LOL ok buddy. And no NFL team ever draws 20,000 for a game, not even the Bengals. And a 75% capacity figure would be good for last or second to last in the NFL most every year. Way to prove you have no idea what you're talking about. http://espn.go.com/nfl/attendance/_/year/2009 The Saints fanbase has always been known as an "off and on" kind of thing, even Saints fans on this board have said this in this very thread. Not saying it wasn't justified due the years of suffering, just that it was there up until this year (gee, what a coincidence). Now that there's a SB victory to point to, I'm sure people will continue to support the team, but don't act like there weren't lean years and times of waning fan support. If you are, you're being delusional and/or a revisionist. The team has threatened to leave New Orleans at least 3 times. This is an undeniable fact. The team struggled to sell out PLAYOFF GAMES as recently as 7 years ago. Please get back to me when you stop being delusional.
this. i will not address the post as it does nothing but piss me off and i will be less than lady-like.
perhaps katrina changed the way people felt/feel about the saints. seeme to me that the saints, maybe more than anything else became/has become a symbol of hope.
Well, you could intelligently debate my points, which were not inflammatory in any way, but that would be too "grown up" for me to understand I suppose....
of course there were lean years, not saying that, i'm saying that the fan base supports this team no matter what. the saints are the prodigal son. no matter how bad saints fans are treated they keep welcoming the team back. it was a totally devoted committed, one sided relationship. as far as leaving the city, i'm pretty sure that's an owner thing not a fans or a team thing. if the saints would have left at any time during their existence, it would have crushed the city. take away companies buying tickets and put them in what has to be one of the lowest NFL cities for mean income and see how other franchises do selling out games. and when i say 75% full i don't mean for the whole season, everyone shows up when their team still has a chance. i'm not trying to argue numbers anyway, if i was, i would've looked them up. i'm trying to argue the fact that the detractors make it sound like saints fans didn't exist before 2006, and that, is delusional.
