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ParticipantNot a lot of love for Jeff Fisher.
The panel thinks he’s Mediocre as a coachhttp://www.rams-news.com/will-rams-finally-finish-over-500-in-2015-video/
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ParticipantI agree that this is a silly column.
There are some parallels, but what Bernie doesn’t refer to here is the vast gulf between the SEA FO and the Shaw/Zygmunt insanity. Our SB loss revealed the rotten foundations on which the GSOT was built.
Martz was a great OC. He was a questionable HC and a lousy talent evaluator. All of that could have been fine on a team grounded by a quality GM running a sound ship. We were being run by the Keystone Kops. And, actually, the folly of our “leadership” is revealed in Bernie’s assertion that they never forgave their HC for losing a close game. Who does that? People who don’t know the game. I dunno if Bernie is right or wrong. But the assertion sounds plausible because those morons didn’t get the first thing about football.
By contrast, SEA is run by one of the sharpest GMs in the game. I see no indication that that foundation is rotten enough to be shattered by one game.
Of course, it IS possible that Pete may have some problems with his players. We’ll see how much credibility he has built up with them. I would think that they’d settle down and it would all be fine. But, lingering effects are possible.
But let’s imagine the worst. Pete loses the locker room. They fire him. OK, the stream of talent won’t stop as long as the GM is running a capable ship. They’ll be an attractive gig for a really good coach. The organization has a great chance to keep chugging along as the Whiners did under Siefert.
In general, I think Carroll is taking a lot of unfair heat. I figure the call was fine. A pick was really unlikely. An Inc, for example, would have been fine. Trust your top 10 QB to run the play without losing the game, and it’s a good call. That is, it’s perfectly defensible.
And yet …
I loathe Pete Carroll. His arrogance and faux-boyish emotionalism are irritating. I understand that he has some program called “Win Forever.” That sort of arrogance calls for a correction. Glad to see it happen.
Well, they have four guys in the secondary that are injured
and i think they all may need surgery. I dunno,
but that might mean they cant really work out and stay
sharp in the offseason. Might be a drop off in the
effectiveness of the Legion of Boom next year.
We’ll see.I dont loathe Pete Carroll anymore. I dunno why
but he’s grown on me for some reason. Especially
now that every celebrity-pundit in the Universe seems to think
he blew the super bowl.w
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ParticipantRaiders, C Stefen Wisniewski disagree on his value
by Larry Hartstein | CBSSports.com
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasyfootball/story/25017508/offseason-extra-free-agents-in-2015
Raiders center Stefen Wisniewski is set to hit free agency after he and the team were unable to agree on a contract extension during the season, reports ESPN.com. Wisniewski has missed only three starts in his first four years.
Wisniewski, who made $938,000 in base salary last year, likely is looking for $3 million or more annually, the report said.
Seems like he might be the Rams number
one target. Yes? No?w
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ParticipantOher got worse every year.
Meanwhile in contrast to Tenn. Baltimore made a few inexpensive moves
in the 2014 off-season and restored a bad 2013 OL to end up with a good one.So youre saying the Rams
should move to Baltimore?I dunno. Two teams in Baltimore
might be too many.w
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ParticipantAll i know is — and I’m repeating myself for the umpteenth time —
the entire season depends on the Oline.
They know Bradford is iffy, they know a rookie QB would be iffy,
they know Hill is iffy, they know a journeyman-Vet-QB will be iffy —
So I assume their thinking will be — Build a Brick WALL of an OLine.
Throw every resource at that one Unit. Do whatever you have to do
but make SURE that one Unit is topnotch.The other units might have their flaws but they are
at least serviceable.Its all about the Oline and they know it.
So…they’ll fix it. They have the cap space
and the players are out there.Good things are going to happen
in year four.Probably 16-0.
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ParticipantOh, they already have fallen apart. It’s over for that team.
From what I’m hearing, they aren’t even really talking to each other anymore, or even holding practices.
Yeah, i heard M.Lynch isnt even
speaking to anyone anymore.w
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ParticipantThis was the poll question of the day at espn:
How should next year’s Super Bowl be referred to in print?
Super Bowl L
Super Bowl 50=================
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vFebruary 6, 2015 at 6:37 am in reply to: Rams to promote QB coach Frank Cignetti to offensive coordinator #18010wv
Participant<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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vFebruary 5, 2015 at 6:37 pm in reply to: Rams to promote QB coach Frank Cignetti to offensive coordinator #17986wv
ParticipantI for one am quite pleased.
