Does anyone feel bad for Sean Payton??

domedog316 said
Right, but if Payton is the guru that I thought he was, he should have seen that in Wilson and possibly not taken the job. Of course, he could just be playing out the string so they can jettison Russ and draft or sign a replacement.... In my opinion Sean's hubris led him to believe he could fix Russ.....and maybe he can't. A system coach like CSP who is supposed to be the most clever guy in the room should have seen the possible landmine in a QB who "cooks" up fly by the seat of your pants offense and considered it. He didn't. Drew was the pinnacle of a guy who ran an offense the way it should be ran, there will never be another Drew.

Denver is locked in on Sean and I don't think he could go 0-16 and have it cost him his job. I love Payton and there's no doubt he helped change the fortunes of the Saints. He and Drew (and many others) breathed life back into Saints football when more than a few folks wrote them off.

Again, I love Sean but I am excited for a future without him. Allen may not be the long term answer, but now that he's had an off-season to work on that D and get a pretty good quarterback for the offense he's not quite looking like who we thought he was either. Dennis Allen is now a little more loose and can operate with a bit more edge and it will get better if they continue to win. If the offense just starts clicking a little bit - this D could take us to a Superbowl. Under Allen. Jeez....talk about Pigs flying...

what bothered me is that SP let fear make his decision. Sure, his market value (remember the NFL is a business with 32 franchises), was trending down quickly after DB retired. But instead of waiting it out he bailed before his stock price plummeted even further. He couldn’t quit fast enough, he was still under contract and he forced a quit to stop the hemmorage. This leads me to conclude : he really didn’t believe in his ability to turn it around, or that he’s straight up money hungry. And I dont think he’s money hungry. Some may respond with, hey he was here 16 years he was burned out. That excuse holds water if he sits out three years in a row. Not one season, LOL. And he still could’ve taken back over the Saints because he was under contract. So it’s clear to me it was about “perception” and ego. What monkey wrenches this, is, why choose Denver with an aging Qb that cannot make plays with his legs anymore. In the strongest division in the game. I think he screwed himself with indecision Or too quick of decision making. Like after gett8ng owned by Seattle, that he’d quickly turn our D into theirs in one offseason, then later abandon the idea when it didn’t come close to working. (picking up Brandon Browner plus other long Cb that couldn’t play).