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Jeff Fisher: “I want a chance to play the Rams”
Posted by Mike Florio on December 16, 2016

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Rams Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson may not have had a vendetta against Jeff Fisher, but Jeff Fisher now has a vendetta against the Rams.

“I want a chance to play the Rams,” Fisher tells FOX in an interview to be aired during Sunday’s pregame show.

Fisher provides that sound bite with a smile when asked for his “perfect scenario.” In the snazzy clip released by FOX to promote the interview, which starts with a cinematic slow-motion shot of Fisher walking down a hallway, the former Titans and Rams coach also fills in the blank as to why Jeff Fisher was fired.

“He didn’t win enough games, and the organization has a much bigger picture,” Fisher said. “And I don’t think I was ever part of seeing the new stadium.”

There’s the patent-pending I-don’t-make-excuses-here’s-my-excuse maneuver. Fisher admits he didn’t do a good enough job before suggesting, without taking a breath, that it doesn’t matter how good of a job he would have done, he was always getting fired before the Rams christened Kroenkeworld in 2019.

The swiftly and slickly produced interview reconfirms that Fisher is very well connected, both at the league and media level. When the time comes for him to get a new job, he’ll have plenty of people pushing the issue both behind the scenes and out in the open.

Those efforts apparently will focus on the other teams of the NFC West, whenever those jobs next come open. The next best option could be to coach the Chargers, if they move to L.A. and share space with the Rams in their new stadium.

However it plays out, the 58-year-old Fisher isn’t going anywhere. In the end, it takes only one owner to become sufficiently intrigued to give Fisher a chance to coach his third team — and to break the tie with Dan Reeves at 165 for the most career losses.

Rams to launch “wide-ranging” search on Friday
Posted by Mike Florio on December 15, 2016, 8:34 PM EST
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The Rams have had a busy week, far too busy to commence the process of looking for a new head coach. After Thursday night’s game against the Seahawks, however, the effort to find a replacement for Jeff Fisher will begin.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Rams will embark on a “wide-ranging” coaching search on Friday. The team will lean toward a coach with an offensive background, but the Rams haven’t ruled out the possibility of hiring a defensive coach.

Those parameters necessarily will land Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels (who served as the offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams in 2011) and Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan on the list of potential candidates.

Getting the job surely will entail proposing a compelling plan for using quarterback Jared Goff, running back Todd Gurley, and receiver Tavon Austin — and for augmenting their talents with other players who will assist in maximizing the ability of the Rams to rekindle the Greatest Show on Turf.

Many other factors will influence the final decision, including compensation for the coach and the amount of power he will have. The anticipated roles of G.M. Les Snead and COO Kevin Demoff likely will influence whether the coach the Rams target will accept the job.

Ultimately, that will be the most important factor when it comes to selling the hire to a potentially fickle L.A. fan base: Creating the impression that the Rams hired their first choice for the job. Whoever it will be, the effort to find him starts essentially when Thursday night’s game at Seattle ends.


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do we get a chance to see Mannion?

I don't want Goff to miss any time but if he does I sure as hell don't want to waste more time with Keenum.

So a couple of thoughts from attending the game last night.

• Those puke green unis were even worse in person
• I was disappointed in the half-throwbacks. Why just the helmets? I felt like I was set up on a double-date, the girl ends up begin smoking hot, and I find out she's my 1st cousin
• You think Carroll is bad on TV, try watching him live. He is constantly in refs ears complaining. His perfect team to coach would be the WHINERS. Not only fitting, but this would mean I could consolidate all my hatred onto one entity
• It was freaking cold. Remember the movie quote "Africa hot"? This felt like Antarctica cold.
• Fassel was PISSED. I was so surprised, because he comes across so "The Dude", but he'd clearly had enough with the officials when Gurley was pulled to the ground by his facemask, the flag was thrown, but then picked up when a few Seahawks complained. He literally ran onto the field and was yelling at the closest ref. For the next FOUR PLAYS. It took a clear warning from the rep for him to finally stop screaming at him. I watched this from home later to see what TV coverage caught, and they DIDN'T EVEN SHOW A REPLAY!! More yapping from Collingsworth, blah blah blah, while nobody is talking about a blantant foul being reversed because the home team complained. Maybe all that Carroll stuff pays off, eh?
• Seahawks fans are for the most part well behaved, given how passionate they are. You had to look hard to find anyone without at least 3 forms of Seahawk flair on
• Man, was it LOUD. I am SO hopeful that Inglewood Palace can be designed to maximize acoustics because IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE! I was literally yelling to my son (when the guy behind him dropped a beer and it went all over my son's chair), and he couldn't hear me
• Seahawk fans DESPISE Darrell Bevell. It was worse than being at the coliseum and hearing all the Fisher chants. They also respect our D-Line. Their O-Line is clearly their weakness, so paired against our strength explains our success against them. Although it didn't matter last night, when we showed we still can't catch a pass

GO RAMS!

