We’ve been telling you folks for quite some time that, quite frankly, we here at moosedenied are… well… we’re big shots. And up until (and including) this very moment, it’s all been LIES! Damnable lies.
The truth is, we’ve never shared a single deep dish with Dulymus. We do not get text messages at 3am from Reginald Alfred. We have never listened in on a conference call among Sean Payton, Les Miles, Jim Haslett, Nick Saban and Pete Carroll. We’re not even really sure why we refer to ourselves as "we."
We do have a bucket full of $200 ties, a few of which Lou Dobbs also wears, which is pretty bitchin’. We also do actually wear a top hat and monocle when we blog. Of course, none of that is really true either.
We know it must be shocking and disheartening to learn the truth. And for that, I’m sorry. Nope, just a jackass with a blog. A blog that’s been dormant for three weeks, in fact. Damn, actually when you think about it, we kinda suck. But I’ll be damned if we’re not just about to make up for it all.
Jim Ross:
Wait a minute… King… I think that’s… it think it’s… my God! THAT’S JIM HENDERSON’S MUSIC!
That’s right, bitches. If any of you require any equipment or accoutrements in order properly venerate, you best start gathering them up and calibrating them to maximum performance. Because unless I’m getting played like a chump, your knob is about to be fully hobbed. The venerable voice of the Saints, the Ric Flair of New Orleans Sports Media, is going slumming at this here illegitimate media outlet. He’s gonna be pissed when he finds out this party is BYOB.
Oh, who the hell am I kidding? Henderson never, ever pays for a drink as long as we have anything to say about it.
If you’re scoring at home, that’s NolaChick 2 (Dulymus, Vilma) – Gee Dubya 1. Heh. But I’m about thiiiiiiis close to booking Pio Sagapolutele, so… um… yeah.
So here’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to set aside the usual jackassery for a while, and temporarily opt for mere tomfoolery. Oh, Jim Henderson is no tomfool. But he knows what he’s walking into.
We’ll be collecting questions for some indeterminate amount of time. Use the contact form, or email them to [gw at this here domain dot somethingsomething] or if you suck at the internet, just post ‘em in the comments. We’ll put on our aggregation helmets, aggregate like nobody’s bidness, and then send them to Henderson. We’ll post the replies at his leisure.
Make ‘em good, put some elbow grease into it (or grease from some other joint of your choosing.) We promised him that we wouldn’t bore him with the same ole run of the mill fan questions he’s already answered a million times. He’ll answer the good ones and roll his eyes at the rest. See, don’t be that guy. Don’t be the guy Jim freakin’ Henderson owns with his eyes, and his ability to roll them in your general direction. Let’s have ourselves some fun with it. Maybe Henderson will think we’re fucking awesome. Or something.
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Meantime, is Charles Grant gonna have to choke a bitch? Let’s hope not. That’s really more of a Wayne Brady thing anyway. They say you could indict a ham sandwich. Here’s hoping Chuck is in less real trouble than the aforementioned theoretical pork-based treat facing a grand jury. Which isn’t to make light of a real-life situation that is not the least bit light. We’re well aware of the fact that people died. It’s in no way "no big deal." It’s a bonafide damn shame. But hey, this here is a Saints blog. We’ll leave the handwringing and moralizing over real-life tragedies ripped from the headlines to general-purpose current events themed message boards.
In other news, our other formerly fully-gruntled defensive end seems to have settled snugly into his seat for the long trip ahead on the midnight train to Darrenhowardsville. Lovely. Moosedenied tried to contact Will for comment, but we must have been misinformed when we were told that he was conducting his offseason training at his uncle’s house in Bel Air. We did speak with Carlton though, and he’s cool with Drew. He told us he’d see if Drew can get us in touch with Will, and we’ve been holding our breath whilst waiting in the general vicinity of the phone. So far, all we’ve got are about 1000 missed calls from Rickey Schroeder and Joel Higgins. But do we get one call from Erin Gray? Just one fucking call???? Noooooooo. Thanks a lot, Ribiero.
So hey, what was your favorite moment of The Dan Morgan Era?
The Old Man bought WVUE. Sweet. BRING BACK MARGARET DUBUISSON!!!!!
Coach Payton has established himself a charitable organization. One of our former coaches used to have himself a charitable organization too. He called it "Boning Fat Chicks" Real gem that guy was.
And we leave you today with this. Here’s the picture in the header portion of the Saints’ official site… right this minute:

Jerry:
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Questions for Henderson, dammit! Do it. Do it now.




No worries about being absent for 3 weeks; you are just like those studs that string you along with hot dates and sweet nothings and then disappear. No calls. No emails nothing. It sucks. But then, you come back, with a song and a dance and big hunky grin, and you know we roll over and forgive you because we want more, more, more of what you got.
What was the question again?
Whoa. That was hot. :mucko:
Greetings, Mr. Henderson–
First off, thanks for representing our team as the Voice of the Saints, and representin’ damned well, I might add.
I don’t know if I can come up with a question you hadn’t heard yet, but I’d be interested in knowing which players you think deserve special attention during training camp/preseason. Who are those players you think are most likely to turn some heads during TC?
Many thanks…
Mr. Henderson,
I advise you not to roll your eyes at the following questions, as you may have the insight that many a Who Dat desires on these issues:
In your honest opinion, has Tom Benson lost a step? If attached to a polygraph, would you agree that his words seem adversely affected by his age?
Do you agree that Rita has really been running the team since 2006?
And finally, will you rate Rita Benson LeBlanc’s body? She looks smokin’ from the Upper, Upper, Upper Terrace. But that might be Bud-vision. Would greatly appreciate your professional assessment. (you can nod your head yes or no on this one if it might get you in trouble with the Mrs.).
Keep it real, Mr. Henderson.
Chef
Hey Jim, looking back on it, was Brian Milne really the unlikeliest hero of them all? I agree that he was unlikely, but it seems to me that Dave Stachelski was at least as unlikely as Milne. What’s up with that?
Yeah speaking of Hakim drops the ball, do you still tear up when you hear yourself tearing up calling that play? I’m pretty sure most of the rest of us still do.
Mr. Henderson, does someone in your position ever visit blogs or web forums? I know that some do. But do you? How aware of blogs and forums is the local sports media overall in your opinion?
Jim,
Firstly:
Secondly:
Tony Kornheiser recently referred to the newspaper as a dead medium. A few weeks ago, Will Leitch of the popular blog Deadspin had a run-in with Buzz Bissinger, who lashed out at blogs and bloggers for “dumbing down” the discourse about sports. As an experienced and highly-regarded journalist, you probably have a few words to say about blogs and (more generally) about the global shift away from traditional, credentialed reporters and toward bloggers and citizen-journalists. What is your opinion (if any) on these changes? How have they affected you?
To further add to the questions of Chef Who Dat…
How would describe the outlook on the future of the Saints staying in New Orleans with Rita soon to be in control of the team? Do you feel as though keeping the team in N.O will be more likely with her making the decisions?
I know a lot of times we hear the PR statements released through the leaders of the organization but I’m sure you could give a more qualified opinion than most. There have been a few things within the past few months that have built up my confidence in them staying, but I haven’t heard much about the negotiations or demands.
On a more personal note. Tell us a little about yourself. What do you do for fun? What kind of music do you like? Do you ever hang out with Bobby or Hokie or Archie or Kenny or any of those guys socially? What’s your favorite dinner? That kind of stuff.
One of my beefs with a since-fired member of the New Orleans sports media community was that he seemed to know much more than he was letting on and would “tease” the audience.
I understand it is difficult to balance being a newsperson trusted by players and coaches AND getting the story out.
