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Saints defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen wants to join Ed Orgeron’s team at LSU, and a deal looks (or seemed?) Imminent.
LSU coach Ed Orgeron even went to WWL Radio on Monday afternoon and said of Nielsen, via Julie Boudwin of Rivals: “We are in the process. Ryan is a prime candidate for us. I love Ryan. . . . We are in the process of finding out who we are going to hire and I think we are very close. “
Jane Slater of NFL Media, who reported the original news that Nielsen was leaving the Saints to become LSU’s defensive coordinator, now reports that the Saints are not letting Nielsen go easily.
“Apparently there is a dispute about whether the language of the Nielsen contract will support the move to college ranks, ”writes Slater. “The saints are NOT signing this.”
Then Nielsen and LSU will have to resolve the contract issues with the Saints before he can leave the NFL team.
Nielsen has just finished his fourth season on the Saints team. It was his first job in the NFL after 15 years at the college level.
Either way, the Saints will have a rotation on their team with assistant coach / hard-core coach Dan Campbell, who is expected to become the Lions’ head coach. He could take defense coach Aaron Glenn with him as his new defensive coordinator and / or other assistant coaches for the Saints could also leave for Detroit.