Mike Martz

[Memphis Ram]

Who would love to see him as an OC for the Rams this season?

I would.

That man would know how to put this together.

As a head coach, he ran it into the ground, but as an OC?

I'm a Mike Martz fan.

But, No.

 

[Ramrasta]

Martz might not be everyone's favorite but I know he would be an improvement over Schotty. Schotty is a lower tier OC in the NFL who is very predictable and not creative with his play calling at all, if we are being honest here. His playbook is thinner than Terry Bradshaw's hair. It's a huge upgrade if you ask me.
Martz > Schotty

 

[Prime Time]

I respect Martz as much as any Rams coach ever but no. Fisher's offensive philosophy is diametrically opposed to Martz's. Round peg, square hole and all that.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Martz was the QB's/WR's coach at Arizona State in 1986-'87 when they won the Pac 10 title and won the Rose Bowl. The leader in receptions for that '86 ASU team was Aaron Cox....who should be familiar to the LA Rams fans.
ASU QB Jeff Van Raaphorst had a QB rating of 140.3 that season.

Martz had two stints here coaching at ASU. '83-'87 as QB/WR coach and offensive assistant '88-'91.

 

[Thordaddy]

1. If they do that, they need trade up to take both Matthews and Robinson

DOIT

 

[OnceARam]

That would be changed. Mad Mike would employ the Vulcan Mind Touch to convert Sam the Ram (although he would need a stool to reach Sam's forehead).

I like the idea of the Vulcan Mind Touch. Martz is a QB whisperer after all. Could turn Sam into a cold blooded killer, going for the juggler of the opposing defense. That would be nice to see.

 

[Thordaddy]

I like the idea of the Vulcan Mind Touch. Martz is a QB whisperer after all. Could turn Sam into a cold blooded killer, going for the juggler of the opposing defense. That would be nice to see.

Yup make him the highest paid QB coach in the league

 

[LesBaker]

 

[Thordaddy]

 

[LesBaker]

 

[cvramsfan]

Mike was originally a receivers coach with the Rams before he became a QB coach with the 'Skins. He returned to the Rams as an OC and was promoted to HC soon after the 1999 Super Bowl win.

How about as the receivers coach, could he take on just that role and not disrupt

 

[Mojo Ram]

 

[NJRamsFan]

How about as the receivers coach, could he take on just that role and not disrupt

Martz doesn't play well with others

 

[LesBaker]

Martz doesn't play well with others

NJ you have a knack for understatement LOL.

 

[LesBaker]

 

[cvramsfan]

Martz doesn't play well with others

That would be my fear too. I am hopeful that this year everything lines up (knock on wood) with what we have.

 

[RmsLegends]

Pretty simple ,he was called in to save the job of a coach who hadn't "gotten it done" he took what he was given there and here. As far as not caring about o-line, Martz wasn't the incompetent GM who let Fred Miller walk,nor the incompetent Dr. who said Kyle Turley's back was OK, and every scout under heaven thought Alex Barron was the real deal.
AND OBTW the he didn't care about defense is just SOOOO MUCH BS ,he gave Lovey every first rounder he wanted ,Arch,Pickett,Thomas,Kenedy,Lewis ,THINK what he could have done with the GSOT with those picks for O.
Simply put when they got rid of Martz it was a case of finding THE MOST competent man in the org. and fire his ass.
If Shaw and Ziggy had been as good at their jobs as Martz was at his,no Linny ,no Spags,Kroenke wouldn't have been anxious to buy at the price the franchise would have commanded.

Ya know me bro and I have always liked Martz and in my opinion we have sucked since he has been gone with of course the current situation unresolved as we don't know the history yet of how Fisher will turn out for a coach for us. Truthfully I have always thought the loss of Vermeil was crippling for us as well. Not him as a head coach by any means as I think Martz was the right choice and we would still have him as a head coach today except when we lost Vermeil we lost what really mattered what he brought to the table that has not been replaced yet with of course the current situation unresolved as history has yet to write it. When Vermeil retired we lost not only a coach and like I said I think Martz filled his shoes just fine. We lost something more important however to the continued success of the Ram's, we lost our general manager when he retired. While Vermeil was general manager his draft choices were all these individuals.............1997 Orlando Pace, Dexter McLeon, Ryan Tucker, Tajae Allen, Muadianvita Kazdai, and Cedric White.....1998 Grant Wistrom, Robert Holcombe, Leonard Little, Az-Zahir Hakim, Roland Williams, Raymond Priester, and Glenn Roundtree.....1999 Torry Holt, Dre Bly, Rich Coady, Joe Germaine, Cameron Spikes, Lionel Barnes, and Rodney Williams.

So while he had some misses he for sure drafted some players we built a winning tradition with, for all to short of a period. When Vermeil, left the real replacement for our general manager became dysfunction as power struggles and strife took over and ruled our front office with conflicts between it and the coach. If we could have managed to convince Vermeil, to just retire as a head coach, but still remain as the general manager I think we would still have Martz as a head coach today and the winning tradition Vermeil started would still be the norm of the day. So I have to very much agree with ya and what ya said bro.

 

[Thordaddy]

Well said Legend

 

[mr.stlouis]

I would but we'd have plenty of set backs with his complex system.

 

[The Rammer]

Dammit! I love me some Mike Martz and especially love listening to him in the last few years about players, coaching, and mistakes he made. Think he has grown alot since those days of him coaching for us. He is incredibly wise from all the experiences he's ahd in football. I'd love to have him come be a Offensive Quality Control Specialist or something similar. He'd help Schotty take us to another level IMO. Wonder if he could contribute without stirring the pot to much lol