i don’t know about quitting. i will say that it is my opinion that fisher lost the team. whether that means they stopped believing in the system. or they lost confidence. or they turned on the coach. i have no clue.

but i do believe the coaching staff lost the players.

sanbagger wrote:

A lot of being the HC is getting the right fit at coordinator then managing them. we don’t know who Kyle plans on at his coordinator positions.

There are plenty of good candidates and the Rams do have positives to lure a good coach…the biggest IMO is the cap availability and the worst is the loss of draft picks.

i agree. but i would also add that a team like the broncos appears to have great leadership. under elway you figure they’ll make more good decisions than bad. under demoff well….

to the objective person i’d think the denver job would be more attractive. better defense, and they too have a promising young qb. and draft picks.

my only hope is that he doesn’t want to play under his dad’s shadow.

either that or he isn’t that good…

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

i like wade phillips as the new dc.

But he’s a 3/4 guy. Rams really don’t have 3/4 personnel.

i think donald fits any scheme. ogletree was a 3-4 inside backer in college. i think brockers could play nose tackle. just find another end and some pass rushers.

i like wade phillips as the new dc.

whole new defensive staff.

only guy i’d bring back is fassel.

and also i believe the nfl just needed one team in la for the new tv deal that’s supposed to come up.

bnw wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

bnw wrote:

That doesn’t make sense other than wishful thinking from a $tanK toadie?

it doesn’t make sense for the chargers or the rams or the nfl to have the chargers move to los angeles. especially financially.

i’m thinking spanos stays and tries to get a stadium built in san diego. that’s my guess.

Didn’t make sense to leave St. Louis but they did. Chargers moving to LA was a concession the NFL got from $tanK to make his new stadium available to Spanos. To the NFL the Chargers move to LA does make sense.

from the standpoint of the nfl it made perfect sense for them to move. it was about money. stan has more of it than almost any other owner and a team in la meant more money in all their pockets.

unfortunate but true.

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Agamemnon wrote:

What does Jerry Jones want?

yeah. actually that’s a good point.

sanbagger wrote:

I wonder if Spanos would be agreeable to an upgrade on the MV stadium? I don’t think it’s a dump, the only problem is the flooding, but how often does it rain in So Cal?

it’s not a dump. it’s a really nice stadium i think. but then i think the coliseum is a really nice stadium. just upgrade it and it’d be just fine. it’s starting to rain a lot more, but really, i’m sure they could find a solution if it was really a problem.

hekker is excellent.

i think trujo could be pro bowl caliber but not excellent.

ogletree could be pro bowl caliber but not excellent.

hav, donnal. solid perhaps? tj too.

tavon. serviceable? lance as well.

goff and gurley? who knows at this point. if they are busts, it really will be a rebuild.

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either he’s lying (and there’s a high likelihood of that) or he doesn’t know talent. that’s just my opinion.

they lost jenkins, mcleod, lau, long.

gaines and quinn cannot be relied on. grob is likely a bust. the receivers need retooling. the qb and rb. there’s promise but questions that need answering. i think it’s a rebuild.

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

o the dline is supposed to be the strength of this team and we’re hoping to draft 2 defensive ends.

Well IMO the DL won’t be the strength of the team UNLESS they draft 2 ends.

Quinn has been hurt for 2 consecutive seasons now, and Hayes is up there and not that productive. They need a rotation at both DE spots.

OR teams just double/triple Donald and there’s no defense.

I think they can get things out of this offense without pouring in a ton of resources.

But they won’t win if they let the defense slide while trying to get a top offense. That would just be gray area hell.

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well what would be the strength without the defensive ends?

so the dline is supposed to be the strength of this team and we’re hoping to draft 2 defensive ends. and mind you i actually don’t necessarily disagree. the rams NEED defensive ends.

i think it just shows exactly how much work this teams needs.

i don’t know what was in gurley’s head this year. i hope this is a wakeup call. i’m pretty sure he’s a hard worker. you don’t come back from an acl injury the way he did not working hard.

maybe he settles down. the la lifestyle can be distracting. he needs to buckle down and focus.

zn wrote:

Havenstein and Donnal both come from college programs that ran the ZBS.

interesting. it seems as if this oline did better last year under cignetti’s zbs. gurley too.

my faith in demoff is so lacking that i think these rumors are true. that they’re stupid enough to trade away more draft picks after doing the exact same stupid thing one year ago.

i believe they’re that dumb. that they would do that for a coach who isn’t all that great.