meachem attract more attention in the Saints' passing game. But on Sunday, Henderson was ready, making seven key catches for 63 yards to aid the New Orleans comeback.
Noise tolerance
San Antonio lesson: Once, Haslett found himself screaming throughout a meeting not because he was angered by the quality of the team's performance, but because he had to make sure he could be heard over a high-school &#8220;Battle of the Bands&#8221; going on just down the hall.
Super Bowl payoff: Unaffected by the roar of the crowd in Miami, one-time Alamodome resident Jon Stinchcomb and the rest of the Saints' offensive line gave Drew Brees all the time he needed despite facing one of the NFL's fiercest defensive fronts.
Maneuverability
San Antonio lesson: One of the most prized commodities during the Saints' time in South Texas was a motorized scooter &#8212; preferably, the state-of-the-art Segway that former quarterback Aaron Brooks used to get from the parking lot to the locker room at the Alamodome.
Super Bowl payoff: Perhaps inspired by nearly being overrun by Brooks' Segway several times in the Alamodome halls, general manager Mickey Loomis acquired guys such as Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas, whose quick turns and ease of motion helped turn the Saints into an offensive juggernaut and proved to be the perfect complement to Brees.
Importance of architects
San Antonio lesson: For a month in 2005, the Saints had to share quarters with a builders' home expo, which featured full-sized rooms of model homes placed in the Alamodome end zone.
Super Bowl payoff: Saints owner Tom Benson, who walked past the expo on his way to his makeshift office, later gave the go-ahead to hire Super Bowl architect Sean Payton. And wherever he is now, at least a few Saints would like to think Jackson approves.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/page2/Food_for_Thought_Alamo_Citys_impact_on_Saints.html
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/...s_impact_on_Saints.html?c=y&viewAllComments=y

 

[Left_Eye]

They tried to steal our team and now want some credit for our success. Yea right. Get real SA. San Antonio = FAIL!

 

[Saint Jeremy]

Now that is spin of the highest quality.

Geez.

It's actually worse than Jimmah Jones taking credit for Sean Payton.

 

[darkhornet]

San Antonio lesson: Throughout their time at the Alamodome, the Saints were at the mercy of city officials who often had different plans for their workspace. With the playing field unavailable for one Friday practice, then-coach Jim Haslett brought the team to the platform by the railroad tracks outside the dome, where it conducted a walkthrough in the shadow of a passing freight train.
Super Bowl payoff: Defensive end Will Smith, easily the Saints' best player of the South Texas era and a participant in that walkthrough, showed Sunday he can still adjust on the fly. After Tracy Porter intercepted a Peyton Manning pass late in the fourth quarter, it was Smith's block that sprung him for a 74-yard return.

??? And the number of pirates have decreased as the earth has gotten warmer too! Really? Will Smith made that block because Jim Haslett had them practice by the train tracks? Learn something new every day.

 

[SuperDome]

This was my response to SA on the day the story was published:

Superdome1:27 PM
I love San Antonio. I really do wish I would have ended up there instead of Houston after the storm, but this does nothing to make me feel better about what happened in San Antonio after the storm. I had SAINTS season tickets since day one, my last night in New Orleans was spent at the Superdome watching a meaningless (or so I thought) pre-season lost to the Ravens. It was to be the last SAINTS game in the Superdome I will ever see. I have gone to SAINTS away games, but it is just too painful to go home for a game and not stay. At least those that could stay have the SAINTS for those few precious fall and winter weekends. I could have gone to Miami for the Super Bowl, but I chose to turn down those tickets to take my mother and my girlfriend (a San Antonian) to New Orleans for the game. My 76 year old mom watched the game with her friends in Metairie but I knew where I wanted to be. We watched the game in the French Quarter on Bourbon Street and Toulouse. Ground Zero! I stayed for the parade Tuesday night and didn't get back to Houston until 2:30 Wednesday morning; got a couple of hours sleep and made it to work for 7:15. I know how many of you wanted to keep the SAINTS; I have a problem with that. In a very funny and infamous blog about the situation after the storm the question was asked to San Antonio and, especially, it's former mayor, "Do you go to funerals to hit on the widows?" THAT I can't forgive. I sat near the former mayor at your beautiful cathedral for mass one weekend and it took all my self-control and religious fervor not to tell him what a piece of trash I though he was for trying to steal our SAINTS. Like NOgirl, I am very grateful to Paul Tagliabue for the actions he took to keep the SAINTS in NOLA and I have forgiven Mr. Benson, but I have not forgotten. One more thing, one of the largest contingents of volunteers to fight at the Alamo was the New Orleans Grays; nice way to show how grateful you are. WHO DAT? It's the NEW ORLEANS Saints!

 

[BIG E]

Screw San Antonio.

 

[saintsfan342000]

The only take away from the San Antonio games, all of which I went to, was that there really was no place like home and the Superdome.

 

[tenordas]

This article reads like satire. I can't believe he's serious about any of the "lesson/payoff" scenarios he writes. To call them far-fetched is to be kind. They smack of sarcasm and nothing else.
If he is serious, he needs to be committed because drawing such conclusions seriously could only be the result major brain damage.

 

[spider13]

Yeah they cared so much that they kicked the New Orleans Saints out for a womens volleyball tournament. Maybe its just me but if your trying to get a pro team you should go out of your way to accomodate them. Not womens volleyball. But it worked out good for us that San Antonio is so stupid. Also what players are still around from then? Devery, Stinchcomb, Will Smith, and Charles Grant. Keep digging San Antonio. Your bound to hit something sooner or later.

 

[SaintJKA]

This article reads like satire. I can't believe he's serious about any of the "lesson/payoff" scenarios he writes. To call them far-fetched is to be kind. They smack of sarcasm and nothing else.
If he is serious, he needs to be committed because drawing such conclusions seriously could only be the result major brain damage.

This. He can't be serious.

 

[SEMPERFISAINT]

This was my response to SA on the day the story was published:

Superdome1:27 PM

I read your reply yesterday and was like . I didn't know you were a member here

 

[Mardiboys]

San Antonio needs to be traded back to Mexico.

 

[Dark Knight II]

Wth ?

 

[SaintScott]

Screw Satantonio!!

 

[Saint Mike]

With this package the Saints can move to San Antonio and become the Defenders of the Pride of the City. It embraces the past and looks to the future at the same time.

http://www.circuitbox.com/contest/saints/



I hate San Antonio.