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Speaker 2: The Saints Hall of Fame Celebrity Golf Tournament took place
Speaker 2: at the Chateau Golf and Country Club on Monday. So
Speaker 2: many people came out, nearly fifty former and current Saints
Speaker 2: players along with EVP and GM, Mickey Loomis, and head
Speaker 2: coach Kellen Moore. It was a lot of fun. There
Speaker 2: was a lot of good conversation, some questionable golf, and
Speaker 2: a few first timers like wide receiver Bub Means he
Speaker 2: had never been to a golf course before Monday in
Speaker 2: his life. It is a big event every year for
Speaker 2: the Saints Hall of Fame. Legends and Hall of famers
Speaker 2: come out, like Michael Lewis.
Speaker 3: I think that's the biggest thing is to see those guys,
Speaker 3: you know, to interact with the older guys that was
Speaker 3: here before me, the guys I played with, the guys
Speaker 3: right after me, and the new guys you know, to
Speaker 3: have all us come out here at one time, you know,
Speaker 3: to get to interact with each other, to get to
Speaker 3: know who each other are or whatever, because I know
Speaker 3: every year, like I say, you know, I'm always doing
Speaker 3: stuff with the organization. I'm always around and things like that.
Speaker 3: But just to get those new guys and you know,
Speaker 3: talk to them and things like that, I think that
Speaker 3: makes it special.
Speaker 4: And then also with the.
Speaker 3: Saints Hall of Fame golf tournament where all the people
Speaker 3: that comes out get a chance to interact with us
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 4: I think that's the most important thing about it.
Speaker 2: Are you the best golfer out here?
Speaker 3: Of course, why wouldn't I say it. I wouldn't be
Speaker 3: the best golfer out here. I mean I would be
Speaker 3: wrong for that.
Speaker 4: Nah, I'm not that good. I'm just out here.
Speaker 2: The day started off with some words from more and Loois.
Speaker 2: You can find those full interviews on New Orleans Saints
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Speaker 2: interviews I got on the course throughout the day. Safety
Speaker 2: Justin Reid was a popular one on the course. He
Speaker 2: loves to play golf and it was his first big
Speaker 2: event as a Saint.
Speaker 5: I'm pretty good. I mean, we're uh three holes in
Speaker 5: three birdies technically a hole in one on one, but
Speaker 5: three real birdies. So we got a solid team playing well.
Speaker 5: It's not too hot yet, but it's cool. Excited to
Speaker 5: be a part of it.
Speaker 2: How many of your shots has your team used?
Speaker 1: We got some ringers, man.
Speaker 5: We actually I've had some good shots. We haven't to
Speaker 5: use one yet, but we're hitting our guys. Actually, no,
Speaker 5: I had a flop on the first hole. Flop on
Speaker 5: the first hole about thirty feet, hit it to about
Speaker 5: three feet. We used that one and then the rest
Speaker 5: of them. These guys have been killing it.
Speaker 2: You interaction with the fans so far, It's kind of
Speaker 2: the first time you've been able to be out here
Speaker 2: talking to some Saints fans. How's it been?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 1: Cool?
Speaker 5: I mean I've always loved teams that have a support
Speaker 5: group that you know will follow you around and anytime
Speaker 5: they can have contact with you. Just always want to
Speaker 5: have everyone have a great experience.
Speaker 2: OTAs are year enough to start tomorrow. What are you
Speaker 2: looking forward to about that phase of the off season.
Speaker 5: Yeah, actually getting to go against other players, you know,
Speaker 5: get to go against the NFL offense, start executing all
Speaker 5: the details that coach Staley has been putting in with
Speaker 5: the defensive game plan and being able to use it
Speaker 5: against somebody else, so it'll be fun.
Speaker 2: How has it been getting to know some of your
Speaker 2: new teammates?
Speaker 5: I mean, awesome, awesome, It's it's a great group of guys,
Speaker 5: a bunch of character, high character guys that want to
Speaker 5: work hard, want to do things the right way, so
Speaker 5: you can build where you have things like that.
