Has Payton earned himself some boos when he returns to the dome?

Absolutely

I can see him backing out a deal Saints make if the other team gives up too much by his standards….

I don't think so. I mean, this guy came here in 2006 and brought Brees in, BUT had little else to work with.

He turned this franchise around after years and years of despair. He stayed after 3 7-9 seasons WITH Brees.

I mean we had 37 wins from 2009 to 2011 under him. Prior to his arrival, it took almost 5 seasons to reach that may wins. (2001-2005). Hell, it took 10 seasons from the start of the Saints' franchise to get 36 wins.

He was probably burnt out as well. Imagine feeling the way fans did (but as a coach x1000) after the Minn. miracle, the loss to SF, the loss to Minn @ home, the no-call Rams game, the Beast-quake Seattle loss, and losing to Tampa after beating them easily in the reg. season.

16 years as a head coach, and as much success as we had under him, I wouldn't boo him.

I’ll boo the frick out of him because I’m petty as shite.

Appreciate all he did, but yes boo him. And if he goes to Carolina throw beer and chili dogs at him. That’s almost as bad as going to Atlanta.

There are a few reasons im booing him. One, it feels like every few months we find out a new team he was flirting with. He apparently spent years trying to quit on this team. Even when Brees was still an all pro.

Second, he built the team that he quit on. He wasn't some placeholder coach that just showed up to work to coach the guys that the front office gave him.

He controlled all aspects of the franchise. Signings, trades, drafts, training camp locations, all the way down to designing the new helmets.

So it makes it even worse that he'd quit when things got rough, when he built it.

Shows how smart Saints fans are. First they thought Jameis Winston could be a franchise QB. Now they are talking about booing the guy who brought a horrible franchise a superbowl.

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Do we boo Skylene?

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I'm sure that when he needs his balls he has to retrieve them from Skylene"s purse.

Should have finished out his contract, not quit like a man with boobs.

he failed to draft a replacement for Brees.

Yeah, he wanted Mahommes but just not bad enough obviously.

Grateful for what he did but he had flaws too believe it or not. The way he gets promoted on TV now is good for us compensation wise, but he's gone, and he isn't coming back.