Sean Payton gives his opinion of Kellen Moore (Potential Saints HC Job)

JackDiesel said

Alright child. Calm down, I just said I appreciate what he did for this franchise but my IQ is also high enough to acknowledge that in trying to chase that final championship he put this team in a bad situation that we're still trying to get out of. Like do you really not see the cost benefit to get those 5 winning seasons?

He could have drafted a QB that would have set the franchise up for the next decade but because it wouldn't help him win that year he went and traded up for a project DE. In the final 5 years of Brees career his attempts to find a young QB were Ian Book and Tommy Stevens.

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LOL, sure junior, I'll keep the level of discourse to your liking, but tell me, is your IQ high enough to also realize that there is a front office and general manager in place that could have drafted one of those franchise quarterbacks? And that they still haven't in the three years since he left? Is that still Payton's fault? And why was it even Payton's obligation to use a first round pick on a quarterback when he had his guy here?

And I'll answer that question for you---it wasn't. Like you said, he was chasing a final championship & wanted to use his high picks on other things. And the front office went right along with him. And then after 16 years of 100 hour work weeks & unprecedented franchise success, he decided he needed a break. That's it. No need to get huffy. The guy gave his all, and it was up to the Saints front office and new coach to move forward after that. Have they succeeded to date? No---but that isn't on Payton