Hmmm... Hey wait OP... isn't the Saints head coach Sean Payton, the same Sean Payton, THAT WAS JUST SUSPENDED BY THE LEAGUE FOR AN ENTIRE SEASON FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE??? Hmmm... what year was that suspension again? Oh wait... wasn't it last year??? And isn't it true this same dirty business has been going on in New Orleans since like uh, at least the 2010 NFC Championship vs. The Vikings and Brett Favre? OP---Did Favre hang himself out to dry with late, high throws??? Because thats the last time I saw the Saints rolling like this. To injure. The opposing teams star players. On purpose. In a playoff game.
"On March 21, 2012, Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 NFL season, originally set to take effect April 1, 2012, as a result of his alleged involvement in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, under which "bounties" were allegedly paid for contact that would "knock out" targeted players on opposing teams. Payton has denied that any program encouraging Saints players to injure opposing players ever existed, even though the NFL claims their evidence proves otherwise.Assistant coach Joe Vitt stated "We had a pay to perform program, just like many NFL teams do, but there was never a bounty program, we didn't ever encourage a pay-to-injure program. That's just not true. We never crossed the line."
Uh... yeah right!
At some point "tough football" becomes ice hockey hooliganism--and it ruins the sport... The Saints have willingly crossed that line more than a few times and it could have gotten real ugly if the Hawks had gone head hunting on Saints players (ieDrew Brees) the entire 2nd half. aka ROLLERBALL... But, they didn't, which says a lot about this Seahawks team. Of our higher goals, our own tough style of clean play, and OUR CHAMPIONSHIP POISE.
Bottomline:
IMHO
Being high fived and patted on the back by the coaches on the bench, instead of being taken aside and yelled at for taking a bad penalty that hurt the team and led to points, means its gameplan not coincidence. Geez!
YOU CAN DO IT!!! RISE ABOVE IT!!! TWO MORE WINS!!! GO HAWKS!!! :th2thumbs: