Devaney: Haslett still in the mix for St. Louis Rams coach
Before he left for Los Angeles and three days of finalist interviews in the Rams’ coaching search, general manager Billy Devaney called a meeting of all employees at Rams Park on Monday morning. The purpose? To give a brief update on the search process.
Devaney didn’t tip his hand, but he did say that Jim Haslett remains a serious candidate for the job.
There’s no doubt that Haslett is the overwhelming choice for the team’s next head coach among Rams Park employees, be they in marketing, sales, community relations, coaching, or wherever.
Unfortunately for Haslett, those people don’t get a vote.
But one thing Haslett did during his 12 weeks as head coach is unify the building _ something that hasn’t been the case for years around here. Easier said than done considering the infighting and office politics that frequently have plagued Rams Park.
Some might call that “campaigning.” Some might call it leadership.
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Keep Haslett! If he is wrong you can choose from Holmgren, Shanahan to name a few.
Why Haslett isn’t being interviewed for the other head coaching vacancies in the League? He couldn’t cut it in New Orleans, he was 2-10 in St Louis, he did nothing to quell the player mutiny against his head coach, and the players say they will play for him but lost 10 games in a row. Haslett knows not to embarrass himself by even asking to interview for another head coaching position.
What happens if Haslett’s the coach and this team fails to do well early next season? We’ll be having the same
conversations again and the support will continue to fade. They have to make a clean start.
http://www.creativereason.com/2009/01/why-jim-haslett-shouldnt-be-the-rams-coach.html
“Some might call that “campaigning.” Some might call it leadership.” -
Jim, which one do you think it is? Copy like this seem like campaigning to me, but I’m on the outside looking.
There are two assumptions that are rampant here that need to be addressed. First, if the Rams hire Haslett they will not be able to bail next year and go after Shanahan or Holmgren or the like because Haslett will not sign a one-year deal. It will be at least two and probably three years. Second, Holmgren, Shanahan, Cowher, Billick, etc. are not going to even consider coming here with an unstable ownership situation, an uncertain stadium situation, and a tremendous lack of talent. There is not enough money in the entire organization to make one of these guys come here and that’s before you even cinsider that most if not all of these guys are going to want to be coach/GM and we already have a GM. Wake up and smell the coffee.
“Some might call it leadership.” Yeah, especially those in the St. Louis media who have been pushing Haslett and his easy access for quite some time now.
Pioli and Spags were just hired by KC. And then there were four…
Haslett !
I saw that Pioli has gone to KC, but nothing on Spags. What’s your source?
Theonly reason Haslett hasn’t interviewed anywhere else is because he can’t! He is still under contract as the Head Coach. Other teams can ask for permission to interview coordinators, but not active Head Coaches.
Haslett was handcuffed as a coordinator with subpar talent and dismal offenses. Even when they showed improvement they were defending short fields and having to defend 3-4 more times a game when the offense was turning itover so much.
Lets see what he can do with his own staff, his own players, etc.