ARZ game reaction thread

Nothing positive to take away from the game.

Total Net Yards 122

With a loss to Arizona today, Rams will be 41-86 since Demoff was hired to serve in a high-ranking executive position. https://t.co/kD0E42bQp1

— Bernie Miklasz (@miklasz) January 1, 2017

In the entire history of “human endeavors”, (And I’ll throw in Neanderthal endeavors)
has there ever been a more sorry-ass cluster-fuck ?

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sanbagger wrote:

At this point if Fisher were still the HC and the staff was all intact, I think I would be feeling that is was going to be another wasted year.

Now that Stan has decided to go in another direction, I feel kinda excited to see how it plays out and have a glimmer of hope going forward.

I know the team has holes but I also see plenty of talent, much more than 4 wins. A new HC to put the pieces together is extremely important IMO.

Sometimes it’s not about the X’s and O’s but sometimes it is. After watching this offense all year, I’m convinced alot of the issues was the X’s and O’s.

Aw man its Ground Hog Day already?

InvaderRam wrote:

as long as demoff is vp of football operations, the rams are doomed.

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Well i loathe Demoff, but I’m not sure thats true.

Just gotta wait and see what they do.

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wv wrote:

Well i loathe Demoff, but I’m not sure thats true.

Just gotta wait and see what they do.

he shouldn’t be involved in football related decisions.

kroenke needs to find someone he trusts to make those decisions and relegate demoff to something else. i hope i am wrong because i don’t see kroenke ever doing this. so we’re probably stuck with him.

bnw wrote:

Aw man its Ground Hog Day already?

I know, it does kinda feel that way. Trust me, I’m frustrated as well….just, I see things that tells me this team definitely underachieved. This team is better than the record shows, IMO.

I don’t see it as good as that 98 team…maybe a couple of years until ready now with an entirely new regime and system.

Zooey wrote:

Why the loathing of Demoff? How is he responsible for any of this? Apart from letting Jenkins go – and afaik nobody knows for sure whose decision that was – what has he done apart from negotiate contracts?

This team is a mess on the field.

I think these guys got distracted by the bright lights, big city. Hard Knocks. All the novelty. I think it was growing pains, but not the normal ones. This was the move.

They need a coach who not only knows his Xs and Os, but someone who can get everyone to focus and buy in. There is more than 4 wins of talent on this roster. If the next coach is any kind of motivator of men, this team will be better next year. I think burning it to the ground would be a mistake, though I sympathize with the feeling.

Clearly, the team needs additions. But what it needs more than anything else is discipline. It needs leadership. It needs to interview Henry V.

i’m fine if he’s dealing with non-football related decisions, but he has no business picking a head coach and general manager.

this disaster will continue as long as he’s on that side.

Zooey wrote:

Why the loathing of Demoff? How is he responsible for any of this? Apart from letting Jenkins go – and afaik nobody knows for sure whose decision that was – what has he done apart from negotiate contracts?

This team is a mess on the field.

I think these guys got distracted by the bright lights, big city. Hard Knocks. All the novelty. I think it was growing pains, but not the normal ones. This was the move.

They need a coach who not only knows his Xs and Os, but someone who can get everyone to focus and buy in. There is more than 4 wins of talent on this roster. If the next coach is any kind of motivator of men, this team will be better next year. I think burning it to the ground would be a mistake, though I sympathize with the feeling.

Clearly, the team needs additions. But what it needs more than anything else is discipline. It needs leadership. It needs to interview Henry V.

I agree. I never figured out why Demoff is so hated. Yeah, he publically lied a lot up until the move but he was just doing what he gets paid to do – Lord Kroenke’s bidding.

He’s not responsible for how the team performs on the field, although I’m not confident he will be the right guy to hire the next coach.

I’m not confident in Demoff, either, but I’m not confident in anybody. I don’t know how to hire the right head coach. Demoff is in a better position to know what the team needs than anybody else is.

It comes to this:

1. What went wrong?
2. How do we fix it?

The talent didn’t just disappear overnight. There is talent on the team. (Britt had a very quiet career year, btw. Over 1,000 yards. That isn’t nothing).

Anyway. I have my theory: The Move Was Too Damn Distracting.

Now, Demoff is presumably in communication with all the coaches, and Snead, and has a better grasp of what the team needs than anyone else. I would be looking for a coach that did his homework. Knew the Rams’ problems, and had a plan for how to go forward with the pieces the Rams have, and acquire the other parts he would need to make it work.

And go USC.

nittany ram wrote:

Penn State will make USC look like the Rams.

Wait, sorry. That was terribly unsportsmanlike of me. I’m sure Penn State will demolish USC but they won’t make them look as bad as the Rams. There is no place where that sort of talk is acceptable and I do apologize.

Pfft.

Sure. Your boys have never SEEN weather like this. The temperatures have plummeted to the mid-50s in Los Angeles, and there is even a slight chance of drizzle.