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This was one of the worst play calls for Payton but we need to remember who the Saints where before Payton came. There is not a coach alive I would trade him for and damn sure would be a death sentence for us to fire him. We will win our division and make the playoffs but it doesnt matter without home field advantage. We will lose in the first round.

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This was so obviously retarded to everyone I figured I needn't pile on. Then I remembered what I said right after the play. "Les Miles should've been coaching." Admittedly, the first time I ever said that when watching the Saints. We need Les to coach the Saints and implement his two TE I formation O with the Saints and LSU needs Payton to coach and open up LSUs O. Lets swap em this week and see what happens. Things couldn't get worse huh?

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I'm awfully glad I believe the Pelicans have a roster that could vie for a title. Wait. I said that about the Tigers and Saints already this year.(I think this Every year for the Saints, most years for LSU.) Which one of these in yalls opinion has the best chance to win it all? I'm discouraged-yes. But still believe.

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Originally Posted by Barry from MS (Post 615118)

Design of a special teams play comes from the special teams coordinator, Greg McMahon. You think that Payton designs plays for the special teams when he does all the offensive play designs and calls? What would be the point of having a special teams coordinator then?

Greg McMahon the Gigantic Idiot would have recommended that play to Payton for that situation, and Payton signed off on that idiocy to use in that situation. Both need the blame for that one...Greg the Moron for design plus recommended that stupidity & Sean Payton for approving it to use.

This play ranks up there with AB's backwards pass in Jacksonville, but that was on AB. He turned that play into pure idiocy...last night's idiocy was the incompetence of Greg the Moron and the lack of judgement by Sean Payton.

It's an offensive play. I thought I was pretty clear in explaining my point. If you're going to run a play that is designed to pick up yards on a 4th down (far different from running back a punt or kick), then who is going to design that play? You have you're special teams guys in there, but that is a not a situation you leave up to your ST Coordinator to come up with. That's my opinion. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe you're wrong.

But as I said, it doesn't really matter who came up with the idea, because the head coach obviously signed off on it. And we can all agree that it was mind blowingly stupid.

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Fake punt was stupid, execution was stupid. Only people who thought it was a good idea was coaching staff. Zero element of surprise. Let's see, Brees trying to get 9 yds or Moorestead? Maybe Sean still has a little taste of the on side kick in his mouth, but let's see…..On side kick SB--No one on planet earth new it was coming and was executed to perfection, fake punt----everyone on planet earth new it was coming, and looked like a playground play. Ugly indeed.

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That was the most embarrassing thing I've seen from the Saints in years. We really looked stupid.

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Originally Posted by ClintSaints (Post 615214)

That was the most embarrassing thing I've seen from the Saints in years. We really looked stupid.

People on the streets of New Orleans would have been able to hear the laughter of the Cowboys fans in Dallas when that play was attempted!!!

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I'm just thankful that the Patriots loss is kind of grabbing away the sports headlines today. I'd hate to see that fake punt go viral and get played over and over as a ridiculous "Come on, man!" type moment.

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Originally Posted by burningmetal (Post 615146)

Agreed. This play should never see the light of day ever again. And we can agree to disagree on whether it's an offensive play-call or a special teams play-call. As a weather man and a married man, I don't get too wound up about being right or wrong. My rationale for it being a special teams play-call was simply this (and I can surely be wrong, but it is my opinion):

The play was with special teams personnel in a special teams formation against the opposing special teams personnel in a special teams situation.

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time to get back to the drawing board.