I agree with you, Saintman, to a certain extent. Mora was my guy, and I loved him and believed in him and I "knew" he would take the Saints "all the way." WHich is what made it so blindingly, maddeningly painful when it just didn't happen.
I think he was missing that something special, that "killer instinct" or whatever you want to call it, that Payton DOES have, which makes a huge difference. Payton would have handled the 49ers better.