Sean Payton reached his breaking point with Rob Ryan in November.
"There was a game [during the 2014] season where the first eight plays of the game, we're misaligned, we don't even cover down the right way," the frustrated New Orleans Saints coach revealed days after firing Ryan, his defensive coordinator, 10 games into the 2015 season.
"The point is, we're just not gonna continue on status quo. That would be madness, right?"
Rob Ryan, who has built a reputation for coaching complex, yet largely ineffective defenses in his previous stops around the NFL, will get yet another chance to be at least partly in charge a defense next season.