Speaker 2: Who are you most looking forward to getting on the
Speaker 2: field with and competing once you can get the pads on.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I want to see how this quarterback competition is
Speaker 5: going to work, you know. I'm excited to see all
Speaker 5: these guys compete against each other, and competition brings the
Speaker 5: best out in everybody.
Speaker 2: Kick or Blake Groupie was a natural, an avid golfer
Speaker 2: and prankster. He gave Read an exploding golf ball to
Speaker 2: tee off with. Obviously didn't tell Reid when he hit
Speaker 2: the ball it did. It literally exploded and pieces went
Speaker 2: everywhere along with a huge cloud of dust. You can
Speaker 2: check out sat social media for that footage. Pretty funny moment.
Speaker 2: Within the day, Groopy and Charlie Smith were together throughout
Speaker 2: the day. The banter back and forth was great and group.
Speaker 2: He was a good sport. He took over the social
Speaker 2: media for the day. What do you like about being
Speaker 2: out here today?
Speaker 6: Oh, it's a it's a it's a great event, you know,
Speaker 6: to get to interact with fans and and get back
Speaker 6: at in the community. And we're trying some I think Cleasys.
Speaker 6: It's up and uptown, so a lot of different food,
Speaker 6: a lot of different events and people out here. So
Speaker 6: it's a great time.
Speaker 2: When you come to events like this, you just interact
Speaker 2: with the fans obviously games and stuff like that. What's
Speaker 2: been one of your most memorable interactions with fans.
Speaker 6: Well, I've had some some funny ones. Obviously, they usually
Speaker 6: have some jokes, but you know, it's it is events
Speaker 6: like these making connections out in the community. I played
Speaker 6: in the glease and tournament with you know, Rick Ferrell,
Speaker 6: the owner walk On. So it's all about getting out
Speaker 6: there and just meeting the people that support us, you know,
Speaker 6: because that's what's it's all for, you know, at the
Speaker 6: end of the day.
Speaker 2: How would you rate your golf game?
Speaker 6: Oh, today we've been We've been playing all right. We've
Speaker 6: been playing all right. We got some ringers in our group, though,
Speaker 6: there's some some long bombers off the tee, so we'll
Speaker 6: give it. We'll give it like an eight and a
Speaker 6: half today.
Speaker 2: I think I just heard a ball go into a
Speaker 2: bush right behind us, so we to be careful. We
Speaker 2: got Caesar over here.
Speaker 6: He might have hooked it. This is his home course,
Speaker 6: so you gotta you know, he has no excuses out
Speaker 6: here today, but looks like he's the middle of the fairways,
Speaker 6: so you know, maybe he'll he'll hit it straight next time.
Speaker 2: Who is the best teammate of yours on the golf course?
Speaker 6: I think if you asked the team, that's gonna be
Speaker 6: pretty pretty unanimous on Hainer. Uh. He's he's pretty nasty
Speaker 6: out here. I think he's like a better.
Speaker 7: No.
Speaker 6: Maybe he's working out.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 6: He's probably what we should all be doing right now.
Speaker 2: How have the off season workouts been.
Speaker 6: They've been great, you know, with Ted and the new staff.
Speaker 6: Obviously a lot of energy and really excited to get
Speaker 6: out there tomorrow for our first ota and just get
Speaker 6: back to work. And and you know, you see how
Speaker 6: how we're gonna work with Kellen and so watch this team,
Speaker 6: you know, building and come together.
Speaker 2: What is something about Kellen Moore that maybe we don't
Speaker 2: know yet. Kellen.
Speaker 6: I mean, I just I like the way he runs
Speaker 6: a meeting. You know, he he he takes the time.
Speaker 6: We've been doing a guest the coaches. We've got a
Speaker 6: basketball hooping there. You know, he's take. You can tell
Speaker 6: he's taking the time to get to know guys, and uh,
Speaker 6: you know, I feel like it's almost like, you know,
Speaker 6: an open door policy into his office going there and
Speaker 6: and uh, you know he's not he's not afraid of
Speaker 6: conversation with you. You know hebviously he's the head coach,
Speaker 6: and that level of respect will always be there. But
Speaker 6: from everything so far with me, he's been a great guy.
