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OK, so the masses have been heard and Fisher has been forced out. This is not a debate on whether or not this should happened, this is merely a take on what I'm concerned about now that we are moving on without him.
1) Special Teams. Yes Fassel coaches these guys. But one cannot argue that ST superiority is on par with, if not above, the ground and pound philosophy for Fisher. Fassel was the perfect guy to run JF's vision here. Were they perfect? No. Too many BS penalties on returns. But the threat of fakes has played a big part in Hekker's domination, don't kid yourself. I would hate to take a step back here, as many coaches view this third squad as an afterthought.
CRAZY NOTE: I actually think they didn't fake enough. When they faked this year, they picked the single worst time to do it. Although the THREAT definitely yielded dividends, I actually would have loved to see HS QB Hekker throw more. Why not come out in punt formation on third and long? We never converted anyway. This could have given JH the option of throwing or punting. Even throwing it away would be fine. Just punt on 4th. Anyway, I digress..
2) Professionalism. Towards the end, the stress clearly got to JF and I bet he'd take back a few of his recent actions, but along the way he took a JOKE of a front-office and mismanaged Ram team and replaced it with credibility. We started to beat the Seahawks for a change. We weren't concerned about the equipment guy getting fired for no reason. I actually enjoyed listening to his weekly Jeff Fisher show and gained insight into some of the behind the scenes nuances that I missed during Sunday's game. I hope the new guy brings at least this to the table.
3) Defense. It's one thing to claim you are a defense minded coach. JF proved this from his playing days to his DC selection, to his draft capital. This is a good defense. We'd be reaping the proper rewards if we weren't such a fustercluck on offense. Even the GSoT was able to do what they did because they had a good (way underrated) defense. After beating the Titans, remember what happened the next season? Our D was horrible, and it no longer mattered what miracles our offense could pull off or how many points they could put on the board, we couldn't win many. Then we went and got Lovey to fix things. I'd like to think the new guy isn't a O first, F the D kind of pick.
Excited to see what comes next.
GO RAMS!
1) Special Teams. Yes Fassel coaches these guys. But one cannot argue that ST superiority is on par with, if not above, the ground and pound philosophy for Fisher. Fassel was the perfect guy to run JF's vision here. Were they perfect? No. Too many BS penalties on returns. But the threat of fakes has played a big part in Hekker's domination, don't kid yourself. I would hate to take a step back here, as many coaches view this third squad as an afterthought.
CRAZY NOTE: I actually think they didn't fake enough. When they faked this year, they picked the single worst time to do it. Although the THREAT definitely yielded dividends, I actually would have loved to see HS QB Hekker throw more. Why not come out in punt formation on third and long? We never converted anyway. This could have given JH the option of throwing or punting. Even throwing it away would be fine. Just punt on 4th. Anyway, I digress..
2) Professionalism. Towards the end, the stress clearly got to JF and I bet he'd take back a few of his recent actions, but along the way he took a JOKE of a front-office and mismanaged Ram team and replaced it with credibility. We started to beat the Seahawks for a change. We weren't concerned about the equipment guy getting fired for no reason. I actually enjoyed listening to his weekly Jeff Fisher show and gained insight into some of the behind the scenes nuances that I missed during Sunday's game. I hope the new guy brings at least this to the table.
3) Defense. It's one thing to claim you are a defense minded coach. JF proved this from his playing days to his DC selection, to his draft capital. This is a good defense. We'd be reaping the proper rewards if we weren't such a fustercluck on offense. Even the GSoT was able to do what they did because they had a good (way underrated) defense. After beating the Titans, remember what happened the next season? Our D was horrible, and it no longer mattered what miracles our offense could pull off or how many points they could put on the board, we couldn't win many. Then we went and got Lovey to fix things. I'd like to think the new guy isn't a O first, F the D kind of pick.
Excited to see what comes next.
GO RAMS!
