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NFL front office with attorney's voided the original because it was contingent on Mickey Loomis staying as GM, otherwise Payton could break the contract if loomis left or was fired.

All this contract has to do is not include stupid language like that.

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It seemed quite some suspicious language in the original contract.

Its like......why the hell is this in the contract in the first place?

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HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!

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When does training camp open !

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The Greatness is back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its doesnt take a coach to be a winner, it takes Sean Payton.



prepared to be owned for 5 years Aintlanta ;)

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Suck that Jerry Jones ..... WHO DAT

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Halleluja!!!!

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Pat Y sticks his foot yet again in his mouth...
Payton faces challenge in return to Saints - NFC South Blog - ESPN

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2013 is starting off real gooooood :itsgood: in Saintsville.:bng:
For 2013, fine, this case is settled.
No more rumors, back and forth reports of rumors, unamed sources and all of the commentators talking about this and making comments.

This case is closed!
Schedule 2013 is up.
Mighty Alrighty :-)
Moving along.
Next loose end to tie up....

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The headline should be "surprise mother f*#kers"

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Sweet Payton will be back, there are scores to settle in 2013! In your face Goodell!

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I didn't see it coming but god damn am I thrilled. This speaks volumes about our team and city. He could have gone anywhere he wanted and made a blank check but chose to stay here and continue the winning tradition. Awesome.

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Championship!

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How long have the faithful been saying the deal would get done? God I hate sports media!!

It was not odd, Bilichick had it in one kf his.

Didn't see it coming? I only started 1/2 a dozen threads explaining why he wasn't leaving LOL!

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Payton's already turned this franchise into a winning program. That took him one season. Superbowl? That took him a whole three years. What makes you think the Saints would't be playoff contenders next year? All he'll need to do is tweak a few positions and you've got the NFL's top ranked offense (again) and a top 15 defense and - BAM - just like that Atlanta is crying for another 5 years!

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You were just waiting for the opportune moment, weren't you? :lol:. Good form!

WooHoo! The HMFIC is back! :party:

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It's also a diss at the job done post Katrina. I guess Pat Y forgot.

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About damn time.

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I can easily see why. If you have a guy that you have a great relationship to and work well with a clause ike that would kinda add pressure on management to keep that guy, or fire you both, a double edged sword.

I have no problem on the other hand seeing why the NFL specifically the owners wouldn't approve on this. They wanna be the ones deciding who to keep and who to let go on the management level of the teams.

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I saw this exact comment below that article on espn... It was YOU! :D

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I was wrong, :dunce: I happily eat crow!
Mmmmmm Cajun Crow!! My favorite!! It's Black and Gold of course!! :)

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From Peter Kings twitter:

"Confident of Payton tells me, "When he goes back, he's going to coach the team like it's his first year." Fresh new sheriff in town."

To me that sounds exciting, I believe that would mean loads of passion, enthusiasm and a house cleaning. Killing your darlings...

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Meanwhile back in Atlanta, Mike Smith begins to sweat again!!!!! :cry2:

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Indeed... You ever notice how the expression on Mike Smith's face looks like he has diarrhea? Every time they show him on the sidelines. Perpetual diarrhea.

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I like the sound of that

Sounds to me like it will add more focus, make them play with more passion and clean up all the mistakes we made this year

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http://www.shtfplan.com/wp-content/u...6/whoopass.jpg

Yes, its time to open one...

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More words from the national media, more specifically Pete Prisco:

Payton returning to Saints, but is he a changed man?

I thought all along Sean Payton would never leave the New Orleans Saints.

That team is his baby.

And he has work to do to fix it. Payton is a competitor, a feisty one at that. He loves a challenge. And now he's facing one in trying to show the Saints can get back to their winning ways since he has reportedly agreed in principle to stay on as head coach.

A loophole in his contract gave him a chance to move on to another team, but he's staying in the Big Easy. There was talk he might go to the Cowboys, but the Cowboys aren't expected to make a change. I never thought he'd go, anyway.