Speaker 6: A lot of respect for him, and I can't wait
Speaker 6: to get out there and work for him.
Speaker 2: Is this part of the season kind of exciting because
Speaker 2: it's a ramp up to actually playing real football?
Speaker 7: I know.
Speaker 2: I just talked to Cam Jordan. He's like, yeah, guys
Speaker 2: out there run around and underwear, no pads. But it
Speaker 2: is the start of the season.
Speaker 6: Sure, Yeah, we've been working out for five weeks now,
Speaker 6: you know, all the different phases and ramping up and
Speaker 6: so you know, I know there's a lot of a
Speaker 6: lot of new in the building, a lot to be determined.
Speaker 6: But U you know, all you can ask for is
Speaker 6: the guys be you know, bring that energy and and
Speaker 6: buy in and you know work to being that you know,
Speaker 6: the best we can be.
Speaker 2: Well, since Groopy brought Caesar into this, I set out
Speaker 2: to get Caesar Luiz's thoughts on groupies. Call out, all right,
Speaker 2: how's the golf game going today?
Speaker 7: It's great, that's great. A lot bet last year, you know,
Speaker 7: had a lot of time to practice, so we're having
Speaker 7: a lot of fun today.
Speaker 2: What do you like about coming out here to this event?
Speaker 2: Being around the fan that's just great.
Speaker 7: You know, spend time with the fans and you know,
Speaker 7: really get to bond with some people that you don't
Speaker 7: normally won't get to talk to unless we're here. You know,
Speaker 7: we do a lot of work on the field. You
Speaker 7: know a lot of people cheering for us, so it's
Speaker 7: fun to interact with everybody, you know, you know, be
Speaker 7: teammates with the people with chair for us in stand
Speaker 7: So speaking.
Speaker 2: Of teammates, you guys have been in the gym at
Speaker 2: the facility getting working. How's the off season training going
Speaker 2: so far?
Speaker 7: Man it's great. It's great. Uh, everybody's coming in, putting
Speaker 7: the work and uh, you know, we got competitions, make
Speaker 7: everything competitive and it's a great environment. It's great.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 7: We loving it.
Speaker 2: You're smiling while you're talking about it. What's different this year?
Speaker 6: Man?
Speaker 7: I mean, I I love the weight room, you know
Speaker 7: what I'm saying. I love to train, but most poorly,
Speaker 7: I love when you know it's a competition. Uh you know,
Speaker 7: you feel you feel everybody you know, coming together and
Speaker 7: working as one, hold each other accountable, and you know,
Speaker 7: really really making the weight room fun. Doesn't feel like
Speaker 7: you're just working now, It's it's really fun in there.
Speaker 7: So we're having a great time.
Speaker 2: How has it been getting acclimated to the new coaching staff.
Speaker 7: Uh, it's you know, not hard, easy, you know, I
Speaker 7: had news my first two years there, and uh, you
Speaker 7: know Coach Moore and uh, you know, the whole whole staff,
Speaker 7: everybody that came in just you know, very welcome and easy,
Speaker 7: you know, easy to listen to, you know, great coaching
Speaker 7: points and may all see a lot of ball. So
Speaker 7: it's great being around him. You know, it's easy to
Speaker 7: learn from him.
Speaker 2: And yeah, it's good with the OTA's coming up, and
Speaker 2: then obviously mandatory mini camp. You're gonna have the fans
Speaker 2: out there as well. What do you like about this
Speaker 2: part of the off season.
Speaker 7: I mean, it's just good to get out on the
Speaker 7: field again. You know, I fought this. I wouldn't get
Speaker 7: on the field until July, so was get out to
Speaker 7: get out there on the field to your teammates. You know,
Speaker 7: get a field for everybody, you know, get a field
Speaker 7: for the playbooks. And you know, I started playing some
Speaker 7: football again, and you know, it's definitely great when has
Speaker 7: the fans out there this year, so, you know, having
Speaker 7: the fans out there and doing things with them, you know,
Speaker 7: it's always fun.