My biggest fear after watching him all season and last night = Todd Gurley has contracted Bettitis!

Going down from arm tackles from a stud RB is the first sign of this debilitating football disease. He also looks so sluggish.....zero pop! The man looks tired.

Goff - what is the deal with his duck throwing? I noticed it more on when he moved out of the pocket, but his ball throwing has been odd. I always thought he threw bullets.

Offensive Line - What a hot mess!

An interesting read:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ayers-arent-allowed-to-speak-to-stan-kroenke/

Not that it's shocking but it would be nice if Kroenke wasn't like that, assuming it's actually true.

just give me one really great game from goff. I remember jim Everett looking like he would take us to multiple sb then the phantom sack. that one play seemed to be the beginning of his end. i'm truly nervous over goff missing that td pass that was so wide open with no pressure. am hoping that wasn't a phantom sack thing. come on santa just give me that one game to restore my faith.

Rams quarterback Jared Goff, right, heads for the sideline but doesn't get there before he is hit by Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, left, knocking him from the game in the fourth quarter Thursday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

SEATTLE – What, you thought getting rid of Jeff Fisher was suddenly going to transform the Rams into the ’85 Bears?

Not that kind of party folks.

The makeover will begin after the New Year. There is a new coach to hire. A fresh vision and culture to usher in.

The offensive line needs to be rebuilt. The receiving corp needs to be overhauled.

That takes time. Could be years, even.

No matter how bad it had gotten under Fisher, no matter how much everyone wished the hopeful voice of interim coach John Fassel would be the catalyst to a Rams renaissance, that was unrealistic.

Three days after letting Fisher go, the Rams were the same old Rams in a 24-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks Thursday night under a dark, cloudless Pacific Northwest sky that offered a cold, uncaring shoulder to a fragile team reeling from unmet expectations, another season gone sideways and the sudden dismissal of a coach for whom fondness never translated into consistent winning.

It all looked so familiar.

“The mistakes. The constant inconsistencies,” Rams tackle Rodger Saffold said, solemnly. “It’s just very frustrating. It’s crazy.”

And into this sad saga anxiety crept, as rookie quarterback Jared Goff got leveled by Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman along the sideline on a fourth-quarter gallop toward the end zone. A wiser Goff will learn to get out of bounds or slide when presented with a similar circumstance. But this time he gallantly stayed inbounds in pursuit of more yards.

Sherman cleanly slammed him to the ground. A wobbly Goff rose and walked back to the Rams huddle, but the game officials opted to call to the Rams sideline to come take Goff off the field.

Goff was eventually taken to the locker room to be evaluated for a concussion.

It would have been ironic had it not been so poignantly Rams.

Goff was piecing together his best drive of the season, flashing the quick thinking, potent arm and accurate passing that earned him the distinction as the best quarterback in the 2016 draft.

But just a few yards away from delivering a touchdown and some hope for the future, Goff got body slammed to the ground. His night was finished as a result.

And so the beat goes on.

Different coach.

Same results.

More dropped balls by receivers – including a would-be impact bomb from Goff that Michael Thomas let slip through his hands to the turf.

In the first quarter, even, with the outcome still uncertain and momentum up for grabs. Goff unleashed a ball that traveled nearly 40 yards in the air as Thomas slipped behind his defender.

An entire stadium gasped.

But with a chance to make a big play, deliver statement and lend a helping hand to a rookie quarterback still finding his way, Thomas couldn’t hold onto the ball.

“One bad thing happens, a hundred more (start) coming,” said Rams wide receiver Tavon Austin.



Same old same old.

Defensive penalties that helped move the Seahawks down the field. Missed assignments that needed little explaining to a national TV audience.

Like left tackle Greg Robinson looking silly on a whiffed block in which he came up with air when he should have laid his body into Seahawks end Cassius Marsh.

Marsh flew unimpeded into the Rams backfield as a result. Then crashed into an unsuspecting Goff for a crushing sack.

It was a game-long theme, as Goff took a vicious beating operating behind an offensive line that got overwhelmed by the Seahawks.

“We just aren’t getting it done,” Austin said. “And there’s a whole bunch of fingers to point, if you want to be honest.”

