Underhill on Payton

Good for Underhill for putting out what is most likely the truth. No wild hyperbole or speculation. It’s boring and will likely be completely ignored by the rest of the sports media. Payton wants some downtime after a season where he was required to play 57 different starters (and yet still finished with a winning record). Shocking. The man deserves a vacation…..
Yes, it is every bit this. Payton has just been silent. I think it does matter to people on Airline because silence can be deafening. I actually think Sean is getting his mojo back because he is saying and doing things that show peak-pettiness. But last season took a toll and things have been quieter and moving a bit more slowly than usual. Just a bit. That uncertainty has people wondering even as the general belief is that he’ll be back.

Of course, it doesn’t help that the media loves to speculate about everything so that it becomes a storyline before it is even a story.