Grading Payton
 

After 4 years SP has taken us to the championship game and now won a superbowl. He does call some curious plays but they are gambles which a coach needs to do sometimes. What grade does he deserve from the average fan like all of us?

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Its kind of hard not to give payton an A, seen as he delivered the first superbowl and means so much to the franchise. I think 2007 and 2008 seasons, everone realizes they were mistakes on all fronts, from front office, to free agent signings to even when we couldnt stop anyone defensively.
However what he did to correct those mistakes this year proved pivotal, with him as our O coordinator aswell as the head coach, Our offense has been number 1 the past 3 out of 4 years. He is a genious, it did not take a genious to realize we needed some help on D. But he did not stop at a few signings, he went full out with greg williams and pulled out all the stops.

I'm so happy with this year and how we are looking ive gotta give him an A

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I give him an A+. I'v very happy with the direction this team has gone since he came aboard. Thank you Coach!

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A+ there is no one better !!!

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A+ Bottom line, what else do you want from him?
I questioned the play calling along with everyone else, but the guy just won the Super Bowl

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I believe he deserves a solid A grade. I admire his ability to take risks and think he does an excellent job managing this team.

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Started out great, then had a couple crappy seasons, then finished big. I admire the fact that he understands and learned from mistakes of the past. Payton is simply the best, A plus for now. Of course, none of this would be possible without Mickey Loomis, a guy who was nothing more than a "bean counter" into one of the most prolific GM's in the game.

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The Saints get their first Superbowl win in their history. Payton gets an A+. So does Loomis. So does Brees.So does G Williams. So does Vilma. So does P.Thomas. So does Colston. So does Sharper. ........

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Bressfan27 your Avatar is to funny.

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How can it be anything else but A+. Sean Payton took a rag tag bunch of players, many of them rejects from all around the league, brought them all together, and did what none of us thought we would ever see in our lifetimes. He took his team to Miami and won Superbowl XLIV! What else does he have to prove?

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99 right now. I am interested to see what he (& Loomis) does this off season & how they handle certain aspects of the draft, UFA & RFA.

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Sorry guys and gals but I only gave him a B and it's because he's also had a couple of really Mediocre seasons. I know he's made alot of first for us but I think he has to follow up the Superbowl win with at least another appearance in the NFC Championship Game. I mean 3 NFC Championship games in 5 years who woulda thunk it! Then I'll give him the A+ but he's a great coach and has another 30 years in him to do it for us. Can everyone imagine the Saint Legacy after the next 30 or 40 years with Payton at the helm. Damn, just damn!

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Why isn't there an F on this. I want to grade him an F for making a stupid call in the SB. YOu don't call an onside kick to start a half, LMAO.

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He led the Saints to a Super Bowl victory! Enough said!

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Normally Superbowl means you're exempted from your freshmen seminars; but Brian Billick, an "offensive genius" won a Superbowl with a great defense and he's not what I'd consider an "A" coach...

What makes Payton great was that he did it on his known strengths, changing the "culture" upon his arrival, and the statement he made with the move to get Williams as DC...

And he looks like he's addict when it comes to winning Superbowl trophies...

I'm down with that...

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@ breesfan27's avatar: "You're not fully clean unless you're ZEST-FULLY CLEAN!!"

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That call was risky and it could have gone either way. Saints won Super Bowl "Xtra Large 4", bottom line.

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B+ ALSO CHER. Way to many lucky bounces through out the season for an A. He is not done. Lets see him load up even more now that the core is intact. youth movement is just getting started.

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I give you an F-.

You are no longer a Saints fan. You've been banned for a year.
Have fun pulling for the Dirty Birds.


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I'd give him an A just for the fact that he evaluates and impoves his coaching just as much as he does with the team. He's getting better and the team with him.

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The New Orleans Saints won the Superbowl. :eek: A++++++ for the coach who can accomplish such a miraculous feat!

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To me there is only one grade that can be given to this head coach, that is an A+, the man is a genius...enough said...:bng:

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I think A+ means there is no room for improvement, therefor I chose A. Would like to think that there is always room for improvement...

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A+ when we repeat.

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EXACTLY thats why i put A+ and A on the poll

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Difficult to improve on winning the Superbowl. Maybe we should have run up the score? :D


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A+............no doubt about it.:doh:

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My thoughts exactly! :D

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he got all the candy baby A+

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i give him a T

for

THUPER

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I have got to agree with Uncle Hulka.

They man delivered us our first SuperBowl. No way does he get anything other than a A+.

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Gave him a "B" which is a very good grade. I agree with a lot of people who feel we depended on the "lucky bounce" way too often. We haven't had the lucky bounce in the two most recent years and we were a .500 team.

Just the same, we won the big dance - so he has a "B" minimum forever.

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"Luck is when opportunity meets with preparation..."
from: Little Man - by Tom Waits

I totally disagree with you FrenzyFan. We stomped the **** out of every team we played up until the Washington game. We got behind in some of them, way behind in one (Miami), but we made adjustments and overcame our predicament. I don't call that luck. I call that good preperation. When Washington missed the field goal that sent us to overtime, When the Vikes got the penalty then threw the interception that sent us into overtime, That was not luck, their players couldn't handle the pressure and buckled. True, we could have lost both of those games with both of those, but we didn't because their team was not as prepared as we were to handle that kind of pressure. When Tracy Porter intercepted Peyton Manning in the Superbowl, that was not luck. That man spent days watching the tapes and recognized the play, took control and intercepted the pass, ran it back for a touchdown, sealing our victory. I didn't see any luck in our play this year. This team was prepared more than the rest, and came out and did what had to be done. And now we are the Defending Superbowl Champions!


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I don't think Sean Payton would give himself an A+ and that is what I love about him. He and the team always talk about how they can be better rather than look what we did. I love the mentality that he brings to this team and I wish the fans would embrace it as well.

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Well, I'm giving an A+. I will let the coach, and the players grade themselves as critically as they want. As a fan, I will give the coach the highest praise. He just gave me something, that I never thought i would see in my lifetime. A superbowl win.

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He shows up three-four years ago, changes the culture of forty plus years of the same-ole-saints, wins a Superbowl, and we're grading him?!?

Has he been perfect? F-know...

But I geaux to war with 'em...

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I was born and raised in New Orleans, have been a Saints fan since the beginning and lived through all of the lean years. Let me remind you until this past season Payton's record was the same as Hasbeen's in his first four years and you have to admit we did have the ball bounce our way several times so I just don't think he deserves the A yet plain and simple. Let me remind you that Saints fans are a rare breed and certainly deserve their own opinion and aren't afraid to give it. You can't take that away from any Saints fan big boy. I'm out!

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dont get cher mad or he'll do something ugly to you

like lose to you in fantasy football or something like that.....hes crazy.....he'll pull ur hair and force feed you beer.....but not good beer.....natties or busch or something terrible like that

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Damn that's some funny ****e Legend. Where's my PBR? roflmao