When the Saints Come Marching in

It was a most unlikely successstory, the Saints having finished the 1999 season with only three wins insixteen games. But after three decades of frustration on the part of owners,coaches, players, and fans, the New Orleans Saints, overcoming inexperience andinjuries in spectacular fashion, put together an exciting turnaround season in2000.When the final whistle blew, theSaints had won eleven games, including their first playoff victory ever; thehead coach was named NFL Coach of the Year; and the general manager was votedthe leagueis Executive of the Year. One thing had become clear: the Saints hadcome marching in. This volume records, in text and photographs, the specialelements that sustained that march.About the Author andPhotographerBuddy Diliberto covered sports in New Orleans for half a century and wrote about the Saints since their inception.A graduate of Loyola University and former sportswriter for the New OrleansTimes-Picayune , he conducted a nightly sports talk show on WWL Radio. Healso hosted a weekly radio program with Coach Jim Haslett during the footballseason. Diliberto was named Louisiana Sportscaster of the Year by the NationalSportscasters and Sportswriters Association twelve times.New Orleans native Michael C.Hebert serves as director of photography for the Saints. A graduate of TulaneUniversity, he has photographed major sporting events and personalitiesthroughout the nation for the past sixteen years.Diliberto, Buddy is the author of 'When the Saints Come Marching in', published 2001 under ISBN 9781565549272 and ISBN 1565549279.