FWIW, Payton staying in NO

[saints4lifeagain]

13 minutes ago, X-Clown on 1 said:

To clarify, he has a "change of control" clause.  Meaning that is Tom Benson no longer owns/controls the team, Payton can leave.

Well a change in ownership hasn't happened, so he was never looking to leave without compensation, which still makes your first post erroneous.

Im not going to act like I sat in on the meetings the last three days, but Payton said today what he's been saying about his job all year. NOLA is home and he doesn't see himself coaching anywhere else. Media reports aside, he's never said anything different. 

[Bartin]

26 minutes ago, Montsta said:

Plus didn't Zod point out that cap-wise they wouldn't be able to afford the contract of whomever they got for Payton in a trade anyway?

That's as it currently stands with a low projected cap number. A couple restructures or a Brees extension would get them under without too much trouble. Their cap is still a disaster but they can get draft picks under it without much trouble.

[SCP]

Hey Saints training staff, hide yo Vicodin. Sean is returning.

[jamos14]

He's keeping Dennis Allen as DC.  Good.  Let them continue to lead the NFL in passing yards and points scored against.

 

 

[Mother Grabber]

the real question is, what are they going to do with the $30M man?

[Mr. Scot]

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 35m35 minutes ago

Interesting Sean Payton was open enough to reference GM Mickey Loomis researching compensation for a potential "coach trade." It got real.

[jamos14]

1 minute ago, Mother Grabber said:

the real question is, what are they going to do with the $30M man?

He will play for another 2 years.  He will still be good next year but his age will hit him fast.  Saints will fall back into irrelevance.

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

Call me skeptical, but as I recall Payton has only one more year on his coaching contract.

If it's truly "we don't want anyone else" and "I can't see myself coaching any other team" and all, shouldn't there have been some talk about a contract extension?

[Bartin]

2 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

the real question is, what are they going to do with the $30M man?

The pretty much have to extend him to lower his cap number at this point.

[Mother Grabber]

Just now, jamos14 said:

He will play for another 2 years.  He will still be good next year but his age will hit him fast.  Saints will fall back into irrelevance.

 

 

20% of their cap in one (soon to be) 37yo player. lol at the Taints.

[saints4lifeagain]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Call me skeptical, but as I recall Payton has only one more year on his coaching contract.

If it's truly "we don't want anyone else" and "I can't see myself coaching any other team" and all, shouldn't there have been some talk about a contract extension?

He's got 2 years remaining.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, saints4lifeagain said:

He's got 2 years remaining.

Question still applies, though.

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

20% of their cap in one (soon to be) 37yo player. lol at the Taints.

See, this is why you don't sell out and throw everything into a single season Super Bowl run.

If it doesn't pan out, you screwed yourself for nothing.

[saints4lifeagain]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Question still applies, though.

I was just letting you know it was 2. I don't think an extension makes sense for either party at this time. The team is coming off of two straight sub .500 years. That doesn't breed a lot of faith for ownership to extend a guy they own the rights to longer than those two years and it doesn't offer him the ability to maximize his profit.