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25 years ago today Mike Ditka traded our entire draft for Ricky Williams
Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:19 pm
Do you remember where you were?
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 9:40 pm
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:22 pm to LivingstonLaw
Just a dumb move, he set org back 3 yrs with that draft, he probably was one of the worse HC Saints have had, sorry Saints did not get the Bears Ditka, just and old lazy version
Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:33 pm to LivingstonLaw
Williams was a beast though
Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:35 pm to LivingstonLaw
To me at the time it was worth it because we needed that shot in the arm with Ditka and Williams. It’s just sad neither worked out.
Crossing the Jackson St bridge in Thibodaux listening to sports talk radio when the news broke
Crossing the Jackson St bridge in Thibodaux listening to sports talk radio when the news broke
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 9:36 pm to LivingstonLaw
quote:
Rickey Williams
Looks high.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 9:53 pm to LivingstonLaw
I was 12 living in New Orleans. I was probably doing some shite 12 year olds shouldn't be doing lol.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 10:05 pm to LivingstonLaw
I have to admit, I remember being pretty fired up about it at the time.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 10:26 pm to LivingstonLaw
Yes, I had just pulled up to work. I was listening to the draft on the radio.. It was a WTF moment...
Posted on 4/18/24 at 5:37 am to LivingstonLaw
I was for it a the time. Going to the games a few years before the pick was so boring and frustrating, Then you would have these teams visit with high profile athletes and I was jealous that the Saints had none of that. It was a franchise player with the potential to be the best RB in the NFL. I dreamed for years of getting a big name in the draft.
Now I look back and laugh.
Now I look back and laugh.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:10 am to LivingstonLaw
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:38 am to LivingstonLaw
He would've wasted all the picks that year anyway. The next year's pick was the only loss.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:27 am to LivingstonLaw
I will never forget riding in the car with my dad listening to 870 during the draft. I can still hear Jim Henderson yelling "That seals the deal! That seals the deal!".
ETA: My dad just informed me that it might not have been Jim Henderson. Might have been either Buddy D or Mike Detillier.
ETA: My dad just informed me that it might not have been Jim Henderson. Might have been either Buddy D or Mike Detillier.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 9:41 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 11:22 am to LivingstonLaw
We ended up getting 2 first round picks trading him to Miami a few years later making it a wash on the lost picks. The real crime was trading one of those 1st round picks to move up and get Jonathan Sullivan.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:12 pm to LivingstonLaw
People forget the 2000 season where Rickey broke his leg and finished his season with 10 games and exactly 1000 yards.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 1:23 pm to LivingstonLaw
This photo just gets more cringe worthy as time goes on. At the time it was like, wtf? lol. But now in the light of RWs mental health issues it’s just sad. Knowing what we know now, that look in his eyes looks dark and lost.
Ditka was a clown and a desperate PR stunt gone horribly wrong.
This post was edited on 4/19/24 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:43 pm to LivingstonLaw
And Ricky wasn’t even a bad player
Insanely dumb expectations put upon him
Insanely dumb expectations put upon him
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:59 pm to LivingstonLaw
I was excited about it, but I was very young and really didn't pay attention to anyone drafted past the first round.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:04 pm to LivingstonLaw
probably getting stoned on a Saturday morning and thinking I was smoking the best shite on the market when in fact, it was just a bunch Bay Hay (schwag).
Were you even born by then Baw?
Were you even born by then Baw?
Posted on 4/24/24 at 8:21 pm to LivingstonLaw
Ditka sucked
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