Re: It’s unfortunate and sad...
 

I love Sean Payton but he and Loomis held on to some subpar coaches for far too long before Allen even returned to New Orleans.
Ironically, in my opinion, the Saints offensively-minded Head Coach is the reason that the defense has struggled all these years.

I'm sure most of us have a disdain for Gregg Williams but Payton was very hands-off when Williams was the Defensive Coordinator and we all got to see the Saints win a Superbowl. Maybe Sean should mind his meat and stick to offense.

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Everything has to work like clock work just for us to have a decent defense. If we're missing one player or god forbid two players then we have a deep hole to dig out of. Remember all those lousy defenses Drew gave a Herculean effort to win and we kept missing out on the Lombardi? That still upsets me for Drew because I'm sure he doesn't fret over it as much as I do.

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When Sean took his thumb print off the defenses we played better. I guess that he thought if he could beat a great defense then he could build one and that cost us dearly. It was great that Ireland seemed to get control of that situation and give the DC what they needed not what Sean wanted.

I love him but he needs to stay out of the defensive meetings and let the scouts and Ireland do the drafting. It's worked pretty well lately for both sides of the ball.

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Re: It’s unfortunate and sad...
 

No chit.

Too bad Sean Payton's ego can't co exist with another proven Heavyweight coach but it appears Dennis the Menace is about all you are going to get @ DC. Holding on to below avg coaches - >Vitt, McHahon, Johnson held this defense back for years .. all while Brees was balling.

I will say, I'm glad Kris Richard is now on board. We need different ideas, strategies, dawgs on the back end.

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The past is the past. Time to look forward. A hard concept for some. :D