Does anyone feel bad for Sean Payton??

BayouSAINTJoe said
NGL...In 2023, I'd rather live in Denver, CO than New Orleans. I curse this city/state daily.

That aside, he had a contractual obligation and left us hanging with a deconstructed roster of his own making...

"He didn't like the QB room" - he created the QB room, that's his mess to clean up

I get why though...he felt like he was getting worked over and there wasn't going to ever catch a break from getting screwed in NOLA....so he looked for a more influential ownership group to give some top cover...don't think it's going to work. He's being sent a message that no matter where he goes...he'll never be safe

I wouldn't call it lost self awareness...more a lack of impulse control...and stubborness

While I won't say you are wrong, I will say that it may be as likely a mutual parting.

He wasn't exactly making friends with the NFL offices.
His record wasn't trending right in many ways from acquisition to injury to QB dev.
That whole Miami thing which IDK how to factor properly if at all.
The shady referee work against a too small mkt team post Katrina sympathy

If they played nice, he can say it was burn out and they can salvage a draft pick rather than firing the first and only Superbowl winning coach in team history.

So both sides had some decent motivation to be professional about parting.