PFT - Sean Payton is willing to coach again (1 Viewer)

Didn’t SP say he’s like to coach for a competent FO???? Despite, it’s probably just pandering of some sort. Dude loves the Dallas area
I truly think Dallas is where he will end up but it will all fall down to what kind of compensation we received and it better not be a 2nd round pick.
 
I thought then and I think now that the Saints gave some parameter that Payton didn't like or that they asked him to leave outright.
If that was true he would have made them fire him so can continue to get paid and could freely sign with another team whenever he wants.
 
If that was true he would have made them fire him so can continue to get paid and could freely sign with another team whenever he wants.
That's not necessarily true. It happens all the time in any industry that someone can be convinced to leave on their own terms, so to speak.
 
I thought then and I think now that the Saints gave some parameter that Payton didn't like or that they asked him to leave outright.
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The issue is that the Benson's basically gave Payton the keys to the franchise (and are even giving DA a pretty long leash to start.) to do whatever he wanted with. They paid him what he wanted, they allowed him and ML/Ireland to draft and sign whoever they wished. Anyone marginally knowledgeable about the Saints could pretty confidently say that Payton was given no parameters. If he wanted to leave, they'd let him leave. If he wanted to play for another team, he could've simply refused to coach the Saints and they would've traded him (which was going to happen, but then it didn't, and he remained here.). He had all the freedom a coach would want. Had nothing to do with the team, and assuming so doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
 
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The issue is that the Benson's basically gave Payton the keys to the franchise (and are even giving DA a pretty long leash to start.) to do whatever he wanted with. They paid him what he wanted, they allowed him and ML/Ireland to draft and sign whoever they wished. Anyone marginally knowledgeable about the Saints could pretty confidently say that Payton was given no parameters. If he wanted to leave, they'd let him leave. If he wanted to play for another team, he could've simply refused to coach the Saints and they would've traded him (which was going to happen, but then it didn't, and he remained here.). He had all the freedom a coach would want. Had nothing to do with the team, and assuming so doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Hasn’t that been the Benson’s MO since they bought the team.
Didn’t they give Mora the same freedom?
 
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The issue is that the Benson's basically gave Payton the keys to the franchise (and are even giving DA a pretty long leash to start.) to do whatever he wanted with. They paid him what he wanted, they allowed him and ML/Ireland to draft and sign whoever they wished. Anyone marginally knowledgeable about the Saints could pretty confidently say that Payton was given no parameters. If he wanted to leave, they'd let him leave. If he wanted to play for another team, he could've simply refused to coach the Saints and they would've traded him (which was going to happen, but then it didn't, and he remained here.). He had all the freedom a coach would want. Had nothing to do with the team, and assuming so doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Maybe they decided they'd give him less of that freedom. I don't know. It's just speculation. But I think there's two sides to this story. Who walks away from all that control, an established culture, a top 5 defense and a blank check only to openly express interest in returning within a year?
 
Maybe they decided they'd give him less of that freedom. I don't know. It's just speculation. But I think there's two sides to this story. Who walks away from all that control, an established culture, a top 5 defense and a blank check only to openly express interest in returning within a year?
Parcells and the Giants.
Basically Parcells with every team.
 
Watch him ending up with coaching the Bengals or the chargers
 
So what teams do we think Payton was talking about as too dysfunctional to work for? I'd say Atlanta but I don't think he'd ever work for another NFC South team, anyway. Raiders seem obvious. Washington. I'd say the description fits the Cowboys but he has the firsthand view of that organization. The Jets have seemed mostly hopeless for a long time.
Definite no's:
New Orleans
Washington
Detroit
Carolina
Raiders
Jacksonville
Houston
Jets
Cleveland

Probable no's:
Atlanta
Tampa
Chicago
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Seattle
Denver
Tennessee
 
He was ready to coach again the moment he left here. He just didn’t want to coach here. He would’ve never left if he wasn’t scared of leading a team without a HOF QB. His fastest way back to a HoF qb was to leave here and pick the next one out. Brees made the man. And he knew it.

The burn out story is a cover for a man who wasn’t up to the challenge. That’s harsh, but he would still be here if we landed Mahomes in the draft that year. Time to move on. All I care about is how many 1s can we squeeze out of his next suitor.

He didn’t want to be here. We don’t want him back.
 

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