I just hope Zooey isn’t the actual cause
of 8-10 type bullshit.

Season
1983 … 8-10
1984 … 10-8
1985 … 3-15
Totals … 22-34

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Express_(USFL)
The Los Angeles Express drafted Dan Marino as the first pick in USFL history. Marino made some appearances on behalf of the Express before signing with the Miami Dolphins.

The Express also made a serious run at Eric Dickerson, and actually matched the Los Angeles Rams’ offer for him. However, Dickerson signed with the Rams, apparently because family members were skeptical about the USFL.

Television star Lee Majors became part owner in April 1983.

The Express ownership lured Canadian Football League legend Hugh Campbell, head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos, to be their first head coach. (Campbell had taken over the Eskimos in 1977 and in his six years had taken the team to six straight Grey Cup games, winning the last five.)

The 1983 Express team was a competitive team headed by quarterbacks Tom Ramsey and Mike Rae and led by an above average defense. Despite losing two defensive backs to knee injuries, the Express finished fifth in the league in total defense.

However, a patchwork offensive line limited the team’s offensive firepower. The Express had the worst rushing attack in the league. (Herschel Walker rushed for 72 more yards than the entire Express team in 1983).

Upset losses to the New Jersey Generals and Washington Federals in weeks 16 and 17 respectively cost the Express the Pacific Division title and allowed the Oakland Invaders to claim the last 1983 playoff berth.

I know this is just wild-speculation on my part, but i suspect
it hurts the Rams chances of winning when the QB throws a Pick-Six.

I oould be wrong.

I only saw the highlights, so i dunno what happened. I do know that if you told me
before the game that Quinn was not playing I’d have said it was a “pick’em” kind a game.

To me, the picture that is emerging is this is a “wild-card level team”. I keep saying that,
but thats what i keep seeing. They will hang around the .500 mark for a while, i think.

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Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

When’s the last time you were at the Coliseum, Zooey?

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Summer of 1984. I had season tickets to the LA Express ($100 for nine regular season home games, plus pre-season). The last game I attended was the longest game in professional football history – a playoff game against the Michigan Panthers that lasted 93 minutes before the Express won it. They had Steve Young, Jo Jo Townsell, Gary Zimmerman…among others.

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So, you’ve never really
been a ram fan, then have ya.

Maybe you should just change
yer avatar to the EXPRESS.

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When’s the last time you were at the Coliseum, Zooey?

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“… Fisher said, adding that run-game problems have “nothing to do with Todd, whatsoever. It’s just a matter of getting him some opportunities.”

Offensive coordinator Rob Boras said it was “an ongoing process” to figure out ways to get Gurley going. “We’re taking a look at everything,” he said. “Schematically, play calls, our technique at the point of attack, our decisions.”
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Interesting.

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Bill Maher on the trump shit-storm.

Hes an ok stopgap gamer, without a power-arm, who has a good feel for lofty-long passes, good student of the game, and has some nice escapability, who is working with a fairly mediocre recieving corps.

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zn wrote:

PA Ram wrote:

Why does that happen?

IMO? (And it’s all just IMOs based on limited partial knowledge.)

Because a head coach has so many other things to do that getting equally involved in both units is just frankly impossible.

You have to give a lot to at least one coordinator.

In terms of knowing the other side because you play against it…that’s actually too counter-intuitive for me. For example I don’t think you want to hire Norv Turner as your defensive coordinator just because he has had success against defenses. It doesn’t translate into knowing how to COACH defense. Similarly you’re just not going to hire Wade Wilson as your offensive coordinator. Same thing. So if you got a team and did hire Wilson for the offense and Turner for the defense, you would end up with one big steaming hot mess.

It would be the same as switching the bartender and the cocktail waitresses. That would pretty much ruin happy hour even if on paper you would think the one would know the other’s job. It’s still not the same as doing it.

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I wonder if there are examples in NFL coaching history of men that were successful coaching both offense and defense. Or men that switched back and forth from one to the other.
Maybe guys like Paul Brown? Or Halas? I dunno. Maybe not.

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Zooey wrote:

Republican Mentality:

If you’re rich and pay no taxes, you are a genius.
If you’re poor and pay no taxes, you are a moocher.

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I blame the poor for not creating more jobs,
myself.

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zn wrote:

It’s funny you should mention that. I’ve been thinking the same thing. I think Aaron Donald is to Chris Massey as Paint-by-Numbers is to Vincent Van Gogh. And that is so far ahead of anybody else, it is mind-boggling.

You guys forget what the locker room and coaches said about Massey. Remember when they said he should spend more time with the playbook and less time reading The Bhagavad Gita?

So he was not without controversy.

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Well there’s a lot of mythology about that Bhagavad Gita story.

The truth is it was John Shaw who forced Hinduism on Massey.

Granted, Massey went on to use the book to achieve complete karmic enlightenment
and Unity with the Divine.

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http://www.gradesaver.com/bhagavad-gita/study-guide/summary