St. Louis Rams Will Interview Jeff Fisher This Week
by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 2, 2012 3:22 PM CST
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PrintThe St. Louis Rams will interview Jeff Fisher this week for the head coaching job. That's what Peter King said on the debut episode of NBC Sports Talk on the NBC Sports Network, formerly Versus, on Monday.
Fisher has been the subject of rumors for some time, but this is the first confirmation that the Rams will actually interview Fisher for the head coaching job. The vacancy in St. Louis in considered to be one of the premier coaching vacancies in the league this year. The Rams have a franchise quarterback in place as well as a good salary cap situation that will, for now, leave them with an estimated $40-45 million in cap room come 2013.
Through various media whispers it's been suggested that Fisher wants a coaching job with a team that has a quarterback in place. Read: he doesn't want to go through a complete rebuild. A quick turnaround would be mutually beneficial, allowing the Rams to re-establish a winning footprint in St. Louis.
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Wasnt thiw guys career of 17 fairly average?
Why is everyone clamoring over him?
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:24 PM CST via mobile reply actions
he had 5 winning seasons out of 17
Fact
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 3:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
THIS
So that is well below half of his career, why is he so important, just a flavor of the month?
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
An average career is respectable?
I thought we wanted this team to go to the playoffs and win, not just be average..
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Competitive and Respectible
Says almost making the playoffs every year but not getting there. It also says we won’t be winning anything significant.
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
This guy is a better judge of talent and knows how to utilize it.
Much better than what we’ve had the last 10 years.
This situation kinda reminds me of Vermeil. If we get Fisher and draft a LT in the 1st round in April it would be eerily similar.
but isn't it the GM that we need to be judging talent?
The only thing comparable to a Rams win is a 49er loss!
He wants to beat the Titans badly
and he knows the division well enough.
So he'll likely go to the Colts
I think Billick would be a good fit for the Rams.
He was a couple inches away from winning a Super Bowl
He would correct the ship
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Almost doesnt doesnt count...
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Better than alternatives
Cause Gruden and Cowher aren’t coming here. Id rather have Jay Gruden, but if we get the right coordinators with Fish, we will be going in the right direction IMO
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:38 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I guess since it is the best option right now
I just hope we don’t settle for mediocrity and actually become a great team. I like the way Chris long talked in his interview.
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:40 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
a few inches wouldn't have WON it per say
but it would have put it into overtime.
The only thing comparable to a Rams win is a 49er loss!
He's got more 8-8 seasons
Then losing. He’s also been to a super bowl and was 4 inches from winning if I remember correctly.
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:31 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Which is still average
And almost doesn’t count but in horseshoes. I thought we want to go to the playoffs in win, not just be mediocre..
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:33 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
It's about righting the ship right now
Fish would right the ship
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yelp sounds like more mediocre seasons ahead
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:38 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Rams aren't even mediocre right now
Almost every great coach has an average record if I’m not mistaken. I’ll take Fisher with the correct coordinators
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
How many playoff wins?
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
And most of those wins came from the run he made to the SB..
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
True
Not saying he’s perfect, just stating his record.
Out of him or Gruden, I’d much rather have him, but there are others I’d much rather have instead.
If he is the best candidate then im for it
Just not getting the frenzy over him.
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:49 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
HES JEFF FISHER
WHAT DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND?
Let me put it this way:
If Tim Tebow was a coach, his name would be Jeff Fisher.
seems like your okay with 7-9 and 8-8 seasons
This is why we loose…we have a culture of loosing and taking it alright.
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 3:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
We are trying to right the ship
We know Fish will do that
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
In this division those are playoffs berths
I’m just saying as far as a baseline goes, it isn’t that bad.
Bigger question is how many losing seasons?
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Not bad numbers if you look at them all
6 winning seasons
5 .500 seasons
142-120 in his career
lets not drink the koolaid
Kinda like we did in the offseason.
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 3:26 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
well...
vince lombardi is not walking through that door.
Future Redbirds! www.futureredbirds.net
Rams Gab! www.ramsgab.com
Important.
Fisher won’t interview for jobs he’s not interesting in. Big news.
