New Orleans Saints coach Darren Rizzi was captured screaming at one of his players violently and berating him for everyone online to see. The internet did not take kindly to it.
The Saints played against the New York Giants on Sunday. Unfortunately for Matthew Hayball, the rookie punter, the Giants scored a punt return touchdown, summoning the wrath of Darren Rizzi.
In a video that's gone viral online, you can clearly see the coach getting worked up. He removes his headset so he can purposefully throw his baseball cap to the ground in ire. The coach got right into the face of rookie Hayball and proceeded to yell at him.
With aggressive hand gestures and unrelenting yelling, it took another player to intervene. Alvin Kamara physically pulled away and redirected the coach, although the coach continued to shout at the player.
It's not a good look for the coach to lay into his players like that. How many movies have been made about the ramifications of too-tough leadership?
Internet Reacts To Darren Rizzi Yelling At Player
The internet has come to the side of Hayball as they virtually yell back at the head coach.
"Fire Darren Rizzi," one plainly puts.
"Rizzi just lost a lot of support with that game tantrum, and possibly the ability to keep the job. Sean Payton did that to Bo Nix and Bo barked back. ?????It was not that egregious of a play," writes one. For a grown man to have a melt down like that and shout down another man is just embarrassing and unsportsmanlike.
"Embarrassing behavior. He's not fit to lead anyone," another writes.
"That's not leadership," another agrees.
"You can kiss your thoughts of ever making that a permanent position," a fan explains.
Not everyone is against the head coach, however, with some believing in the ol' tough love technique.
"Love to see that in a coach," writes one, who believes negative reinforcement is still the way to go.
Emotional control and regulation are needed for any coach no matter the sport. The last thing you need is to verbally strip down your own player on national television and expect them to magically perform better.
