Underhill: Saints are interviewing probably 12 coaches (Tracker: officially 9 candidates) [Rapoport: Saints may add more]

Scorpius the Allfather said
Loomis hired Payton because the league pretty much told us to. They strongly suggested that we hire Payton.

Stop. Ya'll can't just rewrite history to fit your narrative. Someone who doesn't know better might see your post and believe it.