Every 20 Years the Rams get a Coaching Hire Right!

[den-the-coach]

Vermeil in 97...McVay in 2017!

 

[Dodgersrf]

Lets see if we can hold onto this one longer than Vermiel.

 

[Corbin]

Mike Martz?

 

[Corbin]

Mike Martz?

ohhh yeah His .624 winning %, 7 playoff games, and high flying offenses were pretty shit.

 

[den-the-coach]

Mike Martz?

Good Coach, but the Rams did not have to go out and get someone in this case, IMO, sure wish Vermeil would have stayed a little longer.

 

[Corbin]

Good Coach, but the Rams did not have to go out and get someone in this case, IMO, sure wish Vermeil would have stayed a little longer.

Okay I got you.

If vermeil stayed guaranteed we are a dynasty.

 

[Dodgersrf]

Good Coach, but the Rams did not have to go out and get someone in this case, IMO, sure wish Vermeil would have stayed a little longer.

It was a quandary. If Vemiel stayed, Martz would gave been hired somewhere else as a HC.

 

[den-the-coach]

It was a quandary. If Vemiel stayed, Martz would gave been hired somewhere else as a HC.

Actually they had an agreement with Martz that he would stay on and Vermeil would finish out his contract (2 more years) and then Martz would take over.

 

[tempests]

Actually they had an agreement with Martz that he would stay on and Vermeil would finish out his contract (2 more years) and then Martz would take over.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/nfl/longterm/1999/playoffs/articles/rams18.htm

Martz Will Succeed Vermeil – Eventually

By Leonard Shapiro
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 18, 2000; Page D7




ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17 – The St. Louis Rams' first home playoff victory in the city's pro football history had an immediate impact on the future of offensive coordinator Mike Martz. The Rams announced today that Martz, who was expected to be pursued as a head coach by other NFL teams, would become the team's head coach whenever Dick Vermeil decides to step down.

Vermeil himself initiated the move, in which Martz will sign a two-year contract extension to remain as the team's offensive coordinator. Vermeil, 63, said he intends to quit coaching when his contract runs out in two years. Other sources in the organization said Vermeil could retire sooner if the Rams win the Super Bowl this year or next.

"We promised to offer Mike the head coaching job, if it's available," team president John Shaw said today. He added that the prospect of losing Martz, 48, the architect of the league's No. 1 offense, to another team seeking a head coach "was a serious factor in what's taken place here. No one in this organization wants to lose Mike Martz."

But Shaw also said: "As far as I'm concerned, Dick can coach as long as he wants."

Martz's extension will prevent owners such as Jerry Jones in Dallas and Robert Kraft in New England from speaking with Martz about coaching vacancies. Green Bay, New Orleans and the New York Jets also have openings.

"I'm excited about the opportunity," said Martz, the Redskins' quarterback coach in 1997-98 before taking the Rams job last season. "It's from Dick's intervention that this opportunity could work out for me. I'd just like to say this is where I want to be. I don't want to be the head coach anywhere else but St. Louis."

Said Vermeil: "Mike and I are here for one reason, to win football games, and we're doing it together. I don't want to work my rear end off and get it at a level up here and not have a qualified guy to take it to the next level. My plan is to coach through my contract, two years."