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I'll just toss these out stream-of-consciousness style as Twitter doth promote.
On Promoting Cignetti And Hiring In-House
Fisher said "no doubt in my mind the replacement was on staff." Says he wanted to go in house whole time. Decision between Boras/Cignetti.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
Fisher acknowledged that he only had one in person interview (Nathaniel Hackett) and a couple of phone conversations (Gase, K. Shanahan).
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
All things considered, Fisher said promoting from within and continuity were important factors in hiring from within.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 13, 2015
As you'd expect, lots of buzzwords like continuity and stability throughout the presser. Fisher pointed to his history of promoting within.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
On Offensive Style
Fisher said there will be some change in offense, but overall philosophy will remain the same.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 13, 2015
To wit, Cignetti says he's always been a big believer in a strong running game.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 13, 2015
Cignetti said foundation of playbook will remain same. Terminology won't change much.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
Fisher emphasized that need for offense isn't so much changing what they do as doing what they do better. (my thought: well, yeah.)
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
Perhaps most of note, a lot of talk about "reducing and simplifying" the offense. Feeling that last year's O too complicated at times.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
Cignetti also stressed that he won't deal as much with the QBs as Schottenheimer did as OC.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 13, 2015
And yes, Cignetti says he plans to get Tavon Austin more involved.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 13, 2015
On Sam Bradford
Cignetti/Fisher press conference just ended: One thing that came out strong was that Rams fully plan to have Bradford on roster for '16.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 13, 2015
Fisher said Sam Bradford has been in building (Rams Park) every day since the season ended. And Fisher talked to SB before hiring Cignetti.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
Asked about finding a QB to challenge Bradford, Fisher said (paraphrasing) it's not so much about challenging Sam as having options.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 13, 2015
Bottom Line
It begins where it ended. Yippety doo.