Rams @ Seattle Seahawks, postgame humiliation thread

by VanRam on Sep 21, 2008 6:15 PM CDT Comment 26 comments

Let's frame this in customer service terms. You go to a deli, order a sandwich, bite into it and it's no good. The lettuce is rotten, the meat tastes funny, bad all around. Having dropped ten bucks for your lunch, you naturally take it to the counter, where the manager apologizes and commits to making it right. "Won't happen again my friend." You take the manager at his word. Hey, it's their business, they don't want to lose customers. The next week, you figure it's time to give the place another shot. Another dud. Same thing: you return it, manager gives you an explanation, you walk away troubled by the incident, but maybe somewhat understanding. Could just be bad luck. The meat delivery guy didn't show up, something like that.

A little more time passes. Your sense of loyalty to the neighborhood sandwich man trumps your weariness about two bad sammys. The place deserves one last shot before you default to the corporate sandwich place with meat from God knows where. Dammit, if the sandwich isn't a stinker again. No more excuses. No more loyalty to the local guy. Any sensible person at that points finds something else. If the place can't pull it together and turn out a decent product in three tries, why flush your money down the toilet there.

The Rams have just handed us another bad sandwich. And something needs to be done. Now. No threats of future action. No more second, third, fourth, chances. The Rams needed to do something against the Seahawks today, but all they did was lay another egg.

You can find fault all around. The run defense was terrible, shades of Jimmy Kennedy terrible. The backfield let no-name receivers look like Pro Bowlers. On the other side of the ball, the offensive line was terrible, again. Steven Jackson wasn't able to top 3 yards per carry. Bulger, though he was sacked only once, threw from his back foot, again, gun shy from and rushed. Dante Hall continues to take up precious space in the locker room. And on, and on, and on.

The Rams were once again humiliated. It's time for some real accountability this week.

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you are too funny

this team is a joke , but i have to speak up at this time and tell you some thing
It was you all summer that was giving us hope with all the good things you had to say about our off. line lol, and about this deffence all the good young players, you had me thinking we are gona be the suprize of the NFL this year and make it all the way back to the superbowl, lol now you see how it just dont mater who the players are on the team , with out Real Coaching you dont have nothing not even personality on your team, its very sad to see the ownership is doing nothing , Gen.Manager and every one in the Coaching staff should have been fired after week one, this ls now long over dew ,we made Seattle look like champs today lol just like every one that plays us , i hope this weeks pathetic all around performance shakes some one up cause this has to stop now
James

by james535 on Sep 21, 2008 6:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

these guys can play

better than they have. there’s no question about that. never was anyone under the illusion that this was a Super Bowl team, but I’d rather head into the season with some kind of positive expectations.

There is (used to be) some talent on this team, and you’re right about the coaches, they just can’t pull that talent out of the players with a pair of pliers. They have to go. It’s officially rebuilding time. There’s no other way.

by VanRam on Sep 21, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

some talent, yes

but the players aren’t playing for the coaches…
…are they angling for regime change themselves?
…or are they trying to speed their tickets out of town?

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by jroman on Sep 21, 2008 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow(Seahawks Fan)

I feel bad for where you are. I was one to always tell people that the 49ers would be the worst team in the division and Rams would be the challengers this year. I don’t envy the position you guys are in.

Also, your sandwich analogy made me laugh, I(as probably anyone would) knew where it was going before you tried the second sandwich. It’s probably a bitter laughter for you, but a very creative and funny way of putting it.

by cashless on Sep 21, 2008 7:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Forgot...

the 2.

Meant for the sandwich part.

by cashless on Sep 21, 2008 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rock Bottom

Today has to be considered hitting rock bottom, right? Can it seriously be worse? Sure, they could get their asses spanked by Oakland, but I don’t think it would be any lower than what happened in the 1st half of today’s game.

Sorry Scott. I really do think you’re a great guy, but it is time for you to go. But, you know what? I don’t think they’ll do it this week. There’s one more game before the bye week, so we might have to sit through another embarrassing loss, this time to the Buffalo Bills.

Some thoughts:

- I have seem way more of Dante Hall than I ever want to see.
- Ron Bartell might be our best corner back, but he pisses me off to no end.
- Marc Bulger is ruined. Done.
- Why in the hell did Steven Jackson hold out to get an extension here? And, for that matter, why did he end his hold out to play for this team?
- This is the worst tackling team I’ve ever seen. Twice they had Jones dead to rights at the line only to fail to wrap up and then watch him go for about 20 yards. Not sure who the first culprit was, but the second was Will Witherspoon, and that is totally unacceptable.
- Where in the hell is Pisa Tinoisamoa?

Actually, that’s about all I can come up with that’s different than what VanRam already listed. Oh, and btw, the San Francisco 49ers are 3-0. Awesome.

Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.

Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

by Tackle Box on Sep 21, 2008 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

if it makes you feel any better

the fortywhiners are 2-1, they lost the opener to arizona

by FunkeeC on Sep 21, 2008 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe it just feels like 3-0

kinda like how that 10-0 the Seahawks put on us in the first 5 minutes felt like 50-0.

Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.

Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

by Tackle Box on Sep 21, 2008 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bruce with a Touchdown.

Been wrestling with his leaving the team for a long time, but it’s pretty clear at this point he’s the smartest guy in the room…. or he was, until he left the room.

