Booing on their first trip out the tunnel in a preseason game? Let’s give Ol’ dude a break. In every interview he’s given he’s expressed a genuine desire to improve. Let’s be supportive until he starts costing us something serious.

No matter how much money they make, it can’t feel good to a team or player to feel like their fanbase expects the worst of them.

And let’s not forget the Saint’s home record over the last couple years. If what we’re doing isn’t working, let’s try something else!

But if he allows touchdowns, fans are supposed to get on his case.

Hey, I used that photo last year after 0-3.

—Fans don’t have the right to do whatever the hell they want to do. For example, I support the ejection of fans at baseball games where the players can hear them for using racial epithets and other over-the-top heckling like bringing spouses/kids/etc. into it. I do not think that “paying their salaries” by buying tickets (which I think is a ridiculous concept to begin with) entitles a fan to carte blanche re: that kind of thing.

—Booing does NOT rise to that level, and it’s perfectly acceptable for fans to boo anyone, any time, for any reason. (During a game, that is. Heckle an athlete “in real life” outside the stadium and you deserve whatever you get.)

—Booing is counterproductive, and though I won’t begrudge anyone the right to do so if they choose, that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

—Counterproductive or not, poor performance does DESERVE boos. Maybe fans shouldn’t boo David, but when they do, it’s not like it’s unwarranted. I give David credit for understanding that. It speaks to his intelligence and common sense that he gets that. Doesn’t make him a better corner though. Respect for him as a person: up. Respect for him as a corner: unchanged.

—But it has to be a two-way street, IMHO. If it’s acceptable for fans to boo, it should also be acceptable for Drew Brees (or any other player) to call the fans out for being assholes, if that’s how he feels about it.

—I certainly don’t think Drew “doesn’t get it.” Of course he gets it. He just disagrees. Different personalities are going to have different outlooks on the booing thing, and Drew’s outlook on it is precisely what I’d expect it to be. Totally in line with what we know of his character. Reasonable people can disagree on the issue.

—Lots of fans ARE assholes, and wear their sense of entitlement like a chip on their shoulders. And the whole “we pay their salaries” truism is often the basis for it. Whether or not I agree in a given situation, it does my heart good when a player fires back at the Almighty Fan, and I’d love to see more of it. I understand how from a PR standpoint, it’s never a good idea to fire back at the fans, but IMHO it’s the exact opposite of booing… productive or not, if it’s deserved, it’s deserved. And fans deserve it a lot more than they get it. Players ought to, within reason, be able to call fans assholes when the player is of the opinion that they’re being assholes, especially when their play is above reproach like Drew’s is. Players are people too.

Mare getting booed was because the Saints fans couldn’t believe the coaches put him back in. Same with Jason David…why is this guy still playing for us?

Had it been a new guy on the field first quarter of first preseason game, you wouldn’t have heard the nasty boos. Saints fans are sick of seeing coaches repeatedly stick with players who repeatedly come up short.

If I’m at the first home game this year, and Peyton puts Jason David in, guess what you’ll hear from me? Big A** BOOOOOO!