Future Redbirds! www.futureredbirds.net
Rams Gab! www.ramsgab.com
He's gonna interview with the Dolphins
Who he’s supposedly not interested in
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
well...
apparently he is interested in them…
Future Redbirds! www.futureredbirds.net
Rams Gab! www.ramsgab.com
Sonofa
Literally two seconds away from posting this.
damn Ryan I swear you are a robot when it comes to typing.
Fisher
is ok but again I think someone with and offensive mind would be more suitable. Why not call up Brad Childress I mean the reason he got ran out of MN was Favre being the princess he is. Sam could go back to the WC.
Childress is completely unimaginitive and the Viking players hated him
I still say that getting Fish to run the ship and Norv to coach the offense is the best idea
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:33 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
o coordinator
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 3:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Still no
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The fall out stems when in their minds he did T-Jack wrong
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Until
the last year he had made improvements each year. Favre=cancer of locker room. Frazier crashed and burned this year and still kept his job. I tedn to think Chilly made the right call on the TJack deal. I mean after all we were all happy to see the Seachicks get him. It’s not like any players form that team are here anyways.
The Vikings led the league in most plays for zero or negative yards during his tenure on offense
Thats not debatable
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:46 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Neither
is his consistent improvement form year to year until his last year when the Favre reared his ass.
Actually, it wasn't his ass that he reared
And I like Childress more as a talent evaluator, assistant GM kinda guy. Hes more of an even keel executive type than a coach
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:56 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Fisher would be fine
Belichick sucked in cleveland…and he turned out fine. vermeil did fine in his second coaching stint.
"St. Louis Rams -- Where every year we are 3 years away."
I don't want that 80's porn star.
Really Fisher? Tell me what did he do to make him a great HC. He lasted 17 years without getting fired that was the best thing I could think of but why he lasted so long I don’t know. Belichick didn’t get 17 years in Cleveland. Fuck Fisher he will be a mistake!
He also has been to a Super Bowl
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:42 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
And you have been to how many super bowls?
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Are we arguing that Fisher isn't better than Spags?
Cause that at this moment is the measurement in using. Give me the other candidates you think are better than Fisher (Gruden is not leaving ESPN, and Cowher has little interest)
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Actually
I don’t think Fisher can do much more with this squad than Spags did. Now next year may be a different story. I just think we need to lean to teh O side of the ball for some balance.
Fisher and Norv is my favorite scenario
And fisher may be a defensive guy, but he doesn’t ignore offense like Spags did
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I actually went to the Patriot-Eagles SB
So I should call them up?
Ignorance is Bliss
by RG31 on Jan 2, 2012 3:46 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Hahahahahahahaha
+1000000000000000000000000000000000
That was funny shit
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Look the problem with "established" head coaches
Is that there will always be something negative. If they got fired, they got fired for a reason. No coach is going to have a perfect record. Bill Cowher went 6-10 twice with the Steelers. Tony Dungy had 6-10 and 8-8 years with the Bucs.
You can find negatives on anyone.
Thank you
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:49 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
It is
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 3:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
12 out of 17 you would be find with that
It seems that the losing is ok has gone past the team and front office and now to the fans.
We want winning seasons
Not half seasons
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 3:58 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Fisher
had 6 loosing and 6 winning records, considering whole seasons.
look, there is a guy that can win and get the team to a super bowl, isn’t that what we want?
Spagnuolo cannot, there are not many options, no lombardi or some 100-0-record-guy.
Ram in Germany
they've already photoshopped McD into a Chiefs uni, who's gonna do fisher in a Rams uni?
Beating off the dog is never appropriate when we have company over...... I mean EVER!
i thought they reported that he was!
Beating off the dog is never appropriate when we have company over...... I mean EVER!
Nope
Watch the Press Conference.
Demoff specifically said every assistant coach, with the exception of Josh McDaniels, has been informed they will be let go.
Guess Sam lobbied hard enough
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:04 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i tried watching my internet or something sucks
Beating off the dog is never appropriate when we have company over...... I mean EVER!
makes sense
hope he leaves too though…if they’re gonna clean the toilet why leave a floating turd?
Beating off the dog is never appropriate when we have company over...... I mean EVER!
