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11.24.2008 4:37 pm

St. Louis Rams won’t discipline Richie Incognito

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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For those of you who wanted to see petulant guard Richie Incognito sent packing, or at least disciplined in some manner . . . it’s not going to happen. Not yet, anyway.

In order, Incognito over the last few days:

*Criticized the Rams fans.

*Flipped an obscene gesture as he was being filmed at practice by a local TV station.

*Egged on the fans at the Edward Jones Dome after Sunday’s 27-3 loss to the Bears, then denied having done so to reporters a few minutes later.

But coach Jim Haslett said Monday that after talking with Incognito, he plans no action against him. But Haslett stressed that Incognito is on a very short leash.

“I heard about the situation yesterday, and I met with him this morning to discuss it,” Haslett said. “I’ve heard about five or six different versions, so I’m not really sure which scenario is the actual one. That being said, I don’t condone it, I’m not really sure what he gets out of it. If it’s a joke or if it’s not a joke, I think the team takes it very serious, coming off the loss. I think he should understand that.

“The way we played and the way the situation came out, I don’t think we can stand for that anymore, and I think he understands that. I told him it was inappropriate at the time, especially after (a lopsided defeat). If it happens again, then obviously whatever action we can take as a team would hurt both him and this football team. I think he understands that, and I think he understands that it can’t happen again.”

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Notes & quotes:

*RB Steven Jackson (thigh) suffered no ill effects after going through a strenuous workout Saturday. He ran again Monday and is expected to return to practice Wednesday.

*C Nick Leckey broke a bone in his foot during the pregame warmups and will be placed on injured reserve Tuesday. He is the ninth Rams player to suffer a season-ending injury.

*T Orlando Pace (knee) also will try to practice Wednesday.

*QB Marc Bulger (concussion) is scheduled for a neuro exam Wednesday.

*LB Will Witherspoon now has two shoulder injuries. He sustained a slight labrum tear vs. the Bears, but Haslett is optimistic that he won’t miss any playing time. If he can’t go Sunday vs. the Dolphins, rookie David “Mr. Irrelevant” Vobora will get the start.
All for now . . .
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What if… Richie were to be made a captain?! If we had one player on each side of the ball playing with a “I will not be beaten” attitude we shall be competitive. Yesterday the Rams backed down on the opening kick-off; no one attacked the Bears wedge! Bad sign! Who on the team tackled with their eyes? What happened to the quick openers that eat up a team with too many in the box? Who on the O line reads the check offs? Some times a bump can save a q-back! Have the linemen had a chance to line up at q-b to get a better understanding of their job? Who has more defensive inside run responsibilities? One person on either side of the ball standing up can change the whole team, one person with integrity and toughness! Is anyone on the Rams ready to MAN UP! If not, start the clean up!

— Bud Floor
5:07 pm November 24th, 2008

I am thankful for Richie I and Haslett….thankful that they have made my decision easy on whether to attend any more home games. I have been a season ticket holder since inception and I view this as a slap in the face to all Rams fans. This is no different than Gary Templeton…and does anyone remember the reaction of Whitey and the Cards brass? Fans booing is better than fan indifference…or organizational insignificance. Chip (if he really cares) needs to step in and bring some credibility back to this organization. This is a joke….why should I waste my time with this when the other side shows no sign of caring? Losing is one thing….but making a mockery of the fans is too far.

— DerekM
5:17 pm November 24th, 2008

Hey Haslett,

The sooner you and that sorry excuse of a professional football player are gone, the better!! Countdown..5 more losses to go until the pink slips fly!!!!

— Bob
5:24 pm November 24th, 2008

If Incognito is more into playing with eggs then lets give him some this Sunday. I’ll be bringing my eggs for sure.

If he can’t respect the fans, and the jersey; he can wear what he likes, and what he is into eggs.

— John
5:25 pm November 24th, 2008

GO BEARS STL/LA SHEEP STINK!!!!!!!!!!! BRING BACK MARTZ

— hillbilly redneck
5:26 pm November 24th, 2008

Before you guys go to the trouble of writing a post to this blog, ask yourself one question, ‘Did you really expect the Rams organization to take any meaningful action?’ If you did, you are only kidding yourself. If the football fans of St. Louis really want to send a message, do not sell or give your tickets to some else, instead do not show up. The cost of a near empty stadium will get their attention. The concession losses, parking losses and salary cost losses for all the dome staff that are standing around with next to nothing to do will hit them in the place they understand most, the pocketbook. Remember, its a bussiness!