I hated the idea of the
Olinemen, TE’s, RBs, WRs, and QBs having to learn
a New System.Geez, its year four. Fer cryin out loud
no more system changes.w
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ParticipantBut…if the Davis family ends up owning the Rams, it will take me a long time to climb out of my depression.
Hole-Lee-Shit. Dont even say that.
Dont think it, and dont type it.Geezus-h-christ.
Let a thousand flowers bloom,
except for that one.w
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ParticipantI don’t really understand how you can think there’s no contract penalty
when he’s been playing for less than a million and now he’ll be playing
for fifteen million. I mean, thats a fourteen million dollar
penalty they way i look at it. Thats fourteen million dollars
they would have been able to spend on other players and now they cant.
Maybe this is just semantics, i dunno.w
vBecause they have the cap space in 2015 and 2016 to handle it, and only a couple of major guys (Okung, Mebane) coming up in 2016 but that’s it.
It may be more money than before for Wilson, but they planned around it.
The point is they’re not going to lose anyone.
Yes it’s also true they can’t add anyone in terms of FAs, but…go through their roster and name their FAs.
The next 2 years also means trades and/or draft picks, and they’re good at both, and both are cheap.
Ok, I agree they planned for RW’s big raise, and they
have been brilliant with their personnel choices and personnel management.But Wilson has been playing for peanuts and there aint
no more huge QB-discount. 15 million means they cant
add two New excellent players.Should be very interesting to see what kind of team
the Seahawks put on the field next year. Does
a gutwrenching Super Bowl loss really affect
a team the next season? I dunno.w
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ParticipantI don’t really understand how you can think there’s no contract penalty
when he’s been playing for less than a million and now he’ll be playing
for fifteen million. I mean, thats a fourteen million dollar
penalty they way i look at it. Thats fourteen million dollars
they would have been able to spend on other players and now they cant.
Maybe this is just semantics, i dunno.w
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Participantwv wrote:
jim, i was ready Bernies article about Faulk comments about the team and owner. I laugh at Bernies little rant against faulk…. st louis signed the contract to the dome and have known about the contract and did nothing till the last minute only after the ruling came out that st louis was in the wrong… dang… what a surprise they have to honor there part of the deal… Ive been a ram fan for 45 years and haven’t missed a game on tv since 1997. Hate to see them move but business is business and st louis did business poorly…. thanks for the chats and keeping us up on things.. we all appreciate it
simdoc 4:38 PM*One, you have to go through the arbitration process. Two, Peacock has been working on this behind the scenes for well over a year. Three, LA has done next to nothing for 20 years to get a stadium. Four, San Diego has been at it for 15 years. I could go on. So you’re telling me St. Louis gets a year, a year and a half to meet Stan Kroenke’s schedule? Not the league’s schedule. But Stan Kroenke’s? Sorry. No sale. Obviously, Faulk’s entitled to his opinion, but he should stick to his area of expertise: the game of football.
jthomas 4:42 PM*
====================================Its interesting how people have different ideas about
time-frames. JT sets the relevant time frame at “a year or a year and a half”.
But couldnt you argue that for years and years, the St.Louis folks have known this
issue was coming. And they did nothing?I think both sides have points.
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vI really do think that when you’re talking about committing public funds, you go through the entire process. The CVC put together a plan to improve the Ed, which was the first step. I guess people can call that nothing, but it did cost money and effort to come up with the design. Then, they studied the Rams’ counter-proposal. There was a back-and-forth process that lately has been STL going forth, and SK giving nothing back.
During this entire process, SK has been more interested in L.A., apparently. So, while the Rams’ owner expects public aid for the project in STL, he’s moving forward with private money on an L.A. project. Then, SK is floating out there that he did indeed wait for STL’s cooperation but got bored and moved on — you know, trying to change the narrative. His actions, however, were of a man who avoided cooperation because he was looking to the West Coast.
I dunno Dak. The CVC dome-improvement plan was never ever
going to be taken seriously by Kroenke and they
should have known that. If they wanted to keep the Rams
they were gonna have to build a nice new stadium. Why didnt
the Peacock folks start working on this four years ago?I mean thats a legitimate question, i think. A fair
question, i think.I think the Peacock side also has valid
points and fair questions too.But since both sides have reasonable points
and arguments — seems to me thats gonna tilt
things toward allowing the billionaire to move
the team, if thats what he wants to do.There’s no ‘fairness’ in any of this btw 🙂
The move from LA wasn’t ‘fair’ and a move
back to LA wouldnt be ‘fair’. …call me a nihilist.w
vFebruary 4, 2015 at 7:00 am in reply to: PFF on the superbowl … including a long breakdown of The Playcall #17910wv
ParticipantI disagree with the basic premise of the analysis.
