A note on the Saints

If you know me then you know the kind of fan I am. Quiet and contemplative and will always hand it to a winner when they are doing well. I am not a shit talker, and I love to watch a nice competitive match (probably using match because I am watching the Australian Open as I write this). This all stems from growing up watching the Saints my entire life.

After Sunday nights win I was in pure shock. I couldn't believe what had happened. This is a team I remember being excited to do the Who Dat chant when they got first downs because we couldn't expect them to score much more. I also remember laying in the office of my old family home in Lakeview listening to games on WWL because every home game was blacked out on TV.

Those days are over, and now we have a team that went from not being able to win a playoff game in 30 years to a team that has won 4 in the last decade and is going to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. I went from thinking that there is no way the Saints will ever be more then a push over team to now I believe anything is possible. But, we as New Orleanians need to remember the times we went through and not let this get to our heads. Be humble and grateful at the same time. We need to realize we could easily go back to the Morra/Ditka days very easily. So lets not turn into the Dallas Cowboy fans we hate so much. I have always raved about New Orleans fans because they were the nicest on earth. Going to the Dome for the game used to be a nice experience, unlike being a visitor to see the Oakland Raiders.

As I plan my trip to New Orleans, we should all be excited about the moment but realize that both in sports and in our city that we are not finished. There is much to do between electing a competent Mayor who will actually help the city, to looking past our differences and working together to make New Orleans a better place.