It appears to this writer that Saints head coach Sean Payton challenges more officials calls than any other head coach in the league and also has more arguments with the officials That is my observation watching NFL teams on television. It was arrogance on the part of Payton that allowed bounty gate to take place and that arrogance is still a part of his coaching and was recently displayed during last Thursday nights game with the Atlanta Falcons.
Payton not only contributed to the Saints loss by drawing a penalty from the officials which gave Atlanta a first down and not enough time left on the cock for the Saints to have another play. His play calling of a pass with little time left and Brees interception this writer believes comes from Payton's arrogance. The Saints have come from behind in past games to win as they did against Washington a few weeks ago and during their 8 game winning streak. But many of those teams the Saints beat were not very good teams (although you would never know that if you follow the reports by New Orleans sports writers) So Mr. arrogance though the game was a given win and he called the fatal pass play that was intercepted by Atlanta.
When questioned about the called play Payton responded the Saints came to Atlanta to win. REALLY??? They actually had a better chance to win in overtime which Payton passed up. This writer does not look for Payton to change his arrogant attitude. If bounty gate could not change him and four losing seasons in the last five years and he can still draw a big pay check does arrogance really matter? Evidently the saints management does not care.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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