Tim Walton Out
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One thing on this Walton removal deal.
I think it speaks well of Coach Fisher that he would - let's face it this is an admission of a mistaken hire- acknowledge this hire was a mistake, correct the mistake and move on.
I think it speaks well of Coach Fisher that he would - let's face it this is an admission of a mistaken hire- acknowledge this hire was a mistake, correct the mistake and move on.
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Oh well....doesn't matter now with Williams coming in.
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Tony Softli says its all but done. I think he is our guy. I'm happy with that move.
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Or was a stopgap of someone to keep Williams seat warm
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That was one of the elements of this offseason that I said would be key. Fish admitting to mistakes: one being the hire of Walton. Others would be cutting Wells & Finnegan. We'll see if he can get those two done.
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Yea, quite a shocker but the right move I think.
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Yes and no. Remember, Walton really wasn't Fisher's first choice. The Rams wanted Ryan and they thought they had him and then he ditched them. Everyone had already been hired by that time and the Rams were left with slim pickings. They had to choose from what was left. I think a better gauge of the ability to admit mistakes will be with the players(Pead, Quick, Finnegan, etc). Quick will get more time but the other two really have no business being on the team anymore.
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I agree on Finn. And I think you are right on Quick getting more time. I think he deserves that being the WR position. Pead? I just don't know. I have no idea why he hasn't gotten more playing time because he appears to have the tools. I think given the chance, he would be very serviceable at least but he obviously has some issues of some kind. I think training camp this year will cull it out one way or the other.
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See ya Tim. Hello Greg.
Cash money says the Williams runs the aggressive defense that pays off for the Rams.
Cash money says the Williams runs the aggressive defense that pays off for the Rams.
Good shit. Go get Williams.
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Hmm. I never heard that. I even looked on Wiki and it still says he's working in Tenn. Thanks for the heads up.
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One interesting side note. Finnegan and Dunbar may become very relevant again.
With Williams coming back. There are two players that many have previously written off who could very well now become a big part of the picture.
Finnegan with a restructured deal and HEALTHY won't be discarded so quickly.
And Dunbar was brought here by Williams in the first place.
With Williams coming back. There are two players that many have previously written off who could very well now become a big part of the picture.
Finnegan with a restructured deal and HEALTHY won't be discarded so quickly.
And Dunbar was brought here by Williams in the first place.
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True. Maybe Finn can gain a spark from this and Dunbar is a keeper. I still think the Rams may still draft a CB relatively high in the draft just in case and for a high quality depth rotation.
Finnegan looked done, though, even before the reported after the fact eye injury, and it didn't look all due to scheme, but perhaps he would have looked better in his accustomed press scheme. He just looked terrible in every phase, pass coverage and run support. It is like he hit the wall and exploded in one offseason, which would have been hard to predict, as he was only about 28?
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A bold couple of moves.... I like it.
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The Williams hiring makes sense of things for me. That hadn't been announced yet at the time and I was under impression that Williams was still employed by the Titans. I get what they were thinking now.