NFL: Great read from a Falcons Fan - The Fear Of 'New Orleans Vs. The World'

[AsylumGuido]

(03-24-2012 06:55 PM)luke18 Wrote:  Guido,
I was a student at LSU and just beginning my first semester as a student when Katrina hit. I can tell you for a fact that no one gave a rat's ass about the Saints when they were playing in Tiger Stadium. The stadium was mostly empty because your fans are just as fair weathered and fickle as any other fanbase in the NFL.

My second point was that the Saints have enjoyed favorable officiating when playing in the Superdome, and this is likely to subside due to the Saints now being under the microscope.

The stadium was mostly empty because the whole region was in shambles. There were no hotel rooms available anywhere south of Alexandria. Are you serious? How can you criticize fans for not showing up in droves from all over the Gulf region when you had nowhere to stay and no way to get there - I10 was still closed to the east. Fair weathered and fickle? Hell, kid, I live up in Bossier City and we were still dealing with so much collateral from the storm that there was no way that I could try to drive down the day of the game and return after.

It doesn't mean we weren't fans.