I understand few of my few regular readers will appreciate this particular post, but this is a matter of grave import: I really need the owners of the St. Louis Rams football team to fire their head coach.
The guy totally ruined my day, which is an impressive feat given how much I was looking forward to it. Today, after all, was the opening game in the touch football league I help organize, as well as the first Sunday of the NFL season.
Things started out encouragingly as thirteen New Yorkers played a great game of touch football in beautiful sunny and warm weather. We didn’t have any injuries or any significant arguments, both of which are major accomplishments for our league. And as a bonus, I played pretty well and our team won.
Unfortunately, it went downhill from there as my hometown NFL team got totally smoked by the Philadelphia Eagles. The worst part of the whole performance was how lifeless the team looked from the very get-go. It’s quite clear the coaching staff is in way over their heads, and I think a change could actually help salvage the season if it’s done early enough. The sad performance of the other NFC West teams shows that 8-8 will probably be good enough to win the division and get into the playoffs.
The head coach, a clueless but nice enough gent by the name of Scott Linehan, has had plenty of chances to succeed, and was graciously given another year after a dismal 3-13 season. His teams have been consistently unprepared and outcoached, and it’s clear the players do not have any faith in his leadership.
To me, the last straw was when after 10 straight punts to open the game, Linehan was shown on the sideline clapping enthusiastically when we finally scored a field goal to pull within a mere 35 points. It looked so sad and desperate.
If they do fire him, perhaps I can hire him to run my fantasy team, which also sucked an egg today. But I’m not about to get into that sad story.
Scott Linehan has got to rank up in the worst coaches of all time category. The Rams were not a terrible team when he took over but they are now. No depth and poor drafts along with an incompetent coaching staff– this is only part of the problem. Is it just me or does Jim Haslett suck as a football coach. Who is running this thing? Are they watching these sad games? And how long will this carnage last? Please free the fans and get rid of these stiffs. Personally I wish I could do my job this poorly and make the kind of money they do. Good luck getting another coaching job, Scott. You are so done, you dont even realize!! Lets keep Al Saunders as head coach and find a real defensive coordinator. This is not Bulgers fault but I will bet that secretly he is happy to be watching Linehans last game from the sideline. Wow… they suck bad.
I saw your handle, and was shocked to find out that the one linehan supporter still left actually read my blog and assumed you were maybe his wife (who was seen leaving the field in tears last game in Seattle).
and then i read your message … you are some supporter
btw, i totally agree with you he’s not the only part of the problem. Haslett is a disaster, and there are tons of front office executives who have either just totally poisoned that franchise with bad player evaluation and worse management skills (Zygmunt) or watched idly as others did the damage (Shaw). They all should go.
As far as OC Saunders, I agree he’s out best option for a mid-season replacement, but I haven’t seen much from him since he left KC.