Miami running back Ricky Williams, on his return to play against his former Saints team in Baton Rouge, La.: “I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad relationship with a coach, except maybe with coach [Jim] Haslett. It’ll take forever to discuss everything that went wrong [in New Orleans]. I just was in a situation that, at the time, I wasn’t mature enough to handle. I think after coach [Mike] Ditka left (after the 1999 season), things for me kind of fell apart. I went from like the sweetheart of the organization to pretty much the goat.” In his two games back since the combination of his NFL suspension and his own decision to skip out on the 2004 season, a total of 20 regular-season games, Williams has carried the ball 11 times for just 7 yards.
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