If we add Floyd and Lloyd stays
And get a LT, and a G, and a miracle…… Why is it we still need so much help on offense?!?! Do we have anyone besides SJax and Sam
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
well if miami does what they said they would do...
for the #1-#2 pick, as in giving up long (which i think is bullshit), then you jump on that quick! all-pro tackle…check! wont need to draft one. btw…did any of you see alshon jeffery get kicked out of the bowl gm today? for fighting? 4 pillars?…oh wait!
by Mark Jaramillo on Jan 2, 2012 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
They'd only consider giving up Long for Luck
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:41 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
so your saying that teams would be wary of RG3?
by Mark Jaramillo on Jan 2, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
I'm saying a lock for greatness (I don't agree with that but that's how people see it) in Luck
Warrants maybe giving up Long. RG3 is amazing (I think his ceiling is maybe the highest of this class, and a little higher than Cam’s) but not a given supposedly, so he’s not worth a given all pro
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 5:02 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I don't understand
people don’t want Fisher because he wasn’t 60-10? we aren’t going to get john madden or Vince lombardi guys, fisher is the best candidate, and he did a fine job not losing a lot in Tennessee
by ECURam87 on Jan 2, 2012 3:54 PM CST via Android app reply actions
False
No interview was setup
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 3:57 PM CST via mobile reply actions
It's just him upset that they are interested in Figser
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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:02 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
kevin demoff said in the presser
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 4:02 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
They never tell anything like that in these pressures
And an interview will be set up at some point
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:05 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
he just did
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 4:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I mean they always deny who they are interviewing in these kind of pressers
Cause if you admit you are interested in Fisher, he can lobby for more and more money cause he can start a biddin war for him
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
gotcha
WE SUCK. THAT IS ALL.
by RAMSALLTHEWAY on Jan 2, 2012 4:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Is it possible that Sam lobbied for McD's return?
Or is it a forgone conclusion that he’s gone…
Ignorance is Bliss
Idk
Sam might have lobbied, or they might know McD will be in demand (Pats and Chiefs) as they can trade him.
Note to Douglas M: Remember that 99% of what I say involves BS
by King Sam Rules! on Jan 2, 2012 4:20 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
demoff said "we plan to keep mcdaniles under through his contract...in february" lol
o and on fisher. if it had not been for peyton manning.. fisher would have been winning his division for years so u have to consider that he was a good coach that couldnt get passed peyton, kinda like how jerry sloan just couldnt get passed the bulls. in the nfc west, he is easily the best coach.
by Ram_Redemption on Jan 2, 2012 5:29 PM CST up reply actions
fisher had some damn good teams in his tenure...
he drafted jevon kearse, steve mcnair, eddie george, to name some of the all-pro’s. and his defenses were always top 10. the guy can coach, and help in the draft.
by Mark Jaramillo on Jan 2, 2012 6:02 PM CST up reply actions
Which at this point would be wonderful
Unless you are happy going 2 and 14 virtually every year…
We also are in a much weaker division than he was.
Yea titans were like
The kings when they were always a late seed cause they were stuck in the division with the lakers
by Ram_Redemption on Jan 2, 2012 6:28 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
im gonna change youe initials RG...
to RC!! lol better suits you nowadays.
by Mark Jaramillo on Jan 2, 2012 6:56 PM CST up reply actions
Fisher coached a small-market team with limited resources to a lot of winning seasons and a Super Bowl appearance. He is respected by football insiders around the league. His final years with the Titans were hurt by the failed Vince Young experiment. He is considered to have gotten a lot out of a little in Tennessee. Is he perfect? No. No one they will get is. He is a good choice
For those that don't like Fisher
Who do you want as our HC?
For those that say Gruden his record is basically the same as Fisher’s:
Gruden .540 winning percentage
Fisher .542 winning percentage
Fisher is much better than Gruden!
Gruden won a super bowl with tony dungy’s team. He is a whinny little bitch. I can’t stand listening to him on MNF. He’s terrible.
by Rcoon1307 on Jan 2, 2012 7:14 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Fisher is much better than Gruden!
Gruden won a super bowl with tony dungy’s team. He is a whinny little bitch. I can’t stand listening to him on MNF. He’s terrible.
by Rcoon1307 on Jan 2, 2012 7:25 PM CST via mobile reply actions
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