Tavon Austin in Dallas
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I root for guys who gave a lot to this team. For example, I rooted for Kurt Warner, Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Chris Long, etc.
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"The Rams never fully committed to Austin as a weapon. Head coach Jason Garrett and the Cowboys can be more imaginative."
It's true.
Jason Garrett's imagination is powerful. He currently imagines he's a real head coach that's fully in charge of his team.
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He also imagined two zeros after the 1 in TA’s yards from the line of scrimmage.
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Just an FYI..........
McVay doesn't draft players.
The guys who drafts players is the same guy who traded up to drafted Austin. Snead.
Sorry to break that to ya.
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but snead got fisher the type of guys he wanted. now he gets the type of guys mcvay wants. it's no coincidence the rams draft smart players now instead of athletes. i'm still convinced fisher had no say in drafting goff.
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I’m guessing he has a LOT to do with it though. Snead doesn’t draft players McVay hasn’t given the go ahead on. I think that’s a given.
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Not the best start for Tavon in Dallas, I truly wish him well, no hard feelings, as long as you don't have a blowout against the Rams, you'll be fine...
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Best analogy I've heard is that the head coach is the chef and the GM's job is to get him the "ingredients" he needs to make appealing dishes.
You can't have a GM drafting ingredients for Italian foods and then expect a chef who specializes in Oriental dishes to make award winning fare out of them.
If the relationship between Fisher and Snead was as you desribe, which I seriously doubt, then it is another reason why the Rams never reached a .500 record under Fisher and consistently fielding a bottom of the barrel offense.
In any event, I have a feeling Snead learned his lesson about drafting athletically gifted simple minded goofballs with that first pick.
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FFS bro. I don't know how many times we have went over this on this site!!! Fisher had last say and personal control, Snead and Demoff did what was instructed to them. That's how the contracts and organization was set up at the time.
Stop trying to throw Demoff under the bus!
I’ll give you that , because McVay was a big part of why Brandon Cooks is a Ram & signed long term !!
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Remember Fisher had final say on personnel, McVay doesn't and that's a BIG difference.
We know it's collaborative they have talked about it, but Snead is the one making the final call now.
It was Parcells who said essentially "if you want me to cook the meal then I get to buy the groceries".
If you doubt that Fisher had final say I don't know what to tell you. It is common knowledge that he did, so I don't know how you don't know that.
It was in his contract, it has been widely discussed.
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The guys who drafts players is the same guy who traded up to drafted Austin. Snead.
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Looks like TA has started that break out year in Dallas. Some might accuse him of padding his stats but the kid might just be that kind of player in the NFL.
Yeah, but give Jerrah credit...That one carry for 1 yard damn near turned that game around...
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I doubt Tavon was all on Sneed .
I’m not saying he had nothing to do with it but I doubt it was all him. Fisher Implied he had full control personnel wise or at least final say.
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Fisher did, but I'm sure if Snead had said "we don't want that guy he isn't going to work out" or something like that then Fisher wouldn't have told Snead to go get Austin.
They traded up for him, so there was no doubt they both wanted that guy.
