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December 22, 2016 at 8:51 am in reply to: Trump's pick for budget director questions whether govt should fund science #61495
nittany ramModeratorSo this is a credible news source the liberals bray about? The fourth word in the third sentence “seems” relegates this to nothing but conjecture. Now about Zika what the article didn’t go into is that he is correct to question the link between Zika and microencephaly. I posted about this some time ago. In Brazil the microencephaly was initially prevalent where certain agricultural chemicals were allowed to be used on crops and coincided with the Brazilian government mandating the use of a new vaccine cocktail for pregnant women. Whether these are credible explanations are not it is apparent the microencephaly “epidemic” stops at the Brazilian border. There is even doubt that the incidence of it has actually increased due to the lack of a coordinated data collection system.
The point is, the new budget director openly questions whether the federal government should fund scientific research and he uses our lack of knowledge about the Zika virus as his reasoning? Seems to me that’s exactly why the federal govt needs to continue to fund research. Microcephaly associated with Zika has been reported from 12 countries. So whatever the reason for the Colombia descrepency, the link between the virus and microcephaly still holds.
nittany ramModeratorYeah, NYC is awesome. It has a different vibe than any other big city I’ve ever been in. I also like how it’s very easy to get around, especially now with uber. Did you go to Central Park? That alone is worth the trip. Of course, my favorite attraction in NYC is the American Museum of Natural History.
December 21, 2016 at 10:57 am in reply to: Bonsignore tweets: Chargers may rebrand if they move to LA #61419nittany ramModeratorI’m not so sure I would have remained a fan if the Rams rebranded when they left Cali all those years a go…and I don’t have any ties to Cali.
I can tell you I would definitely NOT remain a fan if the Rams rebranded. I probably would not remain a fan if they kept the name but got rid of the horns.
See what I mean? Why would they want to alienate these fans? I could understand a little more if it was, say a cross country move and those fans wouldn’t be spending much at the games…but this move isn’t very far and the die-hards will still make the trip IMO.
Yeah, it seems short-sighted to me. Spanos must see a lot of untapped potential among the Angelinos. In other words he must think there are a bunch of LA football fans who have no real rooting interest in the Rams or Chargers right now, and he wants to capture them. He’s probably right about that but I still think it’s a mistake to screw over existing fans for fans you don’t even have yet. He could also build up/promote the existing brand to capture those fans.
December 20, 2016 at 11:50 am in reply to: Bonsignore tweets: Chargers may rebrand if they move to LA #61366nittany ramModeratorI’m not so sure I would have remained a fan if the Rams rebranded when they left Cali all those years a go…and I don’t have any ties to Cali.
I can tell you I would definitely NOT remain a fan if the Rams rebranded. I probably would not remain a fan if they kept the name but got rid of the horns.
December 20, 2016 at 10:26 am in reply to: Wash Post: speculation about Sean Payton coaching Rams #61361nittany ramModeratorHey–what does it say? I have 0 free articles this month, apparently. I must read a lot of the Washington Post’s links. Anyway–is he signing on? What’s the deal? How much will the Rams have to give the Saints to get him?
He’d probably be my first choice.
But he probably would not keep Greg Williams. Just a hunch.
It just says it would not be unpresidented 😉 for Payton to coach the Rams even though he’s currently under contract. Teams have traded coaches for draft picks before. Gruden was traded to the Bucs for a one and a three and the Saints have said they would entertain offers for Payton…but the Rams have no draft picks to give them and Payton has not expressed any interest in coaching the Rams. So it’s all just BS at this point.
nittany ramModeratorOne minor quibble…you don’t have an asterisk next to Joyner but he’s regarded as one of the better nickle corners in the league.
December 19, 2016 at 10:43 am in reply to: Bonsignore tweets: Chargers may rebrand if they move to LA #61322nittany ramModeratoras a fan i would have been very confused if the rams had rebranded. i don’t think it’s a good idea. it’s not even like they’re moving to another region. there are a lot of chargers fans in the southern california region. i wonder if this will turn people off. does the younger fan base care or do they gravitate to the new team they can call their own?
From Spanos’ standpoint, he’s coming into a city that already has an established team with deep historical ties to the region with a stadium that surpasses any venue on the planet. And he won’t be getting his own super stadium – he’ll have to lease office and athletic space from the established team and use his rival’s stadium. Like the Jets using the Giant’s stadium. It’s not an optimal situation for Spanos. He may feel he needs to do something that will quickly establish a competitive fanbase.
