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Updating Rams offensive coordinator search
By Nick Wagoner
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/15936/updating-rams-offensive-coordinator-search
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The St. Louis Rams are the only team still working on completing their search for an offensive coordinator, but with the Super Bowl now complete, it's something that should get resolution soon enough. Probably.
There was never any question that coach Jeff Fisher would be deliberate in making his decision, but with the market of available known coordinators mostly picked over and other jobs full, most signs point to Fisher hiring from within. That leaves the choice likely to come between tight ends coach Rob Boras and quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti. There is no clear favorite between the two, with Boras long looking the part of favorite but some recent momentum for Cignetti.
It's also possible that the holdup on making an in-house hire is Fisher seeking a possible replacement position coach for either Cignetti or Boras before elevating one of the two. There could also be a surprise candidate that Fisher has up his sleeve, though it seems unlikely at this stage. Now that the playoffs are over, all assistants from playoff teams would be available to talk should their teams allow for it.
Boras has coached tight ends in the NFL for 11 seasons, with stops in Jacksonville and Chicago before coming to St. Louis. Though he doesn't have the amount of coordinator experience of Cignetti, he did call plays at the college level before moving to the NFL. He coached the offensive line at UNLV for five seasons, but doubled as offensive coordinator for three of those seasons.
At 44, Boras is well-regarded in league circles and by his players as the type of coach who would eventually move into an expanded role at some point. Had then-coordinator Brian Schottenheimer gotten the head coaching job at Vanderbilt last year, there was a strong sense that Boras would have been promoted then.
Like Boras, Cignetti has never been an offensive coordinator in the NFL, though he has coached quarterbacks in stints in San Francisco and New Orleans before coming to St. Louis. But his play-calling resume runs deeper than Boras. He was offensive coordinator at Fresno State, North Carolina, California, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers during his time in college.
Over the past few weeks, the Rams showed interest in the likes of Adam Gase, Kyle Shanahan, Greg Roman, and Nathaniel Hackett, but they took coordinator jobs in Chicago, Atlanta, and Buffalo, respectively, and Hackett went to Jacksonville as quarterbacks coach. Of that group, only Hackett is known to have had a formal interview.
The Rams also sought interviews with Indianapolis special assistant Rob Chudzinski and Green Bay quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt but were denied on both. Chudzinski eventually re-signed for a bigger role with the Colts.
By Nick Wagoner
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/15936/updating-rams-offensive-coordinator-search
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The St. Louis Rams are the only team still working on completing their search for an offensive coordinator, but with the Super Bowl now complete, it's something that should get resolution soon enough. Probably.
There was never any question that coach Jeff Fisher would be deliberate in making his decision, but with the market of available known coordinators mostly picked over and other jobs full, most signs point to Fisher hiring from within. That leaves the choice likely to come between tight ends coach Rob Boras and quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti. There is no clear favorite between the two, with Boras long looking the part of favorite but some recent momentum for Cignetti.
It's also possible that the holdup on making an in-house hire is Fisher seeking a possible replacement position coach for either Cignetti or Boras before elevating one of the two. There could also be a surprise candidate that Fisher has up his sleeve, though it seems unlikely at this stage. Now that the playoffs are over, all assistants from playoff teams would be available to talk should their teams allow for it.
Boras has coached tight ends in the NFL for 11 seasons, with stops in Jacksonville and Chicago before coming to St. Louis. Though he doesn't have the amount of coordinator experience of Cignetti, he did call plays at the college level before moving to the NFL. He coached the offensive line at UNLV for five seasons, but doubled as offensive coordinator for three of those seasons.
At 44, Boras is well-regarded in league circles and by his players as the type of coach who would eventually move into an expanded role at some point. Had then-coordinator Brian Schottenheimer gotten the head coaching job at Vanderbilt last year, there was a strong sense that Boras would have been promoted then.
Like Boras, Cignetti has never been an offensive coordinator in the NFL, though he has coached quarterbacks in stints in San Francisco and New Orleans before coming to St. Louis. But his play-calling resume runs deeper than Boras. He was offensive coordinator at Fresno State, North Carolina, California, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers during his time in college.
Over the past few weeks, the Rams showed interest in the likes of Adam Gase, Kyle Shanahan, Greg Roman, and Nathaniel Hackett, but they took coordinator jobs in Chicago, Atlanta, and Buffalo, respectively, and Hackett went to Jacksonville as quarterbacks coach. Of that group, only Hackett is known to have had a formal interview.
The Rams also sought interviews with Indianapolis special assistant Rob Chudzinski and Green Bay quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt but were denied on both. Chudzinski eventually re-signed for a bigger role with the Colts.
