Anatomy of a Winner - Green Bay Packers

[Guiness]

If I recall that infamous decision correctly, they cut Ryan just after the last preseason game and picked up Derrick Frost from Wash. Ryan was averaging around 48 yards per punt in the preseason and was liked by Crosby as a holder.
I think Slocum wanted him gone for some reason or another. My fading memory thinks it was about "inconsistency" with his punts.
Even if Slocum had TT's ear on the matter, it was still TT who listened to that POS and released Ryan.

Oh oh oh, I know what happened! He punched Slocum in the face!

[sharpe1027]

Oh oh oh, I know what happened! He punched Slocum in the face!

No, someone had to have been dating a coach's daughter.

[Patler]

Ryan was let go the day after an exhibition game in which he ran 10 or 15 yards on a fake punt, getting a first down by inches. Problem was, the fake was called on the sideline before the punt team went in, with the fake automatically called off if the receiving team showed something. They did, and 10 of 11 guys were correctly playing for the ball to be punted, only Ryan missed it. No one blocked for him, he broke a bunch of tackles, and barely got it. Slocum and MM were not happy, wondering how a bunch of rookies correctly understood the situation and their "veteran" punter did not.

I thought that more than anything else led to his release. They didn't feel they could trust him.

I saw a lot of irony in his fake during the NFCCG.

[Guiness]

Ryan was let go the day after an exhibition game in which he ran 10 or 15 yards on a fake punt, getting a first down by inches. Problem was, the fake was called on the sideline before the punt team went in, with the fake automatically called off if the receiving team showed something. They did, and 10 of 11 guys were correctly playing for the ball to be punted, only Ryan missed it. No one blocked for him, he broke a bunch of tackles, and barely got it. Slocum and MM were not happy, wondering how a bunch of rookies correctly understood the situation and their "veteran" punter did not.

I thought that more than anything else led to his release. They didn't feel they could trust him.

I saw a lot of irony in his fake during the NFCCG.

To summarize: he Rubley'd, and they let him go.

aside: he's a damn good runner

[Oscar]

I'm thinking Mike Stock was the mastermind behind the Jon Ryan release. Has some past connection with Frosty the punter..

[Striker]

Ugh...Derrick Frost.