Speaker 2: I was standing with Blake Groupy on another hole and
Speaker 2: we almost got hit by a ball and he said
Speaker 2: it was probably you.
Speaker 7: I think that's very disrespectful on Blake Grouper's part. He
Speaker 7: know my game, you know how I play. I wouldn't
Speaker 7: do anything like that. So tell Blake group become a
Speaker 7: high Let me on a whole thirteen close to the pen.
Speaker 7: See we see, let's play play some ball man.
Speaker 2: For the record, it was not Caesar who shanked the
Speaker 2: ball onto the course. Blake and I were standing at
Speaker 2: We're still trying to determine who that was, but it
Speaker 2: is safe to say that it was not Coach Moore.
Speaker 2: I spoke to more. He understood his strengths and weaknesses
Speaker 2: on the course and stuck to just putting. That is
Speaker 2: literally all he did during the course of the day.
Speaker 2: A player who never fully commits to a round but
Speaker 2: bounces from hold to hole each year is always cam Jordan.
Speaker 2: Jordan has been known to take over the beverage cart,
Speaker 2: hop in and happy gilmour tea shot, or fly through
Speaker 2: neighborhoods to get away from well me. That was last year,
Speaker 2: so this year I tracked him down early. What do
Speaker 2: you like about being out here today?
Speaker 8: The sense of camaraderie. You know, this is where you
Speaker 8: really build relationships. And a golf cart by.
Speaker 2: Yourself, but you're out here with a lot of other people. Teammates.
Speaker 8: I'd love to see fans that are supporting. I love
Speaker 8: to see teammates old and new. Who's old who's coming in?
Speaker 8: I mean, clearly I'm old, but I'm saying like the
Speaker 8: retired ones, any retired ones this year?
Speaker 2: Who I mean always comes DU's Ricky Michael Lewis.
Speaker 4: Is here deer man. Okay, yeah, can't wait to see
Speaker 4: my guys every now and again. You get like a
Speaker 4: good papa. I can't wait.
Speaker 2: How have the off season workouts been, I hope say fruitful?
Speaker 8: You know, I think that with our new strength coach
Speaker 8: coming in, hopefully that eliminates a lot of these you
Speaker 8: know whatever whatever has been going on last couple of years.
Speaker 8: We're trying to get a fully healthy Saints team for
Speaker 8: the next five years.
Speaker 2: And when you look forward to OTAs, what do you hope?
Speaker 2: I mean, they're about to be here, so you got
Speaker 2: to have That's.
Speaker 4: What I look forward to. It's like playing flag football with.
Speaker 2: The new head coach and almost a whole new coaching staff.
Speaker 2: What are the goals here for the next few.
Speaker 4: Weeks to gel as a team? I mean, this is
Speaker 4: where you get the outings.
Speaker 8: This is where you get the golf tournaments or like
Speaker 8: the d line did the last couple of days go
Speaker 8: to you know the five oh four.
Speaker 9: Uh.
Speaker 4: It's where you go eat. This where you get know
Speaker 4: your teammates.
Speaker 8: This is where you put the foundation in so when
Speaker 8: we do put pads on, when we play real football,
Speaker 8: we can get down to it. This is where you
Speaker 8: start learning to playbook. This is where you get familiar
Speaker 8: with what we want to do. We get on the
Speaker 8: same accord.
Speaker 2: The schedule just came out. Any game that you're looking
Speaker 2: forward to any day?
Speaker 8: I haven't even come on, we both know I haven't looked.
Speaker 8: All I care about is Week one? Who we play
Speaker 8: Week one?
Speaker 6: Car?
Speaker 4: Here we go?
Speaker 8: There we go, Yeah, we do preseason or regular season?
Speaker 8: Here we go, yep, love it. Kyler Murray, he's he's
Speaker 8: getting taller.
Speaker 4: I've heard.
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on the quarterback room now that
Speaker 2: Derek Carr's retired.
Speaker 4: I think we got a young room, or maybe we
Speaker 4: got an old roam. Shucks like seven thirty. Got it? Yeah, Oh,
Speaker 4: can't wait. I haven't met him yet. Can't wait to
Speaker 4: meet him and go through a training camp with him.
