Sean Payton with Drew Brees was just THAT good. They are gone. Whats left are pieces. Some good pieces, some old but good pieces. But overall, average pieces. If you pit an average team vs another average team, your win % will be around .500. The fans including me expected the Saints to be better than average but not as good as Sean/Brees. The FO and the fans expectation was wrong. Theres no one to hate over it. It just is what it is. I think the only time to get mad at the FO is if they are not trying to correct their mistakes and progress. If it were me, we'd all be watching Harbaughs introductory speech live on Airline HWY. But we arent. So this tells me they arent 100% in it to win. But at least they are trying to improve, marginally. And its pretty clear that if DA dosnt make the playoffs that hes a deadman walking. So they are in it to win it, within reason. Think abiout it, whats easier? Winning a superbowl year after year after year, having to replacce your poached staff and players constantly or being slightly abover average where the fans are still engaged, and your offseason is quiet? I think the latter is the true target. LSU Scott Woodward, went out like a madman and snagged Brian Kelly whio was cemented in place at Notre Dame. Or doing similar and getting Maulkey. THOSE are examples of win at ALL costs. We're trying to win with the pieces we have.