Was the Saints' Front Office (e.g., Loomis) Fleeced on the Sean Payton Trade?

REBELMATT said
They thought

they thought they were the reason why we had won for all of those years. Sean was forced out. So would it be surprising that they undervalued him in a trade ? No that would not be surprising
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Where are you getting the information that he was forced out, and that the decision wasn't his?