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JabarkusRussell
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| Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:39 pm)
How did you like the hire at the time? I didn't know much about him but liked that he was a Parcells guy and coached in the Super Bowl. Definitely thought it was a move in the right direction.
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Fox Mulder 
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:40 pm to JabarkusRussell)
I knew 100% what he was
Looked at his résumé and when I heard Parcells complaining about jap plays, I knew he was an offensive genius being held back.
Collins had his best years under Payton
Bledsoe revived his career
Quincy fricking carter looked like an average NFL QB.
I waited for weeks to hear the announcement we hired Payton.
This post was edited on 1/29 at 7:43 pm
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geauxtigers87 
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:41 pm to JabarkusRussell)
Happy it wasn't mike martz
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purplepylon 
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:47 pm to JabarkusRussell)
My initial reaction was that he wasn't a big name, so I was a little disappointed. Honestly, I knew very little about him until his name kept getting mentioned prior to hire.
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kclsufan
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:49 pm to JabarkusRussell)
quote:
Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:39 p.m.)
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Peazey
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:50 pm to JabarkusRussell)
I had no idea what we had, but I quickly realized something special was going on that first season.
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rantfan
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:53 pm to JabarkusRussell)
When he got hired i didnt know of him at first. But then iseen a clip when he was coaching at Dallas. Parcells told him we need a touchdown pass then Payton says " thats why im calling the fricking play" after seeing i knew we atleast had a coach that will light a fire under the players asses. 
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saintsfan92612
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 7:53 pm to JabarkusRussell)
i was on the anyone but McCarthy bandwagon. I cannot believe he actually won a super bowl.
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JabarkusRussell
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:05 pm to rantfan)
Have a link of the video? I remember seeing a clip where Parcells tore Payton a new one. 
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Kafka
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:06 pm to JabarkusRussell)
I wanted Saban
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:07 pm to JabarkusRussell)
was just hoping we weren't drafting leinart or VY
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WicKed WayZ
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:16 pm to Kafka)
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I wanted Saban
you're gonna get somebody with this, nice bait
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eyeran
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:30 pm to JabarkusRussell)
I was kind of meh on him. I knew him from Parcells, but mainly as the guy that got his play-calling duties snatched from him with the Giants.
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LSUZombie
LSU Fan
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:39 pm to eyeran)
I'll be 100% honest, I wanted Mike Martz and I wanted us to draft Matt Leinart.
No Payton. No Brees.
Flame away 
This post was edited on 1/29 at 8:39 pm
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josh336
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:39 pm to JabarkusRussell)
Kinda meh. I think anyone that says otherwise is lying to themselves
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eyeran
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:42 pm to LSUZombie)
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I'll be 100% honest, I wanted Mike Martz and I wanted us to draft Matt Leinart.
Same here. I was waffling between Leinart and Vince Young though.
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Kafka
New Orleans Saints Fan
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Member since Jul 2007
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:44 pm to LSUZombie)
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I'll be 100% honest, I wanted Mike Martz and I wanted us to draft Matt Leinart.
No Payton. No Brees.
Flame away
Will anyone else admit to being happy the Saints got Reggie Bush?
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geauxtigers87
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:46 pm to Kafka)
I was happy when we drafted him, then again I fell for the hype and thought he was the 2nd coming
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Kafka
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:51 pm to geauxtigers87)
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I was happy when we drafted him, then again I fell for the hype and thought he was the 2nd coming
I never thought that but I thought he could be an explosive weapon
The Saints never fully exploited his potential -- but the way they did use him won us a SB, so I'll settle for that
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Fox Mulder
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| re: Initial Reaction When Payton Was Hired in 06 (Posted on 1/29/13 at 8:53 pm to Kafka)
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The Saints never fully exploited his potential -- but the way they did use him won us a SB, so I'll settle for that
This
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