If nothing else, you should read Jeff Duncan today

I've been taking a bit of an internet break this weekend. But I have been following the continuing absurdity of the Sean Payton to Dallas story. And although everyone under the sun has thrown an opinion at it I've still got a few things to say that I haven't seen yet which I'll get to sometime this week. It's not the most pressing issue of our time but the national media reaction has made it more irritating than need be.

Anyway Duncan has been on it as well as anyone. Be sure and read his column. One of his better points:

Rightly or wrongly, New Orleanians want and expect the Saints head coach to be part of their community.

This isn't the case for most sports jobs. But it is for the special ones Ñ Green Bay Packers, Detroit Red Wings, University of North Carolina basketball, Alabama Crimson Tide football.

In the NFL, perhaps only the Packers job is more important to the local populace. And rest assured, the Cheese Heads would be just as upset today if Payton had taken the Packers job five years ago and then elected to move his brood mid-term to Westlake, Texas.

Update: I really have been out of it. Check out Wang's post while we're doing this.