— jlhillcas
5:27 pm November 24th, 2008

That he would not issue any punishment against such a joke of a player shows that Hasslet does not have control over or respect of his players. He needs to be part of a top-to-bottom cleaning of this fetid house.

But, when you think about it maybe this is for the best. I mean, I cannot think of any worse punishment than having to put on a Rams jersey and play for this sorry sad sack sham of a football team.

Make no mistake: Incognito is the #1 idiot on the Rams and represents everything that is wrong with this team. Jim Hasslet is showing himself to be a capable #2.

— Roger Grace
5:44 pm November 24th, 2008

What a joke. Letting this a-hole get away with that behavior and no form of punishment. Give me break. I know how I will enforce my punishment to the entire larda– team. I will not renew my season ticket package and by the looks of things on the numerous blogs going on, alot of folks will be following. We’ll see how loud money talks to these immature losers,when the stands are full of visiting fans next season. If the team is still in St. Louis.

— shut the hell up
5:49 pm November 24th, 2008

WE ARE 7 GAMES TO LATE FOR STEVEN JACKSON TO FINALLY SHOW UP AND BENCH BULGER AND START BERLIN!

— LALO13
5:52 pm November 24th, 2008

Maybe with all the publicity that this guy is getting, we can get something for him in a trade at the end of the year.
Because WE and HE know that the Rams cant get anything with his athleticism, lack of leadership, and temper tantrums.

— gooth4
6:07 pm November 24th, 2008

Read between the lines……Lechey is on the IR with a broken foot now. Haslett and the Rams can’t afford to sit Incognito down or suspend him. Not with the Rams lack of experienced linemen. If you start both Greco and Schuenig next week, Bulger/Green/Berlin will get their heads banged even worse than the Bears game. Neither needs another concussion. In a perfect world, “Dick” Incognito would be suspended or cut. But, the Rams have zero depth on the O line. Although Incognito is truly a bonehead, according to Jim Hanifan, Incognito has been grading out well prior to the Bears games. Look, if Schuenig or Greco were better than him, the Rams would be playing by now. The players know that, too. It’s not like the coaches are infatuated with Incognito without reason. Don’t assume the Rams are at rock bottom. It could be worse if Bulger or Green were to suffer a serious injury. And, much as it pains us, Bulger will probably return next year.

— knuckles
6:26 pm November 24th, 2008

Well, color me conspiracy-theorist paranoid, but isn’t this how (Big Red/Indy-Baltimore/Cleveland-Baltimore/et al) wound down its time (as it was inching towards Moving Day)? This is starting to look more-and-more like Late-era Laurie-era Blues…ugh. Come on, Rams: Certainly you owe your fans better than Richie I gave them?

— TUCK!
6:29 pm November 24th, 2008

Who would conceivably want to watch this garbage in person and spend dearly at that for the privelege. I love football but this has become a joke- Take a lesson Incognito—London Fletcher would always stand back there and implore the crowd to ramp up the noise but then again he was a quality player who has been dearly missed. You’re just a tattooed turnstyle. I wish they’d cut you so you your next job could be standing at the entrance to the dome letting 60,000 people turn your arms and click by you like every D-line in the league does every Sunday.

— dave
6:39 pm November 24th, 2008

It’s hard to support the Rams when they keep putting guys out there like Incognito.

— tc1213
6:44 pm November 24th, 2008

Haslett has dropped the ball on this. I can’t beleive he said there are different versions of what happened. Doesn’t he have a TV? I didn’t even watch the game and I’ve seen his actions several times. He is a punk and should be benched or traded for a football player. He will make a great has been, that never was.

— lovetocamp2
7:13 pm November 24th, 2008

You just cannot allow this sort of behavior, period. I understand if you don’t have anyone to replace him but you have to do something. FINE HIM. Jim, talk is cheap and apparently it does not work with RI.

This is a sad sack FB team and I just cannot believe they are allowing this behavior.

— Bill
7:17 pm November 24th, 2008

Haslett is letting this punk make a fool out of him and the entire Rams organization. Richie is probably telling his friends how Haslett is afraid to cross him because he doesn’t have a replacement. I’ve got a 13 year old grandson that would stop more players than he has this year. He reminds me of a revolving door. When someone runs into him he just turns away.

— John boy
7:50 pm November 24th, 2008

Richie Incognito, how about you just shut the old pie hole and block. We will reward you with our applause when you earn it. All of that ink you sport is not scaring the guy across the line so maybe you just better brush up your technique and quit worrying about who is cheering and who is not. You are far too prone to basic mistakes. Not something a highly paid pro would continue to do. If you do not like that take the first bus out and take that injury prone big mouth Jackson with you! You really have proven at least one thing..N is for knowledge!

