New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)
By Don Yaeger - Contributor | Forbes
When your team finds the moment slipping away when all of the energy is flowing against you and it feels like the day just isn’t going to be yours, how do you change momentum?
Do you seek the wisdom of a mentor? Follow conventional wisdom? Circle the wagons and declare that you’ll live to fight again another day?
Not if you’re Sean Payton.
If you’re the New Orleans Saints head coach, you listen to your punter.
While plenty of people are writing about the Saints’ come-from-behind victory on Sunday or discussing one of their offensive possessions that ate up almost the entire third quarter, I want to point you to the moment in the second quarter that, without question, reversed the momentum of the game.
The moment that Sean Payton gambled on his punter’s instinct. ...
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