My thoughts?
I believe Sean is throwing out this aggressive persona - in order to distance himself from a failing Russ, and what’s probably going to be a bad team.
I feel like he sees it. And being dubbed the “savior coach” coming in to turn things around, he has nothing to loose by spouting off to the media right now.
If Russ performs? Well then he gets the accolades - if Russ blows? Well then Sean can easily point back to his “tough talk” this off-season. Of course it couldn’t possibly be his fault???? Right???
He’s Sean Malcom Payton.
Thanks Ray. But I think it puts all the pressure on him. He basically said Wilson is great and it was all the coaches fault last year.
If Wilson is great, it'll be Payton as the hero bringing Wilson back.
But if Wilson stays terrible, there will be tons of people that take Payton at his word and say clearly it's Payton and the coaching to blame.
Now he's got enough leverage and contract that he's not worried about a hot seat 10 games in.
I was mostly just surprised at the unforced error. By a guy who is not known for making unforced errors.