Rams win spells the end for Mike Singletary

by Ryan Van Bibber on Dec 26, 2010 9:41 PM CST in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

Head coach Mike Singletary of the San Francisco 49ers looks on from the sideline at the Edward Jones Dome on December 26 2010 in St. Louis Missouri. The Rams beat the 49ers 25-17.

Alright, here's the deal, the St. Louis Rams won today. It wasn't always a pretty sight to see, but a win is a win...is a win. Plenty of time for message board recrimination later.

Today's win sets up a favorite meme for the NFL playoff picture to be determined in the last week of the season: SHOWDOWN! I"m talkin' two man enter; one man leave kind of thing, dig? Great football and great theatre.

There's another something I think we all need to enjoy about today's game: the Rams have sent another franchise into turmoil.

Mike Singletary's been a strange experiment in head coaching, even for a San Francisco team that's been floating aimlessly for almost a decade now. But the Christmas Massacre didn't end there. No, team president Jed York said he'd be hiring a new general manager...after one of those strange "mutual parting" arrangements end the tenure of Scot McCloughan and York didn't hire a new GM to replace him.

Take some joy in beating the rival 49ers, bouncing another head coach and forcing another organization to go soul searching. Only the Rams can do that. Revel. Celebrate. Your Pat Shurmur voodoo dolls can wait a day.

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by Da Rookie on Dec 26, 2010 9:49 PM CST reply actions

Sorry Flexed to Sunday Night

by Da Rookie on Dec 26, 2010 9:51 PM CST reply actions

yahoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pooch punts should be illegal inside an opponents 38 yard line.

by VTramsFan on Dec 26, 2010 9:54 PM CST reply actions

Hooda thunk it possible?

by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Dec 26, 2010 10:17 PM CST reply actions

Sweet guys, sweet

Thanks for being true Ram follwers and fans, during the good and bad games……

Now, let’s hope we fast on bbq’ed Seahawk next week. I am sick of seeing Rams lose to the Seahags w/Hassleslack.

Rams must adjust all game long because it is gonna be tough on the road, iun the wet weather and Seattle has awesome fans as well. So, a fricken 16th game, 12:00 pm hour for a winner in is, loser gets a draft position 8-10 slots higher in 2011.

by jlcdb70 on Dec 26, 2010 10:19 PM CST reply actions

lol i want him to stick around

this moron was keeping that pesky, talented niners team off our back

by Buck Nasty87 on Dec 26, 2010 10:50 PM CST reply actions

lol!

Me too!

by Jas the Mace on Dec 27, 2010 3:01 PM CST up reply actions

Singletary just fired 11:09 PM 12:26

by chndlr54 on Dec 26, 2010 11:10 PM CST reply actions

Ya think Mike Martz is glad Singletary fired him now???

The least the Bears coulda done for us this year was to beat the Sea Hawks in Chicago, but NOOOO!!! And then ex-coach Scott Lineham didn’t help any with his part in Detroit’s 44-6 thumping of us either. What goes around comes around guys… we’ll see ya again soon.

by RamChop on Dec 26, 2010 11:10 PM CST reply actions

I called this firing as soon as he swapped Smiths

by dbcouver on Dec 26, 2010 11:22 PM CST reply actions

so OJ mighta led to his future father in laws firings

rumors are hes engaged to singletary’s daughter

by zaviex on Dec 27, 2010 12:46 AM CST reply actions

Funny!

by Jas the Mace on Dec 27, 2010 3:02 PM CST up reply actions

This sucks.

He was doing such a great job for the Rams… :(

But I also really do like the guy.

"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.

by douchiedude on Dec 27, 2010 1:34 AM CST reply actions

Thanks much, folks. 49ers fan here.

You gave us a big step forward by getting rid of Mike. Give the Seahawks hell, just because I hate them more (though I feel as though the 49ers-Rams rivalry is better) and what not. Congrats.

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by James Brady on Dec 27, 2010 1:44 AM CST reply actions

Thanks for the kind words

Was wondering how long it would take a 9er fan to post a thank you note on our website, Gift baskets are welcome too.

York will probably try to woo Chucky back to Norcal. Good luck with that.

by 81 Witness on Dec 27, 2010 12:01 PM CST up reply actions

In all my years watching football i never remember 4 coaches getting fired in one season this must be a record

And two of them lost there job from the Rams wins lol

by Rams67 on Dec 27, 2010 2:11 AM CST reply actions

LOL McD and Iron Mike. Nice.

by douchiedude on Dec 27, 2010 3:38 AM CST up reply actions

Unfortunately, that is the stigma the Rams have from all those losing seasons...

…the Rams should be an automatic win. This year that didnt turn out to be the case.

I think though that Mike Singletary isnt the problem in SF…or isnt the only problem. I think this core group of players has gone through enough coaching regimes where you gotta go…maybe its not the coach, its the premaddonna me first personalities they got over there.

All I want for Christmas is a Pete Carroll scowl on week 17!

by leadhead on Dec 27, 2010 9:01 AM CST up reply actions