So Sean Payton Will Coach Dallas Soon, Right?
Ed Werder dropped a curious item yesterday: New Orleans coach Sean Payton was relocating his family to Dallas. Payton fell in love with the Westlake area after working as an assistant under Bill Parcells in Dallas, and recently bought a house there. Payton and his wife ultimately plan to retire there.
So Payton will commute to his job in New Orleans – a 90-minute private plane ride – daily. If you’re wondering, he’s got two years left on his contract. Jeff Duncan doesn’t think this will end well: “New Orleans is the most proudly provincial city in America, and there’s no room for fence-sitters in post-Katrina New Orleans. You’re all in or you’re all out.” And it sounds like – unless he keeps a residence in New Orleans and commutes to Dallas on weekends – Payton is out. [NOLA]
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February 8th, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Yeah! If you don’t want to live in NO, don’t coach our team!
/beyond stupid
February 8th, 2011 at 11:55 AM
I think most people have decided they are all out. That kind of attitude will not help get them back.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:56 AM
So he’s taking two private plane rides a day to and from work? I know of college professors who work for schools in other cities and fly between the university and their actual homes every week, and members of Congress often do that as well. But I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone doing this on a daily basis. Especially for a job like NFL coach which requires a lot of long hours.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Tom Benson laughs at this entire notion.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Someone tell this Tom Benson.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:56 AM
it’s a good thing the good people of new orleans have no other problems to deal with and can concentrate on this sort of thing.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:57 AM
This is beyond wasteful and ridiculous.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:57 AM
I’ve been a minute behind all day.
/sign that I should get some work done
February 8th, 2011 at 11:57 AM
/high fives st.bear
February 8th, 2011 at 11:58 AM
holy shit. that’s gotta be ‘spensive.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:58 AM
If Payton goes to New Orleans does that mean Dallas is back? Because I’m pretty sure New Orleans would no longer be back after such a blow. T’would ruin the city
February 8th, 2011 at 11:58 AM
I doubt he actually plans on commuting daily. NFL Head Coaches work 16-18 hour days during the season. By the time he got home he would have to turn right around and hop back on a plane.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:58 AM
I thought I read somewhere he was going to fly home for weekends, not every day. Although if I had the cheddar to do it every day I just might.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:00 PM
“Come home, sleep for 10 minutes, wake up, bask in Lisa love, sleep for another 5 minutes, and head to the office fresh as a daisy.”
February 8th, 2011 at 12:00 PM
He’s moving there because he likes cougars.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:03 PM
you can work and sleep on the plane, right? it’s not like he’s gonna be flying it.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Hernia – I’ve given up chastising all the other noobs that write here for their shitty picture captioning and not having you teach them the ways. I’m just straight up blaming you now.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Pretty sure this is what he is doing. They referenced how Cowher and another coach used to stay in the NFL city during the week, then fly home for a visit Friday night before the game that weekend.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:04 PM
imagine the trouble he could get in if he stayed in New Orleans without his wife
February 8th, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is his personal pilot.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:05 PM
“Come home, sleep for 10 minutes, wake up, bask in Lisa love, sleep for another 5 minutes, and head to the office fresh as a daisy.”
+one of the best damn Kwik-E-Mart employees ever.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:05 PM
shit…he ordered the fish.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:05 PM
i envy people who can sleep on a plane.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:08 PM
for some reason I don’t really see Sean Payton as a guy who trolls Bourbon Street looking for drunk under-age sluts, but I guess I could be wrong.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Airplane seats are just terrible for sleeping. Don’t know how people sleep on flights without pharmaceutical or alcohol assistance.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Those short people all wish they were tall enough to be uncomfortable.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Still upset that I fell asleep on the way to LA during a showing of Charlie St. Cloud which was enjoyably terrible
February 8th, 2011 at 12:10 PM
for some reason I don’t really see Sean Payton as a guy who trolls Bourbon Street looking for drunk under-age sluts
That reason is Hernia. He’s convinced you that it’s cougars Payton is after
February 8th, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is his personal pilot.
As you can see here my name is clearly Roger Murdoch.
/Roger Roger. What’s our a vector Victor? Do we have clearance Clarence?
February 8th, 2011 at 12:12 PM
i envy people who can sleep on a plane.
Agreed. I’m antsy on a plane. Getting better, but I can never really relax enough to sleep.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:13 PM
shit, i can’t stay awake on a plane no matter how hard i try. the minute i sit down…bam, passed out.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:14 PM
fixed* for really long flights
February 8th, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Interesting rationale.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:15 PM
By the way, these light blue links look about 100x better than the bolded blue.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:15 PM
the best i can do is that in between stage, not quite awake, not quite asleep. normally it doens’t bother me, but flying to and from Hawaii with about 40 minutes sleep and a connection both ways is very rough.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:15 PM
shit, i can’t stay awake on a plane no matter how hard i try. the minute i sit down…bam, passed out.
I think what keeps me from falling asleep is the thought of being woken up suddenly by really bad turbulence.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Between 2000 and 2010, NoLa lost 140,845 residents—a 29 percent drop
Hmmm. Something big must have happened in the intervening years. Did a big factory close or something?
February 8th, 2011 at 12:16 PM
What’s weird is that the Paytons are not doing this during the summer (when kids are out of school), but right now. I wonder if this points less to any problems with where they live — an affluent part of the city with private schools, golf courses, etc — and more to a private, personal (i.e. marital) matter.
