Is St. Louis Rams Head Coach Steve Spagnuolo In Trouble? TST Mailbag Sept. 28th
St. Louis Rams faithful, it's another Wednesday and that means another TST Mailbag! If you want to get a question answered in future mailbags, like us on Facebook. Let's get started with a question on everyone's mind lately...
Jordan Breck Is Spags in trouble?
Not right now and he is safe for this season, but if the Rams continue to have games like the one against the Ravens this year, Kronke may revaluate the coaching staff.
Joe Baccamazzi (If signed) Does Hood figure to start/play immediately or does he get acclimated over the bye week? Get King off the field!
Well he was signed and he will probably play right away, but not in a starting role yet. The bye week will be very helpful for him to get used to the defense and he might win the other starting corner spot.
Lots more after the jump.
Kevin Fles Will St.Louis start blocking off some of the top sections (seats) with giant banners, or something, ala Jacksonville, so games are easier to sell out and so it doesent look so pathetic with sections upon sections of empty seats?
No. If they were going to do that, they would have done it long ago. The Rams know that to fill up the stadium and avoid blackouts, they just need to put a good product on the field.
Randy Litka With the receiving corps looking bleak, and with Amendola down... why don't we sign back Donnie Avery to the practice squad? In fact, why don't we sign him, activate him and drop Salas down to the practice squad?
If Avery was any good, wouldn't someone have signed him by now? The fact is Avery wouldn't have a big enough impact, and plus we have Mark Clayton coming back soon.
Rick Siegel I feel like this is a great matchup for the Rams. No shifty RB, no great #1 WR to exploit the Rams CB issues. Do you feel like I do...a loss this week means a 4-5 win season at best?
Starting 0-4 will probably put the playoffs out of reach, and a 6 win season is about what I would expect at that point. Also Santana Moss is a guy who can easily exploit the Rams corners.
Imi Fanene 3 weeks of no offense,will the offense improve as the season goes on & do the guys need to show more emotion on the field?
I don't see a way the offense doesn't improve as the season goes on. Building more chemistry and getting used to the new offense will definitely make the offense better. Also I don't think they need more emotion on the field, they just need to play better.
Nathan Cheadle How much of an effect do you think that the lockout is still having on our offense?
The impact the lockout had on the offense is huge. The sharpness and efficiency I expect out of a Josh McDaniels offense hasn't been there yet. The Rams haven't been able to build the chemistry in the new offense and that will still take some time.
Frank McEntire Is it the players or the coaching that causes these horrible mental mistakes every week?
It not as simple as one or the other. It's both, though I blame the players a bit more.
Scott Gladden Do you think Spags is being out coached or is it simply a lack of players? It sure seems like other coaches are doing more with less and I don't believe we've ever came back in the 4th Qtr with him as coach- Does the game move too fast for him? Oh well I'm at least of the ledge and willing to see what he can do when we start play more even competition.
I think that Spags is being out coached so far this season. Teams have been able to take advantage of some of the holes on our team, and Spags has been unable to patch up those holes or to take advantages of other teams holes, such as the Eagles' LBs, or the Giants injuries in the secondary. Also teams seem to be able to take advantage of our aggressive defensive scheme with cutback runs and screen passes. Another thing is Spags is slow in making adjustments during games. How can you not only let Torrey Smith score twice on you in one quarter, but three times!! After the first TD to Smith, Spags should have made an adjustment to the deep passing of the Ravens, but he didn't.
Mike Tockgo Should we just tank the season, and get the number one pick overall? Trade the pick for multiple picks so that we can shore up our weaknesses...Trade Sjax now for draft picks as well..get rid of Spags and bring on someone else who is more fiery!
No...just no. This is the NFL. You owe it to the fans and more importantly what's right to go out and try to win. IT'S ONLY WEEK FOUR; THE SEASON ISN'T OVER! As Herm Edwards once said, "you play to win the game."
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Need to stop throwing Spags under the bus...
Taking into account the lockout, new OC, 5 injured CB’s, Sjax injured after 2 plays, and one of the toughest schedules in the league at the first half of the season, it is not time to throw Spags under the bus. That doesn’t mean that coaching is not without some blame. The WR corps is no better than last year. That is on the staff. They are terrible at fundamentals and that falls on the position coach. The O-line is showing they are not up to the task of defending elite D-lines. These two areas will not be fixed if the team suddenly has 0 injuries.
Circumstances what they are, Spags being fired should not be on the table. If no improvement happens in the last half of the season with division games then some talk of bus tire tracks may be warranted.
This is a completely team without SJax in the game. Williams is a great back to share snaps, but he can’t shoulder the team like SJax can.
Very Little
I’ve seen very little new offence from this team; I still blame the coaches for the teams problems.
What a dumb question
on that last one lol
"Vick’s 100x the player Warner was.
Desean’s not quite at Holts level.
McCoy’s giving Faulk a run for his money.
Maclin’s better than Bruce.
"Warner never took over games."
Signed, wild_eagle - the most delusional person in the entire universe.
sure he is the head coach but
Spags has been unable to patch up those holes or to take advantages of other teams holes, such as the Eagles’ LBs, or the Giants injuries in the secondary.
is unfair.
It’s more McDaniels’ business to find and exploit the opposing team’s defensive weaknesses
"For Better or for Worse; 'Till Death Do Us Part"
GO RAMS !!!
Mélange.
descendant d’écossais mais né et vivant en france
by Misterthescot on Sep 29, 2011 1:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Makes no sense
We spend a boat load on a QB,and O-line men,than fail 2 pick up even a solid number 2 wr,I know the pickins where slim,but come on,this group sucks.
The Avery
Idea doesn’t sound like a bad idea to me. He played way better than MSW during the preseason. What is the one thing all of our receivers except DX lack? Speed, and Avery has that. No chance he comes back though.
500 or under lol i think if we lose to washington Stan tells Spags pack your bags and i hope he does
Really?
C’mon man. Justin King is terrible. With that, yo have like no other cornerback to take his place. Injury after injury after injury to that position. Then you get the fact, that SJ has barely been in, so the other teams are like fuck the RB’s, let’s blitz Bradford. And Bradford is like crap, I have no receivers that can go head to head with a cornerback, I’m screwed. Oh no!!!!!!! Sack. Yeah. All coaches fault…
by slimshaney13 on Sep 28, 2011 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
McD shoulders much of the blame.
Be as it may, give him some time. The receivers some time to mesh. We should be Ram fans & support them. Anyone can fold like a cheap suit, things will get better. Avery is going to take passes from hussle-back.
Go RAMs !!!
Is Spags In Trouble?
IMO Devaney is on the hot seat and bears more responsibility. He brought Spags in; they both are liable for poor personnel that have hurt the team.

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