Jim Mora didn’t like Rizzi chewing out Matthew Hayball

kcirdor said

Alvin dropped 3 passes... why didn't Rizzi eat his lunch? Is this another case of only certain people get held to the same standard? Just sayin...

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Not taking sides one way or the other ... but in one of Earl Weaver's books he said that he never got on a player for a physical mistake. Of course a player didn't mean to boot the ball or throw it wide of first and so on. He did holler at guys for mental mistakes, which is what it appears that Hayball had.

I will say that the organization decided to move on from Thomas Morestead in 2021, who I think is one of the top 25 special teams players in NFL history. So I don't feel that sorry for the team if punting isn't where they'd like it. They made their bed here. Rizzi was running special teams when we parted ways with TM and while it was probably more Mickey's decision, you know, if Rizzi finds working with more inexperienced players to be frustrating, I get it. For a million and a half more they could have paid Morestead what he is worth and not have to worry about punting once this year.