Among sports columnists, Mike Freeman of CBS Sports has been one of the Saints’ harshest critics in the wake of the bounty scandal. He even went so far as to call Jonathan Vilma’s defamation lawsuit against Roger Goodell “arrogant” in a column he wrote a few days ago. But now, it seems Freeman is slowly [...]
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Roger Goodell blasted for lack of transparency
In a recent radio interview on AM 790, Mike Florio criticized Roger Goodell’s handling of the punishments handed down to the players allegedly involved in the Bountygate scandal. He began by pointing out that when the Saints’ coaches didn’t vigorously challenge their suspensions (or in Gregg Williams case, not at all), he assumed that everything [...]
READ MORE »Saints confident even without Sean Payton
Even though the New Orleans Saints will be heading into the 2012 season without head coach Sean Payton, they still seem quite confident in their powerful offense. The Saints believe in offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr.’s ability to call plays, since he held those duties when Payton injured his knee in the middle of the [...]
READ MORE »Saints’ Mark Ingram likely won’t be 100 percent when camp starts
According to Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Saints interim head coach Joe Vitt indicated today that they’ll probably have to take running back Mark Ingram along slowly at the start of training camp and that he should be ready to go by week one of the regular season. Ingram underwent offseason athroscopic knee surgery, in order [...]
READ MORE »Anthony Hargrove is “disappointed” the document he signed was leaked
Former New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove signed a declaration stating that both former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and linebackers coach Joe Vitt told him to deny any existence of a bounty program. Hargrove is upset that the declaration that he signed was somehow leaked and he believes the NFL has “grossly mischaracterized” his [...]
READ MORE »Report: Gregg Williams, Joe Vitt told Anthony Hargrove to lie about bounty program
According to Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports, former New Orleans Saints defensive end Anthony Hargrove claims in a sign declaration that both Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and linebackers coach Joe Vitt told him to deny any existence of a bounty program to NFL security when they interviewed him back in 2010. You can read [...]
READ MORE »Roger Goodell doesn’t expect to hand down bounty punishments this week
Earlier today, while speaking with reporters at an NFL draft event, Roger Goodell said the punishment phase regarding the players who were involved with the Bountygate scandal was in the “final stages,” although he indicated it was unlikely he would be issuing any decisions this week regarding possible suspensions or other punishments. The general consensus [...]
READ MORE »Louisiana state police, FBI moving ahead with Saints probe
A joint task force combining the efforts of the Louisiana state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is moving ahead with a probe into allegations that New Orleans Saints manager Mickey Loomis illegally eavesdropped on electronic communications of opposing teams at the Superdome from 2002 to 2004. The explosive claims were made public yesterday [...]
READ MORE »Gary Myers thinks Roger Goodell will stagger the Saints punishments
In an article which attempts to analyze the various ways Roger Goodell could hand down punishment to individual members of the Saints defense, Gary Myers of the New York Daily News opines that Goodell will not suspend all of the affected players concurrently. He believes that forcing all the suspended players to sit out at [...]
READ MORE »Saints owner to buy the New Orleans Hornets
New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has reportedly agreed to purchase the New Orleans Hornets for $338 million. Under NFL rules, Benson is allowed to purchase the Hornets since they’re in the same market. This comes just a day after the Saints announced that assistant coach Joe Vitt would take over head coaching duties as [...]
READ MORE »Saints name Joe Vitt interim head coach
The New Orleans Saints have officially announced that assistant head coach/linebackers coach Joe Vitt will take over as the interim head coach for the 2012 season, with head coach Sean Payton being suspended for the next year. Since Vitt is suspended for the first six games of the regular season they plan on deciding during [...]
READ MORE »Report: Bill Parcells will remain retired, won’t coach the Saints
According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, former NFL head coach Bill Parcells has decided to remain retired and not step in as the New Orleans Saints interim head coach for the 2012 season. On Sportscenter, Mortensen said that Parcells spoke with Saints head coach Sean Payton and told him that he’s not interested in taking the [...]
READ MORE »Saints, Bill Parcells haven’t had any further discussions
According to Judy Battista of the New York Times, the New Orleans Saints and Bill Parcells haven’t had any further discussions about him possibly coming in as their interim head coach for the 2012 season, while Sean Payton serves his suspension. The Saints have likely been waiting for Roger Goodell’s ruling on the appeal’s of Payton, [...]
READ MORE »NFL upholds Saints’ bounty penalties
According to Jason LaCanfora of the NFL Network, after listening to the appeals for New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis, head coach Sean Payton and assistant coach Joe Vitt, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has decided to uphold the original bounty penalties that were handed down just a few weeks ago. Payton’s suspension will now [...]
READ MORE »Sean Payton, Joe Vitt to appeal suspensions, Gregg Williams won’t
According to Jason LaCanfora of the NFL Network, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton plans on appealing his year-long suspension, which will also buy him some time as he continues to scramble to put his coaching staff in the best position they can be in for the 2012 season. He’ll also continue to work [...]
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