NFL: Bye Bye Payton Saints lose coach and picks

[AsylumGuido]

(03-21-2012 02:50 PM)Beef Wrote:  I still can't believe someone would think losing their HC, AHC, and GM won't effect their season negatively.

A ship has a Captain for a reason. If the 1st lieutenant and/or chief petty officer could do the same job as the Captain and bring all the expertise, leadership, and value of that individual to the ship, then the position of Captain wouldn't even exist.

The Captain is the glue. The figure of guidance that the subordinates depend on for organization, cohesion, and reverence. He is supposed to have superior knowledge and solutions than everyone underneath him and that's why people follow what he says and embed his values into their beliefs and motivation.

If the Saints were a losing organization and nobody liked or respected Payton and they were happy to start fighting for a new HC, then that's a different story. But those players depended on Payton like the Captain I described above and everyone knows it. Losing him is going to be like a dagger in the heart of virtually every Saints player. And that, along with the circus that's going to surround this whole thing, is going to take it's toll.

Sure there will be a negative impact. I just don't think it will be anywhere approaching disastrous. If Payton hadn't had all the piece together for several years it may have been more of an issue.

As for a circus, I will guarantee you this story will be history inside of two weeks. By the time training camp rolls around it will be a total non-issue.

And yes, the players all love Payton. But, they aren't a bunch of candy-assed pansies that will cower in a corner. I fully expect them to rally around this and play their asses of this year.