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Being a Rams Fan for almost as Long, I agree with everything he said but the Hasslet comment, he might be able to turn it around but at this point this fan wants a whole new identity. And believe me I've suffered though some pretty bad game in stadiums all over the US fighting and hoping tell the end..

First piece is in place.....

Welcome aboard Steve...now get to work :)

Scott

I believe Spagnuola is a good choice!

Spags was a great call. Rams need D leadership like humans need air.

OK, now we just need to draft the top lineman(there are ALOT of them in this draft), maybe move back in to get Laurinatas, trade for Haynesworth and maybe Peppers or pick up Vilma or both. We have the cap room. That is a D that Spags would have a field day with. Imagine, Long, Carriker, Laurinitas, Haynesworth and maybe Peppers, Vilma, and pickup Lito Shepard for the secondary. Worst to first, lets make it happen!!!

Since the Ram owners wouldn't spring for an experienced Super Bowl coach like Billick, Fassel, Shanahan, Gruden, etc., Spagnuolo was certainly a good choice. He does have a Super Bowl ring. Now Spag needs some good coordinators to help out. Then he needs to buzz saw a lot of older and/or underperforming players. Adios Leonard Little, La Roi Glover, James Hall, Cory Chavous, Tye Hill and maybe Fahkir and Pisa on defense. Adam Carriker (no sacks in 2008) and Chris Long need to take it up a notch next season to be worthy of their 1st round status. On offense, Pace may have one more good year. But, Incognito, Barron, Klopfenstein, Pittman, Leonard, Bennett, Hall, Greene, and both those undersized Centers should be cut. Tory Holt has lost a step and may be on his way out too. But, unlike most of the other soon-to-be ex-Rams, Tory might still have some trade value. Marc Bulger is shell-shocked from being sacked so much the last two seasons. And, Marc was never a Kurt Warner calibre player in the 1st place. Marc needs to earn some of those big bucks in 2009, or go on the trading block too. We'll need to be looking for a younger QB anyway. The draft should focus on three things; O-lineman, a big Center and a monster-man MLB. Then we can move Witherspoon to the outside and trade for some more secondary help. We've got a few good players like Jackson, Darby, Avery, Burton, Otogwe and the kicking/punting combo ranks among the best in the league. Go 2009 Rams!

TO Bily Devaney, Wat a suprise seeing an article about you in the Asbury Park press. Your brother Gene was a student in my fifth grade class at St Mary's. I sure would like to hear from him. He ws a kid that made teaching worthwhile.
I taught fifth grade at St Mary's from Sept 1961 t0 June 1964. I knew your Dad well and your Mom was a great Lady and had her hands full just taking care of the kids. Is there someway you contact me and letme know where i canreach Gene. .

I really hope the Rams do not re-sign Atogwe. I would love to have him replace Milloy on the Falcons.

I'm not familiar with these Coordinators, but I'm hoping Spags knows what he is doing. I'm going to trust his judgement for a while, because I second-guessed everything Linehan did from day 1. I was right about him, but I think Spags knows what he is doing. I agree w/ what everyone has said so far about the draft and FA, and our primary re-sign definitely needs to be Atowge, he was one of the few bright spots this season.

Hmmmm....looks like some things are happening. FINALLY!

We all kind of agreed we needed a few key things:

Defensive Identity: Shaping up with Butler at SS.
Blocking back: Mike Karney....check Steven ought to be pretty happy!

Starting to wonder about the O'line and we still need that "animal" in the linebacker corp and the guy on the D' end that seals it off like a cork.

One thing is for sure....the greatest show on turf is officially now just a memory.

Scott