One of the worst personnel decisions of all time in Rams team history, letting this guy go. Officially, he “retired,” but I’m not buying that. I believe he was encouraged to retire so “Mad Mike” could take over. We did have some fun years after, but “Dickie V,” def a much better coach.

In any event. Classy move by the Rams. Will be nice w/Warner in town as well. Though, hope he gets sacked to no end all game long. gO RaMs!

I hope they are saving room for Faulk and Warner’s names alongside Vermeil’s. Without them…no Greatest Show on Turf. Period. End of Story. “I can say no more.”

Faulk is already there Richard and Im pretty sure we will have a spot for Kurt Warner.

Mike S. Why would the Rams force out the only Super Bowl winning coach we’ve ever had? Vermeil himself has said on several occasions that he simply decided to retire so he could go out on top and that shortly after realized he had made a mistake, the biggest of his career. He missed coaching so he decided to come back with the Chiefs. End of story.

Folks, Can we Rams fans please stop referring to our record setting offense as “The Greatest Show on TURF”? Someone in Tampa Bay began sarcastically calling it that, as if the Rams could only perform on “turf”. Ask the Niners and anyone else they played on grass if that was true! Rightfully, whoever originally tabbed it “The Greatest Show on EARTH” was correct. Vermeil and Mad Mike’s boys could tear it up no matter what they played on………

Grass is commonly called turf.

Would you rather have it called “Greatest Show on Grass”?

Maybe we can retire #13 while we are at it. I don’t need to see Brock Berlin wearing it, that is a joke!

Congrats to Dixie!!!!

mstrkb,
The championship era Rams could not be referred to as “The Greatest Show on Earth” because that is a registered trademark of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. “Greatest Show on Turf” is a play on words of that slogan and has no legal ramifications for its usage so it was the obvious choice.

THis is a great move. The Rams need to start really showing a St Louis identity. Adding Dick to the Ring is a great first step. In a few years Faulk will go in the Hall and he can be added, same with Ike and Pace after they retire. I think Warner needs to go on the Ring too.

I like how our Ring honors the teams history as well as the cities. I think they need to throw up some differentiation, though. I think the former St. Louis Cardinal players on the Ring should be in their own section removed a little from the main level Ring and they should be in Red lettering. In the same vain, maybe LA players should be grouped together in White lettering. Players/Owners/Coaches that spent time here should be on the most prominent part of the Ring in Gold. Having the different coloring will stand out to fans that visit and spark discussions about the teams history and the cities history.

I want to move the names around a little because I feel adding names of people who contributed here to a sort of “hidden” location, like Georgias name is currently, is disrespectful to the team as it is now. Yes this is St Louis and these are the Rams but the St Louis Rams names should be most prominent when they become available.

Any agreements?

We can stop calling it the Greatest Show on Turf when they stop calling Lambaeu Field “the frozen tundra” I don’t see caribou running around or lichen growing on their field.

Chris Berman coined the phrase greatest show on earth…I liked much better

Chris Berman of espn coined the original phrase of Greatest show on Earth…

Good move on the Rams part. I don’t care what you want to call it, but man, were those three years (1999, 2000, 2001) the greatest or what. I hope there will be more great years for thr Rams, but those three years were awesome. Warner, Faulk, Bruce, Holt, Prowel, Hakeem, Horn, they were the best. God I wish they didnt give up on Kurt so fast. I pull for him everytime I watch him. He is, and will always be a class act. Those guys were all for the most part, a class act. No T.O. or Ocho Cinco, no Pacman, no wife beatings, no bashing of other players or owners, or even coaches, just great guys. Call it what you want, but we had the best ever for those three years. Thanks guys, it was worth the wait & pain since 1969.

If DV, Warner Faulk, Holt belong based on 99-01, doesn’t Martz?

Martz was as instrumental as anyone for that run. You can debate whether Martz deteriorated in his later years as coach. But if you put up guys like Warner who did it only from 99-01 you should include Mad Mike.

Someone who doesn’t belong is Georgia. Seemed to be a nice lady from afar. But she’s there b/c her kids control the ring of fame. Tacky show of money and power to put her up there. Georgia will never be considered among the great owners and no one would ever seriously nominate for the NFL Hall (as others owners like Rooney who were HOF owners in their steward and league contributions).

No, Chris Berman did not “coin” that term. It has always belonged to the Circus, as a poster described. Berman, as he does so often, merely tried to co-opt the term to describe the Rams.

Mike Jones….whatever happened to the guy who made the game saving tackle
His name should be retired….was it him to go on to a succesful music career…”Mike Jones Ya’ll”

mstrkb, I remember that. The Saint Louis Rams offense, in that era, was called the “Greatest Show on Earth”, because Warner, Faulk, Bruce, Holt and Hakim were called the “Warner Brothers”.

I believe there was someone in Tampa Bay that sarcastically tabbed it as “The Greatest Show on Turf”, basically saying that that offense was ONLY great on artificial turf, rather than real grass, which they had in Tampa Bay.

I believe the person that said that was, Warren Sapp.