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Ashley Ambrose was on Sirius radio earlier today with John Riggins and Adam Shine. Ambrose just signed with the Chiefs but the majority of his interview concerned his time with the Saints. The following are some statements he made about the Saints.(Bear in mind these are paraphrased to the best of my memory as it was a radio show).

1. He claimed the biggest problem with the Saints was lack of maturity. He claimed they were too apathetic to be a consistent winner.

2. Riggins repeatedly asked him to name names but Ambrose would not
except for Johnathan Sullivan (who he mentioned several times).
Ambrose went on to claim that Johnathan Sullivan was a supremely
immense talent who has put forth no effort whatsoever. He went on to
speculate that prehaps Sullivan was too well paid to be concerned with
his performance. Ambrose claimed Sullivan could be a pro bowl player
if he got his mind right.

3. Riggins asked Ambrose if Aaron Brooks was a problem and Ambrose
said that Brooks was a positive for the team. Ambrose claimed that
Brooks had gotten a bad rap and handled the criticism like a pro.
Ambrose stated that the route-running by the wide recievers last year
was very poor and in turn made Brooks look bad. When drilled by
Riggins on which recievers Ambrose declined to name names. Adam
Shine asked Ambrose if Brooks could lead the Saints to a Super Bowl,
to which Ambrose gave a hesitant yes.

4. Ambrose had nothing but great things to say about Jim Haslett. He said
that he was well prepared as well as a great guy. The only negative he
brought up concerning Haslett was that he was too much of a players
coach. He gave in to the players a lot as far as how things were run. He
tried to keep everyone happy. Ambrose went on to say that when there
was a problem with a player (he once again mentioned Sullivan) that
Haslett would enlist a veteran to approach the player in question
instead of doing it himself. Ambrose claimed that on several occasions
that he and Wayne Gandy were asked by Haslett to speak to players.
Ambrose also said that he felt that Haslett had finally learned his lesson
about being so non-confrontional and would be more aggressive in this
upcoming season.

5. Ambrose said that in his 13 year career that Sammy Knight and Jay
Bellamy were the best safties he had ever played with.

6. Adam Shine stated he thoght the Saints could win the division this year.

7. John Riggins said he would take Jim Haslett in a fist fight over every NFL
head coach except for Jack Del Rio. Actually his final four were Haslett,
Del Rio, Tice, and Cowher with Del Rio defeating Haslett in the finals.