However, this guy took it too far. Remember Albert Connell, the short-lived Saints WR who allegedly stole money from Deuce? Why did it take Melissa Stark from the MNF crew to break that story? How come the local guys didn’t have it?
Jim, this isn’t criticism of you, because you aren’t out at the facility every day.
I’m really just asking you to reflect on the tension between becoming a trusted confidante of players/coaches and honoring the professional obligation of journalists to their readers/viewers.
Dear Mr Henderson,
A weight is hanging on an elastic thread. An additional stretching force F is applied and is gradually (slowly) increased. When the force reaches value Fo the thread breaks. What should be the minimal size of a force that breaks the thread, if such a force is applied instantaneously and remains unchanged?
Bonus question:
Why can’t soda companies come out with a diet drink that doesn’t taste like sweetened asbestos?
Thanks in advance,
the so cal constituency.
I did something really deep – went to Austin and wasted liver cells. However, we did do the annual SR bottom 10 in case anyone was interested in the outcome:
Voting in this year’s Official [tm] Memorial Day [tm] Bottom 10 [tm] list are as follows:
Loose Cannon
TPS
nolasteve
chop
dome patrol
peytonknows
by proxy: Jacob
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1. skymike
2. David Robbins
3. DadsDream
4. Postman
5. Pure Energy
6. keepoursaints
7. southland22
8. aosinc
9. st dude
10. weightlifter316
Honorable mention: tenordas and primadox, rlemieux
Deserving of a list of their own are all the really ignorant, rightwing posters. We debated making them all #5 as group, but we’ll just name their names. The worst rightwingers: boy_of_wonder75, Maverick68, alon504, Spicoli, Six Saint, Saint Pack, saintned, AR_Saint, Saint Mike, big wheel, Purvis_Guy, ridgeben, Mad Marsha, pjgaryjr., Dave, saintkev, etc.
Here are the individual ballots:
Loose Cannon:
1. Postman
2. Pure Energy
3. David Robbins
4. wbbigtymer
5. weightlifter316
6. southland22
7. aosinc
8. st dude
9. DadsDream
10. Postman
TPS
1. Skymike
2. Maverick68
3. 6saint
4. southland22
5. aosinc
6. Saint Pack
7. stevedrum
8. saintned
9. Postman
10. FWTex
Jacob
1. DadsDream
2. Skymike
3. David Robbins
4. keepoursaints
5. antipop504
6. Pure Energy
7. Saint Mike
8. saintkev
9. purvis_guy
10. SW JJ
nolasteve
1. DadsDream
2. MSUSousaphone
3. Skymike
4. Pure Energy
5. Postman
6. boy_of_wonder75
7. rlemieux
8. Dan in Lafayette
9. Spicoli
10. Primadox
Peytonknows
1. Skymike
2. keepoursaints
3. David Robbins
4. DadsDream
5. Postman
6. Pure Energy
7. wbbigtymer
8. Primadas
9. Sabine
10. HennessyRob
dome patrol
1. David Robbins
2. Optimusaint
3. Skymike
4. keepoursaints
5. st dude
6. DadsDream
7. weightlifter316
8. saintkev
9. Postman
10. rlemieux
Chop
1. DadsDream
2. Skymike
3. David Robbins
4. aosinc
5. Postman
6. bcclemms
7. st dude
8. Andrus
9. Pure Energy
10. MSUSousaphone
I’m going to have to go ahead and agree with Top 3 and specifically TPS’s list.
a chick goes on vacation and comes back to see the old “gee-dubya” is playin’ hardball. pullin’ the old jimmy “dynomite” henderson. very nice.
on to my question:
1. is it easy faking it and pretending you care about other new orleans teams during the saints offseason?
2. can you tell lucy bustamante her old salsa buddy aka “shakfreakah” said hey?
3. how hard was it not to drop a myriad of spit-inducing f-bombs when he did that rant about payton after the bucs game debacle.
Alright, I just sent him an even 20. Stay tuned…