Out on 5800 Airline Drive, it’s the time of year when anything seems possible.
The football Saints are in the middle of OTAs, and everybody’s saying that the problems that led to last year’s disappointing 7-9 finish have been resolved, or at least will be by September.
The basketball Pelicans have a new coach, and all of the optimism that comes with that.
But down at Loyola and Poydras, just a couple of blocks from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the Smoothie King Center, where the Saints and Pelicans play, there’s a different mood.
The Tom Benson competency lawsuit trial went though its fifth day Friday behind closed doors in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.