— Rick Kroeger
8:03 pm November 24th, 2008

Please remember the rams front office knew what they were getting when they drafted Richie, further proof we need to overhaul the front office.

— stlgates
8:16 pm November 24th, 2008

Haslett didn’t know if it was true or not? Someone should buy
him a paper, it has pictures and reading it is not needed.
At least the good news is you don’t have to stay up really late
to see the Rams highlights… 1 kick and your done. Whats sad is our kickers are the teams high scorers…….

— malevoter
8:33 pm November 24th, 2008

I think its tme to try and start berlin,we are already out of the playoffs so why not try another qb.Bulger is trash, green is also trash so why not put in berlin

— aaron21
8:47 pm November 24th, 2008

The non-action with Incognito says only one thing to me…ownership and management do not take their customers seriously, nor do they respect them. If they did, they would listen and act immediately.

Folks…do not sell your tickets. Just don’t go. Don’t pay for parking. Don’t buy beer, sodas, meals and Rams trinkets. I know it’s tough economic times, but take a stand and bite the bullet this time. Remember their bottom line can bleed, too.

— Vyse
9:30 pm November 24th, 2008

Incognito most certainly is a brainless cement head, who like many athletes, mistakenly assume they have something of importance to say.
And the Rams are surely playing the most dreadful football I have ever witnessed– I mean,it is one thing to lose, but to be out of all games one quarter in is nauseating.

Still, you have to remember there are many teams(of all leagues) who have had years of futility and yet their fans stay with them. See BLUES fans. Attendance is usually pretty darn good even the last 3 years.

St. Louis is one spoiled city. The “greatest show” is no more but the time will come again folks. Are you football fans or are you fans of a winner only?
I hope when the club comes from the ashes we are not watching them back in the LA market.
These Rams ARE our last NFL team, and to wish them away, well, it does not show a very good understanding of the impact the NFL has on a region.

— Venny
9:56 pm November 24th, 2008

Typical. So very typical.

Yet another example of why this is one of the most embarrassing and terribly run franchises in all of pro sports.

— Frank
10:28 pm November 24th, 2008

I tore up my remaining season tickets and mailed them back to the Rams. This team deserves to play (if you can call it that) in a empty stadium.

Incognito is a total as*sho*le. If he is not gone soon, no more season tickets for me.

— Stan
10:36 pm November 24th, 2008

I wish we had enough quality interior lineman so that Richie would be a backup center/guard for the Rams. I think honestly that would be a good situation.

This might sound heartless and I have nothing against the guy honestly ( I wish his family good health) but THANK GOD

— Daniel
11:00 pm November 24th, 2008

I wish we had enough quality interior lineman so that Richie would be a backup center/guard for the Rams. I think honestly that would be a good situation.

This might sound heartless and I have nothing against the guy honestly (I wish his family good health and a Happy Thanksgiving) but THANK GOD Nick Leckey broke a bone in his foot and is done for the year. Now we can get someone else in there, someone who will obviously be better. For 11 games now, we’ve had the worst starting center in all the NFL. My little bro is in 11th grade, and starts at center for his varsity team; HE would be a better center for the Rams than Nick Leckey.

— Daniel
11:04 pm November 24th, 2008

AT LEAST THE DRAFT WILL BE FUN AGAIN THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! GO CARDINALS!!!!
(trade cogs to the Lions, would be classic)

— RAMJAM
5:34 am November 25th, 2008

Oh Richie please don’t do that again. There I fixed it. Give me a break! This guy is too big of a knuckle head to understand right from wrong unless you punish him. Haslett heard 5 or 6 different stories and is not sure which is right or what he can do. Well Jim let me help you. Watch the video of your lunk head and you will be able to see for yourself. De-activate him for the next game. The RAMS just had 14 yards rushing and gave up 5 sacks with him I feel confident that there won’t be a drop off in play if he had to sit the next one out. The last thing this team needs is for the inmates to be running the asylum. The cancer known as Incognito has spread long enough.

— HomerunHomer
7:57 am November 25th, 2008

The Ram’s players seem to forget that they are paid to win games and entertain us. We pay for them. If one of the players don’t like us, they need to go somewhere else. Richie has social problems. He belongs in a closet. Haslett should at least bench him for a while and take the sting out of him. You can catch a lot more bee’s with honey than you can with crap. Richie is using crap and he’s not catching many bee,s(meaning fans)

— first tom
9:05 am November 25th, 2008

Incognito is an absolute bum. I knew this guy was a loser last year when he was down on Main St-St. Charles trying to act like a superstar. Nobody cared that he was there except him. How old are you? You still call yourself Richie? I wish everyone could have seen him when the Bears’ fans started in on him. Even they had no respect for him. I was at the 50 yard line in the 2nd row on Sunday. If anyone saw, I made a sign that read “Let us know when to cheer Richie.” I am still waiting.

