Keys for success (with Boom Boom Pow help)

by WaZuP cReAtOr on Nov 2, 2009 7:32 PM CST Comment 22 comments

While it was nice to win a game it is time to get back to business

IMO I have some crucial keys to success.

1. While I was listening to the radio Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed peas and during that time I was thinking about the Rams . I was like that was exactly what the defense needed. Boom Boom pow is what they need to do to the run especially since they'll face Reggie Bush.

2. We need to pass more to Donnie Avery deep. He's no good at slants but his speed is outstanding. He'll be a huge compliment to the running game when Shurmer realizes Avery's speed going deep.

3. Give SJ39 the ball!

4. Marc Bulger is throwing the ball way to late. Like in the song Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed peas It's 3008 you so 2000 and late In this case though to Marc Bulger It's 2008 your 2000 and late.

Thats my opinion Please comment

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FWIW

Reggie Bush has done absolutely nothing all season.

45 carries for 175 yards (a long of 19 yards)
18 catches for 144 yards (a long of 29 yards)
53 yards from scrimmage per game.

Reggie Bush is the least of our problems when it comes to New Orleans.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Nov 2, 2009 8:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I guess..

but against a below average run defense I mean he could have a big day

Touchdown St.Louis Rams Won the SuperBowl

by WaZuP cReAtOr on Nov 2, 2009 8:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He still wouldn't be our problem

It would probably be Thomas and Bell giving us the most rushing trouble. He might be a problem catching passes as we’ve shown we can’t defend Rbs in the passing game

The 53 as one have become the 53 that won.

by Carneros on Nov 2, 2009 8:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the rams don't have a below average run defense

jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!

by stlcardinalsfang on Nov 2, 2009 8:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd look out

for drew Brees with the lack of depth in the secondary right now it’s not going to look good. Pass rush and effective blitzing will help us make this a intresting match. We need to find something that works and keep trying some diffrent things. Trick plays HB optional pass anyone? Get steven jackson his first passing touchdown of the season?

by keeperskillz24 on Nov 2, 2009 8:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Let's face it

The Saints just have too many weapons on offense for our defense to contend with.

The defense is commendable, they play hard, they try- but they just aren’t a high enough caliber to stop this offense. It can’t be done. Look at the Miami game; you need to stop them for the whole game. Letting up even when you are way ahead won’t stop them.

They are the next Greatest Show on Turf. They have three RB’s that can be used (Reggie Bush included, he’s not amazing, but he can be used as a WR, a back, returner, he’s a good utility man). Their WR’s are good too.

This is EXACTLY the type of thing the Rams were going for I think. The Saints receivers aren’t amazing, but they are all pretty good. Exactly what we wanted…except they don’t suck.

I believe in 2010

by ram_rod on Nov 2, 2009 10:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Blah, blah, blah.

That’s what everyone said when we played the Colts.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Nov 3, 2009 7:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL. And that game was a lot of fun to watch...

by edpjr on Nov 3, 2009 12:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Avery is "no good" at slants?

Are you kidding me? That’s just silly.
How do you propose he gets deep, anyway? Straight line every time?

Lived in LA during the Rams and Raiders days. Now based in NorCal, I am still a die hard Rams fan and Raiders season ticket holder.

by CoachConnors on Nov 3, 2009 3:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Just because he needs to run short routes to keep the ddep ones available

doesn’t mean he’s good at them, because he isn’t.

The 53 as one have become the 53 that won.

by Carneros on Nov 3, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't say that he's "not good" at them

just not the guy I want if the ball isn’t in front of him. With his speed, if you can get him space to run after the catch, great, but about 90% of short in’s are possession routes. And we’ve seen too many chest-based drops from Avery. You have to find routes in the short and middle range to run him on, but you can’t continue to target him on possession routes. I’d love to see more smash plays, which I have seen us use from time to time.

You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.

by 3k on Nov 3, 2009 5:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

How about teach him to use his hands?

Keeping a reciever off some routes because he doesn’t use his hands to catch the ball is completely unacceptable. Learn how or look foolish.
It’s easy to teach a guy to use his hands, its common knowledge, and there are a million widely known drills that can build that skill. All 9 routes in the tree need to be mastered, and the ball needs to come in at every angle.

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember Is thinking, I want to be like them

by CoachConnors on Nov 3, 2009 6:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not to mention

Is the other team just going to play a safety over the top because, afterall, they can’t/won’t throw to Avery short or on a slant? Unacceptable. If you really think about it, you can’t think it is.

How complicated is a slant route? Starting with step #2 it’s a stright line. You know this, right? He can run the route. YOU can run that route.

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember Is thinking, I want to be like them

by CoachConnors on Nov 3, 2009 6:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He can run it fine

but he can’t finish the play. As we’ve seen, he can run the route (and IMO, he runs it better than Burton), but if the ball isn’t delivered perfectly and he’s covered tightly, he has difficulty finishing, as in catching with his hands instead of trapping the reception on his chest. And we have thrown to him on those routes, but he hasn’t completed them like Amendola has.
As for the drills, you can teach the skill, but you can’t teach the confidence. I assume that’s why we keep calling plays with Avery on the short slant or hitches or quick outs as the first read – to get his confidence up. Unfortunately, it seems to be having the opposite result. But as we saw in the Indy flea flicker, he can make plays deep. I just want to see us give him the chance to make those kind of plays more often.

by 3k on Nov 3, 2009 7:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I underdstand what you're saying, but I would never cut off his routes as a response to his problem

The kid needs to run the routes and get to the point where he makes that play. Not running them would both hinder his growth and give the opponenet something they can count on. If you were running that team, would you really only throw to him deep? I think opponents would catch on to that really quickly….sorta like not running behind a particular Guard. It’s a tell.

I know we can’t make him into something he isn’t, and the slant may never be his bread and butter play, but he was a high enough pick that he needs to be thrown to in all kinds of different situations. Maybe I’m that hard-headed coach type you were talking about on another thread 8^) ….. I think this would be the definition of coaching him “up”.

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember Is thinking, I want to be like them

by CoachConnors on Nov 3, 2009 7:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It'd be different if

He was a 3 year vet. I guess at that point I’d give up trying to coach him up.

Oh hell, no I wouldn’t.

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember Is thinking, I want to be like them

by CoachConnors on Nov 3, 2009 7:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

can’t teach the confidence

I musta missed that the first three times I read your comment.
Dude, that’s all this shit is. When your daughter starts playing soccer and 3K is her coach, you’ll understand. It’s all about confidence. Its about setting goals and achieving them and how that makes you feel. Don’t you know….that’s all sports is. The mind is so much more powerful than the body. Its themind that wins and loses for you. Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. And the coach is there to get you to believe, with little achievements along the way.

Take that with you to your daughter’s soccer practice and live by it, and I promise you will come to agree with me. One day you will say I was right about that.

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember Is thinking, I want to be like them

by CoachConnors on Nov 3, 2009 7:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Alright

3k took my side as I missed the little debate. When I said he is “not good” at slant routes, I was referring to the ability to actually catch the ball. I know he can run it, but that is useless if you can’t catch the ball. Confidence is a major issue. I know from playing sports, that confidence can be a huge deciding factor. I find at times that the hardest shot in basketball can be the wide open layups, especially on breakaways. I can make shots with people all over me. The mind is a tricky thing, and I hate it at times, if there is a play that doesn’t develop quickly enough in any sport and gives me time to think, I am much more likely to fail in the situation. Anyway, my problems in sports aside, I think this may apply to Avery. P.S. I don’t always fail when I think, I’m not terrible at sports, but it does raise the likelihood.

The 53 as one have become the 53 that won.

by Carneros on Nov 3, 2009 8:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I already agree with you

But my point was you can only coach the mind so much. Spags&Co can help build Avery’s confidence, but the drops erase much of if not all of what they’ve built up.

by 3k on Nov 3, 2009 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think then the question is what to do about it

And my solution would not include stopping doing it, for such a young guy. If he’s been in the NFL for years, then yeah, never mind that play, maybe you can be a specialist. Just my opinion of course, but I don’t think you take your new 2nd rounder and cut of half the route tree. Rather, you intensify the work on the deficiency.

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember Is thinking, I want to be like them

by CoachConnors on Nov 5, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry maybe I'm missing something here.

These problems are for highschool kids. College kids, maybe in trying to make the team. Catching the ball is the most basic skill a receiver has. When you’re asking them to respond to coaching, or to overcome the mental difficulties of performing under pressure, you’ve already lost. Individual skills are the ones that should have been considered in the first place when deciding whom to draft or to sign. Positional coaches’ jobs are mainly to work these guys into our system and help play development. I’m not saying that there shouldn’t be some individual one on one time with them, but it shouldn’t make or break the receivers ability to do his job. If it does, we’re still doing something fundamentally very wrong.

by dbcouver on Nov 4, 2009 12:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Asking them to respond to coaching

Is exactly why they have coaches. I know, sounds ludicrous, but it’s a human thing even at the pro level, even at the Olympic level, and asking them to respond to being “coached up” is exactly why they have coaches.

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember Is thinking, I want to be like them

by CoachConnors on Nov 5, 2009 11:00 AM CST reply actions 0 recs