Pete Carroll/Darrell Bevell got too cute by half. Take the TO if you have to and go heavy and run it in, but do NOT throw it into traffic.
On the other play at the end of the half, Wilson threw it where either it would have been caught, tipped out of bounds or incomplete. There were 3 Pats around that ball and only 1 Seahawk.
Even going heavy, the Pats had struggled to stop the Seahawks in the 2nd half. Was dumb not to call the TO and reset.
I dunno. Folks seem to think bad things can happen with a pass
but nothing bad can happen with a run. But the Pats were stacked
for Run-defense. And the Beast could have lost two yards. Then
its third and two-and-a-half.After watchin it twenty times in slo-mo,
I blame Martz.w
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ParticipantEveryday
is my birthday.Cake, please.
And cheese-danish.
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Participantjim, i was ready Bernies article about Faulk comments about the team and owner. I laugh at Bernies little rant against faulk…. st louis signed the contract to the dome and have known about the contract and did nothing till the last minute only after the ruling came out that st louis was in the wrong… dang… what a surprise they have to honor there part of the deal… Ive been a ram fan for 45 years and haven’t missed a game on tv since 1997. Hate to see them move but business is business and st louis did business poorly…. thanks for the chats and keeping us up on things.. we all appreciate it
simdoc 4:38 PM*One, you have to go through the arbitration process. Two, Peacock has been working on this behind the scenes for well over a year. Three, LA has done next to nothing for 20 years to get a stadium. Four, San Diego has been at it for 15 years. I could go on. So you’re telling me St. Louis gets a year, a year and a half to meet Stan Kroenke’s schedule? Not the league’s schedule. But Stan Kroenke’s? Sorry. No sale. Obviously, Faulk’s entitled to his opinion, but he should stick to his area of expertise: the game of football.
jthomas 4:42 PM*
====================================Its interesting how people have different ideas about
time-frames. JT sets the relevant time frame at “a year or a year and a half”.
But couldnt you argue that for years and years, the St.Louis folks have known this
issue was coming. And they did nothing?I think both sides have points.
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vFebruary 3, 2015 at 8:58 pm in reply to: PFF on the superbowl … including a long breakdown of The Playcall #17895wv
ParticipantThe actual catch by Butler is the most impressive
thing to me. He kinda twisted his body and threw
himself at the WR and took the Jolt,
and somehow still kept his eyes on the ball
and latched onto it.One of the best football plays of the year, regardless
of the time and place.w
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ParticipantSeahawks offense stayed true to form on last Super Bowl pass
http://seattletimes.com/html/seahawks/2025607820_seahawksjenks03xml.html
……“Who was asking about the passing stats?” Carroll asked. “Who was that guy? Who was that?…This game of football has always been about the physical side of it, the aggressive, physical, take-care-of-the-ball mentality. We close the loop on toughness by being a running team. The circle of toughness wouldn’t be there if we were throwing the ball.”…
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ParticipantMuch better than last year.
Good game.
Actually enjoyed the halftime show and the dancing sharks.
Not big on the commercials(except for The Brady Bunch and Viagra car).
Did not stay to see Kurt hand the trophy to the Pats.
No controversial calls that decided things–that was good.
I hope the Rams get back again in my lifetime.The Dancing Sharks were fine,
but no way the Brady Bunch should have been
on there — Partridge Family should
have been called. Only three things
can happen when you bring in the Brady Bunch
and two of them are bad.
Lets face it,
it was a bad call. I dont
even understand how they could
make a call like that.w
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February 3, 2015 at 8:10 am in reply to: Sapp Arrested For Soliciting Prostitute [Update: Fired by NFL Network] #17878wv
ParticipantI just find it interesting that the headline is
about his arrest for trying to buy sex
but oh, btw, buried in the article
there’s also two assault charges.w
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ParticipantI have no problem with the call by Carroll. If it works, he’s hailed as a genius. If it doesn’t, then Carroll is probably expecting, at worst, an incompletion, which stops the clock.
Very low chance of a sack on that type of play, and if there is one, Seattle still has one time out left.
