Posted on 01/26/2022 6:56:33 AM PST by Red Badger
Sean Payton has plenty of options for how he will spend next fall, but one will not be coaching the New Orleans Saints.
The longtime head coach announced Tuesday that he is stepping down from his job with the Saints after 16 years at the helm, and while he isn’t ruling out coaching again, he said his plans “are not to be coaching in 2022.”
“I don’t know what’s next and it kind of feels good,” Payton said Tuesday during a heartfelt press conference. “I don’t like the word retirement. … I still have a vision for doing things in football. and I’ll be honest with you, that might be coaching again at some point. I don’t think it’s this year. Maybe in the future, but that’s not where my heart is right now, not at all.”
Payton coached for 15 seasons in New Orleans with a Super Bowl, seven division titles and a 152-89 record. He was hired in 2006 — leading the Saints in their first season back in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city a year earlier — but missed the 2012 season after being suspended for his involvement in Bountygate.
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NFL PING!.........................
Next stop, Dallas.
Jerry’s wanted him for a long time.
He used to be Dallas OC...............
That is the rumor.
So when the Saints go marching in
He doesn’t want to be in that number?
It is not a stunner. 100 hours a week working. Plenty of money and the jobs will still be there a year later. Gruden got a hundred million$ contract waiting it out.
Me-I prefer sex.
Once Brees retired, Payton knew the good times were over in New Orleans.
Cardinals....please
He’ll be a talking head on some Sports network...................
it’s around that time for the washington whatchamacallits to turn and burn another head coach...
Perhaps he can devote more time to ensuring ‘just-us’ in the nfl and helping blm and antifa with their community clean up projects.
It’s not the talent on the sidelines, it’s the talent on the field.
Dan Snyder has tried every trick in the book except hiring a good team............Mike Shanahan, Joe Gibbs 2.0, Steve Spurrier, I’ve lost count. IT AIN’T THE COACH, DAN!.....................
my brother and i are under the impression a curse was placed on the redskins when dan snyder bought the team and sold the naming rights to the stadium changing the name from jack kent cooke stadium (aka the jack) to fed ex field...
Nah, he’s just too cheap to hire good players.
HIM AND JERRY JONES ARE A LOT ALIKE...............
They misspelled “stuner” in the title.
Remember Albert Haynesworth and $100 million to do nothing
Nice work if you can get it!.......................
It’ll be the Admirals.
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