Sean Listened to or Followed the Example of the Wrong Bill (1 Viewer)

[Taker597]

He didn't want to live in NOLA full or part time anymore. It's really that simple.

 

[JvilleJoe]

Look, I will always have affection for Coach Payton as he brought New Orleans a SuperBowl Trophy. That is not a small thing!
Today, however, he is my rear view mirror and the only thing I am following is what the Broncos record will be in ‘23! Thus I am pulling for them to give us a high ‘24 2nd round pick!

 

[ItFan]

I for one am glad Payton is no longer coaching the Saints. As much success as he brought the franchise, I think it was his ego and arrogance that kept the Saints from winning another championship. Sure there were other factors, but his failure to field competent defenses during the prime of Drew's tenure is inexcusable. We forget that he briefly put his ego aside and gave up part of his salary in 2009 to hire Gregg Williams, and it netted us a Super Bowl victory. After that, he decided only he knew how to build a team, and he fired Rob Ryan after he had put together a very good defense because Ryan didn't do it the way Payton wanted it done.

Maybe he'll luck into drafting a franchise QB and will find success again, but I have my doubts.

Ryan was fired because he had one of the most horrible defensive seasons in history. Don’t make it up.
Judging by the other things you say, you have a bias with Payton and I don’t agree with anything you said

 

[ItFan]

Totally agree on points 1-4.

To most of the commenters: ya’ll act as if we were not light years better than today with Payton. He had a winning season with Winston, Siemian, Hill and Book… and no receivers whatsoever. Come on guys.

 

[webster]

We saw how good Payton was once Brees left the building. SP should never be considered for the HOF. I’m glad he left and we got a draft pick.

 

[St4ever]

I’m only rooting against Payton because I want the 1st pick in the second round of this years draft!

 

[DerrickB]

Hey this could all be happening as perfect timing. DA wins enough to keep his job next year, they give Payton one more year. After next season Denver cuts ties with Payton, we let Allen go and SP takes over again here. I’d be down for that.

I wouldn't

 

[LetsGetWaffles]

He didn't want to live in NOLA full or part time anymore. It's really that simple.

And honestly, who can blame him? It’s fine for us normal folks, but if I had the type of $ he does and wanted to build anything on the entrepreneurial front, I wouldn’t feel safe being here for the most part either.

 

[nolaswede]

We saw how good Payton was once Brees left the building. SP should never be considered for the HOF. I’m glad he left and we got a draft pick.

I’m totally ok that he left, but I guess you could say the same thing about Bill Belichek!

 

[Saint Jack]

 

[webster]

I’m totally ok that he left, but I guess you could say the same thing about Bill Belichek!

Yes Brady made Bill look good. But he did win multi super bowls so he should be considered for HOF.

 

[neworleanshoo]

It's pretty easy to pile on Payton (and he brought much of it on himself), but it's incredibly early. That's all I have to say at this point. I don't wish him ill will whatsoever.. but I do hope the team loses this year so we can get a higher draft pick.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Many think Payton should’ve waited for the Chargers job. But Herbert would’ve put him through the same stress as Denver version of Russell Wilson. Herbert’s a big arm who always falls apart in clutch time. Ineffective or turnover machine when he’s relied upon for a comeback. It’s not mentioned enough because he’s young and puts up good regular season stats for 3 quarters of each game. He’s been that way for almost 4 seasons now.

There was no perfect situation for Payton to continue coaching unless he waited for Andy Reid to retire to become KC’s coach. He took the immediate available opening because he wanted to continue coaching. He’s been an elite HC for years so he knows how to build his team into a winner if he’s given a couple seasons. 5 games of his first season in Denver or even the first season in Denver doesn’t have any indication how good he’ll be there. Microwave society wants instant results in 5 games but he has damaged goods at QB from the previous HC. He’ll be fine when he has his own QB.

I actually think he’s tanking on purpose. Wants Russ gone and his own franchise QB.
He’s an butt crevasse but he’s always been an butt crevasse, I wish him well and will always be thankful for what he brought us.

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

He had a winning season with Winston, Siemian, Hill and Book… and no receivers whatsoever.

Yeah, this gets glossed over lately. That was a great coaching job. Just having a decent kicker we would have been a shoe-in for the playoffs with virtually no receivers.

Payton has spoken up more than he should have, but he can still turn that program around, if they are patient enough with him.

 

[RJ in Lafayette]

I agree that he or his current wife probably did not care for New Orleans. However, given the type of money Payton has and was receiving, he could have lived comfortably anywhere in the metropolitan area. No one was asking him to pick where he wanted to retire.,

If you have the money, would you rather live in the New Orleans area or Green Bay, or Detroit, Cleveland or any number of other NFL cities? He is Denver to be the head coach of an NFL team, which means that for much of the year he has no personal life. If the new Mrs. Payton is living in Denver, she may come to appreciate New Orleans a great deal more in the near future because Denver is not saying kind things about her husband. And unless Sean manages to draft high a quarterback and develop him, his Denver flirtation is going to destroy his reputation as an NFL coach.

And yes, I wish we had opted for Denver's first-round pick in 2024 rather than its 2023 first-round pick. I do like Bresee, but he is not a top 10 pick--and most important he is not a franchise quarterback.