I for one am glad Payton is no longer coaching the Saints. As much success as he brought the franchise, I think it was his ego and arrogance that kept the Saints from winning another championship. Sure there were other factors, but his failure to field competent defenses during the prime of Drew's tenure is inexcusable. We forget that he briefly put his ego aside and gave up part of his salary in 2009 to hire Gregg Williams, and it netted us a Super Bowl victory. After that, he decided only he knew how to build a team, and he fired Rob Ryan after he had put together a very good defense because Ryan didn't do it the way Payton wanted it done.
Maybe he'll luck into drafting a franchise QB and will find success again, but I have my doubts.