What would it take for the Saints to go 10-6

Perfection is defined as freedom from fault or defect: Flawlessness. Perfection is also defined as the quality or state of being saintly. I didn’t make that one up. It’s there in the Merriam Webster Dictionary. The Saints will need to be flawless and perfect to make it to 10-6. Anything is possible.

The opponents aren’t going to matter if the Saints wanna pull one of the unimaginable feats in Saints history.. A six game winning streak just doesn’t happen. Some people may believe in luck or maybe some divine intervention to help their squad to reach perfection. Try and tell that to John Wooden.

John Wooden was the famed college basketball coach from UCLA who won 10 NCAA Championships and won an incredible 88 games in a row from 1971-74.

Wooden was not known for his off the cusp tirades or lengthy vocal breakdowns that would fill up any ESPN top moments. No Wooden was a totally different type of leader. He talked so much about humility and sincerity that one would wonder if Wooden was maybe a pastor not a coach. He never swore. And I mean never. This type of behavior would be more like a wise grandparent, that would be trying to explain to a child how to be humble in this world. Does this sound like a basketball coach? Maybe not. Above all, the results cannot be argued with.

So what does this have to do with the Saints you might ask? Everything. Another words, think of that streak for a second. The Bruins won 88 consecutive games in a row. All the Saints would need is only a drop in a bucket compared to that. Every single player though would need to be on the same page. This goes for the coaches as well. This is a great quote from one of Wooden’s former players about how details mattered to Coach Wooden.

Andre McCarter played for Wooden as the point guard and clashed with Wooden constantly, until he realized that Wooden had a point. McCarter, as he got older even wrote a book about him and tried to communicate what made this man so special. McCarter came from from Philly and was known for no-look passes, crossovers, and a lot of razzle dazzle. He recalls this conversation.

The Saints could use some of this. Also, Sean Payton will also need to hold players accountable for any type of mistake, even if it’s minimal. More than anything, the players need to want to perform for Payton. It does no good, if the players are not 100% bought in and committed to winning and their teammates.