Zooey wrote:

But occasionally I think a little “Rate the Flamer” is missing from the stew. So wv comes in here with a traumatic film of the Rams’ loss to the Vikings in the playoffs, and sharpens it by omitting all of the good Rams plays. Then reminds us that the Rams used to have the greatest sports uniforms of all time. I dunno, though. 3.5 stars from me.

Yeah wv’s good but he’s no Calif-Tom.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Fine, but I’ll remind you that land-damning is a time-honored tradition on Rams boards, going all the way back to The Herd.

We go back to the PD board, right? I started in 98. So that’s what, 60 years?

At least.

The PD board was like Lord of the Flies, with GRITS playing the Jack Merridew role.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

If memory serves they won a few games in those uniforms.

Remember the rules–no figurative lynchings on the Huddle board. For us, lynchings have to be literal. Unfortunately that would usually mean driving long distances to accomplish it. So we’ll try peace and reconciliation instead. It’s more convenient.

Fine, but I’ll remind you that land-damning is a time-honored tradition on Rams boards, going all the way back to The Herd.

zn wrote:

Head coaches

• Head coach – Sean McVay
• Assistant head coach – Jimmy Lake

Offensive coaches

• Offensive coordinator – Mike LaFleur
• Quarterbacks/pass game coordinator – Zac Robinson
• Quarterbacks – Vacant
• Running backs – Ron Gould
• Wide receivers – Eric Yarber
• Tight ends – Nick Caley
• Offensive line – Ryan Wendell
• Assistant offensive line – Zak Kromer
• Pass game specialist – Jake Peetz
• Offensive assistant – KJ Black
• Offensive assistant – Nick Jones

Defensive coaches

• Defensive coordinator – Raheem Morris
• Defensive coordonator – Chris Shula
• Defensive line/run game coordinator – Eric Henderson
• Defensive line/run game coordinator — Giff Smith
• Assistant defensive line – Andrew Carter
• Linebackers/pass rush coordinator – Chris Shula
• Linebackers – Vacant
• Outside linebackers – Joe Coniglio
• Secondary – Chris Beake
• Defensive backs/pass game coordinator – Aubrey Pleasant
• Defensive assistant – Mike Harris

Special teams coaches

• Special teams coordinator – Chase Blackburn
• Assistant special teams – Jeremy Springer
• Assistant special teams – Chili Davis
• Coaching analyst – Tim Berbenich

Strength and conditioning

• Director of strength training and performance – Justin Lovett
• Assistant strength and conditioning – Fernando Noriega
• Assistant strength and conditioning – Dustin Woods

Damn that’s a lot of coaching changes.  Has there ever been a team that’s had to replace as many coaches as the Rams have every year?

That is as good of an indication of the respect the league has for McVay as anything.

I noticed the Rams created a new coaching position – Defensive Coordonator.

I suspect that that position is actually the same as Defensive Coordinator.  The Rams are just trying to hide their coaches behind new and unfamiliar titles so they can’t be pilfered…

Other team’s general manager: “We need a new defensive coordinator.  Let’s see who the Rams have.  Wait a minute, according to their coaching roster, they don’t have a defensive coordinator.  Damn.  Guess we’ll have to look elsewhere…”

Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

wv wrote:

SF fires their DC. w v

Somebody had to pay.

Yeah, I don’t think this is a scapegoat situation. There were some problems between Wilks and Shanahan throughout the season, and they had different philosophies for the defense. Wilks was supposed to embrace Shanahan’s system, but there were times he didn’t do it. Shanahan and Lynch overruled Wilks on his gameplan against Seattle, and Shanahan called a timeout in the Super Bowl to overrule a defensive play call at one point. There was also some kind of fiasco at the end of the first half against Minnesota. This wasn’t the 49ers throwing somebody under the bus for the loss.

Well look who comes running to Shanny’s and the 9ers’ defense.  What a surprise.  Not.

Sorry if I struck a nerve. I know you’re struggling to get over the Super Bowl loss and here I am adding insult to injury.  I’ll try to remember that not everyone is as happy about the 9ers implosion as Rams fans are.

I wonder who Raheem will take with him?  Will the Rams promote a current coach or look elsewhere?
Seems like Aubrey Pleasant has paid his dues and should be in line for a coordinator position.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by nittany ram.

wv wrote:

Anybody got anything to say? Just rooting against the 49ers?

Yup.  The 9ers have to lose.

That’s all that matters.

Don’t care how it happens, and it doesn’t have to happen this week, but it has to happen.

The Rams are the only team I root for.  Every other team in the league falls somewhere between ambivalence and hatred. I used to be ambivalent about the Lions, but they have shifted toward the dislike range of the scale.  They are a dirty team.  I hope the season ends in sadness for them and their fans.

Hope Higbee can be healthy before the start of next season.  Fortunately the Rams have some nice depth at TE.

I don’t buy the defender’s claim he wasn’t trying to hurt Higbee. He has a history of this.

You can’t outlaw all hits below the waist (can you imagine trying to tackle a guy like Earl Campbell if you couldn’t hit him below the waist?) but the NFL should outlaw hits directly to the knees.

zn wrote:

They need various things on defense. On offense IMO above all they need a true 1B running back. The Rams were a different team in games where Wms either didn’t play or was held to under 100. Like–yesterday. It follows that if you have another RB who can get premium yards, your offense is better off all the way around.

I also think they need a capable back-up QB.  Odds of Stafford playing all 17 games are about nil.  Maybe that guy is Stetson, maybe not, but they need a better option that the likes of Rypien…

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

it’s not necessarily true that the rams will just improve this off-season. henderson. possibly morris next. donald getting older. who knows what’s going on with kupp. now higbee gone for awhile.

They can still improve with all those losses and/or effects of age. They improved from 2022 to 2023 with far less to work with. For example, that actually included not just stabilizing the OL but upgrading the OL coaching. Between 2023 and 2024, no matter what the losses are, they have far more to work with than they did going into 2023.

If they get help for Donald he might look better (ie better numbers) even if his age is starting to show.

As a matter of fact. I expect it to happen if Turner continues to develop and they sign a good FA edge rusher.

With the exception of Aaron Donald, Raheem’s defense was better than the sum of its parts.  Somehow he managed to put together an effective defense with Witherspoon,  Kendrick, et. al.

I wish him well.

When the trade went down, I remember being against it.

At the time, I thought Goff might still be able to salvage his career with the Rams.

I also didn’t realize how good Stafford was.  To me, he just seemed like a much older, worn-out version of Goff.

But as good as Goff is, Stafford is an order of magnitude better.

Think about the Super Bowl against Cincy and the NFC Championship game against the Bucs prior to that… i don’t think the Rams win either of those games with Goff at QB.

Zooey wrote:

Well, since I arrived in Las Vegas yesterday morning, I am going to have to put some money where my mouth is.

Well whatta’ ya know…

For decades zooey has been prancing about the board acting all sanctimonious – looking upon us with disdain whenever we penned a bawdy remark.  We would have to endure lengthy pearl-clutching tirades with every utterance that offended his piousness…

Only to find out he’s a degenerate gambler.

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