Payton can now show people just how valuable he is to the team. If the Saints win, it's all about him since he missed the 2012 season serving a suspension for his alleged role in the Bountygate scandal and the team has floundered.

http://sports.cbsimg.net/u/photos/fo...mg21465071.jpg
Oh, and he also has Drew Brees. How many places can he go where the quarterback is that good?

Payton's year away will probably be good for him. He needed to be taken down a notch. The arrogance factor grew when he won the Super Bowl. Opposing coaches and front-office executives all noticed the change in him. So did many in the media.

I did, too.

I have always been a Sean Payton backer on the football field. There is no better play-caller in the game. His arrogance shows on the football field, but that's where it's needed. He isn't afraid to take chances.

To me, he's innovative, creative, can adjust on the fly and isn't afraid if something fails. That's what makes him a great coach.

But that game-day arrogance is also what led to his suspension. You have to abide by the rules. Nobody is bigger than the game. And when the arrogance carries over away from the field, that's a problem. And trouble comes with it. You think you are invincible, and as the Saints found out, nobody is bigger than the NFL shield.

Payton is a smart guy. I'll bet he's also a changed man. Spending time away from the madness of the NFL probably ate at him in a big way, especially seeing his team stink it up, but it was probably also humbling. I hope it was.

The NFL isn't the same without Payton. He brings a swagger to the game, which I love. He brings offensive wizardry to the sideline, which I admire.

Not having Payton in New Orleans just wouldn't have seemed right. He is the puppeteer that makes Brees go. He is the checks and balances to the greatness that is Brees.

I joked this season that Brees was the interim coach of the Saints. Watching practice in the preseason, it sure looked that way. Who would tell him no? Aaron Kromer? Joe Vitt? Not a chance.

But Payton can and will.

I always thought Payton's ego would keep him on the sideline in New Orleans. That hunch, coupled with a fat, new contract to help make it possible, has now played out.

Here's hoping the Sean Payton who once seemed humble to even be calling plays as a coordinator a half-decade ago will be back running the team.

I'm all for having a swagger, but you can't be dumb about the way you use it.

Payton let his get the best of him, but he's back now and can show that madness is all behind him.

Payton returning to Saints, but is he a changed man? - CBSSports.com

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I am ECSTATIC about this. I had no doubts but I did have fears that Jerry Jones might just woo him over to the Dark Side but this is a very, very happy day for me.

So let's do the math for the 2013 season: a lot of defensive people walk for cap space reasons allowing a newer, better scheme to be built ground-up by Spags. At the same time, Payton and Brees come back with all their weapons and a ton of "chip on their shoulder" pushing them to destroy everyone in their path a la Patriots 2007 post Spygate. Oh, I can't wait. Ready for more 62-3 games? I sure as hell am! How cool would it be if they pull off an 18-0 season going into next year's SB? Can't wait.

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Nice to get off an extra long, make you miserable shift at work to such great news!

I never really doubted that he was going to come back, but am glad it is all final now. He's back. Fear the Reaper biatches!

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All along it seemed odd to me, that apparently nobody from the NFL said boo about this terrible contract problem, for almost a year, then all of a sudden there was this HUGE problem with it and the contract was "voided," and "Payton could be going to Dallas" suddenly became a big media story... and all of this broke immediately AFTER the Cowboys lost to the Giants at home in October and were 3-4, the hometown fans actually booed Garrett and the Cowboys in Jerry's new stadium, and Jason Garrett was on the hot seat over his playcalling decisions down the stretch in that game...from the very start the timing on this was really weird if you put those two media stories together.

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So Payton was free to negotiate as long as it wasn't with the person who's job it is to negotiate contracts. Thank Roger, way to level the field.

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he has only has 16 weeks to write a new offense. and drink.

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Glad to have Sean back. This isn't a surprise to me. Over the last few weeks I've had friends ask if I was nervous about him coming back and I told them no. We stood by him from the beginning and I always felt he wanted to come back. The whole Dallas thing was a media driven story that I never felt had any truth to. Looking forward to 2013.

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He can now figure out how to stop brees from throwing ridiculous interceptions.

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LOL! Xan you are relentless!

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I am sure if Drew were paid a lot less his interceptions would be of the standard type. Non ridiculous in appearance.

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All I have to say is "I told you so."