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Yeah it's kind of the untold story. Whatever you think of his competency, obviously he would have had a better chance if Sean Payton had been here and even more pertinent to this thread, Sean Payton's delayed reinstatement meant he had no chance to find employment for 2013. Which can be brutal for a coach's career (out of sight, out of mind).
He had nothing to do with bountygate, and arguably his career took more of a beating than anyone else's outside of Greg Williams because of it.
Yup, you have to feel a little bad for the guy. Spags had no idea what he was walking into. He comes in expecting to work with Sean, and instead he has to do this thing by himself. Having to make decisions without Sean's input and feedback as the leader of this team had to have been tough. Not to make excuses for the guy, because what we saw at times was pathetic, but I truly believe that if Sean would have been coaching in 2012 that the defensive performances would have been significantly better. Absolutely not worst in the league, that's for sure. That's more credit to Sean than it is to Spags, however.
I hope he catches on somewhere next year.