Rizzi is eventually going to make a great head coach

We'll see.

Everyone was so hyped around antonio pierce's first year with the Raiders. These types of hires can fade really quick.

Seems like the players like him...

Saints Locker Room...

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This guy knows football and how to be the head guy without stifling the coordinators.

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You’ve reached this definitive conclusion based on one game? Some of you with these prisoner of the moment takes are ridiculous.

I’m fine with Rizzi as long as we do an actual search as well. If he’s the best candidate, then so be it. At least we would be hiring a guy that players respect and want to play for.

I still want to throw the house at Ben Johnson however. I like Vrabel as well

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Change my mind.

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Considering the fact that people have provided you with countless facts to dispute this statement

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let another great HC leave the building like he did with Campbell.

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and you still won't "change your mind" here, why bother trying to dissect Rizzi's future from 1 game?

I will say this about Rizzi. I think what gets a lot of HCs in trouble is they refuse to let go of "their baby", whether it's they need to call the offensive or defensive plays. There are many that can handle running their side of the ball, while having a trusted coordinator on the other side run that side of the ball. But there are a lot more that cannot either separate from having total control; or the responsibilities of being the HC is too much, and their side of the ball suffers. As a ST coordinator, you should not see that, and he would be more likely to rely on his coordinators to run their respective sides of the ball. If he surrounds himself with a great team, he could be very successful. But he has to make sure he doesn't fall into the "hire my friends" trap, and he needs to closely evaluate his staff to know who he's trusting his future with.

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Unfortunately long term it can’t be with the Saints because of his connection with the team. This guy knows football and how to be the head guy without stifling the coordinators.

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This place is so over-reactionary


Holy frickin cliche salad, there’s absolutely zero way you could know this from outside the building, and especially after only one game. Give it some time.

With all due respect I don’t think it’s that. At least not in this case.



It’s just comments like this that get under my skin:

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This guy knows football and how to be the head guy without stifling the coordinators.

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There’s absolutely ZERO way that guy knows how rizzi handles his coordinators. None. And assuming that he ‘knows football’ after one game is a crazy thing to be sure of. It’s only one game

Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn are my top two right now.

Vrabel would probably be good too. He would change the culture and toughen up the team.

"We're 2-0 and everybody has us picked to be in the Superbowl!"