Jason Garrett??

Not Jason Garrett or Jim Haslett.

I like the candidates except for Haslett and Garrett. Haslett, been there done that!! and Garrett can keep his dysfunction in Dallas. Dallas must not think he’s coach material or they would have fired Phillips and promoted Garrett in fear of losing him to another team. I think if your not going to get Shanahan or Cower I like Spags, Ryan, and Frazier in that order. You know we need help on D. I have faith that Devaeny will make the right decision!!!!
Go RAMS

Frazier or Ryan please. W/ Martz as the offensive coordinator.

I agree that if Garrett was that hot of an assistant Dallas would never let him go, instead fire the overinflated retread Phillips. The rest of the list of possible candidtew with the exception of Fassel, please, are all okay. Go after one of the young get in your face coaches and lets get started. The time is now for new blood.

Seems logical that this year’s performance should be a barometer. Haz won two games (architect of current defense, too). Garrett’s offense imploded, he’s overrated just like the rest of the Cowboys.

Ryan or Spags for me. Please not Haslett though!

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If Garrett is a finalist I’m not so sure our so called GM is as good as everyone thinks. Cut me a break. Spags or Ryan. Maybe Frazier. We need a D and someone who demands and gets respect. It doesn’t seem like Garrett gets much respect. Even Romo and TO called him out. I’m just afraid after all this dog and pony show we are going to end up with Hazlett and another several years of losing. Please prove me wrong Devaney!

I agree with the others in eliminating Haslett and Garrett. Ryan -anybody would look good with that defense- he didn’t develop it he was along for the ride. I would lean toward Spags and Frazier- both quality assistants, football men and based on previous articles good people who the players respect and play for. These 2 seem to hold the players accountable- which is what the Rams need.

Go get’em Billy!

It doesn’t matter, you all need to start preparing for the Haslett/Martz marriage that will be occuring.

I agree 100% with Cyclone Ram. Frazier or Spags.

My money for the best mix for this football team still remains Haslett HC and Martz OC. They have both been on the top and bottom of this football world and its not hard to figure out which one they liked best. They are both hungry to prove that with the chance again can get back to the top. cordinators with no HC experience havn’nt we as Ram fans been there enough.

I agree, please not Garrett. I’m hoping that Frazier get the call. Would like to have a Dungy like coach. If not him Spags. Lets make the move though!!

Just because they are a stud DC or OC doesn’t necessary translate to a great head coach. It’s the person who can reinvent himself on the fly and admit somethings not working and having the courage to change. Haz is the man and he has the best plan He is reinvented himself from his NO days and having the guts to change himself. Those of you who refer to his track record in NO and say that is him today are wrong. He has very much changed and gone smarter. Just give him this time his full due of what he creates now with Billy Devanney and HIS assistants and not what he inherited of not his own choosing.

And those of you who are clamoring for new blood, it’s a crap shoot but again it is the experience of knowing when your wrong and changing yourself for the better.

Let’s get this done and get Haz’s plan with his coaching staff in place today.

I dont completely agree with everyone on Jason Garrett. I see what your saying on not getting repect but from who T.O. who has he EVER respected i mean seriously and Romo was just talking out cause it looks like T.O. has rubbed off on him. Everyone there loved Garrett but when a player like T.O. starts acting out a guy like Jerry Jones who all but made Garrett the coach over the last 2 years as always dumps a coach over a player. So i dunno im torn but i would defiantly prefer Rex Ryan but how long can we keep waiting on Ryan we need to move before all good cordinators are gone. so i think Spagnulo is the guy we need although i would like to see a D minded HC but with timing Spags it is either guy is good ….Sorry long post

OOOHHHH NNNNOOOO please Devaney, you are losing credibility. Garrett’s players dissed him and Haslett just lost 10 straight. My order for next head coach Frazier, Spag, and maybe Ryan but honestly Frazier and Spag should be the only 2 finalists. Get it together Devaney before you are gone to.

According to espn, Ryan has emerged as leading canidate for jets job, so Devaney get it in gear before they are all gone and we are stuck with Haslett which is probably what you want anyway. Go hire Frazier or Spags, so they can get there staff together.

They missed the bus on this one… I definitely like Leslie Frezier, Rex Ryan, but they should have at least taken a look at Jerry Gray.

Maybe we shouldn’t dismiss Garrett so quickly. Dallas is a nut-house, beginning at the top with Jerry Jones, who thinks that building a team means signing all-pro’s. TO and Roy Williams are two of the great NFL team killers. And then you add Pacman Jones? And ask Wade Phillips, who is not what you’d call a dominating personality, to make them into a team? Garrett was handed this nut-house of players, without real power to do anything about it. He’s a smart guy, who was on two Super Bowl winning teams, and helped return the Dallas offense to potency. Maybe NOT being considered by Jones to be head coach, and wanting to leave Dallas, are positives. We’ll see.

please….please….can we just once try another coach with previous head coaching experience?!?! I cannot have another Linehan…Jim Fassel has a winning record…three playoff trips….Coach of the Year one year and took an average team to the super bowl…plus he is motivated as heck!!! Plus he apparently had a great first round interview….Bellichick, Coughlin, Dungy, all these guys won on second go round…please HIRE FASSEL!!!!

