Jim Haslett Team Quotations

We're still only 1-0, and we've got 15 more of these to go. But our team is very resilient, and they've done a great job of handling the situation.

My job is to get the team ready to play wherever we play, so I really don't worry about the location.

I'd like to be back (next year) but I'm more focused on what we have to do to win these next three games, and when those games are over we can focus in on what can we do to make this team and this franchise better no matter where we're located, whether it's San Antonio or New Orleans or Los Angeles or whatever they decide to do with us.

But, again, everything that has gone on with the city and this football team the last two weeks, that's probably the least of our concerns.

I look up at the scoreboard and there are signs, 'Let's Go Giants'. The referees, when they flipped the coin, they asked us if we wanted heads or tails. They had no idea who the home team was and who was away. The crowd noise we had to deal with, we never had to do a silent count at home.

He is a great football player and I feel sorry for him personally because he worked really hard this season to get to this point. He means a lot to this team and the players like him.

He'll have surgery and he will be put on IR. He's our team captain and he's the leader of our defensive backs. He's been in the league a long time. He's started 10 years in the league, so it's going to be hard to replace him.

I think it is a great opportunity for Todd. I think the team will rally around him and give him the support. He's excited about the opportunity.

I think the best thing we can do as a football team to keep the Saints name out there, to keep the city and the Gulf Coast region out there, is to win games. I think that this team, we can keep the Gulf Coast and New Orleans alive by just winning football games and raising a lot of money for the area.

I think this football team needs to play here. This is where we're practicing, we need to be here.

I think the team will rally around Todd. This was the time to see if Todd could handle the situation.

I think this team will rally around something like this. I really do.

I was proud of the team in the way they came back from last week, and we played well in a lot of areas.

We just didn't get the job done today, ... But, I told the team that it was just one game and we have a short week to prepare for Minnesota.

Those people are going through the roughest time in their lives, ... They have nowhere to live. . . . . Everybody on our team is heartbroken. They feel for the people who are going through tough times.

We thought that Darren's value to this football team was a lot, ... It was just a money issue at the time, and in order to trade Darren we wanted equal value. The only team that was even close was Dallas. But obviously we felt it wasn't equal value what they wanted to offer.

This was a tough season, and the club, players and fans deserve better. There were some unexpected challenges, but in any case our record isn't good enough. I think we've built a foundation here for the team to make considerable strides in the future, and our achievements in the past are something I'll be proud of. But there is no denying all of the effort we put in didn't provide the results you need in this league.

We weren't looking to get rid of him. It was a money issue at the time. We had three good (defensive) ends, so we were looking to trade him if we could get equal value. We thought Darren's value to this team was a lot.

We weren't looking to get rid of him, ... It was a money issue at the time. We had three good (defensive) ends, so we were looking to trade him if we could get equal value. We thought Darren's value to this team was a lot.

We turned it over way too many times. It's a shame we didn't score more points. If you hold a team to 17 points you should win. We moved the ball well, we just didn't score enough.

We're going to try to get everyone involved and keep Deuce healthy if we can, ... If we have a healthy Deuce McAllister on this football team and Antowain Smith, it gives us a better chance to win.

Right now we are a bad football team. If anybody on this football team quits, or doesn't practice hard, or play hard, I promise you I will cut them.

They really got a pretty good offense and they have a heck of a group of linebackers, ... I think they're a good team and didn't watch the game yet from (Sunday), but they must have scored a couple on special teams. I think they are much better.

It's a shame because not too many people on this team work harder than Michael does, ... But we'll pick up and hopefully not miss a beat.

Everybody on our team is heartbroken, ... They feel for the people.

That's a personal issue which has really been put on the back burner because we've been trying to get a lot of things accomplished in the off-season, ... We haven't really discussed it because we've been working on football things and our players and things on this team to make us better, so that's just something we'll worry about later.

If we wanted to give them a break, this was the time. They were dragging a little bit; you could see it. It was good timing. The guys got excited about it. We had some good team chemistry, and I thought the rookie show was excellent.

I'll promise you this. If anybody on this team quits, or doesn't practice hard, I'll cut him.

I really think that every single player on our football team has done a good job under the situation. Nobody's complaining about what we're doing and what we're going through. They have understood that it's going to be different until we get into some type of normal routine, if we can ever get into a normal routine. So, it's been good. I think everybody has really stepped up.

The effort in practice today was good. If we can deal with this, we'll be a better football team in the long run.