N/S Zack Baun: Top Graded LB / DPOY cand. [Why Baun Isn’t Still a Saint Thread] (21 Viewers)

[Saint KayBee]

He left a year before Payton and had multiple interviews from previous teams prior to be hired by Detroit. He should have been groomed over DA who had already failed as a coach/decision maker with the Raiders.

Dan Campbell left when he was ready to. None of the rest of the speculating about him matters. He was gone before he could have taken this job. It’s not great but that’s the business sometimes. A lot had been made about Jerry Jones wanting to pry Sean Payton away from the Saints any time he had 2, 1, or 0 years left on a contract. Never happened. Just gotta hope the front office gets this next one right.

 

[Saint KayBee]

Stupid to ever let him walk. Did I think he'd turn into this? No, and most people probably didn't. But even as a rotational pass rusher, he was flashing here and worth a near league-minimum deal.

For a team that desperately needed pass rushers, how did it make sense to not re-sign him? Never mind that he has turned into a great full-time LB.

He wanted to leave so he could get more playing time. He took less money for more time on the field.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

Die...please

 

[El Caliente]

Someone needs to be fired.

 

[Rouxble]

Stupid to ever let him walk. Did I think he'd turn into this? No, and most people probably didn't. But even as a rotational pass rusher, he was flashing here and worth a near league-minimum deal.

For a team that desperately needed pass rushers, how did it make sense to not re-sign him? Never mind that he has turned into a great full-time LB.

We could have loaded an offer up with playing time and performance incentives, I think he would have accepted.

We have a bad habit of letting pass rush talent walk out the door, it’s no wonder why we have one of the worst pass rush units in the league.

 

[SaintJ]

Of the five finalists, for DPOY, two are Baun and Trey Hendrickson, guys the Saints drafted and then let get out of the building for nothing.

Criminal incompetence.

 

[Domeination]

We could have loaded an offer up with playing time and performance incentives, I think he would have accepted.

We have a bad habit of letting pass rush talent walk out the door, it’s no wonder why we have one of the worst pass rush units in the league.

Indeed, the defaults of “no cap space” or “no way to get him on the field” ring hollow when we lose good players. If a team wants to keep a player, there is almost always a way to accomplish that. The fact is in too many cases over the last few years (even dating back to Payton), we resigned the wrong guys or kept playing declining players and let younger, more able players walk out the door. This ultimately falls on Loomis.

 

[3ParStillDriver]

Only a coach as bad as Dennis Allen could land a Zach Baun or Trey Hendrickson and let them easily leave. The level of incompetence that takes is profound.

 

[St. Geezy]

Someone needs to be fired.

He already was.

 

[Snakehead]

If Allen gets hired in Chicago, we should watch who he lets get away. There's a good chance the guy can play.

 

[Silverfox]

We could have loaded an offer up with playing time and performance incentives, I think he would have accepted.

We have a bad habit of letting pass rush talent walk out the door, it’s no wonder why we have one of the worst pass rush units in the league.

It pisses me off this FO prioritize these large meathead slow pass rushers over slender speed guys. I hate it

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Miss those two.

 

[OzzieSaint]

Indeed, the defaults of “no cap space” or “no way to get him on the field” ring hollow when we lose good players. If a team wants to keep a player, there is almost always a way to accomplish that. The fact is in too many cases over the last few years (even dating back to Payton), we resigned the wrong guys or kept playing declining players and let younger, more able players walk out the door. This ultimately falls on Loomis.

Just to make it worse, Zach Baun signed a 1 year 3.5 mill contract with the Eagles, and we signed Willie Gay to a 1 year 3 million contract after he left...

 

[NatureBoy]

He's not a Saint for the same justified or unjustified reasons Trey Hendrickson isn't a Saint. The result of salary cap mamagement/mismangement, loyalty to old players (to a falut), poor personnal evaluation and stupidity are among the possible reasons.