PALM BEACH, Fla. -- New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, holding his first interview since being suspended for the 2012 season for his team's involvement in a bounty system, said he will decide in two or three days whether or not to appeal and plans to name an interim coach by the end of the month.

Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis met with retired coach Bill Parcells on Tuesday before Payton flew back to New Orleans to finish planning for the 2012 season.

"We played golf," Parcells told the New York Daily News of the trio's Tuesday meeting. "We really didn't talk about the job. They told me they would be in touch."

Parcells, sources have told ESPN's Chris Mortensen, has discussed possibly coaching the Saints for the coming season.

"I kinda speak with him [Parcells] pretty regularly," Payton said. "My conversations with him to date have just been about the uniqueness with the situation."

One role Payton is certain about: He's "100 percent" confident he will coach the Saints in 2013.

Payton, whose suspension begins Sunday, described a long checklist of decisions that needed to be made by the end of this week. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Payton has until Monday to appeal and, if he does, he could stay on as coach pending an expedited hearing.

"I'm appreciative of the opportunity to appeal," Payton said. "I don't know if there would be a benefit."