If they rebrand, they make themselves an LA team, not an existing team that just happened to relocate to LA.
Of course, it hasn’t been established that they will rebrand. It’s just a consideration at this point.
December 19, 2016 at 9:24 am in reply to: Bonsignore tweets: Chargers may rebrand if they move to LA #61316nittany ramModeratorLet’s see:
The Los Angeles Stars?
The Los Angeles Freeways?
The Los Angeles Quakes?
The Los Angeles Smogs?
This kinda sucks. I think it was terrible that the Oilers erased their history by rebranding. As a fan–I hate it. I think it sucks if the Chargers do it was well. It essentially becomes an expansion team. I know we’ve all heard the rumors before when the Rams were moving about them becoming the Stallions or some such thing. No. That’s just wrong.
Move the team. Keep the brand.
Rebranding screws over all the loyal fans in San Diego who might remain fans plus the nomads across the country who didn’t care where they played anyway. It also cuts the historical ties to all time great players like Dan Fouts and Lance Alworth.
Terrible short-sighted move.
December 18, 2016 at 5:32 pm in reply to: Jeff Fisher ‘caught off guard’ by Rams firing | FOX NFL KICKOFF – Video #61297nittany ramModeratorcertainly a lot of it was a pr move.
but while i can’t speak for them, i was getting tired of the fact that there just was no rhythm or rhyme to this offense. after 5 years it just didn’t seem like they had any idea what they wanted to do. that boras hire was just bad.
Part of me wishes they hadn’t fired Fisher – just forced him to get a new OC like Turner or somebody. He may have fired Boras at the end of the season on his own anyway.
That’s mostly because I’m not enamored with any of the potential replacements for Fisher, although Shanahan is growing on me.
December 18, 2016 at 3:03 pm in reply to: Jeff Fisher ‘caught off guard’ by Rams firing | FOX NFL KICKOFF – Video #61290nittany ramModeratorYou might wonder how could he be caught off guard by his firing given the circumstances, but remember Fisher consistently said that Stan understands the situation and that they are on the same page. They probably were for a while but the blowout losses, the dissatisfaction of the fans, the Dickerson saga, the leaking of the extension, etc became too much.
nittany ramModeratorOf the names being bantered about I like Shanahan and Shaw the best, although I am having to supress a deep seeded revulsion to the possibility of anyone named Shaw being associated with the Rams again.
I could live with Gruden too. The rest of the names don’t trip my trigger.
December 17, 2016 at 11:06 am in reply to: Bleacher Report on coaching changes, says the Rams are targeting McDaniel #61258nittany ramModerator<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>I am not a fan of McDaniel. Besides he cheats. I hate that.</span>
I agree. I think McDaniel would be a disaster.
December 17, 2016 at 10:19 am in reply to: Bonsignoritorial: Rams providing little support for Goff #61247nittany ramModeratorVinnie doesn’t like the idea of exposing Goff to so much punishment in meaningless games. Fair enough.
But something tells me if Goff wasn’t playing he’d be complaining about how the Rams are inhibiting his development by not starting him.
nittany ramModeratorI will remember that I am a Rams fan and this is what we do. We suffer hardships that would destroy fans of any other team. We endure soul crushing defeats as a matter of routine.
So after the Rams are swept by a 9’ers team whose only two victories will be against them I’ll just smirk and say: “Shit, is that all ya got? I remember when the Rams lost to the 49’ers even though their entire team was sick with the flu…”
nittany ramModeratorThere’s nothing wrong with Goff that can’t be attributed to being a rookie on a bad team. If/when the Rams are able to put talent around him you’ll be amazed at all of the instincts he suddenly possesses.
December 17, 2016 at 8:17 am in reply to: informal poll — Donald and Gurley not acting like leaders? #61226nittany ramModeratorThe Rams have always been such a young team under Fisher so they never had a lot of veteran leadership. They released the only true leaders on the team prior to season in Long and Lauranitis. I think part of the recent collapse is due to nobody filling that leadership void.
nittany ramModeratorWill we still be alive to see our Rams win another Super Bowl? Just wondering.
Yes the mods will let you live another couple of years. Just to watch the team win their next superbowl.
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We’re not going to let *everyone* live though, right?