How about Tony Dungy who just resigned from the Colts?

You can forget about Haslett & Martz. Rule number 1, don’t show up the boss, even though you aren’t officially hired. The Rams do not want to be involved with another Martz tantrum & power struggle. Martz and Al Saunders run the same type of offense. Saunders features the run, then pass & Martz features the pass and maybe a run or two. Martz has no clue on any positions other than QB. He has picked some strange characters for that position. Martz knows nothing about OL men & TE’s, & WR’s or FB’s. And those are the most important positions on offense other than QB’s.

Tony Dungy has stated he is done with football, period. No return engagement, no high profile courting, he is finished. No reason not to believe the man.

And on the HC front, its got to be Frazier or Spags. Nothing else will suffice.

I’d like to see Haslett get a chance to make the changes to the organization. He’s already won over the team which is HUGE! Now let him bring in his own OC and DC.

I would give Haz a serious shot. If Ryan is so “HOT” how come the ravens passed on him ? I’m not sold on any of the coordinators to where they are better than Haslett. But then again, the Rams have gotten worse since Martz left and he won with questionalble talent and “kooky” front office.

Garret is over-rated. If he couldn’t do better than what he did in Big D with THAT talent, then he hasn’t impressed me(or anyone else).
Haslett on the other hand, inherited a bunch of Linahan Losers with a “losing is OK” mindset. Does anyone REALLY think that Tom Coughlin, Andy Reid, Ken Whisenhunt or even Mr.dry personality himself, Bill Belichick would’ve done a better job the last 13 games with this pathetic bunch.
Lots of changes need to be made in player personal. I’m hoping/trusting that at least for now, Devaeny pulls the right strings. Or this franchise is in the biggest trouble since moving to St. Louis.

The Rams can have Garrett. He is the most over rated O.C. in the league.

Of these, I think I would go with Rex Ryan. Bring in Martz to coordinate the offense and let it fly! I think Ryan would bring a no-nonsense approach to the team and get rid of the coasters that are deflating morale.

In Haslett’s defense, I would be alright if the team stuck with him on the insistence that his changes show merit next year. He’s had a while to deal with this mess and inherited the problems left behind by the previous coach. If he has the hammer, I think he could lead better than he could’ve as a lame duck like he was last season…

But overall, if Ryan wants the job, I’d give it to him.

I am in favor for Coach Ryan, I love his youth, energy, and he is a proven defensive coordinator with one of the BEST defenses in the NFL. With that being said what matters the most is bringing in, drafting quality players who can get the job done!!!.
You can raise from the dead the great Tom Landry, or Hank Stram but if you don’t have quality football players to execute your game plan, whats the sense……………………..

Long live Kurt Warner………………….not bad for a 37 year old quaterback………………eh??

Go Cards………

I’m a Cowboys fan and you guys shouldn’t be that down if you get Garrett. The problem with him on offense was the fact that he had to keep TO happy… that would make the best OCs in the league sweat. Don’t forget, just a couple years ago everyone was anointing him as the hottest young coach in the league. Also it should be known that he would more than likely bring Dom Capers in as DC, which would be a tremendous get for the Rams D. Back when there was a possibility that Garrett would become the HC for the Ravens/Falcons Capers was the guy that he had committed to him. Another thing, why would we get rid of Phillips? You guys need a little less ESPN in your life. Phillips finally has our defense playing aggressive football and we lead the league in sacks this past season. It would be premature for the Cowboys to let Phillips go after two seasons just because ESPN labeled him a “cupcake” coach. The reason why Cowboys fans aren’t worried about losing Garrett is because we have Ray Sherman who would step up and take care of our offense. Anyway I just wanted to shed some light to you fans that are down on the idea, and to give you a Cowboys fan’s point of view.

You have to be kidding me with the choices, billy are you bringing in Spags because he is your friend? How does Fassel not deserve a final interview, he has to most succesful resume of anyone you have interviewed. This will be Scott Linehan all over again. 3 years and we will have another HC midway through the season. Learn from your mistakes. Rex Ryan cant bring his players with him, spags did nothing this year and looked clueless when the eagles scored on a playaction pass for TD and Frazier has done nothing with the vikings, he is not the next tomlin and dont forget, tomlin got a great team with Pitt. Jason garret was not all that great this year with the dallas offense, look at the players he had and didnt make the playoffs. come up with better options than this. Fasel makes the most sense with his experience and leadership that has been proven.

