Hey Morons you cannot trade a player for a coach....Quit asking about it.

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I'm sure there would be a roundabout way of doing it if someone really wanted to, but I find the odds of that to be very low.

This board is littered with guys who continue to post LSU should move the Grambling game to week 0 despite being directly told that they don't meet the qualifications for that to happen.

They won't stop posting stupid stuff about Payton until he is coaching elsewhere, if then.

But I appreciate your efforts.

Can you help a brother out? Early in the process, there was a lot posted on here stating that Payton couldn't just wait out his contract and then sign with another team, Saints getting no compensation. It was said that even if he came back in 2-3 years, Saints still owned him for remainder of contract.

Now I see a lot of people posting the opposite. He can wait it out and Saints get nothing.


Would you mind clearing that up as well, as seems like a lot of disinformation gets posted here?

I cant really find it anywhere but from what I understand.

Player contracts cant lapse. For example, if Calvin Johnson were to return he would still be part of the lions. They have to play in order to get to free agency.

Doesnt work that way with staff. Payton can wait his contract out if he wants. But there is very little chance of that happening

Appreciate both responses. I guess there is no known answer at this point.

Can we dump Mike Thomas in the trade for some creative cap relief?

That’s what I was going to say. If Hanagriff has talked about it the past couple of days, I’m going to assume it’s possible to trade for players.