I mean, you promised…
December 16, 2016 at 12:44 pm in reply to: Janoris Jenkins: Rams players aren’t allowed to speak to Kroenke #61195nittany ramModeratorGuys, I personally don’t care if the owner is criticized, I personally have no need to defend him, and when a story like this comes out you don’t just shoot it down. You add it to the mix of info. Add all the other tidbits up and you get a picture of the owner, and to me it’s not flattering. Not that I care. I follow a team not an owner.
Having said that, I can’t imagine a world where players are told NOT ever to talk to the owner. Weird.
And it;s not like the 31 other owners AREN’T busy too.
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What you say is all true but I’m not convinced JJenks was really told he couldn’t speak to the owner if he saw him walking through the locker room. Kroenke has been the owner a while now and I haven’t heard that from any other former player.
December 16, 2016 at 10:05 am in reply to: Janoris Jenkins: Rams players aren’t allowed to speak to Kroenke #61181nittany ramModeratorI don’t have an issue with it. Kronke may have social issues. Where he is not comfortable talking to people. He has a few associates that he feels he deals with, and comfortable with as when it comes to business, but not everyone is known as personable.
I agree, Jack. This is a non-story.
December 16, 2016 at 6:41 am in reply to: vid link: Snead part of coach search & Demoff not looking for a GM #61167nittany ramModeratorI’d be fine with keeping Snead. I think he is a good GM, especially on draft day.
nittany ramModeratorNot sure what he was thinking, slowing up like that, no slide, no effort to get out of bounds. You gotta learn to protect yourself. There’s a good reason the good ones play many years without a lot of injuries.
My guess is Goff was trying to get knocked out.
Like the rest of us, he just wants the nightmare to end.
Awesome helmets though, huh? I hope the new unis are blue and white.
December 14, 2016 at 4:51 pm in reply to: how many of these movies have you seen? an arbitrary list #61070nittany ramModeratorMy Darling Clementine was featured on an episode of MASH.
I’ve seen 16 of those movies. My favs from your list are Dr. Strangelove, Goodfellas, A Fish Called Wanda and Glory.
nittany ramModeratorAlltime fav of the Fisher era is the tie at SF in 2012.
All the victories against the division rivals are memorable to me. I loved how the Rams were such a tough out in the division under Fisher.
The blowout victories over the Colts and Broncos were also pretty sweet.
nittany ramModeratorJackPMiller cares about one thing, and that is winning Super Bowl trophies. He would work nonstop for those things.
Yeah, but that’s all Les Snead cares about too, Jack. Wanting a thing and being capable of getting a thing are two extremely different things, if you catch my drift.
However, if you promise to fly members of this board out to LA and supply sideline passes along with rooms in a fancy hotel all at the expense of the Rams I might be ok with it.
PS. The coach will have total control over all personnel decisions, right?
December 14, 2016 at 1:07 pm in reply to: informal poll: how good is this roster for a new HC? #61034nittany ramModeratorIs Williams gone as DC ?
Most likely a new coach is going to want to bring in his own staff but it’s possible he might want to keep Williams. I hope they do because the type of players currently on the roster fit and know his system. But Williams is probably gone.
December 14, 2016 at 1:03 pm in reply to: informal poll: how good is this roster for a new HC? #61031nittany ramModeratorI think the roster has more talent than what most new coaches find when hired by a perennially losing team. As you say, a lot depends on the type of players a coach wants. I doubt many coaches would favor Barron at LB but who knows? If the o-line is salvageable then it shouldn’t take too much to turn this team into a winner.
December 14, 2016 at 11:18 am in reply to: informal poll: how good is this roster for a new HC? #61027nittany ramModeratorWill they keep Johnson and what else do they have at corner? Depends on the new coordinator.
The obvious keepers? (IMO.) Donald, Brockers, Tree (though not necessarily at MLB), Kendricks (as a good middle class type), Tavon, and presumably Goff.
Well, I think just about any coach is going to try and resign TruJo, especially with the Rams’ cap situation in such good shape. He is one of the best corners in the league and the rest of the corners are either unproven or meh.
nittany ramModeratorOh NO!
Yeah I feel like we dodged a bullet there.
nittany ramModeratorSo much for the Vegas odds makers…McDaniels isn’t interested in interviewing for Rams job.
nittany ramModeratorSo much for the Vegas odds makers…McDaniels isn’t interested in interviewing for Rams job.
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