Payton's Stunts

WhoDat205 · 10-05-2007, 11:40 AM

ESPN Page 2 - The Sports Guy: NFL Power Poll

29. New Orleans
A reader from Brooklyn named Eric asks, "Did you watch Peter King's Saints feature on 'Inside the NFL' this week? I feel like I gained incredible insight into the Saints' chances this week against Carolina. To start with, Sean Payton staged a mock funeral for their 2006 year, complete with a priest (not to mention Drew Brees also was symbolically buried -- in a city that still believes in voodoo, is this something you want to do to your quarterback?), and King tells us later that for this week's practice, Payton brought out a wagon and filled it with empty chairs. The message was meant to be that no one is on the Saints bandwagon anymore. Something about these blatant symbolic motivational techniques unnerved me. And then I realized the problem: Sean Payton is a sorority girl trapped in a coach's body. I might have lost enough confidence to even take David Carr on the road."

(Eric, I wouldn't go THAT far, but I agree with your Payton analogy -- he's one more blowout loss away from inviting his players over for a slumber party and making each of them mix tapes. Maybe he needs to embrace Doc Rivers' philosophy of ubuntu.)

This isn't a power rankings post, so don't blast me yet (euph). This is another example of theatrics from Payton. I've been very leary of blasting the coach thus far, I coach youth football so I have some - allbeit minute - inkling as to what these guys go thru. However, this bandwagon thing and the funeral are a little much. I appreciate the sentiment; coach is trying to show these guys that they can only count on themselves, but in the words of GOB Bluth, "come on!" These are grown-ass men. They don't need a dog and pony show to get their attention. Get in these guys faces, coach. Start benching guys (I'm looking at you Simoneau, Shanle, Nesbit, Faine, Stinch, Bellamy, David, Harper, Smith, Grant, Thomas, Brees, Bush, etc...) even if the backups suck. Send a message, don't put on a play.

I appologize for the rant, but Payton needs to quit this Mickey Mouse crap of running three reverses a game, going deep on FOURTH AND FRAKING ONE and start playing some real f'n football. This is not Madden 08. You're toying with my emotions here. Sorry, I'm done.

10-05-2007, 11:40 AM	#1
WhoDat205 Prediction Pain Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,082 Blog Entries: 2	Payton's Stunts ESPN Page 2 - The Sports Guy: NFL Power Poll 29. New Orleans A reader from Brooklyn named Eric asks, "Did you watch Peter King's Saints feature on 'Inside the NFL' this week? I feel like I gained incredible insight into the Saints' chances this week against Carolina. To start with, Sean Payton staged a mock funeral for their 2006 year, complete with a priest (not to mention Drew Brees also was symbolically buried -- in a city that still believes in voodoo, is this something you want to do to your quarterback?), and King tells us later that for this week's practice, Payton brought out a wagon and filled it with empty chairs. The message was meant to be that no one is on the Saints bandwagon anymore. Something about these blatant symbolic motivational techniques unnerved me. And then I realized the problem: Sean Payton is a sorority girl trapped in a coach's body. I might have lost enough confidence to even take David Carr on the road." (Eric, I wouldn't go THAT far, but I agree with your Payton analogy -- he's one more blowout loss away from inviting his players over for a slumber party and making each of them mix tapes. Maybe he needs to embrace Doc Rivers' philosophy of ubuntu.) This isn't a power rankings post, so don't blast me yet (euph). This is another example of theatrics from Payton. I've been very leary of blasting the coach thus far, I coach youth football so I have some - allbeit minute - inkling as to what these guys go thru. However, this bandwagon thing and the funeral are a little much. I appreciate the sentiment; coach is trying to show these guys that they can only count on themselves, but in the words of GOB Bluth, "come on!" These are grown-ass men. They don't need a dog and pony show to get their attention. Get in these guys faces, coach. Start benching guys (I'm looking at you Simoneau, Shanle, Nesbit, Faine, Stinch, Bellamy, David, Harper, Smith, Grant, Thomas, Brees, Bush, etc...) even if the backups suck. Send a message, don't put on a play. I appologize for the rant, but Payton needs to quit this Mickey Mouse crap of running three reverses a game, going deep on FOURTH AND FRAKING ONE and start playing some real f'n football. This is not Madden 08. You're toying with my emotions here. Sorry, I'm done.
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