Steve Spagnuolo has something for everyone at his offseason press conference
by Ryan Van Bibber on Feb 17, 2010 9:00 AM CST
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PrintSt. Louis Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo gave a press conference yesterday, his first since the season ended, in which he said...not much really. As someone that's worked in PR for a decade now, I can say that Spagnuolo is a press conference genius. He can deliver a message with aplomb, focus in on the good news and skirt around the touchy issues with the kind of niceties that leave the press fulfilled but ultimately knowing nothing more than they did when the press conference began.
Take for instance Spags' statements on the Rams quarterback situation. Here's his statement on Bulger after the morning's news that the Rams incumbent starter had cleared out his locker:
I see all the scenarios. Marc has a contract. . . .I mean, Marc’s on this football team.
Well said. No matter what perspective you view the Rams QB situation from, this statement gives you something to work with. Wanna speculate on Bulger's release? Go ahead, after all, he meant as of this moment. Feeling a little more skeptical? Fine. Spags is right and there's nothing else besides whispers of a locker cleaning to hang a pretty big rumor on. He also threw in plenty of praise for Bulger.
And what about drafting a QB? Well, Spags had something for everyone in his statements about the first overall pick. You're in the Suh camp? Spags talked about building from the inside out. You prefer a QB with that pick? Spags made it perfectly clear that he was open to drafting a QB in that spot.
The internets will be buzzing with Rams rumors today, fueled by Spagnuolo's presser, and though some of the rumors will be awfully exciting, it's unlikely we'll know anymore today than we knew yesterday.
On the Antonio Pierce talk, who says the guy has to be signed as a starter? Talk in the wake of Spags' non-comment comment about Pierce yesterday has almost exclusively focused on the fact that the Rams have a (stud) starting at MLB in James Laurinaitis, followed quickly by whether or not Pierce can play on the weakside. The guy's 32-years-old and coming off a pretty serious neck injury. I understand that he may want to start and some teams might be willing to give him that chance; however, if the Rams were thinking about picking him up, he'd be a great fit for depth at MLB and mentorship to the youngsters on this team, especially since the seasoned vets among the Rams LBs will be entering their third season in 2010, assuming Paris Lenon is not retained. We've discussed this possibility before.
One interesting note from yesterday's presser is that the Rams have reportedly finished their evaluations for free agency. Hmm. We'll find out more about what those look like in just a little more than 2 weeks.
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I'm not sure what people expect Spags to say.
Do people really think he’s just going to lay out the entire organization’s game plan about every single player, who they’re cutting, who their targeting in free agency, and who they’re drafting? Do people think he’s going to throw Bulger under the bus? Why would he do that?
I love when people make childish remarks about players and then can’t figure out why Spags doesn’t do the exact same thing. Maybe because he’s 1) a professional and 2) an adult?
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
TB is exactly right.
It’s easy to throw out all sorts of criticisms when we don’t have any responsibility for producing results. Spags doesn’t have that luxury. He is handling the situation quite well, as we should expect. He is not giving the media the big, juicy stories they want since that isn’t his goal. He is doing what is best for the team, and that is his goal. I’m very glad to see he is keeping first things first.
from ESPN Insider
For months, the consensus has been that Nebraska product Ndamukong Suh would be the No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft. But on Wednesday, not only did he slip to No. 2 behind Gerald McCoy in Todd McShay’s latest mock draft, but Tom Kowalski of MLive.com has word from “a couple of well-informed folks from St. Louis” who say that the Rams might go with QB Sam Bradford with that first overall pick. The drawback as of right now is Bradford’s shoulder, but if they get the medical OK, it’s a possibility.
Further supporting Kowalski’s sources is the latest word from head coach Steve Spagnuolo himself, who would not rule out the possibility in comments this week, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
If that happens, both the Lions and Bucs would be very happy, as they’re both very interested in Suh or McCoy.
Of course he's going to vague
What head coach will give out his entire game plan? Of course the Rams are going to say they will be looking hard at the #1 for various rookies. The ideal situation is to trade out of the #1 spot and pick up more draft picks when you’re rebuilding like the Rams. Thw question is does any team want a player so bad they are willing to trade to the #1 spot. That is the question.
Spags is a poker player.
But I think he’d prefer to get rid of Bulger. If getting Vick means we have to get rid of some of our premium draft picks them I’m dead set against it. Why mortgage the future for a player thats only considered a stop-gap solution at best?
Nobody will believe they are going to retain Vick
until they see it. If it is a bluff it won’t cost too much to call.
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