If Garrett has to worry about keeping any ONE player happy, then why would we want him?????

Let’s face it, we want to win the Super Bowl. 9 of the past 11 Super Bowl winning Head Coaches have been by coaches on their second tour of duty as Head Coaches. And Fassel is the only one to have at least been to a Super Bowl. Everyone is missing the boat on Fassel. We need a proven winner and someone the players will instantly respect. Devaney will make the right decision.

Ryan is going to the Jets. Spag or Frazier before the Lions take your 1st choice Devaney! Please no Hasslet

I say we bring back Chuck Knox … the third time’s a charm! Ground Chuck 2009!

If that’s the extent of the Rams’ list, they might as well mail next season in now. Maybe this is paving the way for a move back to LA. Hire a young coach for peanuts knowing he’s going to get fired when they get to LA anyway. Otherwise the Rams’ history of incompetence shows no signs of abating.

To Dave; I wish your comment made sense. We’re talking about T.O. here, nobody can keep him happy and he’ll destroy a team if he gets out of pocket. As far as the coaching candidates go…. Rex Ryan is a gonner to the NY Jets as soon as Pitt boots the Ravens from the playoffs. There was talk before the season that Coughlin would consider retirement at the end of this year… if he does then Spags isn’t going anywhere. Detroit looks to be going after Schwartz, which I don’t know why a team would want him. I like blitzers and that guy hardly blitzes. Frazier has been pretty good with the Viks on D but they have tremendous talent on that side of the ball. He’s in the mold of a Dungy/L.Smith… He would be a good grab but then you’d have to consider who he would bring in as OC. Fassel is a good choice but what would he do with the defense and he’s not exactly the sexy candidate that fans want in there. Everyone keeps saying that Garrett under achieved with the Dallas O but we had our problems this year with injuries - losing Romo for a few games, Barber towards the end, and the OL was banged up all season. Consider all of that and we still finished 13th overall on O.

I can’t imagine Jim Hasslett being a head coach anywhere in the NFL. Who would want him? Can you imagine the New England Patriots, or Pittsburgh Steelers pursuing him as their new HC in the future? Why should the Rams feel they’re stuck with him, and can’t do any better? If he’s hired, then I think it will finish off the sinking St. Louis Rams.

Lets face it,who ever the coach is he needs some better players!!! I like the idea of Haz coming back with Martz as the off. cord. Bottom line is… both sides of the ball need about 3 players.

Ryan or spag. If ryan gets his team to the super bowl it should be a sign of his talent. So he would be worth the wait. If not I like SPag to take control of this team and fix this offense. It all has to start with a lineman cause Bulger is lucky to still be playing after the number of times he got hit and his line let him down. NO HASLETT!!!!!!!

A view from the east coast. Spagnuolo is a better choice than Ryan. Given the fact that both the Giants and Ravens have drafted a helluva lot better on defense than the Rams in the past five years, I’d give the edge to Spagnuolo for doing more with less talent. Although both are top tier, the Ravens have two Hall of Famers in Lewis (as much as most hate his guts and pertentious attitude) and Reed. If you add to that Suggs, who is far better than anyone who has played linebacker for the Rams in the past ten years (Yeah, we never should have let London Fletcher go but we did get the great Dexter Coakley didn’t we!!!!), you can see the Ravens have the edge. Yes, the Giants have had great D-line players Strahan is a Hall candidate as well but the linebacking has been weak and secondary notoriously slow. Spagnuolo has done more with mixing coverages, blitzes and QB pressure than Ryan. I think Spagnuolo is a leader in the Giants locker room where the Ravens its all about Lewis. As someone who sees the Giants weekly (hate the Pats after 01), I think he’s a better choice.

Now, let’s give Devaney and Spagnuolo two seasons to turn it around.

I live in Terrell Texas outside of Dallas. The Rams do not want Jason Garrett. He does not have what it takes to be a leader. We saw that here in Dallas this year, when the WR led by TO staged a revolt. The league has caught up to his game calling. Romo called him out in a post game press conference.

Jason Garrett was the coach in waiting for the Cowboys before this last year. Now hes not even mentioned as a possible head coach for the Cowboys if the spot becomes open (it will).

I like all the candidates except for Frazier. Remember what happened last time we hired an OC from Minnesota? Bottom line is if our players don’t wanna play it won’t matter who they hire.

Anyone but Frazier…defense was already very good when he got to Minnesota, and their defense still couldn’t stop the pass.

My order would be Haslett, Ryan, Spagnuolo, Garrett, Frazier. The type of coach the Rams need is one that will hire very good coordinators, and let them run the offense and defense on game day. Alot of the former coordinators that have become head coachs fail because they call plays. Let the head coach be a motivator, kick some butt, and get rid of the players that don’t want to play. I think out of all the “finalists”, Haslett would be the best guy for the job, followed by Rex Ryan. I, personally, can care less about how they ran a defense, or ran an offense, etc., but, what kind of football knowlege they have, what type of personality they have, and what kind of work ethic they have. The X and Os should come from the coordinators that the head coach hires.

