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January 13, 2017 at 6:15 pm in reply to: audio/vids…the sports media industry on McVay hire (including Faulk) #63453
ZooeyModeratorIs that guy behind the mic for real? Or was it some kind of dress up day at work? Looks like he fell out of a crappy 1980s metal band.
ZooeyModeratorHey, no worries. I got a million of ’em. I’m a laugh a minute.
ZooeyModeratoryeah. i wonder if robert quinn would be better served as a standup edge rusher. i don’t know. i’m not too familiar with charles haley’s career. was he converted to a standup pass rusher after back problems?
Haley’s back issue came later in his career. His position was not a response to his back issue. That is just coincidence.
January 13, 2017 at 12:32 pm in reply to: McVay helped Desean Jackson and Pierre Garçon more than Cousins #63430ZooeyModeratorNah, both Garcon and Jackson are headaches. I’d rather re-sign Britt and get a WR in the draft. Juju Smith-Schuster is the 4th rated WR (I read somewhere), so he might be available at the top of the 2nd round. He is plenty good.
January 13, 2017 at 12:19 pm in reply to: audio/vids…the sports media industry on McVay hire (including Faulk) #63427ZooeyModeratorRamsFanSince69
Peter Schrager on Sean McVay (GMFB Fri 1/13)
S. just said that McVay is embracing longtime Rams like Eric Dickerson. Also said that Sean spoke with Marshall Faulk before accepting the job and got his input as to what it means to be a Ram.
These are little things that have nothing to do with the X’s and O’s but they mean everything to how our new HC prepares for this new job.
Frankly, that is a sign of humility. That is a leader, not a boss. That is a very good thing.
ZooeyModeratorwell. reading about mcvay his strong points include his ability to connect with people. that’s an ability that vermeil excelled at. maybe shanahan is strong in x’s and o’s but not with the ability to form bonds. that’d be huge as a head coach i would think.
that’s also something fisher excelled at. players are fiercely loyal to him. i get that sense with mcvay.
Interesting point. You are certainly right about Vermeil. He was just that kind of guy. I used to work with a guy who played under Vermeil at UCLA. He was drafted by the George Allen Rams, then later traded to Buffalo where he played a few years before ending his career in the World Football League.
I worked with him a few years before I learned about his past. He never talked about it. And the only thing I could ever get him to really “open” about – I mean talk about freely – was Dick Vermeil.
I think Spags had a bit of that going for him, but he had zero talent to work with. As bad as those teams were, they played hard even after the season was lost.
Let’s hope McVay is that kind of leader. It only helps.
ZooeyModeratori mean now. i can’t imagine they give a 30 year old rookie head coach final say on personnel.
Yeah. Gotta think it’s Snead. Though I bet they still try having a consensus.
ZooeyModeratori think this could be the guy to resurrect robert quinn? i wonder how he does as a standup edge rusher.
Been thinking about this all afternoon since the idea was first posed.
There is one player whose size and speed keeps coming to mind for me when I consider Quinn in this role: Charles Haley.
A guy who, coincidentally, also had back issues.
ZooeyModeratorPhillips has been a head coach or DC for a combined 34 years.
OUt of those 34 years, how many times has a defense of his been ranked lower than 13th?
12.
How many times has a defense of his been ranked top 5?
10.
Hmm.
That isn’t the worst track record in history.
ZooeyModeratorI just want to point out that Phillips is 40 years older than McVay. I dunno. I’m over 50, and I would have to “get over” being the boss of someone who is old enough to be my father.
January 12, 2017 at 8:15 pm in reply to: The mammal precursors that lived before the dinosaurs… #63316ZooeyModeratorWhere are the pictures of the mermaids?
I have to add, it looks like a lot of those pictures were photoshopped. Besides, one of them has a rainbow in it, and God didn’t invent the rainbow until after Noah’s flood as a covenant that he wouldn’t drown everything again. But I don’t think dinosaurs survived the flood, anyway, so that picture can’t be real.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t know who Jimmy Dore is, but I kinda like him.
ZooeyModeratorAnthony Lynn?
The Bills offense wasn’t great but they did have a good running game, didn’t they?
Not a sexy pick but I assume McVay knows what he’s doing.
This is not official. This is rumor.
ZooeyModeratorThis is great.
McVay can coach the Rams for the next 40 years and make Tom Landry look like a temp.
ZooeyModeratorWhat unverified claims? Trump himself agrees there was hacking.
And it’s not the CIA. It’s every intel agency.
I think he is referring to the 35-page dossier from the British ex-spy who says the Ruskies have financial and personal dirt on Trump sufficient to blackmail him. Not the hacking.
ZooeyModeratorThis is really no bueno.
