How Darren Rizzi's antics are reinvigorating the Saints

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NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi is unapologetically himself.

When he took over after Dennis Allen was fired on Nov. 4, he said he tends to wear his heart on his sleeve. In his first team meeting in the aftermath of Allen's departure, Rizzi brought in a shovel as a prop to demonstrate how the Saints needed to dig themselves out of a hole after seven straight losses.

And after his first win as Saints coach, Rizzi casually told reporters that he clogged the toilet at the Caesars Superdome earlier that morning.

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