I think a key consideration is does the fan base have obnoxious members who have no real association with the city that the team is from? With New Orleans I'd definitely say that isn't the case. So for me they fall down a bit even if they are obnoxious. The "who dat?" thing is kind of dumb, but less annoying than the "12s" in Seattle or the towel party in PIttsburgh in that they don't use it to show how they're all more passionate than the rest of the fans which is also a real kopite thing to do.
Fair point. I was at a New Orleans game in Buffalo a couple years ago, and their was a large contingent of New Orleans fans. Even in the local media it became a thing where people were like where did they all come from. However, I don't think they are on the level of those teams.
I'd also say that by that criteria the Pats qualify as Kopites. I live an hour flight, a 6 hour drive from Boston and I know plenty of Pats fans who have never wandered to Boston or thought about going to a home game. They also can't stand the Celtics or Bruins. I live also about 4 or 5 hours from Pittsburgh. And I can't stand the steelers either. However, the people I know who are Steelers fans go to games and support all the pittsburgh teams.
Personally, I think both those teams are for dbags. Like the majority of teams that aren't the one I pull for. I've never really understood how you can be born and raised pretty much in a city with an NFL team and decide to like some other crap. But it's pretty much how I was raised. My father, uncles, and grandfather were all fans of the team. It pretty much was decided for me.