Speaker 8: I think you got guys like Spencer Ratler that saw
Speaker 8: some playing time last year, Jay Hayter, so you know,
Speaker 8: guys that have time and room to develop and improve.
Speaker 4: I think with the young quarterback room there comes potential.
Speaker 2: What area of your golf game are you working on today?
Speaker 4: Man?
Speaker 8: A lot like our quarterback room. I'm just trying to
Speaker 8: show what I've got now. Unlike the quarterback room.
Speaker 4: I don't think I'm.
Speaker 2: Talented, all right, Well, Cam, good luck out there, and
Speaker 2: usually you get the beer cart going.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna try and be better. No I'm not.
Speaker 4: I'm probably gonna end up fright where I've always been.
Speaker 2: Thank you. Cam is probably the most dressed down of
Speaker 2: the bunch, rocking a sleeveless tank top. Bub Means, however,
Speaker 2: attacked his first trip to the course by googling a
Speaker 2: picture of Tiger Woods and replicating the look Polo buttoned
Speaker 2: all the way up and khaki pants. He did throw
Speaker 2: on a bucket hat for good measure against the sun,
Speaker 2: which is understandable, though he did say next time around
Speaker 2: he would wear shorts in Louisiana weather. The receiver was
Speaker 2: paired with a legend Hall of Famer and golf officionado
Speaker 2: induce McAllister. Okay, So I was told that Bub has
Speaker 2: never seen a golf course before he got here today.
Speaker 2: How's he doing.
Speaker 10: He's doing good, he's learning and so you know, told
Speaker 10: him this is a game where it's a little more peaceful,
Speaker 10: you know, then guys chasing after you and running over
Speaker 10: you or trying to hit you. So it's been good
Speaker 10: you know, just teaching him just putting. We start with
Speaker 10: putting and then you'll get a couple of swings on
Speaker 10: part three. So it's good. It's fun.
Speaker 2: They had to pair him up with you.
Speaker 10: Paired him up with me, and you know, I told him,
Speaker 10: you know, hey, look, you know it's too hot out
Speaker 10: here because he has the long pants on it. So, man,
Speaker 10: we're in Losiana. You gotta wear some shorts out here.
Speaker 10: You know, if not, you're gonna burn up. But it's
Speaker 10: been good just to ride around and just talk to him,
Speaker 10: and you know, he's looking to have a big, big
Speaker 10: upcoming year, you know, after dealing with some injuries and
Speaker 10: not having a personal or team success last year.
Speaker 4: So it's been good.
Speaker 2: A lot of people are making a lot of the
Speaker 2: young core of this team, especially in the quarterback room.
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts, It's work in progress.
Speaker 10: I mean some of those guys have played obviously, you know,
Speaker 10: you talk about Jake and Spence, those guys being able
Speaker 10: to do what they've done, and just you know, the
Speaker 10: toughest thing for me when you talk about young quarterbacks,
Speaker 10: particularly those two having to change offense, you know every year,
Speaker 10: not being able to go in and you know, just
Speaker 10: being able to grow on the things that you were
Speaker 10: able to do the year before and you know, now
Speaker 10: it's another off season where I'm learning. But you know,
Speaker 10: they're young guys. Hopefully that staff is able to kind
Speaker 10: of blend in systems where they're familiar with terminology and
Speaker 10: you know kind of are something that they're familiar with
Speaker 10: and you know they.
Speaker 2: Can grow with the OTA starting. How do you evaluate
Speaker 2: with the new coaching staff how things are going through
Speaker 2: this part of the off season.
Speaker 10: Yeah, the biggest thing that you want to see is
Speaker 10: how they pick up the system. You know, are guys
Speaker 10: making pre snap mistakes. That's one of the things that
Speaker 10: you don't want, I mean, because the game is only
Speaker 10: going to speed up once you put the pads on,
Speaker 10: and so can they go out there and execute fast quick?
