Apropos Sean Payton quote from 2014 (1 Viewer)

[brandon8283]

I can’t find a video of it anywhere, but apparently I found this quote important enough to post on Facebook 9 years ago and it showed up in my memories today from the postgame press conference after the November 30th, 2014 game.

"If you're a teacher, and every one of your students gets a 'D', then you could say 'Well, no one studied.' Or you might have to look at the way you're teaching."

Seems extremely applicable to our current situation.

 

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Interestingly enough, they won that game against the Steelers to end a 3-game skid.

And then went on to play their worst game of the season against Carolina.

 

[Swampy Saint]

Interestingly enough, they won that game against the Steelers to end a 3-game skid.

And then went on to play their worst game of the season against Carolina.

Holy crap.
Is your memory that good or did you look it up?

 

[HouseCall]

Interestingly enough, they won that game against the Steelers to end a 3-game skid.

And then went on to play their worst game of the season against Carolina.

He also “taught” his way to 7-9 that season and then 7-9 for the next two season - and was on the cusp of being fired before Jeff Ireland pulled off a draft for the ages and got ol’ Sean some better “students”, I suppose.

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

He also “taught” his way to 7-9 that season and then 7-9 for the next two season - and was on the cusp of being fired before Jeff Ireland pulled off a draft for the ages and got ol’ Sean some better “students”, I suppose.

Those 2014-2016 teams were void of talent, roster was trash. Any other coach doesn’t come close to 7 games

 

[No2DC]

He also “taught” his way to 7-9 that season and then 7-9 for the next two season - and was on the cusp of being fired before Jeff Ireland pulled off a draft for the ages and got ol’ Sean some better “students”, I suppose.

You mean after winning us a Super Bowl? It's important to mention that given our current struggles, some coaches get a pass based on past achievements.

 

[Dome50]

He also “taught” his way to 7-9 that season and then 7-9 for the next two season - and was on the cusp of being fired before Jeff Ireland pulled off a draft for the ages and got ol’ Sean some better “students”, I suppose.

Those were also the teams with HISTORICALLY bad defenses...which, I get Sean was the head coach, but we all know defense wasn't his department. Only won 7 games because we had the juggernaut offense.

 

[SWJJ]

Fire Everyone!

 

[TenTwo]

Holy crap.
Is your memory that good or did you look it up?

As our guy Theo would say, he got that tism.

 

[HouseCall]

You mean after winning us a Super Bowl? It's important to mention that given our current struggles, some coaches get a pass based on past achievements.

Sure. Sometimes they do and lucky for him, Loomis and Benson were patient when he couldn’t seem to field a defense any higher than bottom 5 to compliment Drew in the thick of his prime.

Payton earned a pass - but it doesn’t excuse that he wasted 3 straight seasons of prime Drew when all he had to do was filed a defense that wasn’t one of the worst in the league to be a contender.

I love Payton and I was damn sad to see him leave but I don’t feel moved by his quote that occurred in the early stages of his most unimpressive, underachieving stretch as a coach.

 

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Holy crap.
Is your memory that good or did you look it up?

Looked it up for verification....but I remember that timeframe because I went to the Ravens MNF game before Thanksgiving.