False. Brees talked Sean Payton into it and if you watch espn you would have seen that bc he's asked about it by Chris Berman.
No one is trying to bash Sparano bc I think the consensus is that he is a good coach. There is no reason to defend him in this instance and that's ok bc coaches make mistakes.
Also, for you to assume they were going to go for it anyway is rediculous. How do you know that when they already had there kicker on the field and have no timeouts left?
Post game Brees said they were planning on going for it anyways.. so where is my ridiculous assumption..