Speaker 10: Can I get in and out the huddle without having
Speaker 10: to repeat it? Can I get in and out the
Speaker 10: huddle with not you know, guys lining up in the
Speaker 10: right places. Those are all the things that you want
Speaker 10: to be able to see right now. And then you know,
Speaker 10: once the paths come on, then I can just play fast.
Speaker 10: I mean, because you don't want God's thinking. You want
Speaker 10: them to be able to go out there and just
Speaker 10: react and playing.
Speaker 2: With the schedule coming out no primetime games, how do
Speaker 2: you flip that into some motivation.
Speaker 4: You gotta play.
Speaker 10: I mean whether they tell you you're playing at twelve o'clock,
Speaker 10: three oh five or Monday or Thursday, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 4: Just go play.
Speaker 10: I mean, your job is go out there and compete.
Speaker 10: It's up to television, radio, you know when they want
Speaker 10: you to play, But just go play.
Speaker 2: What do you like about coming out here? You're always
Speaker 2: one of the big celebrities that we see on the
Speaker 2: golf course here.
Speaker 10: I always enjoyed. I mean, you talk about what the
Speaker 10: Saints Hall of Fame, you know, was able to do,
Speaker 10: and just being able to give back to the community,
Speaker 10: and seeing a lot of the fans that you know
Speaker 10: you're able to interact with, and having current and former players.
Speaker 10: It's always good and so you know, it's a good time,
Speaker 10: and so hopefully it's something that continues to be exciting
Speaker 10: for our fans and obviously our players as well.
Speaker 2: First trip to a golf course, how's it been.
Speaker 9: It's a little hot out here for show. I'm sweating
Speaker 9: a little bit, but I'm having fun. Meeting at a
Speaker 9: lot of new people. Enjoying myself for sure.
Speaker 2: You picking up any tips from Deuce?
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, he's teaching me how to swing golf club.
Speaker 9: I'm not good at swinging the golf club, so they
Speaker 9: got me putting right now. I'm really a spectator. I'm
Speaker 9: a little fan. I'm a fan. I'm supporting my fellow golfers.
Speaker 2: What do you like about being out here though, being
Speaker 2: with some of the former players, the fans that are
Speaker 2: out here, and then trying all the food.
Speaker 9: One amazing people, amazing events, amazing food. I just like
Speaker 9: I'm enjoying the experience. I'm getting to learn a little golf.
Speaker 9: I don't know too much about golf, but I'm getting learned.
Speaker 9: It's my first time being on the golf course, so
Speaker 9: I'm enjoying it for sure. Like I wouldn't be able
Speaker 9: to complete no golf anything, no golf tournament, no golf event.
Speaker 4: I sucked, but I'm having a good time.
Speaker 2: How have you enjoyed the off season workout so far?
Speaker 2: And then looking ahead to OTA's.
Speaker 9: New off season workout, new off season program, new staff.
Speaker 9: You know how that go. So I'm enjoying it. They
Speaker 9: bring some real fire to the to the facility for shows.
Speaker 10: So I love it.
Speaker 9: I love competing with my brothers. We go out there
Speaker 9: and we work hard every day. So I'm looking forward
Speaker 9: to the season.
Speaker 2: How about the connection that you've had with some of
Speaker 2: the quarterbacks. You know, we saw you out there with
Speaker 2: Tyler Shuck.
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, for sure.
Speaker 4: We got a We got a few.
Speaker 9: We got a thrower session in earlier this off season,
Speaker 9: and I liked what I seen, Like he's gonna be good.
Speaker 9: Like I believe in on whoever the quarterback he is,
Speaker 9: you know, I believe in we're gonna were gonna make
Speaker 9: the right decision and we're gonna be successful whoever.
Speaker 6: We go with.
Speaker 2: All in all, it was a very fun day on
Speaker 2: the course as the guys get ready for OTA's which
Speaker 2: start on Tuesday. It is the first set of OTAs.
Speaker 2: We'll have a full breakdown of the first few days
Speaker 2: after media availability on Thursday. So stay tuned to New
Speaker 2: Orleans Saints dot com or wherever you get your podcasts,
Speaker 2: because next Saints podcast up is all about the guys
Speaker 2: taking the field.
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