SportsLogos.Net News Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 http://news.sportslogos.net/2012/07/30/where-is-the-class-in-the-saints-vs-falcons-statue-situation/Click to see the pictures, read the story, and submit your opinion! Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 You hit it right on. The celebration is of Gleason and what he meant to the Saints and the community. It didn't matter if the game was against the Falcons, Bears or Jets. The opponent didn't matter. The only thing that mattered was that the block happened and that moment will be forever remembered for that and the impact of it Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridenlow71 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I agree!!! Plus everyone knows who the Saints played that day anyway, no need to add it. It's ingrained in the fans minds for life. Part owner in the Green Bay Packers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Plus Steve Gleason has Lou Gehrig's disease so its a nice way to honor the player while he is still alive. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I appreciate the fans wanting to rub it in a little bit, but if the team and the league say no then that's it. The only reason these fans would have a right to complain is if the Falcons agreed to this then pulled their support. The Saint fans are the ones showing no class in this one. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakfu Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Works much better with an anonymized opponent. It's a Saints statue, and while it's obvious to most that the Saint is "winning" the scenario depicted, showing both teams could confuse things. The statue is of the Saint's success and rebirth, not of the Saints beating the Falcons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hontas Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It's a ridiculous scrap but its New Orleans where the ridiculous is common and the NFL where the ordinary is pumped up to outrageous levels. The whole idea around this statue is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It's a ridiculous scrap but its New Orleans where the ridiculous is common and the NFL where the ordinary is pumped up to outrageous levels. The whole idea around this statue is silly.Couldn't disagree more, at least with the "it's silly" part. My first Saints game was in 1969 and I was there in '06 for the reopening. I had never heard anything louder in a stadium than the roar when Gleason blocked that punt. I was yelling at my wife and she said she was trying to lip read 'cause she couldn't hear me. Point being that was one of the biggest moments in the team's history. Throw in Gleason's tragic story and you're definitely in statue territory.I'm not trying to play the "you're not from there so you can't understand" but on the other hand, I wonder why you feel it necessary to try and belittle the city and the statue. What's even richer is that here you are saying the Saints are too big a deal in New Orleans and previously I've had to defend the city when others on this board claimed the team should be moved because there wasn't enough support. As far as the Falcons, they were right to refuse. Aside from the opponent being obvious, Saints fans should turn the situation around and consider whether they'd want a Saints player depicted outside the Georgia Dome in a commemoration of some great Falcons moment. I wouldn't.IMO they should have put a button on the base that you could press and hear Mike Tirico yelling "Look out, breakthrough! A kick block by Steve Gleason! It is scooped and scored by Curtis DeLoatch! Touchdown, Newwww Orrrleans!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It's fairly common to leave other teams logos off of statues when an opponent is represented in the statue. It represents a real moment, sure, but it doesn't matter who it happened against. It matters that it happened. Here's another example: Mario Lemieux against two anonymous players who were actually New York Islanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Whats with all the drama going on in the comments section? I saw that deleted post, that was quite uncalled for. @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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