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Rob Ryan, Saints ‘Drank The Kool-Aid’ Before Season

By Hayden Kane

Dec 7, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan during the first half of a game against the Carolina Panthers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 7, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan during the first half of a game against the Carolina Panthers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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New Orleans Saints‘ defensive coordinator Rob Ryan admits that he and his defense were probably too quick to “drink the Kool-Aid” and that they probably drank too much of it before this NFL season started.

Proposed horror movie title: ‘Do you want some of Rob Ryan’s Kool-Aid?”

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Of all of the defensive coordinators in the NFL, it is probably easiest to envision Rob Ryan as the leader of a cult. It’s only fitting, then, that Ryan used the “Kool-Aid” analogy to describe the fact that he and his defense were too quick to congratulate themselves for being good before they had actually done anything on the field.

Here is what Ryan had to say about his situation in New Orleans after a disastrous 2014 season. From ESPN.com:

"“Obviously we drank the Kool-Aid a little bit too much, I think. And if they don’t think so, I think that’s wrong. I think that’s an honest opinion. I think we forgot how we had success [last year]. You know, the ‘Nola’ defense, where nobody likes our ass…“…I think we didn’t get soft in a year’s time, but certainly we could have played better and started faster. And it cost us early in some games, and then we’re treading uphill the rest of the year.”"

The Saints were coming off an impressive season defensively in 2013 and made a huge move by signing free agent safety Jairus Byrd. That seemed like a recipe for a huge season, but instead New Orleans finds themselves on the outside of the playoff picture in what was a very winnable NFC South.

The failures of the defense probably should cost Rob Ryan his job, at which point he can see if anybody else wants his Kool-Aid.

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