When the Saints Came Marching In

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Summary: Saints Propaganda
Review: 1. This book is a promotional package for the New Orleans Saints. It should be given away, not sold for $19.95. In fact, it is given away as a promotion by a garbage disposal company whose spokesman in the author of the book.
2. The author, known in New Orleans as Buddy D, is not competent to write an objective account of the New Orleans Saint. He was formerly an objective and well respected sports journalist. In the last few years, that has changed. He is now the mouthpiece for Tom Benson, the owner of the Saints. Every night on Buddy D¹s radio call-in program, he insults callers who criticize Benson or the Saints. His knowledge of football is based on his interest in gambling. Several times a week, he broadcasts from casinos in New Orleans and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He knows more about the morning line on Saints¹ games. than about the nuances of professional sports. In short, he is more like Jimmy-the-Greek than Red Smith, Grantland Rice, or Dave Anderson.
3. The photos in the book are good. But as you might have expected, the photographer is employed by the Saints
4. This book appears to be part of Benson¹s scheme to keep the Saints in New Orleans at taxpayer expense. Benson, a multi-millionaire, is like Citizen Kane. His delusions of grandeur are monumental. He promises to keep the Saints in the city if the State of Louisiana will build him a new $450 million stadium at a site he has selected. He argues that keeping the Saints in New Orleans will induce Fortune 500 companies to relocate to the city. But he ignore the fact that although the Saints have been playing in New Orleans for 33 years, not a single Fortune 500 company has relocated to New Orleans and several have moved out of the city. I doubt that this book will persuade the Legislate or a Fortune 500 company to act..
5. I you like spending your money on propaganda, this is the book for you.

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Summary: cmon now people
Review: Buddy Diliberto was never a mouthpiece for the saints and tom benson, as a matter of fact, he has been covering the team since the beginning of the franchise before benson as owner and has been kicked off of the team plane, started fans wearing bags over their head because the saints werent producing, and even did a show in front of a grave yard to make his point that the saints team was playing like cadavers. That doesnt sound like a mouthpiece to me... but ill let you make your own decision. By the way Buddy D has passed away, and will never be forgotten as a true voice of saints fans everywhere.