So who’s the smartest guy in the room now?

by mpire on Sep 22, 2008 7:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty sure Jay Zygmunt would tell you he is.

Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.

Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

by Tackle Box on Sep 22, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Changes to be made

1. Linehan has to go after the Buffalo game. (Provided they lose again.) But I have have inside information telling me that they’re going to wait until the end of the season to fire him.

2. Is it possible to trade so that we can draft Matthew Stafford, Michael Oher, Michael Crabtree, and Malcolm Jenkins next draft?

3. Dane Looker has no business starting, and Dante Hall has no business being a #3. Why the hell isn’t Linehan playing Avery more?

4. Any lineman not named Orlando Pace or Jacob Bell is an embarrassment. And Bell can’t even seem to get onto the field.

5. Can this team get ANY pass rush. There’s a higher chance of Mike Williams getting 100 receptions in a season than Hall or Glover getting a sack.

6. Marc Bulger is done. Done.

by Gnick on Sep 21, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

1. Disappointed. I’d like to see the curtains drawn on the Linehan administration asap, you never know what can happen with a caretaker. Granted it’s not usually good, but there’s a chance you can find someone the team wants to play for.. Give Todd Hewitt the job imo.

So.. end of the season, but done deal? Or is there some number of wins that might reverse that?
End of the season is too good for the guy, the longest I would possibly leave it until they’re out of playoff contention.3. Not starting, but I like the guy. Over the years he’s had some clutch grabs (not sure I wouldn’t rather have furrey back in terms of depth wr’s tho).
Question: Is he holding for Brown?5. They were in Nickel almost the entire game (based on the amount I saw hill on the field). That was a weak move, regardless of the seahawks offensive strategy. Better to have another guy in the box. It would help the pass rush and they were getting burned anyway.

by mpire on Sep 22, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

inside information?

do tell…

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by jroman on Sep 21, 2008 7:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey rejoice people!

We needed a dud performance today cause now the team has to do some shaking up!

I love the Rams as much as anyone here but really, I’ve pounded this into everyones head already . . .

The faster they are noticed as the worst team in football, the faster we get rid of Linehan.

SImple as that.

I for one am sadly happy about all this.

2 things . . .

1) Everyone that thinks Bulger or anyone else on this team is done . . . wrong. they just don’t give a shit anymore.

2) The Rams are “not” who we think they are.

by Option27 on Sep 21, 2008 8:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Totally predictable result

LINK – to – WK 3 PREDICTION

Week 4 edition of predictable results is a 29-13 loss to the Bills with the Bills special teams (former Rams special teams coach) getting a decisive 2nd quarter return that kills the Rams’ hopes.

by Downing Rules on Sep 22, 2008 12:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

we have to start LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT COACH

Hey we are all in agrement that we need a coach, well i herd some talk about the Ex Giants coach Jim Fausel, im not sure if thats how you spell his name, but this guy is a nut, and i dont thing the kind of personality we need for a coach, we need some one with a winning record so every player will respect him, Jimmy Jhonson three super bowl wins with Dallas, and he has decepline on his teams, i think he could do the job, of lets find some one even better if we can
some one that will bring in his own staff of winners, what we have now is the worst coached team in the NFL, time for that to change and get some respect back
we dont just need another coach we need a Top notch guy , a proven winner

by james535 on Sep 22, 2008 2:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The thing is...

I don’t want to bash the new owners, but they really don’t seem like they want to own the team. I can’t say that I ever heard of them before Georgia passed away – just speaking of myself, I think if I were going to inherit a football team, I’d spend all my time trying to learn the business. Enough not to want to meddle in it (like Al Davis), but enough to know how to pick the right people to run it for me.

I don’t think there is any sign that Chip and/or Lucia ever did that. They were busy following their own careers, and fair enough. But now they have a football team they clearly have no idea what to do with, and probably don’t want.

Heck, they probably never even watch football, so they have no idea what is what.

So we’re probably not going to see any serious change until the team is sold, IMHO. Which could take years. Maybe Linehan will get fired and we’ll see an interim coach – but the real probablem – upper management will stay the same, I’m sure.

Felipe Lopez - next year's Joel Pineiro

by DiscoJer on Sep 22, 2008 4:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The problem with hoping for a sale

is that might seal the team’s fate of moving back to LA. FWIW, Rosenbloom seems interested in keeping the team in St. Louis. I don’t know how much faith you can put into it, but I think he at least wants to honor his mother’s wishes and keep the team where she wanted it.

And I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt this year. You’re right, he probably had no interest in owning the Rams but he does. What I find particularly interesting is that I’ve heard more from him and he’s been around the Dome more in the first 3 weeks of this season then we’ve gotten from John Shaw in like 3 years. At least it looks like he’s trying to figure things out. I don’t expect him to drop everything just because of the fans unreasonable view of what an owner is supposed to be. But I do expect him to be smart about this and from what I’ve read, seems like he’s doing that. He seems to be on a bit of a fact finding mission and is resisting making a knee-jerk decision. His “lunch” with Faulk is extremely promising and I get the impression he’s willing to put his trust into someone like Faulk who not only is extremely knowledgeable but also has the ST. LOUIS Rams interest at heart.

Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.

Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

by Tackle Box on Sep 22, 2008 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs