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Unsubstantiated comments from reporters bug me…
The Foles trade put Les Snead, in his fourth year as Rams general manager, on shakier ground.
Says who? Did you talk to someone in the organization who told you Snead could be in trouble? No, you didn’t because if you had you would have mentioned it. For all you know they’re working on extending him.
Eeeesh…
yeah, that is a cool interview.
One slight correction though…. the interviewer made a mistake……Georgia did not move the team from LA to Anaheim, that was planned by Rosenbloom before he drowned.
It’s a shame those 1970’s Rams teams didn’t win one, that was a great team.
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Media Event at the Forum
Just got back, not a ton to report but watch it if you can. I’m sure my first attempt to Periscope was terrible as we were in doors.
Haven’t been to the Forum in a long time. It’s not an arena any more, pretty nice inside.
Not a huge crowd but it was lively. And they put on a show for the cameras.
Mayor Butts spoke.
Stan Kronke spoke.
Kevin Demoff spoke.
Jim Everett, Jackie Slater and Tom Mack were there. So were Jeff Fisher and Les Snead.
A couple highlights i remember:
Before it started, Jackie Slater came over and threw a couple jerseys into the crowd.
Kroenke got a huge warm welcome, no mention of St. Louis, all L.A. Rams coming home rhetoric. I think Kroenke said Jeff Fisher got emotional about coaching the Rams in L.A.
A reporter asked Demoff about appealing to the people in L.A. who aren’t already fans of the team and he said the first thing we do is win, i’m looking at your Jeff and Les. I think i heard him say afterwards there wouldn’t be any re branding or new uniforms until 2019.
It’s kind of unusual for Kroenke to be so public and to play to the fans and the crowd, really kind of whipped us up, put his name and face all over the NFL’s return to Los Angeles. And then Demoff said how they were looking forward to sharing L.A. with another team. Felt a little like good cop, bad cop.
This town is ours, but come join us.
Everyone appealed to and embraced the history of the Rams, like i said, really no mention of St. Louis.
Afterwards Jim Everett and Kevin Demoff came over to the fans and spent a lot of time chatting, taking pictures, signing autographs.
Lots of planes flying over the Forum, nobody tell Tom Ridge about this.
I saw Jackie Slater walking to his car as i was walking to mine and i waved.
He said, “How you doing?”
I said, “Good, how ’bout you?”
He said, “Good.”
I said, “These are good times.”
He said, “Yes they are, i really hope the Rams can get rolling in L.A.”
And then we got in our cars.
Here’s Jim Everett working the crowd…
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Rampage2K and I went to the presser on Friday afternoon.
I got a text from Rampage2K on Friday morning about 11am asking if I was going down to the Forum for the fan rally and press conference at 1pm. I hadn’t heard anything about it, but he had just read about it on “Bring Back The Rams Facebook Page” and was on his way up from Temecula to Inglewood. I texted back “yeah” (not having a clue what the presser would be about or who was giving it) and hopped on the 405 south to make the 20 mile drive down to the Forum. When I got to the Forum parking lot, Rampage2K and a bunch of Ram fans were talking to well-known radio and TV sportscaster Fred Roggin and shooting him questions, which he kindly answered with enthusiasm. We then went into the Forum and there were at least 200 Ram fans in there, with more showing up by the minute. But apparently the only “publicity” given to the event was on that Facebook page because I couldn’t find information about it anywhere else online. Apparently it was a last minute decision to open the event to the public, which is why the final crowd of 250 or so (my guess) wasn’t bigger. If they had really promoted it, there easily would have been several thousand people there. Needless to say, the Ram fans who did show up were all hardcore fans, all wearing jerseys, and cheering/applauding throughout the presser, as you can hear if you watched the video.
The most interesting “news” was made by Kevin Demoff when he said the ticket prices at the Coliseum would be comparable to what they were in St. Louis last season. And he didn’t say anything about PSL’s, so I’m guessing there won’t be PSL’s for those who buy season tix for 2016-2018. Probably will be PSL’s for the new stadium when the Rams move in in 2019, but Demoff didn’t actually say it, just an assumption on my part. He also said to check out WelcomeHomeRams.com on Monday morning at 10am PST to find out about purchasing tix for the Coliseum games.
After the press conference ended, Jim Everett came up and signed autographs for the fans. I was wearing my Eric Dickerson autographed jersey, so I took it off and got Everett to sign it, so now its signed by both of my favorite Ram players from the 80’s. I told him “You look exactly the same, Jim.” He smiled big and replied “I’m a lot older, bro.”
During the press conference, Demoff and Kroenke both talked about the possibility that the Chargers might join the Rams in the new stadium. Both men received a chorus of boos from the audience about that idea, but we weren’t booing the men, we were booing the idea of the Chargers sharing the L.A. spotlight with the Rams. After Kroenke finished talking about the Chargers, I shouted “We don’t want them!” loud enough that you can actually hear it on the video. Kroenke laughed in response to my shout, but hopefully he will find a way to help keep the Chargers in San Diego.
As I mentioned, Fred Roggin stood next to his car and spoke to a group of about 10 Ram fans, it was clear he was excited about the Rams return to L.A. Here was his well-informed opinion of the Chargers situation, and its not an exact quote but it’s close “If Spanos was smart he would work out a stadium deal with the city of San Diego and focus on his fan base there, but he’s stupid, so he will probably move in to the Inglewood stadium and play second fiddle to the Rams.” Yes, he actually said Spanos is stupid.
To reiterate a query I made in a previous post: If the Chargers decide to join the Rams in the new stadium in 2019, where will they play the 2016-2018 seasons? I can’t see them sharing the Coliseum with the Rams (but I guess its a possibility if they alternate Sundays like the Jets/Giants do). The Rose Bowl authority says no NFL team will be allowed to play at the Rose Bowl, and I can’t imagine a team playing at Dodger Stadium as one report suggested. Could the Chargers announce they will be moving to L.A. in 2019 and then play the next 3 seasons in San Diego? Good luck selling tickets to those San Diego home games.
Also being widely discussed is the possibility that if the Chargers move in with the Rams the Raiders will then move to San Diego. One problem: Chargers fans HATE the Raiders and I can’t see any of them converting into Raider fans. Charger fans will drive up to Inglewood to cheer on the L.A. Chargers before they will ever support the San Diego Raiders (which doesn’t sound right at all). True, there are a lot of Raider fans in the L.A. area who would drive down to attend games in San Diego, but…really? 95% of San Diego football fans are Charger fans who, I repeat, HATE the Raiders. I can’t imagine how you can have a “home team” that is utterly despised by the “home fans”.
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