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Saints News, 2/9/15: Is Payton's Loyalty To His Friends Hurting The Saints?

Barry Hurstius of BigEasyBeliever.com thinks so, "I personally believe that the biggest difference between the two teams at this moment (besides the Patriots having won 3 more Super Bowls) is that New England head coach Bill Belichick would not even hesitate to fire one of his coaching assistants in a split nanosecond, if he thought they weren’t getting the job done. That is no exaggeration. Conversely, Sean Payton stubbornly hangs on to several assistant coaches who any observer from the outside looking in can clearly see have underperformed in their duties and need to be reassigned within the Staff or simply let go."

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash">#Saints</a>&#39; first-round options are all over the map: NFL mock draft roundup <a href="http://t.co/GPichFnZzR">http://t.co/GPichFnZzR</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NOLAnews">@nolanews</a></p>&mdash; Larry Holder (@LarryHolder) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryHolder/status/564796569971884032">February 9, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I been listening to nothing but classic albums this entire week I refuse to listen to these bubble gum rappers anymore</p>&mdash; rafael bush (@rbush36) <a href="https://twitter.com/rbush36/status/564635793407635456">February 9, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash">#Saints</a> easily coulda/shoulda beat Det, SF, Atl, Cle. Seemed like a hard-luck year for 10 weeks. Then wheels really came off <a href="https://twitter.com/UnderhillAdv">@UnderhillAdv</a></p>&mdash; Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeTriplett/status/564527727105933312">February 8, 2015</a></blockquote>

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