The beat goes on indeed.

For another two weeks any way. At which point the Rams’ triumphant first season back in Los Angeles will mercifully be put to rest. To be laid alongside the lost season a year ago.

And the one before that and the one before that and the one before that.

The finish line is near.

These Rams under Fassel are tasked only with gracefully getting across it.

Then the real work begins.

“This is the last time this locker room is going to look like this,” Saffold said. “That’s just to be honest. There’s a lot of guys that aren’t going to be here next year.”

Contact the writer: vbonsignore@scng.com

Bonsignore, Much work to be done

Mod edit: Please remember to include a link.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rams-738630-goff-seahawks.html

Allow me to begin by saying I preferred Wentz. Review my posts pre-draft and you will find I believed he was smarter, bigger, and stronger. I thought he was Big Ben II. Those were my reasons for preferring him.

But now I see why Goff was the pick. While Wentz was accustomed to a team with superior talent and coaching to the competition, who knew how he would handle the adversity of playing on a team that was undermanned? How would Wentz deal with multiple losses, an inferior OLine and developing receivers? Goff dealt with those issues and found a way to persevere through them at Cal. Wentz may have been more ready to command an NFL offense but Fisher believed that slow and steady wins the race. Jeff had an extension on the table so he wasn't interested in quick fixes. Snisher believed Goff was better equipped to be Matty Ice who was a more precise passer when the team came together. Fisher believed this team would continue to develop into a powerhouse and Keemun was good enough to manage the team until Goff was ready. Goff showed better red zone efficiency in college when the windows are tighter and the pressure more intense. This caused Snisher to believe Jared had more upside. Goff had better footwork in the pocket when he had to buy time to throw (Wentz was more likely to break and run), and Goff showed the best anticipation when he KNEW what to expect from the defense.

In short, Wentz may very well be the superior QB but Goff was a better fit for THIS team as built by Fisher's formula. To make some NFL comps, Goff (in FISHER'S mind) was capable of becoming Tom Brady while Wentz was more Brett Favre and we all know which one the conservative, play it close to the vest method a conservative coach would chose. Goff will acquiesce to a system while Wentz would be more likely to improvise.

Now my post has become a coaching philosophy lesson. Goff was the talented and developing game manager while Wentz would prefer to trash a play call for the sake of trusting his own abilitiy to make something happen. Older coaches tend to ply their trade with patience. Younger coaches seek to find a way to establish something new in order to find success, thus gaining both recognition and security.

I wonder which of you see this differently.

I know I'm probably the last person one would expect to start one of these, but I felt compelled to after this particular loss.

Why?

I saw some positives.

1) We all know by now that our offensive scheme is broken. Part of the reason is that it is overly complicated for our players, but not complicated for opposing defenses to diagnose. That goes for the awful hybrid blocking scheme bolted on to this monstrosity of a thing laughingly called an offense. Why is this positive? Well, we do have players who if we just simplify things and put them in position to win their assignments, they can and most times will. I actually think that as poorly as our OL is playing (and they actually played pretty well in the first half), in a simplified coherent scheme, we DO have players enough to compete. I'm not saying we can't upgrade players, but fixing the scheme will fix a LOT of things, including the OL. They really aren't as bad as they looked at times, that includes GRob. I think the scheme has him so screwed at times he doesn't know if he's coming or going and DCs are taking advantage of that. And instead of getting support, he's getting left out in the wind. You saw him at the beginning of the year... Everything is off...fundamentals... Technique... Scheme... Everything. The good news is with a new, likely offensive minded coach coming in, he's specifically going to come in with answers in mind knowing he will have to win with most of these guys (you can only replace so many at a time). And I think they can do it with a new coach.

2) Disappointing season and still the players are fighting. We've all seen teams quit before. This team has fight. Ogletree doesn't make that tackle at the goal line if he didn't have that fight in him. That's a positive I'm taking into next season.

3) We have leaders on this team. Aaron Donald and Todd Gurley are young, but clearly leaders on this team. And they want to WIN. You can bet the talk is gonna be about executing on Sundays this offseason and not making costly mistakes, drops, penalties, etc.

4) I'm still blessed to see Rams football. I surely get frustrated when we lose, but man do I root so hard for this team.

There's more, but it's late.

Stay positive and GO RAMS!

