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Aaron Kromer took the short trip from a quiet locker room to a lectern Sunday afternoon for his first postgame question-and-answer session as interim coach of the New Orleans Saints.

It wasn’t the trip Kromer was anticipating when he was named to replace interim coach Joe Vitt, who is serving a six-game suspension for his role in the team’s bounty scandal.

But unlike other inexperienced coaches — who might not have known what to say after watching his team slog through a 40-32 season-opening loss to the Washington Redskins — Kromer didn’t mince his words.

Frustrating was one of the first words to come out of his mouth, and he quickly added that the team’s rabid fans deserved better for the long-awaited season opener.

Several minutes later, he began his final statement by saying the entire team needs to look in the mirror and ask what every coach and player needs to do to get better before Sunday’s game at Carolina.

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Rugby Saint II

Uhmmm.........straight talk isn't going to cut it. Motivational speeches? Now that's more like it. Getting in players faces and forcing them to do better is definitely more like it. Mellow ain't going to cut it.

QBREES9

Do Your Job. !

UK_WhoDat

That's pretty straight talking.
Issue: No guarantee that will be understood.

Mardigras9

More like settle the hell down and play like we all know you can.

NOLA54

Look. Neither Payton or Kromer play in these games. The players are the same ones who won 13 games last year. They just need to remember that.

NuNu318

I think this should be a learning experience. They all have to look within them selves and understand...Payton isn't here to pick you up when your down or light a fire under you. ALL OF THEM from the coaches on down need to be accountable, for their individual play and their attitude without SP being there to MAKE the be accountable for those things. These coaches know the system but they arent Sean Payton. And its clear that sunday that fact FINALLY slapped them in the face. Now its time for them to look within themselves and do their job. Don't try to do too much to compensate just stick to you assignments and stay emotionally balanced.