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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Paul_%28linebacker%29
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…“The Turk” is the NFL’s version of the Grim Reaper. He is the individual assigned by the team who is responsible for tracking down players and explaining to them that they are being released. “Coach wants to see you, and make sure you bring your playbooks” are the famous last words that no player wants to hear come from “The Turk.”In years past he was known as “Squeaky Shoes.” Players said they could hear his shoes squeaking down the halls of the dormitories during training camp as he made his way from room to room cutting players that didn’t make the final roster. It wasn’t until the 1950s in Los Angeles that the name “Turk” became synonymous with the man given the distasteful duty of releasing players.
Don Paul, a former linebacker with the L.A. Rams from 1948-1955, reportedly came up with the name. His coach, Clark Shaughnessy, had a specific method of releasing players. He would send someone in the organization to wake the player in the middle of the night.
That way the individual would be less apt to get angry since he would still be trying to wake up. The player would be told to grab all of his stuff because the coach wanted to see him.
The player would then have an exit interview with the coach, turn in his playbook and be gone by breakfast. Shaughnessy’s method made everyone uncomfortable, which one can only assume was part of the reason he used this method. From rookies to seasoned veterans, nobody felt safe. Rams players often went to sleep and when they woke up their roommate was gone. No time to say goodbye, simply out of sight and out of mind. Don began proclaiming “The Turk strikes at night.” The story began floating around the league. Soon everyone was on alert to beware of “The Turk” who lurks in the halls of the teams’ facilities waiting to utter those dreaded words, “Coach wants to see you…and bring your playbook.”
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vNot sure how the Rams playing at home is necessarily a big advantage. They tend to drop some of their biggest turds at home. Those fans, God bless ‘em, they have witnessed some horrific football. Yeah, yeah, I know, Seattle. A blind squirrel is likely to stumble across an acorn eventually. Let’s hope they stumble across another one Sunday. I’m not holding my breath, though.
Switch Peyton to the Rams
and Hill to Denver — Think
the rams would win? Yes? No?Is it all about the difference
in QB ?w
v<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wv wrote:</div>
Year FOUR. Its all about year FOUR
Or five. I forget.
Or six.w
vYep. It’s like the sardonic slogans developed by war-weary GIs in WW II:
“Home alive in ’45”
(Can’t remember the ’46 slogan)
“Heaven in ’47”
“Golden Gate in ’48.”I think a significant mistake
had to be the decision to go with
Jake Long, the former all pro,
but injured LT. It was a gamble
that cost them. Jake just
wasnt an allpro anymore
and was too inconsistent.And i was all for the
signing at the time.Ah well.
w
v<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wv wrote:</div>
The Rams continue to…uh…be
the Rams.w
vAin’t it the heart-breaking truth.
Year FOUR. Its all about year FOUR 🙂
Or five. I forget.
Or six.How cold is it in Minny?
w
vBreaking my retirement to announce this….Jim Thomas broke the story
What ‘retirement’ ? You CANT retire.
Alrighty then.
Now that, THATS been straightened out,
it’s inter esting news about the
Return of Mr Hill.The Rams continue to…uh…be
the Rams.
The last time we saw Mr Hill
he was throwin a Really bad INT
as i recall. Before that
he looked pretty good.w
vJim Thomas audio — The stadium issue for the first eleven mins, and then football stuff
HighPlainsDrifter wrote:
Do the Rams have a running game? Do they have a top defense?Yes I think the Rams will have those things.
Some people are seeing the fog of losing.
But I think I see the approaching village through that fog.
Mind you, 1. I could be wrong of course, and 2. so far I don’t see a quarterback in that approaching village. Not yet anyway.
Nice looking bakery, though.
Is it an elite bakery
or only a complimentary Bakery?w
vespn Bronco blog
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http://espn.go.com/blog/denver-broncos
“…..While the Raiders do feature Khalil Mack, who has forced his share of holding penalties and has pressured opposing quarterbacks with some regularity, the Raiders are currently last in the league in sacks with eight. And the Rams’ defensive front, at least the defensive front the Rams have showed the past four games — 16 sacks combined, including eight against the San Francisco 49ers — figures to be a notch above.With Louis Vasquez at right tackle (his first career start at the position), Manny Ramirez at right guard (where Vasquez was an All-Pro last season) and Will Montgomery getting his first start at center, quarterback Peyton Manning wasn’t sacked and the Broncos rushed for 118 yards.
But the Raiders were able to affect Manning and disrupt the Broncos for most of the first half Sunday when the Broncos were in three-WR sets. They got enough push to deflect four of Manning’s passes at the line of scrimmage, forced Manning into an intentional grounding penalty and forced two interceptions, one coming when defensive end Justin Tuck deflected the ball and dove to make the interception — all in the first half.
Including their time with the Titans, Rams head coach Jeff Fisher, assistant head coach Dave McGinnis and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams may have faced Manning more than any coaches in the league. They figure to pound away at the Broncos’ new look, especially to the right side of the offense into Manning’s face as he sets to throw, to see if the group is up to a more significant challenge.
=============Look. Everybody around here was worried that I might attempt suicide if the Rams hired Fisher as coach. I made my views known that I consider him to be one of Satan’s minions.
But.
It is precisely BECAUSE I believed that Fisher was in league with Satan that I accepted him as coach.
If it turns out that he isn’t, that he’s just an ordinary evil guy like Colonel Klink,
then I am going to need professional help.Year FOUR. Its all about year FOUR.
Just keep repeating that. 🙂Oh and btw, we’ve been posting together
since, what, 98 now? — its been an honor.
Truly. An honor.Maybe we’ll see another championship
before we die.
Carry on, Z.I gotta go. I’m baking
rice and books.w
v
“I love Zack and he knows that. But this is exactly where we differ!
Zack is in the fetal position, but my head is in the oven! No amount of semantics can change this.”
Zooey’d For LifeWell are there free agent options at QB next year?
Or is the draft the only avenue.Such a strange year/team. Earlier in the year
a lot of us were thinking the QB situation was lookin
pretty good but the defense was a mess.
Now, of course things are reversed, kinda.Year Three, has not turned out well
has it.I wonder what their record would be if Bradford
was healthy? Would they have won more games?
The same? Fewer?w
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