Comments on: Saints getting tired of missing seats story

By: Bious

Bious — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:17:27 +0000

And they are right
The media writes the same story 10,000 times then gets angry when the person/group asks to stop on the 10,001 call
I mean, if the media weren’t so lame, maybe they would be more open to talk about it?

By: SeanD

SeanD — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:38:36 +0000

So do these fans lose their seats, or their tickets? If they’re just being moved, who cares? If they’re losing their tickets, shouldnt they have the chance to out bid other ticket holders in the stadium for their seats?

By: bskarter4

bskarter4 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:30:59 +0000

Dallas6584 says:
April 6, 2010 11:59 AM
What about the missing calls in the NFC Championship game. F the saints and their toothless jibberish speaking fans.
__________________________________
I have all my teeth and I can speak proper English, you steer-humping, inbred redneck.
Oh wait…it’s not nice to stereotype. Sorry.

By: Ilovefoolsball

Ilovefoolsball — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:27:16 +0000

cowboys your team couldn’t even get past the vikings, they got EMBARRASSED on national tv. I mean y’all really stunk up the place. Sure you gave the Saints their first loss, during the regular season, because y’all are regular season champs, and post season chumps. Don’t bring up something that happened 10+ years ago. Living in the past will not help your future. The Saints are the champions of the entire NFL!!! Eat it.
This plan for renovation would’ve happened regardless if the Saints won the superbowl or if they went 2-14, you don’t just spring up something like this in a month’s time, this took years to plan. It happens all over the NFL when teams look to reconfigure their stadiums, it just doesn’t usually coincide with that team winning the superbowl therefore so much attention being paid to it.
I mean really, if the Saints would’ve missed the playoffs would this story even be an issue? Would the Saints fans even be so upset? Probably not. It’s just hard to swallow when you’re all geared up after a Superbowl victory and you’re excited to see the team again next year.
Oh and to all those who predict that the Saints will go back to sucking, keep wishing, that tooth fairy will come sooner or later. The Saints have a formula for continued success with Brees, Thomas, and d-coordinator Williams. Don’t be expecting them to take a step backwards anytime soon.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:21:04 +0000

@ awoods1906 -
Thanks for taking the time to explain how the situation unfolded- not being sarcastic, I really didn’t know much about it.
But I don’t believe the article is intended to be critical of what the Saints did to the ticketholders- it was intended to address the shameful attitude the Saints employee took in this exchange.
And don’t try to justify it by saying the guy was hounding him- that’s what radio people do. Someone who makes a living as a spokesman for a team should handle themselves more professionally.
From the coach to the players to management to many of the fans, the Saints are sliding down the slippery slope to doucheland.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:39:45 +0000

Hate to sound like a broken record here, but in the two months since the Super Bowl, the Saints have gone from a great story most fans outside of Minnesota and Indy felt good about, to one of the most despised franchises in the league.
Their fans have turned completely obnoxious, their coach cries because the league dared to change the OT rule without consulting him, players say that a rule change which affects everyone was meant as a “slap in their faces”, and now they feel entitled to act like arrogant asses to the media.
Way to handle success, a**holes.

By: NoKoolaidCowboy

NoKoolaidCowboy — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:18:56 +0000

Whoa! Reigning Super Bowl Champions don’t worry about empty seats.

By: forreal

forreal — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:13:37 +0000

Ticket brokers?

By: BigEasy

BigEasy — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:11:50 +0000

This shouldn’t be a big deal….you can only purchase tickets that are available…these seats are no longer available…so instead of paying 18-25 per seat per game seating in the bleeds they will get a shot at upgrading, moving, or staying home…..they did this when they reconfigured the club level and worked with us to move our seats and gave us multiple options!
The press box is in the club level and will move to high in the sky per the NFL in order to award future Super Bowls….this didn’t just come about…the problem is most of the folks in that section were unaware of the NFL and the Saints agreement that was made over a year ago.
Who Dat!

By: Darth Jay

Darth Jay — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:49:32 +0000

Nothing quite like a journalist scorned. Nevermind doing research and finding the answer to a question that has been asked a million times already, ask it again and then bitch about it when you get the answer you deserve. That’s right, make the story about you. Typical.

