Fans appalled by NFL coach Darren Rizzi screaming at rookie Aussie punter until he gets pulled away

Interim New Orleans Saints head coach Darren Rizzi could be seen screaming in the face of one of his players in a furious outburst during their game against the New York Giants.

After the Giants scored a punt return touchdown, rookie Saints punter Matthew Hayball felt the wrath of his seething coach on the sideline at MetLife Stadium.

In shocking footage which has gone viral online, Rizzi slammed his baseball cap to the ground and then got in Hayball’s face to make his anger known.

As he gestured animatedly towards the Australian, New Orleans running back Alvin Kamara quickly intervened to pull him away.

Fortunately for both parties, the Saints avoided a near-disaster when the Giants’ punt return touchdown was ruled out due to a holding penalty.

Yet fans on social media are still taking aim at Rizzi for losing his cool with a rookie player in such humiliating fashion.

One user wrote on X: ‘That might work in High School or college but you’re yelling at grown men. This isn’t what a head coach looks like’.

Another put: ‘Fake tough guy. Attack a punter. Dude’s accomplished nothing in this league. Not head-coaching material.’

‘What could a punter do to deserve this level of coach tantrum,’ posted a third. ‘“Interim” is as high as Coach Glizzy should get.’

‘I feel bad for Hayball not on national TV coach,’ said a fourth.

While one simply concluded: ‘Not head coach material’.

Rizzi, who first joined the Saints in 2019 as a special teams coordinator before moving up to assistant head coach three years later, took on the interim job at the start of November after the firing of Dennis Allen.

New Orleans were 2-7 at the time of Allen’s dismissal, with the team going 2-1 in Rizzi’s three games at the helm so far.

Hayball, meanwhile, was signed as an undrafted free agent in the offseason on a deal worth $35,000 guaranteed that also included a $10,000 signing bonus.