I will still continue to support the Rams win or loss, but let’s see a good game.

— Bobbyd97
11:09 am November 25th, 2008

Send a message to the fans, the management, the city and the players that this is not Rams football. Cut Incognito.

— Brian White
12:47 pm November 25th, 2008

It’s funny that everyone wants the rams to man up and play and want some heart….But here is a player who has been mean and nasty and is fired up (richie) and everyone wants him canned… Have you been to a game in the dome…he is right the fans are horrible…I have been to games and think am I am in the wrong stadium is this the right jersey….Do we have much to cheer for sure an early round pick but hey its something… I say this team needs more players that get dirty and want to work, let call romanoski(spelling) and see if he want to come play Backer for us at least he played with emotion…. and thats the biggest problem with this team….

— Nick
2:18 am November 26th, 2008

what a joke this CLOWN Haslett is

Haslett says I don’t condone it, I’m not really sure what he gets out of it. If it’s a joke or if it’s not a joke, I think the team takes it very serious, coming off the loss. I think he should understand that.

EDDIE who cares what he gets out of it……he says he takes it seriously coming after a loss, o.k…..so if the team is winning u just do whatever u want….this is EXACTLY what he did in New Orleans, when there was reports Joe horn was sleeping with Willie Roafs wife, what does he do, he trades the Hall of Fame tackle, for a draft pick to KC, to save his reputation, but hurting the organization….what a total clown this guy is, so again Haslett is only mad because people what answers, but if the team was playing average, who cares if the ants are eating away at the foundation…..and I love the last quote, “I think he should understand this”….he should, imagine Belichik saying that, none of this He Should, either he does or he’s gone, that’s the circus of Jim Haslett….

Haslett also says..The way we played and the way the situation came out, I don’t think we can stand for that anymore, and I think he understands that. I told him it was inappropriate at the time, especially after (a lopsided defeat). If it happens again, then obviously whatever action we can take as a team would hurt both him and this football team. I think he understands that, and I think he understands that it can’t happen again.”

EDDIE o I get it, because the heat is on Haslett, he can’t allow this, but if things were blamed on the players inwhich haslett does each week, he can’t stand for it….what a loser…and remember if it happens again, so another words if haslett’s team wins he doesn’t care if these guys commit a murder….

don’t the rams fans deserve better…I mean yesterday with his job on the line Romeo crannel said, “the buck stops here”…why can’t Haslett ever take some responsbility of anything, I mean he was the glorified one when they beat washington and Dallas, it was the great coaching job by haslett, according to these five clowns in the st.louis media…jim thomas, b coats, bernie, godo and burwell….these guys are a joke, they would never make it in a major media outlet

and lastly, the biggest joke of all its the poll question….option 3 they have the nerve of saying “his impressive resume”….what impressive resume, as a coach with the saints, d coordinator with the steelers, assistant at oakland and d. coordinator and interim coach with the rams, how many playoff games has this joker won, whats the defensive rankings of his defenses….

what the heck are they talking about impressive resume….if the rams job is OPENLY available, Haslett will be competing with guys who won super bowls

and I will leave u with this, the only team besides the rams who were serious about hiring this guy as a head coach was matt millan, doesn’t that tell u something…

Go Dolphins, beat haslett and his defending st. louis media defenders

— Eddie
7:41 am November 26th, 2008

We’d gain a minimum of 30 yards per game if RI played
center. He couldn’t possibly get false start penalites
when he’s snapping the ball……….could he.?? Well maybe,
but then we could really laugh him out of town….

— RamFan1945
2:01 pm November 26th, 2008

What a complete idiot Incognito is. Talk about an appropriate surname, too. I remember a time the Rams had players on the O-line like Tom Mack, Charlie Cowan, Jackie Slater - quality guys that shut their mouths and let their play on the field do the talking for them. What unbelievable gall he has to get mad and taunt the fans. Of course, when you and your cohorts are getting steamrollered all day long, I guess you have to take your frustration out on somebody. Great idea - blame the fans for your own bumbling ineptitude. Like far too many on this current team of quitters, an absolute disgrace to that uniform.

— Ellison33
3:31 pm November 26th, 2008