It’s also mysterious because I heard on the radio last night that the deadline to make a decision was extended by two days until the 17th. Why would they get a two-day extension, then make the decision the same day, four days before the original deadline?
And I don’t get it. With the NFL money, plus the relocation fee, he’s got a billion dollars towards a $1.2 billion stadium in SD. He’s moving over $200 million. To a far less friendly fan base.
None of this makes any sense. Spanos, by all accounts WANTS to be in San Diego. Could the announcement of a move to LA be a last second bluff to shake some more money out of San Diego?
The thought has crossed my mind, but it is probably wishful thinking.
I wonder if some meeting is happening in San Diego. Why else extend the deadline two days? I mean…what for? Why did they extend the deadline for a decision by two days? Then announce early?
January 12, 2017 at 10:05 am in reply to: Exxon compelled to release what it knows about Climate Change #63205ZooeyModeratorA spokesman said the company is reviewing the decision to determine the next steps.
The next step is to shred documents.
I’m sure the process started before the ruling, even.
There is no fine – even if they get caught – that would hurt them more than the release of documents that damn the oil industry.
ZooeyModeratorThis is really no bueno.
It’s also mysterious because I heard on the radio last night that the deadline to make a decision was extended by two days until the 17th. Why would they get a two-day extension, then make the decision the same day, four days before the original deadline?
And I don’t get it. With the NFL money, plus the relocation fee, he’s got a billion dollars towards a $1.2 billion stadium in SD. He’s moving over $200 million. To a far less friendly fan base.
January 11, 2017 at 7:22 pm in reply to: Chomsky on Trump…emphasis on climate change, racial demographics #63164ZooeyModeratorMan, oh, man. As january 20 approaches, I just get sicker and sicker in my stomach. These cabinet appointments…Jesus Christ. And Pence and McConnell and Ryan. The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
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Well, zooey we were totally screwed either way. As you know.I dont know if Trump will be worse than Hillary, because i dont know what effect the Trump presidency will have four years from now. I also dont agree with noam that every single policy of Trumps is worse than Hillarys. I mean its conceivable to me that Trumps trade deals will be better than Hillarys. I dunno.
He’s a monster though. No doubt. And his cabinet and supreme court justices and fed judges are gonna be nightmarish.
But maybe it will shock people into some kind of leftist-resistance. I think you agree that is our one ray of hope.
…Speaking of Trump tweets andd trump talk…Someone today told me Trump supporters take him seriously, but dont take him literally. And anti-trumpers take him literally but not seriously.
I dunno if that makes any sense but thats what i heard at the water cooler today.
Oh, he will be worse.
I also disagree with Noam that he will be worse in every measurable way. I tend to prefer de-escalation of tension with Russia, for example, and hope that leads to an end of the Syrian conflict, and a relaxation of our murderous exploits in oil-producing countries.
But he will be worse. Look at his appointments. Hillary would have supported pipelines and fracking, but Trump wants to do away with the EPA entirely. Hillary wouldn’t outright assault public education. Trump will. Hillary wouldn’t roll back civil rights with judicial appointments and an a-hole attorney general like Sessions. You can go right down the list. He is more extreme than status quo corporate, planet-killing. He is for killing it faster.
She would have been bad, no doubt. But Trump is worse.
ZooeyModeratorI wonder if the package deal rumors have swayed Elways thinkin?
For the record…I’m fine with the package deal…just not thrilled with daddy as a GM.
If Vance Joseph gets the job that could put Phillips on the street. VJ is a defensive guy and would MTL want his system and guys in place.
If it plays out like that, I would hope Shanahan gives Phillips a call from LA and has him fly out for a steak.
Ditto that.
January 11, 2017 at 11:26 am in reply to: Chomsky on Trump…emphasis on climate change, racial demographics #63094ZooeyModerator“[They] are sinking into hopelessness, despair and anger — not directed so much against the institutions that are the agents of the dissolution of their lives and world, but against those who are even more harshly victimized,” he said. “Signs are familiar, and here it does evoke some memories of the rise of European fascism.”
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This is the key difference between Sanders supporters and Trump supporters. In many ways, they were talking about the same disease: wealth disparity, opportunity disparity, and all that comes with that. But Sanders supporters generally identified our institutions as responsible for that disparity, while Trump supporters blame blacks, latinos, muslims, women, PC libruls who give away their “rights” as handouts to others.
Man, oh, man. As january 20 approaches, I just get sicker and sicker in my stomach. These cabinet appointments…Jesus Christ. And Pence and McConnell and Ryan. The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
January 10, 2017 at 9:27 pm in reply to: Another Russian Bombshell. And I don't mean Larissa Antipova. #63074ZooeyModerator
ZooeyModerator<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>What if Williams goes after Trumaine and TJ? He could try to poach defensive talent.</span>
It would take more money than LA offers.
