And we all know there are some that will never give him any credit no matter what happens or what he actually may do or not.
IMO fans from STL have every right to dislike him for what he did. So I can understand that sentiment.
In part because I share it, and in part because he deserves it.
He could have easily thanked the fans that had lined his pockets with tens of millions of dollars every year, or just said nothing. But rather than doing either of those things he opted for slamming them, the city, and lying about how there was no support for the team and it was financial suicide to own an NFL team there.
A complete lack of class IMO and I can see why people from the region that became Rams fans after they moved there dislike him.
I would say maybe the greatest reason for the Rams success is Mcvays system, and ability to teach it married with his trust in his coaches to have full ownership over their peice. Specifically Wade and Kromer.
This is where Fisher failed. He tried to have control over offense when he was a defensive\Special Teams guy.
Fisher's big failure was really stinking at hiring a good OC, he gave the job to people he liked and was familiar with which was stupid.
May I politely ask what your basis is for these statements? For example that Kroenke has not been involved in or approved key signings, for example McVay Donald Suh? Or that he doesn’t have anything to do with paying players? Would also like to see examples of owners spending as much as Kroenke on their facilities or getting less public revenues?
I'll politely ask why you said what you said in the first place with no knowledge of anything obviously. Certainly he gets consulted on a HC search but players, position coaches and all the rest fall into the hands of Snead and Demoff. And now McVay as well since he is on board. Prior to McVay those hires were done by Fisher and Demoff.
Demoff does the contracts. Period. Paragraph. End of story. Kroenke does not touch them.
Kroenke has turned over the entire operation to Demoff, in fact some years ago. Demoffs title is Executive Vice President of Football Operations/Chief Operating Officer. In other words he is the head motherfucker in charge.
Just noting that McVay took over a decent team that had some tools to work with... and *some* of the credit should be given to Fisher.
This is in large part to one of my "big three"..........and it's no secret that I am a huge fan of Snead's. He's added a ton of talent to this roster. I can't understand why he didn't win Executive of the Year the same year the McVay, Gurley and Donald all won their awards. He is the guy largely responsible for all of them being on the Rams to begin with.
That was a travesty IMO.
The guy who had the most to do with drafting the guys who won OPOY and DPOY and was half of the McVay hire doesn't get EOTY???
That was befuddling.
He doesn't like Stan so it's simple. Anything good then he had nothing to do with it. Anything bad was his doing.
As opposed to people who give him credit for anything good? Even when he has nothing to do with it LOL.
I think many posters don't understand the responsibilities of each actor on the stage so to speak. In other words they aren't clear on who does what in the Rams FO, even though each person has pretty clearly defined roles and responsibilities that have always been know to the public.
How many times have we seen posts praising Snead, or McVay, for getting a player signed? Or praising McVay for a draft selection or for getting a free agent signed? Of course they communicate with each other daily about possible actions or strategies but each has been given independent "power" over their "department". It's been this way since Fisher was fired.
Kroenke, as I mentioned above, turned over operations to Demoff some years ago. In fact Demoff was just as involved in executing the move as Kroenke. And we know that because both of them have said that. Kroenke is essentially in the backseat and Demoff and Snead are driving.
This is from the Rams website, it's Demoff's job description: (emphasis mine)
Kevin Demoff is in his tenth year as Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Football Operations with the Rams. In this capacity,
Demoff serves as the team’s top front office executive and liaison to owner and chairman, Stan Kroenke, on all organizational matters.
