Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi overshares with hilarious bathroom story after win over Falcons
New Orleans Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi may have shared too much information when talking about a situation before the game against the Atlanta Falcons. During his postgame press conference, Rizzi told a story about an incident he had in a bathroom.
“I’m a pretty open guy, so this is how my day started,” Rizzi began. “…I go to the bathroom, this is how my day started. I clogged a toilet. I’m like, this is going to be a crappy day, pun intended. I’m like, okay, this is not really a great start to the day. I’m not really feeling like a head coach of an NFL team right now.”
While Rizzi’s day didn’t start great, the ending was the complete opposite as the Saints held on to defeat the Falcons 20-17. It was Rizzi’s first win as a head coach, and the victory snapped the Saints’ seven-game losing streak. Rizzi was named the interim head coach after the Saints fired Dennis Allen.
Rizzi, 54, joined the Saints in 2019 as the special teams coordinator. He was named assistant head coach in 2022 and held both roles until he was promoted to interim head coach.
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“Any time you go through a change like this, it’s not easy,” Rizzi said last week, per the Saints’ official website. “It kind of makes you step back and realize just how sacred these jobs are. And at the end of the day, it’s a business. It’s a production business. And I think I said this in my press conference, there’s a personal side to this that sometimes gets lost.
“I’ve been working with Dennis now for six years. And, you know, we develop a friendship. And so at the end of the day, a man lost his job today and so that’s the difficult part. At the same time, it’s where we are. And, I’ve been honored by Mrs. Benson and by Mickey (Loomis) and the rest of the organization, to lead the ship moving forward. And that part is an honor and a blessing, so there’s definitely some mixed emotions, a little bit of a bittersweet day, to say the least.”
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