They aren’t going to leave Los Angeles for Cleveland just because they like GW. Cleveland is worse than the Rams, and farther away from contention, and…Cleveland.
ZooeyModeratorThe Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation of the repeal — with a promise to come up with a terrific replacement later — is probably the party’s best way to destroy Obamacare. Unfortunately for Republicans, it’s also the best way to destroy the Republican majority in Congress.
That second sentence is why a part of me wishes they would repeal the ACA. There is no way they can replace it with what they promised: the same coverage for less money. If they repeal the ACA, Republicans get killed in 2018. They probably will anyway…but repealing Obamacare would seal their fate before the end of Trump’s first week even with all the gerrymandered districts.
ZooeyModeratorI wanted that article since about Week 6. Not knowing any better myself, I am inclined to agree with this guy. His analysis makes sense, and the videos show what he claims they show. I don’t know about the other 350 carries (or whatever), but all this makes sense.
I didn’t ever think before about the fact that the RBs would be in a different room than the OL. Seems to me that having those guys in the same room would be vital. Brown’s comment really surprised me.
It’s fixable, I would think. And it looks to me like, in fact, Boras was responsible for the conditions that led to this failure.
ZooeyModeratorI get the whole “wide-net” search but some of it is probably more for show than anything else. There are probably 3 guys they really are looking at and some of them can’t be hired right now so they want to look busy in the meantime.
I mean–Mike Vrable? Really? He was a smart player. Perhaps he’s a good coach. But that seems to be quite a leap to HC. Maybe he could try DC first?
Like I said, I think it’s just part of the show.
My guess is that McDanials is near the top of their list, along with Shanahan and they can’t hire either right now. Mcvay may be the dark horse.
Maybe, but it’s smart to do that anyway. Get to know guys. Find out what they think about the Rams situation. Pick their brains. Something is gained by doing that.
Furthermore, the Rams aren’t after just a HC. The HC needs assistants. If Vrabel, for example, doesn’t win the HC job, maybe the Rams suggest to whomever they hire as HC to consider Vrabel as DC.
And the more guys you interview, the more certain you can be of your decision in the end.
ZooeyModeratorI also think Fishers camp let the cat outa the bag about his extension…maybe an attempt at to get some time, not sure
ya know i think demoff actually leaked it. kind of dangle fisher out there like bait and see what happened. and then axed him when they got their answer.
cuz i’m not exactly sure how it would have benefitted fisher to leak that. it was only going to make fans angrier.
I agree with that.
January 9, 2017 at 5:52 pm in reply to: Trump is such a baby: Meryl Streeps speech and Trump's reaction. #62955ZooeyModerator<
It does seem to work. But it’s amazing they view Trump as on their side: a purported billionaire who ships all of his manufacturing overseas, goes to war with his employees and unions, constantly, and brags about stiffing small businesses…————–
Yup. That part i agree with. It is ‘amazing’.How did American voters become so easily mislead? Well, weve discussed the system and corporate-propaganda a gazillion times.
What’s even more amazing to ‘me’ was the popularity of Bernie. THAT one came out of left-field. I just assumed the capitalist-corporate-machine had done its work so well, that from now till the End, the voters would blindly vote for either a Neoliberal-crush-the-poor candidate, or a Rightwing-biosphere-destroyer — but then there was all that support for Bernie. How did THAT happen? And is there any hope at all it can lead to anything ?
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vBernie’s popularity was surprising given his age, and lack of polish. But this was the year of kickback against “polish.” Polish is precisely what worked against Hillary and Jeb! And Sanders and Trump had very similar messages: the middle class and poor are getting screwed by the 1%. Sanders didn’t win because the DNC stacked the deck against him. After Hillary got surprised by Obama, the Clintons didn’t take any chances this time, and did their best to stack the deck for Hillary.
The RNC hadn’t learned that lesson, and took it for granted Bush would win the nomination, so they didn’t bother to rig the primaries. I am pretty sure you can count on the RNC trying to rig their primaries at the next opportunity.
I also believe the forces that rallied behind Sanders have been growing for a while. And I think that as long as Trump is president, those forces will remain invigorated. I don’t know what will come of that, but – yeah – there is some hope.
I think it’s too late in the game, but I hope I’m wrong.
January 9, 2017 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Trump is such a baby: Meryl Streeps speech and Trump's reaction. #62945ZooeyModeratorMy point is that responding in a petulant tone to criticism is beneath the dignity of the office. Or has been until now. Maybe Trump redefines that.
But Bush – who got blasted from the same pulpit many times – never responded.
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