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Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by RaginCajun83 bad mouthing your ex-employer shows what character these two clowns process, hasn't Hicks been cut by NE? Nope, he was on his last year of the existing contract and became a FA this off-season....

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Old 06-02-2016, 04:36 PM   #21
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Re: Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

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bad mouthing your ex-employer shows what character these two clowns process, hasn't Hicks been cut by NE?
Nope, he was on his last year of the existing contract and became a FA this off-season.
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Old 06-02-2016, 05:13 PM   #22
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Oakland was a bad team. Their offense was pathetic. I'm not defending Ryan. But we need to quit acting like we are so perfect.
Dude you can't have it both ways. It can't be Sean did it and when it happens in Oakland it was because the team stunk. He has had two top 10 defenses and 2 top 20 defenses in 12 years. That means 2/3 of the time his d is in the other side of 20. No, it wasn't Sean
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Old 06-02-2016, 10:09 PM   #23
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So power was taken away from him after he put up the 32nd ranked D in 2014, then comes out in 2015 with a ton of disorganization and poor play. How are we shocked power was taken away from him?

Ryan is only in the NFL because of his last name, he is a joke, and the only person even slightly interested in him happened to be his brother lol.... GTFO
No. He said the power was taken away from him after his first year when we had the number 4-5 defense. They had to let a bunch of veterans go to free up space for the salary cap. He does kind of have a point.

There has been something lacking in the team culture for a few years now and it's not all Rob Ryan's fault. Like I said in another post an unusually high number of ex players have spoken negativity about the Saints after leaving. We have let tons of players go for all types of reasons and never in the history of the franchise do I remember so much talk from ex players. I'm not even counting Browner and Junior. Where there is smoke there is fire.

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Old 06-02-2016, 11:53 PM   #24
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Re: Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

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No. He said the power was taken away from him after his first year when we had the number 4-5 defense. They had to let a bunch of veterans go to free up space for the salary cap. He does kind of have a point.

There has been something lacking in the team culture for a few years now and it's not all Rob Ryan's fault. Like I said in another post an unusually high number of ex players have spoken negativity about the Saints after leaving. We have let tons of players go for all types of reasons and never in the history of the franchise do I remember so much talk from ex players. I'm not even counting Browner and Junior. Where there is smoke there is fire.
Who has spoke badly?
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Old 06-02-2016, 11:58 PM   #25
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Re: Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

He's gone, is this over yet.
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Old 06-03-2016, 09:43 AM   #26
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Re: Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

ok this is why Hicks was traded for a sack of beans,
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Re: Akiem Hicks backs Rob Ryan, says Ryan’s power was stripped

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ok this is why Hicks was traded for a sack of beans,
Square peg, round hole...didn't fit the scheme change...
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Old 06-03-2016, 11:01 AM   #28
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Who has spoke badly?
Jimmy, Sproles (or his wife), Stills, Hicks, and one or two others. I don't count Jr and Browner because they are classless douche bags. I can't remember one Saint ever saying anything negative about the organization before this. Maybe joe horn.
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Old 06-03-2016, 11:18 AM   #29
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Square peg, round hole...didn't fit the scheme change...
I think there was more to it than that. I remember something about his attitude.
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Old 06-03-2016, 11:26 AM   #30
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Jimmy, Sproles (or his wife), Stills, Hicks, and one or two others. I don't count Jr and Browner because they are classless douche bags. I can't remember one Saint ever saying anything negative about the organization before this. Maybe joe horn.
I don't recall Stills saying anything. Jimmy had an atitude before he left the Saints. He didn't like being classified as a tightend. Hicks rans his mouth to the media about playing DE which is probably why he was traded. He ran his mouth long before he left the Saints. As far as Sproles wife, that pretty much is self-explanatory. Sproles himself has said he's at peace with it and even still keeps in touch with some of the Saints' players. Humber was cut and he hasn't said one thing aboutt the Saints, one way or the other. Hawthrone was cut, he hasn't said one bad thing about the Saints. Watson wasn't re-signed and he's had nothing but good things to say about the Saints. It all sounds like sour grapes to me. Consider the source.
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