Something "Special" to look at before the Season Starts!

[DaveFan'51]

As a fill-in, for the last day before the Season starts, I thought it might be nice to look back at " All the Head Coaches The Rams have ever Had!!" Yep! All 25 of them!!:mrburnsevil:
I'll break this up into a couple or so posts for easy Reading, and your welcome to make comments along the Way!! Four of them I could find photos of, but I'll mention them anyway!!
Cleveland Rams:
#1) Damon Wetzel - 1936 ( Sorry no photo, But he was our 1st HC!)
He had a 5-2-2 Record w/ a .667 Win %.

#2) Hugo Bezdek - 1937-1938

He had a record of 1-14-0 w/ a .o71 Win %

#3) Art Lewis - 1938

He was a interim HC after they fired Bezdek. He had a Record of 4-4-0/ .500%

#4) Dutch Clark - 1939-1942
( Sorry No photo) He had a Record of 16-26-2 w/ a .386 Win %.

#5) Buff Donelli - 1944
( Sorry again No Photo) But he stand out among all Rams HC's because his Team score the Fewest points ever by any team in the League, in a single year! 188 Points! But, to be fare, in those days it was only a 10 game Season! He did have a 4-6-0 Season a .400 win %.

#6) Adam Walsh - 1945-1946

He had a 15-5-1 Reg. Season Record w/ a .738 Win % and a 1-0 Record in post Season. He gave the Rams their 1st League Championship in 1945, and was Coach of the year!

L.A. Head Coaches:
#7) Bob Snyder - 1947
( Sorry, no photo, but he is the Last one I don't have a photo of!!)
He had a 6-6-0 Record/ .500%

#8) Clark Shaughnessy - 1948-1949

He had a Reg. Season record of 17-8-0 and a Post Season Rec. of 0-1.

#9) Joe Stydahar - 1950-1952

In the above photo, he's on the right w/ George Halas in the middle!
He had a record of 17-8-0/ a .686 win % and went 2-1 in Post Season including the Rams 2nd League Championship in 1951!! ( Great Year '51!)

This^ photo is from his College Playing Days!

#10) Hamp Pool - 1952-1954

This is the best photo I could find of Hamp!
He had a 23-10-2 Record a .686 win %. in the Regular Season and he was 0-1 in Post Season.
I think they got rid of him for our next Coach!!
Time for a short Break, be back with the next 15 shortly! Some Really great stuff to come, My word on it!!

 

[Merlin]

Title had me expecting porn. So disappointing.

 

[Merlin]

Didn't realize that Wetzel was responsible for the name Rams. Knew they were named after Fordham, but not that it was because Fordham was Wetzel's favorite team:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Wetzel

Damon "Buzz" Wetzel (November 7, 1910 – October 15, 1985) was a fullback for Ohio State, the Chicago Bears and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was also the first head coach of the Cleveland Rams when they played in the American Football League, then general manager of the Rams (1937–38) after they entered the National Football League. [1] He was instrumental in the founding of the still-existing franchise, ninth oldest in the NFL, after leaving his post-college job as a newspaper illustrator. He also was responsible for naming it "Rams", in honor of Fordham, his favorite college team, and because the name was short enough to fit easily into a newspaper headline.

In 1938, after the Rams opened with three straight losses following a 1-10 inaugural season in the NFL, both Wetzel and Hugo Bezdek, whom he had hired to succeed him as head coach, were fired by Rams management. In 1939 Wetzel became general manager of the Mansfield Braves, class D minor league team to the baseball Cleveland Indians.[2] In the early 1940s he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

 

[DaveFan'51]

Title had me expecting porn. So disappointing.

I was going to do a history of Rams Cheerleaders but I couldn't find photos!!:rolllaugh:That may have been Fun!

 

[rdw]

Great post! Thanks for this

 

[DaveFan'51]

OK! More L.A. Head Coaches;
#11) Sid Gillman -1955-1959

Gillman had a 28-31-1 Reg. Season Record ( Makes me think of Fisher!)

And he went 0-1 in Post Season! But he was the 1st Rams Head Coach to go into the Hall of Fame!

And what a Coaching Tree he's had!!

#12) Bob Waterfield - 1960-1962

He was a better QB/Kicker than he was a HC!

His record was 9-24-1/ a .279 winning %.

#13) Harland Svare - 1962-1965

Again a better Player than a Coach, he had a Record of 14-31-3/ a .323 win %.

#14 George Allen - 1966-1970 ( and pre-Season 1978!)

One of my all time favorite Coaches!

Players Listened to him, and he brought us the "Fearsome Foursome!"

He had a reg. Season Record ( w/ the Rams) of 49-17-4/ a .729win %. and went 0-2 in the Play-Off's

He was Best friend with Deacon Jones and his Family LOVED Deacon!
The Photo behind them, whe Deacon went into the Hall of Fame was George's Idea!! ( Deacon against the 49ers)

#15 Tommy Prothro - 1971-1972

He had a record of 14-12-2 w/ a .536 win %.

#16 Chuck Knox - 1973-1977 & 1992-1994 (TWO TIMES!)

" Ground Chuck" Had a 54-15-1 Record / .779% win rate!/ and in the Post-Season he went 3-5 / a .375 winning %. And he was Coach of the Year in 1973! I PERSONALLY THINK HE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME!!