As for Duncan’s statement, yeah, people here are very, very provincial about the area. It’s what happens when you feel abandoned.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:16 PM
I think it’s the ambient noise of the flying that puts me to sleep. 5 minutes after takeoff, I’m already getting heavy eyelids and nodding off. if I get one of those free drink tickets and get a gin and tonic, I’m knocked out for the entire flight.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:17 PM
@MikeNYC: dont’ forget the follow up sentence:
February 8th, 2011 at 12:17 PM
by the way, southwest is very liberal with the amount of alcohol in their liquor drinks.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
It’s being so upright for me. I can’t fall asleep like that.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Payton loves to carouse, that’s been well documented.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
turbulence is nothing more than a free massage.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:21 PM
apropos of this post
most apropos is ditka being a man of the people who lived in gated communities in chicago and NO. it’s near the end of the story if you are time-crunched
February 8th, 2011 at 12:21 PM
BTW, Dallas just hired Jason Garrett and Jerry Jones is in power. Unless Payton expects that: A)Garrett will suck awfully or B)Jones will die soon, what job is there in Dallas – usher?
February 8th, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Who cares as long as he shows up to work? Hell, it probably takes less time to fly to New Orleans than it does to drive to Arlington in that shitty Dallas traffic.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Not to self: Don’t click on Word downloads
February 8th, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Lakers/Nuggets initiate Melo Talks.
I’d like to think they are going with my suggested trade.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:25 PM
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4exx9hs
I’ll check yours if you check mine, YYSA
February 8th, 2011 at 12:26 PM
i envy people who can sleep on a plane.
this. i want to wake up after the crash, then save all the babies on my way out the plane
February 8th, 2011 at 12:27 PM
That one made me throw up. fuck luke walton.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:28 PM
I am out like a light right up until takeoff. And then as soon as we’re cruising, I can sleep if I feel like it.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:28 PM
turbulence is nothing more than a free massage.
/takes note.
I like your thinking.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:31 PM
I was snoring once on a plane and woke up and everyone was laughing at me.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:31 PM
by the way, southwest is very liberal with the amount of alcohol in their liquor drinks.
sw is the tits. i usually have two or three jack daniels’ on ice when i fly, and i spilled my first one time. guy next to me gave me free drink ticket. also, i’ve had multiple flights (not always on Sw) on which a steward(ess) comped me a drink.
also sat next to a choclate honey stewardess whose name was chauncey when a flight got rough and she had to sit. i said, like chauncey billups, and was rewarded with a huge smile cuz we connected on that. that’s all, no fun in the airport lounge later or anything
February 8th, 2011 at 12:32 PM
I would just quit watching sports altogether.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:32 PM
sw is the tits. i usually have two or three jack daniels’ on ice when i fly, and i spilled my first one time. guy next to me gave me free drink ticket. also, i’ve had multiple flights (not always on Sw) on which a steward(ess) comped me a drink.
also sat next to a choclate honey stewardess whose name was chauncey when a flight got rough and she had to sit. i said, like chauncey billups, and was rewarded with a huge smile cuz we connected on that. that’s all, no fun in the airport lounge later or anything
Ryan? Ryan Bingham?
February 8th, 2011 at 12:32 PM
St. Bear has it. Unless you’re first or business class, I can’t imagine falling asleep in that upright position. Had an international plane to Chicago one time, first class had people laying down for a nap…insanely jealous.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:33 PM
I passed out drunk on a train in England, missed my stop by 4 or 5 stops and woke up to the entire train car staring at me in disgust because it was 3:00 in the afternoon.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Ryan Bingham is the tits.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Not to self: Don’t click on Word downloads
tim, can you suggest another way. it’d be nice for everyone to be able to open these, not just some. i had to C&P an article to spence a while ago because he couldn;t open. everytime I test it, it works fine
February 8th, 2011 at 12:39 PM
He’s going to keep a home in New Orleans. The sports journalists in New Orleans are almost always getting their panties in a bunch over shit like this.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Got to fly business class to Taiwan for work and between the big cushiony seats and the stewardess that kept re-filling my wine glass every time it emptied, I was feeling mighty fine on that long ass flight and had no problem sleeping one bit.
Now regular flights with the common folk and in economy class…. now that takes some drinking and smoking to get any kind of sleep at all.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:41 PM
It was a joke, Jersey… relax your face
February 8th, 2011 at 12:41 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=6091766
Here is a depressing story about the Fridge
February 8th, 2011 at 12:44 PM
just finished reading this and came here to post the link.
sad story.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:50 PM
The GBS isn’t so common, but especially here in the South you see so much obesity, and then heart failure, diabetes, sleep apnea (causing pulmonary hypertension) as a result. If we spend 10% of all our money in the US on healthcare, I’d bet 5% is on preventable comorbidities.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
wideworldofspot – are you in healthcare? you talk like my wife and her friends.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:54 PM
this is what bothers me about people trying to say our government is trying to tell us what to eat…there’s a lot of people that need sorta do need that.
then again, the whole food industry is another issue where i can rant for a long time.
February 8th, 2011 at 12:54 PM
You lucky dog!
February 8th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
stop buttering me up. I’m still mad at you.
February 8th, 2011 at 1:03 PM
It’s the tough thing about government… we don’t want them to control our lives because we want to maintain our freedoms (at least, I do) but then by not prohibiting others from engaging in destructive (smoking, obesity anything) it affects the rest of society who has to pay for it. I at least am not so overbearing to say we have to choose one or the other, but I do think we need to do a better job recognizing questions that are on hand like that.
It leads to one of those situations where you get those overarching statements like “if we banned fast food we’d save enough in healthcare costs to vaccinate every child in the US” etc…
February 8th, 2011 at 1:15 PM
yeah, the whole thing is a mess. from the actual food item ingredients themselves, to the way they are marketed, who they are marketed to, the FDA rulings on organics, etc.