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Interesting. From 2000-2001, Cig worked under Haslett in New Orleans.
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“Cignetti was most successful serving as the offensive coordinator at Fresno State for four years from 2002 until 2006. In 2004, Fresno State’s offense ranked fifth nationally and seventh in 2005. In 2004 Fresno State became the sixth team in NCAA history to score over 50 points in four consecutive games. The 2004 team also led theWestern Athletic Conference in average yards per carry and amassed 65 touchdowns.”
Tough in-house decision for Rams new OC now decided, as Fisher goes back-and-forth between Cignetti and Boras. . . .1.)
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 5, 2015
Agamemnon2.) . . . .Cignetti will be OC; Boras will be assistant head coach/offense. Formal announcement will come early next week. (story to come)
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 5, 2015
Also, Rams assistant line coach Clyde Simmons interviewing for head defensive line coach job w/Raiders.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 5, 2015
Agamemnonstltoday.com
Rams to go with Cignetti as offensive coordinator
38 minutes ago • By Jim ThomasFor three years as Rams quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti has operated quietly behind the scenes, working with no less than four starting QBs over the past two seasons. Cignetti’s days of relative anonymity are over.
Coach Jeff Fisher has decided to hire Cignetti as his new offensive coordinator, according to team sources. The formal announcement is expected next week. Cignetti, 49, replaces Brian Schottenheimer, who took the same position with the University of Georgia shortly after the conclusion of the 2014 season.
Just a week ago, it looked like Fisher was leaning toward tight ends coach Rob Boras as his next offensive coordinator, but with Cignetti sharing some of the OC responsibility possibly as passing game coordinator. Instead Boras will be promoted to assistant head coach/offense.
It has been clear for the past couple of weeks that Fisher was going in-house for his new coordinator. It was just a matter of whether it would be Boras or Cignetti in that role. Fisher, obviously, thinks highly of both.
Cignetti was part of Fisher’s original staff in 2012, so he knows the offense and the playbook very well. So this figures to be a smooth transition and a continuation of the overall offensive philosophy espoused by Fisher. Namely, a strong running game with play-action passing.
It’s unclear if Cignetti will continue to serve as quarterbacks coach, but there have been plenty of offensive coordinators in the NFL who have doubled as QB coaches. It’s also unclear whether Boras will continue working with the tight ends.
Cignetti, 49, is a Pittsburgh native who has had extensive coordinator’s experience on the college level, starting at Div. II Indiana (Pa.) in 1997-98, but then at the Div. I level at Fresno State (2002-05), North Carolina (2006), California-Berkeley (2008), and Pittsburgh (2009-11).
He doubled up as coordinator/QBs coach at Indiana (Pa.), Cal, and Pitt.
In the end, that coordinator experience may have given Cignetti the edge over Boras.
Boras, 44, has spent 11 seasons in the NFL coaching tight ends with the Rams, Jacksonville and Chicago. Among his college-coaching stops was a five-year stint at Nevada-Las Vegas from 1999-2003. He was the offensive line coach there for all five seasons, but doubled up as offensive coordinator his last three seasons there.
Cignetti may not be a household name, but besides his college work, he has also been an NFL assistant in Kansas City, New Orleans and San Francisco. He grew up in a coaching household. His father, Frank Cignetti Sr., once was head coach at West Virginia and was a long-time coach at small-college Indiana (Pa.)
At Fresno State, the younger Cignetti coordinated offenses that finished fifth nationally in total offense in 2004 and seventh in 2005. The ‘04 team became only the sixth team in NCAA history to score 50-plus points in four consecutive games. In ‘09 at Pittsburgh, the Panthers averaged 32.1 points per game.In another development, Rams assistant defensive line coach Clyde Simmons is interviewing for the head D-line coaching job with the Oakland Raiders.
AgamemnonI think Frank Cignetti is a great name for a coach. Much, much better than Nathaniel Hackett, which sounds like a Minute Man name, as our elderly Nittany pointed out.
I am sure he will join me in celebrating the robust strength of “Frank” coupled with the intimidating power and madness of “Cignetti.”
I sincerely hope the man never goes far without a tiny little cigar.
I sincerely hope the man never goes far without a tiny little cigar.
What happened to his hand.
Zooey wrote:
I sincerely hope the man never goes far without a tiny little cigar.What happened to his hand.
He extinguished his previous cigar on it. Duh.
Cignetti – Tougher Than You.
Reminds me of an old college teacher of mine. Richard “Red” Watson. By the time these photos were taken he was Richard “Gray” Watson.
At the bottom of the Pierre-Saint Martin, once the deepest cave in the world. (Photo by F.-M. Callot)
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Zooey wrote:</div>
Reminds me of an old college teacher of mine. Richard “Red” Watson. By the time these photos were taken he was Richard “Gray” Watson.
At the bottom of the Pierre-Saint Martin, once the deepest cave in the world. (Photo by F.-M. Callot)
Fisher has hired a cave explorer
as Offensive Coordinator?See, this cant be good.
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v<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>zn wrote:</div>
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Zooey wrote:</div>
Reminds me of an old college teacher of mine. Richard “Red” Watson. By the time these photos were taken he was Richard “Gray” Watson.
At the bottom of the Pierre-Saint Martin, once the deepest cave in the world. (Photo by F.-M. Callot)
Fisher has hired a cave explorer
as Offensive Coordinator?See, this cant be good.
w
vYeah, but imagine this twist: Cignetti finds a magic playbook at the bottom of the cave … with plays that always work from the 1-yard line!
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