#17 Ray Malavasi -1978-1982

He took over after Allen was Fired after having a loosing pre-Season!

He was a good HC! He had a record of 40-33-0 /a .548 win %. 3-3 in Post season play ...

Including our lose to the Steelers in SBXIV.

#18 John Robinson 1983-1991

He may have Won more games than any other Rams Coach BUT!!! He had a 75-68-0 reg. Season Record/ a .524 win %! and he went 4-6 in Post Season!

He was a good Coach But we've had better!JMHO

***Next we move on to St. Louis Head Coaches!! But 1st .. A BREAK!!

 

[DaveFan'51]

Great post! Thanks for this

Keep watching I'm not done yet!!

 

[DaveFan'51]

The Final Section, St. Louis Head Coaches:
#19 Rich Brooks - 1995-1996

His Record was 13-19-0/ a .406 win %.

#20 Dick Vermeil - 1997-1999

I Loved Vermeil and I thought he left too soon!

He brought us the GSOT!

His record was 22-26-o in the reg. Season/.458 win %/ and he went 3-0 in Post Season ..

Including the Rams 1st SB WIN!! XXXIV!

#21 Mike Martz - 2000-2005

A Great Offensive Mind!
As head Coach he had a Record of 53-32-0 in the reg.season/ a .624 win % and ...

Hewent3-4 in the post season including our SB Lose to the Cheatriots!

I'm not sure he always got along with his QB's!

What else can I say!

#22 Joe Vitt - 2005 ( Interim after they let Martz go!)

He went 4-7 / .364 when %. and went on to the Saints.

#23 Scott Linehan 2006-2008

He was Bad!

He had a record of 11-25-0 / a .306 win %. We let him go!

#24 Jim Haslett -2008 ( Interim after Linehan!)

I expected good things from him, but I was wrong!

His Record was 2-10-0/ a .167 win %.

And we where lucky Bulger didn't get Killed!

Lastly!!!!
#25 Steve Spagnuolo - 2009-2011

Forget his Pillar's!!!

His record was10-38-0/ a .208 win %!

Good riddance !!


I didn't include Coah Fisher because he's a work in progress!!
I hope you've enjoyed this "Short piece"!!

 

[LARams_1963]

So, on the coaching tree, wouldn't Martz fit under Coryell?

 

[DaveFan'51]

So, on the coaching tree, wouldn't Martz fit under Coryell?

I really don't know. I didn't create the Tree! good question!

 

[LesBaker]

Hugo was reincarnated as Spagnuolo right?

 

[-X-]

So, on the coaching tree, wouldn't Martz fit under Coryell?

He coached under Chuck Knox, Rich Brooks, Norv Turner, and Dick Vermeil.
Jim Hanifan and Al Saunders coached under Coryell though.

 

[LARams_1963]

I really don't know. I didn't create the Tree! good question!

They need Zampese also

 

[Wolfecola]

We went 23-73, combined, under Linehan/Haslett/Spags. Twenty three wins in six years, with eight of them coming in 2006. So 15 wins in five years. Jesus.

Kind of puts 7-9 bullshit on a pedestal.

 

[Florida_Ram]

We went 23-73, combined, under Linehan/Haslett/Spags. Twenty three wins in six years, with eight of them coming in 2006. So 15 wins in five years. Jesus.

Kind of puts 7-9 bullcrap on a pedestal.

Very true Wolfe... or another way to look at it

kind of makes 7-9 look like a......

 

[Dieter the Brock]

#17 Ray Malavasi -1978-1982


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He took over after Allen was Fired after having a loosing pre-Season!

View attachment 16152 He was a good HC! He had a record of 40-33-0 /a .548 win %. 3-3 in Post season play ...View attachment 16153
Including our lose to the Steelers in SBXIV.

Malavasi!!!!!
Yes
One of the few pictures I took while overseas - a street sign in Venice Italy that, yes, reminded me of Ray

How this team occupies so much of what's left of my brain cells I'll never know

 

[Fatbot]

I really don't know. I didn't create the Tree! good question!

It is a weird tree -- e.g. not sure why Lovie Smith is just thrown in there at the bottom right. But it's good for the laugh of Bill Walsh always listed under Al Davis, nothing makes pro-Whiner idiots squirm more than that. Coaching trees should be more about influence than who gave them their first job though. Like Jeff Fisher should probably be under Mike Ditka, not here.

 

[iamme33]

Like Jeff Fisher should probably be under Mike Ditka, not here.

 

[UKram]

so Martz was our most successful coach in the modern era (win % wise) ,,,,good times i loved Mad mike ...even if it 4-50 you knew we were going to pick up the 1st down

 

[Psycho_X]

We went 23-73, combined, under Linehan/Haslett/Spags. Twenty three wins in six years, with eight of them coming in 2006. So 15 wins in five years. Jesus.

Kind of puts 7-9 bullcrap on a pedestal.

Imagine paying to go see that crap. I weep at the money I wasted on the Rams watching the worst football team in the history of the NFL only to have them turn their backs on me after the fact. I guess I'm a masochist is the only reasonable explanation why I'm still a fan of this team.

As for pedestal, 7-9 is a welcome change for 2, maybe 3, years after that s*** show but year 5 should show growth.