Sean Payton
Sean Payton
Patrick Sean Paytonis an American football coach and former player who is the current head coach of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Payton was a quarterback at Naperville Central High School and Eastern Illinois University and played professionally in 1987 and 1988. He began his coaching career as offensive assistant for San Diego State University and had several assistant coaching positions on college and NFL teams before being named as the tenth full-time coach in Saints...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 December 1963
gotta guys leadership looking shapes talking
If you're talking about characteristics in a quarterback, you're looking for guys that are winners. They come in all shapes and sizes. They have to have leadership qualities, and he's gotta be tough.
bill coach enjoyed exciting forward learned looking three
It's an exciting time, and I'm looking forward to it. I've enjoyed my three years in Dallas, and I've learned a lot from working with a coach like Bill Parcells.
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That's how you've got to practice. The message I had for them last night was be prepared for our tempo. They'll get used to that and I think players want that by and large and I think it'll pay off in the long run. But we've got a lot of work to do and a lot of guys sucking some air right now.
group process
There's a process involved. It's important that you're a part of the process. It's a group effort.
early job lead plenty work
It's too early to think about that now. We have plenty of work to do before (the draft) and my job is not just on offence, but to lead the team.
certainly compared forward gone hard shown talent team
It's hard to look at their talent now, compared to their record, with all of the circumstances and things that they've gone through. It's a team that's certainly shown that they can be competitive, and I would look forward to that challenge.
excited naive timing
The timing was right this time. I'm not a young naive coach. I'm excited about this opportunity. It's a challenge.
brand building challenge coach coming excited hopefully house naive people roll situation sleeves viewed
Some people would say: 'Stay in Dallas. The situation there is good.' We're three-quarters of the way through building a brand new house in Dallas. Hopefully I'm not viewed as a young, naive coach coming into a situation here. I'm excited about this opportunity. I know it's a challenge and we're going to roll our sleeves up.
good guys shape struggling work
Specifically, I just think we're not in real good shape right now. I think we've got a lot of work to do. There are a lot of guys struggling with reps.
football start winning
The first thing we need to start doing is winning some football games.
ascending level player proven
You've got a young ascending player who's proven at this level he can win.
team hands ideas
You learn a lot more about all the things that are necessary to be the leader of a team and so there's day-to-day hands-on training that you get and you might not even be asking for it. You try as best you can to be organized, have a plan, know exactly what you want from a schedule standpoint, have an idea of what you would want in a staff.
thinking mind prototype
I think there's a prototype we're all looking for, whether it's Brett Favre or Troy Aikman. And everyone's got that picture in their mind of the prototype at the position.