Goff gets hit in head on the sideline by Sherman right in front of the ref with what should of been a penalty....it then takes the NFL skybox rep to notice and put him in concussion protocol??? Wtf.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FLV does a great job with the Sports book and he always compiles many special bets for a Rams game. if you're unfamiliar with this, then check them out in the Sportsbook.

http://ramsondemand.com/sportsbook/2016-week-15-los-angeles-rams-seattle-seahawks-special-bets.1425/

I've seen many with ROD credits lately, so go in and check out the Sportsbook, if unfamiliar with it. It's a lot of fun, and I use it to experiment on my own theories. It's better than using real $$$$$ .

The Sportsbook..

http://ramsondemand.com/sportsbook/

You have like 18 minutes to get any wagers on tonight's game going. If you chose this mission... Good luck.

And Snead is helping them find the new coach.
Great news for Snead Fans.

LINK

I know Goff needs the experience but he's gonna get rocked behind this line and there is way too much instability on this team right now. We should shelve him and start Mannion instead otherwise he's gonna be the next DAVID Carr. Let him resume next yr with a new coach and OL and some stability. He's really young let's not ruin him yet. I have a feeling the Seahawks D is gonna destroy this kid tonight.

LETS GET IT BOYS!!!

is the O-line seemingly getting worse as the year went along. In the past years I understood that the line was not performing due to a lack of continuity (injuries) and therefore could not "gel" to form a coherent unit.
This year however most of our line was in tact for the majority of the season yet this "gelling" seems to not be happening with our group of linemen. Are they just untalented? Badly coached? not motivated?

Just wanted to hear what your toughts are on this

I was just about to fall asleep last night when a logical thought entered my head. (at least I thought it was logical)

Why did they not put Greg Williams at the helm, as the team's coach for the next 3 weeks?
The probably answer is they are not going to keep Williams once the season ends, but they'd love to keep Fassel as Special Teams Coach next year.

I feel like GW is gone in 3 weeks. Make sense to any of you?

On a short Week, with a New HC, I just finished my game prep for todays game!
A little look at the Past, and present. With photos, as usual!!:mrburnsevil:
The Rams are 15-21-0 Life Time in Regular Season, 1-0-0 in Post Season against the Hags!!
The Rams have Won 4 of our last 5 meetings against them including a Season sweep against them in 2015, ending with a 23-17 Victory in Seattle last Dec. 27th!!

With the Huge Season he's having I expect Hekker to Play a Big Roll in this one, Both in giving us Field position and maybe a surprise or two!

I sure hope Quinn can come in and play like he is capable!

I think Donald will "Rip-Wilson-a-New-%&^$*(#@!

Ogletree will be Huge in this game, He has to keep the "D" Motivated!!

I'll predict a Big day for Barron!!

Gurrrley will get his 1st 100+ game of the Season. And don't forget.( this is a Fact!!) The Hag's average 50 yards less rushing, per game, against the Rams, than they do against any other Team in the League!! We got their number in the Run game!!

Hill will be back in this week w/ Tru, the have to contain!!

I think the Rams will Pass to open up the Run, And Goff will have his best day as a Pro!!

" But in the end it will come down to the "D"!!

The Seahawks would consider it a HUGE Embarrassment to Lose to the Rams this week! Let's make that happen for them!! The Played like shit last week!!

Let's make it "Two Years in a Row" we've swept them!!

A couple things to take away from this interview.
1. ED thinks the Rams should let go of Snead.
2. ED says he has the eye for talent; would be the Rams GM if called upon.
3. ED was responsible for the Marshall Faulk trade in 1999!
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...to usher in an interim era that will soon be replaced by the latest new era this offseason...

It will be oh-so-cold, Rams bros. My son's first NFL game! Rams vintage helmets!!

But I may puke seeing these unis:


WIN ONE FOR BONES!

Go RAMS!!

I keep reading articles from entertainment reporters, (journalism and true reporters died out long ago) and fans about the search for a new coach.

What is extremely confusing to me is why so many keep making statements about how good it would be to get a young offensive coach to be the Head Coach...........why exactly would you want a coach with no Head coach experience concentrating on offensive play calling when he has a team to run? Isn't that why teams have an offensive and defensive coordinator?

If we get a coach, I would suspect that we really need them to control the team....to influence and "Coach em up!". Have them hire good personnel to guide the team in the right direction.

As an example, look at Vermiel and Martz. What was Vermiel's main weakness? Hiring good coordinators that understood offense, (Fisher issue too). What was Martz's main issue? Running the day to day team things, controlling the players and the team. Martz crashed and burned while Vermiel just did what he was supposed to and we won.

Kyle, Cooter and others should be the last thing we look for in a Head coach. Offensive coordinators......hell yeah! It's like selecting an offensive linemen for potential instead of one who CAN and WILL do the job.......we Ram fans know that one.