And he still has two chances left to score.
It was just one of those crazy football plays. We’ve all seen hundreds of them. Heck, there was one two plays before that, with the wacky catch.
Tough break for Seattle. Great play by the NE corner.
I remember a game between the Purple Gang
and the Rams.Roman ran the ball three straight times at the one yard
line. Maybe it was four, i forget — stoned every time.I got no problem with a pass down there
on second down.w
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Participanti didnt interpret it
as a “bad call.”Lynch coulda been stopped
for a two yard loss, etc.…anyway, the good thing is this will haunt
seahawk fans, players and coaches for eternity.
Bad thing is, it makes the Pats organization
the best ever, i would think.w
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ParticipantAwesome defensive play.
I dont see how anyone could
blame the WR in any way, on that.w
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ParticipantHawks 30
Pats 24w
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ParticipantI think I’ve been converted…
I hated Hockey growing up, especially trying to watch it on a black and white TV that needed rabbit-ear adjustments…
I couldn’t see the damned puck.
Now, with HDTV, its all there in living colour.
I guess it helps that I work with a bunch of rabid Bruins fans, and since I’m from Western CT and have always considered myself a Rangers fan by proximity, it got to the point that I had to watch games if I wanted to trash talk.
And you know what, I like it.
In my opinion, your average hockey player is much more relatable than your average NFL player.
I’ve watched a lot of football this season, 0 NBA (if anything, I’m a Knicks fan so I got nothing to watch…), and a lot of Rangers Hockey.
In years past, I had nothing to watch post Super Bowl. This year, I’m going to be following the Rangers’ playoff hunt.I had an Art class back in 1970. The teacher told us to
bring in a picture of someone to draw. I was gonna bring
in a picture of Deacon Jones, but i forgot it at home.
So i had to scrounge around the classroom for a picture of
someone to draw — I found a Sports Illustrated cover
with Bobby Orr on it. So, i drew Orr, and got an “A”.Thats my Hockey story.
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ParticipantHoly shit. You don’t read that kind
of article about pro football everyday.I shall save it.
There’s a lot of truth in there
swimming around in that kaleidoscope
of big-thots.Btw, a minor point:
“The Rice assault would probably have disappeared down the memory hole like its dozens of predecessors
had it not been accompanied by the galvanic and undeniable reality of video…”Thats always true. Nixon would still be prezident
had it not been for an electronic-record.w
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ParticipantI keep reading reporters say nothing was wrong with Stacy,
and that Tre and Benny just surpassed him, but
I dunno. It sure seemed like Stacy wasnt quite
the same back last year. He seemed a bit off to me.
Like maybe he was injured.w
vJanuary 31, 2015 at 3:01 pm in reply to: Miklasz: Three ways to view Goodell's remarks (relocation thread) #17742wv
ParticipantDo you think it will affect
the play on the field?w
vIt could. But remember, JF has been through this before, AND he has a knack for creating “us against them” environments. So, he could make it the one team in existence that thrives off of not having a complete home field advantage.
Well, if it becomes obvious the rams are lame-ducks in St.Louis
and the fans stop showin up….can we still give the fans a nickname?
Like Seattle’s “12th Man” thing — ? What could we call them?w
vThe Invisible Man?
Ha. I love it. The Invisible Man 🙂
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The Invisible Man: The drugs I took seemed to light up my brain. Suddenly I realized the power I held, the power to rule, to make the world grovel at my feet.
(The Invisible Man 1933)January 31, 2015 at 11:08 am in reply to: Miklasz: Three ways to view Goodell's remarks (relocation thread) #17732wv
ParticipantDo you think it will affect
the play on the field?w
vIt could. But remember, JF has been through this before, AND he has a knack for creating “us against them” environments. So, he could make it the one team in existence that thrives off of not having a complete home field advantage.
Well, if it becomes obvious the rams are lame-ducks in St.Louis
and the fans stop showin up….can we still give the fans a nickname?
Like Seattle’s “12th Man” thing — ? What could we call them?w
vJanuary 31, 2015 at 9:23 am in reply to: 101, 1/26 … Albert Breer on re-location (re-location thread) #17730wv
Participant“…fact, an NFL source told me Kroenke has covertly begun the process of collating support from fellow owners should he actually decide to move the Rams to Los Angeles…”
http://www.dailybulletin.com/20150130/rams-owner-stan-kroenke-working-behind-scenes-to-make-la-jumpw
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