By: Sourdough

Sourdough — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:46:53 +0000

Sadly, this story reflects the “culture” of today’s NFL. More money, more money, more money. I hope the NFL doesn’t forget what helped make the NFL so powerful/rich which is the fans.

By: iambruce

iambruce — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:46:01 +0000

WWL deserved that. They’re terrible. They LOVE LOVE LOVE to stir s**t up in New Orleans. (now granted, there is a lot of stuff politcally that there to be stirred…)

By: HarrisonHits

HarrisonHits — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:38:42 +0000

Well when ya screw 1200 people out of their season tix just to accommodate a few extra talking heads and luxury boxes of course you want the story to go away. After all they wouldn’t want the reek of this to linger would they ?

By: A_MAC

A_MAC — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:19:00 +0000

Everyone thought the saints were some cinderella heartfelt emotional story for the superbowl.However I saw them has arrogant like the patriots of two years ago.

By: Reggie'sBush

Reggie'sBush — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:15:00 +0000

Kim kardashian is reportedly furious that Reggie Bush did not renew her tickets

By: Cro-Mags

Cro-Mags — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:13:52 +0000

Bensel wouldn’t last 2 minutes in NYC.

By: billsfanaddict

billsfanaddict — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:08:34 +0000

wata douche, answer the d**n question and it wont have to be asked over and over ….. if i’m dealing w/a company and 2 simple questions cannot be answered in 3 weeks i’d be emailing them TONS and i wouldnt be as nice as that reporter was either.

By: RayDaMayor

RayDaMayor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:03:18 +0000

Bensel clearly stepped over the line with the news reporter.
But that does not tarnish the Saints Super Bowl victory.
Or tarnish the fact that Pervy Harvin is an asshole.

By: GBP

GBP — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:01:47 +0000

Perv still jealous??? Your team lost, in classic favrean fasion, get over it.

By: KnuckleBucket

KnuckleBucket — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:01:19 +0000

@Douchebaggery
Nearly made me piss myself laughing….

By: Dallas6584

Dallas6584 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:59:20 +0000

What about the missing calls in the NFC Championship game. F the saints and their toothless jibberish speaking fans.

By: TFBuckFutter

TFBuckFutter — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:57:34 +0000

OJ Simpson is also tired of being called a murderer.
And Tiger Woods really wishes people would stop calling him a whore.

By: WarrenMoonGOAT

WarrenMoonGOAT — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:53:17 +0000

how come u didn’t post my comment gregg?
that time of the month?

By: dabarber

dabarber — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:50:31 +0000

This guy is the “Team” spokesman?
I didn’t know the “Team” was a bunch of crybaby a-holes with a How Dare You Question Me, F-You attitude.
Fire this jerk.

By: Boudin

Boudin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:45:45 +0000

yea, um… ouch. the Saints organization needs to make sure that every one of those 1200 people are in the Dome when they unfurl the banner. it’s the very least they can do.

By: Saints#12

Saints#12 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:44:56 +0000

Who’s to say that Greg actually said this? Just saying, this a rumor site too!!

By: Fonetik

Fonetik — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:44:35 +0000

Half of that reply was completely incomprehensible. This guy does PR for a living? Nice.

By: awoods1906

awoods1906 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:40:35 +0000

Now I do agree that Greg’s response was idiotic!!!

By: awoods1906

awoods1906 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:39:03 +0000

While I am not crazy about the way the Organization has communicated allow me to share the rest of the story for those who can only navigate to PFT.com.
Apparently some people believe that this is a product of winning the SB. The is plan was in place when the decision was made to keep the Dome and do a series of facelifts/renovations. It is now time to enter this phase of the renovation and the impacted rows were communicated. Everyone new that some of these seats would be impacted years ago. The Saints have bought major properties in the area and are finalizing plans to build a Sports/Entertainment District near the dome and eventually add more seats to the dome (if I remember correctly).
This is just an example of local media feeding a frenzy and then bloggers who have no real knowledge of the situation commenting. I feel bad for the impacted 1200 ticket holders but they are at the top of the 50,000 person wait list.
This type of thing happens anytime renovations occur or a new stadium is opened and the prices are jacked up on the long standing ticket holders.

By: Deacon Blues

Deacon Blues — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:37:25 +0000

At least he didn’t get the famous “F- him till next year.” that the Lions ticket office forwarded to a season ticket holder……….