I also firmly believe that a coach who failed as a Head coach has the best perspective on what needs to be corrected the second time around.

Since the Rams are officially in the market for a HC I though posting this would be helpful:


TWO TIERS OF COACHING STAFFS: a coach is either the Head Coach or he is an Assistant

Coach, regardless of what title a team may give it’s coaches. The League office only

recognizes Head Coach or Assistant coach when it enforces the Anti-Tampering Rules.

INQUIRY TO LEAGUE OFFICE: Teams may verify and inquire into the contract status of any

NFL Assistant Coach, however the information provided by the League Office is limited to the

term of the contract and no financial information shall be disclosed. No prior permission from

any other club is required, even when other teams are inquiring about one of their assistants.

HEAD COACHES

• In season (including Super Bowl if they are still playing; excluding Pro Bowl), NO contact

with a Head Coach under contract, no permission can even be requested.

• Off season, permission-based contact only.

o We may negotiate into client deals the right to automatic off-season permission;

o Clubs can negotiate a right of first refusal based on their allowing a right of

automatic permission.

• All in-season discussions, requests for permission, or contacts of any kind concerning

future employment of a Head Coach with a club other than his employer club are

prohibited.

• Any Head Coach not under contract by the time preseason training camp begins is not

permitted to participate until his written contract is signed and approved by the League

office.

ASSISTANT COACHES

• Under no circumstances may an Assistant Coach contract contain a Right of First

Refusal in favor of his employer club.

Head Coaching Opportunities for Assistants

• In season (including Super Bowl if they are still playing; excluding Pro Bowl):

NO contact with an Assistant Coach under contract, no permission can even be

requested and no permission can be granted by the employer club.

o This applies to coaches sought for ANY future job, including Head Coach,

subject to the Post Season exception, below.

• The “Post Season Exception”:

If an Assistant Coach is coaching in the post-season, all contact is between team

owners or “operating heads”, and permission must be sought. The Assistant Coach

must be informed of such interest by the owner/operating head, and he must let the

owner/operating head know if he’s interested in interviewing for the position. (There

shall be no other direct or indirect contact between the inquiring club and the Assistant

Coach whom it desires to interview.)

If Permission is granted for an interview during the post-season period, then

1. There can be ONE (1) interview only, and it must be held in the Assistant

Coach’s home team city;

2. For teams earning byes during the Wild Card weekend, the interviews of its

coaches must be conducted before the end of the Wild Card games;

3. For Assistant Coaches whose team win the Wild Card game, then the

interviews must be held after the Wild Card game, and before the Divisional

Playoff game.

4. NO INTERVIEWS MAY BE REQUESTED NOR GRANTED AFTER THE

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF WEEKEND FOR ANY ASSISTANT COACH WHOSE

TEAM IS STILL PLAYING IN THE POST SEASON.

Miscellaneous:

• Permission cannot be granted selectively by an Assistant Coach’s team. If a

team grants permission to interview one of its coaches to one team, it MUST

grant permission to all teams requesting it.

• FOR HEAD COACH CANDIDATES, MANDATORY PERMISSION AFTER SEASON

ENDS:

If an Assistant Coach is under contract for the NEXT season, AND his current season

(including post-season) is over, then:

o An Assistant Coach MUST be given permission to discuss a Head Coaching

opportunity if the request comes from the day of their last game, through March

1st.

o After March 1st, a club is not required to grant permission for another team to

interview any of its Assistant Coaches.

LATERAL OPPORTUNITIES

• Assistant coach – to – Non Head Coach opportunities

o Note: “promotions” to coordinator level are NOT promotions under this policy; a

coach is either an Assistant Coach or a Head Coach, period.

• Teams retain exclusive rights to an Assistant Coach who just completed the final

season under contract until:

o The Tuesday following15 days after the final Monday Night Football game of the

regular season, if the Assistant Coaches team is not in the playoffs

o The 3rd Tuesday after the Assistant Coaches final playoff game (including Super

Bowl), but in no event later than the expiration date in the coaches contract.

o This 3 week exclusivity period CAN be waived by the coach’s team.

• Coaches Not Under Written Contract:

o If an Assistant Coach is working without a contract in effect (i.e., hasn’t yet

signed his deal, his old deal lapsed, no new deal reached, but he’s still working

for the club), permission MUST be granted even if coach continues to be paid on

a non contract basis, and even if it is after March 1st.

o Any Assistant Coach not under contract by the time preseason training camp

begins is not permitted to participate until his written contract is signed and

approved by the League office.

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