How about Steve Mariucci. He did great with the niners. Nobody could do well in Detroit. Player like mariucci and they play hard for him.

My 1st choice is Ryan, followed by Frazier & Spag. Haslett would be OK I gues, but not Garret. Absolutely not Garrett.

i think they should hire bernie miklaz. he seems to have the answers for everything.let him do what he wants and when he fails then ship him out of st. louis forever. maybe the national enquirer has a opening for a self-centered, self-absorbed, pompus sob.

I’ll take Fassel. He has experince and a innovative offensive scheme. Hell need a good D cordinator. If he had a good 1st interview bring him back for a second. No Hasslet!

If Martz is such a great OC why did SF let him go?

Puhleeze, not another offensive coach! Also, I disagree, LaRamz, the Rams went downhill after Martz became HC. Right now he’s not doing so hot as an OC either. His ego would be in the line of T.O. a distraction to TEAM! Rex Ryan, I don’t know too much about but Spags was in charge of last years winning defense, Super Bowl experience besides! This team needs a major shakeup. Find someone who will!!

Isn’t Ryan out of the mix? He’s supposed to be close to agreement with the Jets.

Shanahan, shanahan come on rams go out and get a really coach…one that know how to win

I have been the biggest Rams fan of them all going back to the Super Bowl we lost back in 1979 to the Steelers. First of all none of these coaches are going to stop the run, defend passes, block for the now (gun-shy) Bulger and cover kicks. The Rams are turning into the Lions and it scares me. It started when they let Ike go, why let him go? Oh yeah cause we signed ex-Bruin QB Drew Bennett, yeah you heard me, DREW BENNETT!!!! Tory Holt is aging but still better that Moss and T.O. Before we sign any kind of coach we need to shore up a lot of needs, maybe start by trading the #2 pick down for 2-3 more pics? Our secondary is laughable, except for O.J. Craft played like a young gun, maybe he’ll keep it up. Until Devaney address’ the roster any coach they sign will be set up for failure, we are in for another long season.

BRING BACK THE HAZ!! I LOVE HIM

Bring back Haslett!! The only other legit candidate is Spag. Rex Ryan is a crazy guy!!!!!!! Trust me i live in Baltimore

If the Rams want Ryan they better hurry up. ESPN is reporting that he is the front runner for the Jets job.

These are quality choices but why just these guys? What about Kyle Whittingham of Utah, Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson or others? This is the off season, use it. There’s no need to rush although it makes sense to have someone by the time the draft rolls around.

I agree with Alec. We need better players with a better attitude. The last 5 drafts have been terrible. Hopefully now that Devaney is familiar with the talent (or lack of) he will make a few smart moves in free agency and have a quality draft. I’m in favor of bringing Haslett back. The team played hard for him the last few games, he knows who needs to go. He has the respect of the team. How long will it take for any new coach to develop that kind of respect. Haslett also understands that the organization needs an attitude change. No coach is going to come in and turn the team into a 10 win team overnight. Give Haslett a chance!!!!!

The Rams aren’t going to be able to please all of the people with their HC choice. That’s quite evident. The majority don’t want Haslett back, but some do, myself included. Those that don’t say he lost 10 games and his defense wasn’t any good. Those that do want him back, like myself, say he took over in the middle of the year with someone else’s coaches and plays and players and a terrible team. That’s asking a lot. Besides, even though the last severall games were losses, they weren’t blow outs. At least they were interesting games, and that shows improvement. He is familiar with the players, and they like him; he is also familiar with the orgnaization. He has a definite plan for improvement, and it makes sense. He has a proven track record as an NFL coach, and except for the Katrina year with NO and this impossible year with the Rams, he has been successful. The other four finalists are coordinators, and we are taking a chance with them. They might be highly successful like three new HC’s in 2008, or they might be like Scott Linehan. After the Linehan debacle, I think it would be better to go with someone with a proven track record– someone who can win with his own team unless there is a hurricane.

Some writers have used some of the same arguments for Jim Fassell. I agree with what they have said, but Fassell is not one of the 5 finalists for the Rams HC job.Some people have brought up names that never were under consideration. Again, they are not finalists for the job.

Regarding Rex Ryan, I have a couple ideas that some other writers have mentioned. (1) It seems that he is the Jets favorite. (2) If Baltimore wins, it might get too late for us to wait for him. Besides Baltimore has great defensive players. So Ryan can’t get all the credit for the great defense at Baltimore.

Some people think Leslie Fazier would be just like Mike Tomlin. Others say when Tomlin came to Pittsburgh, he came there with a good defense in place. In another thread, someone said the OC and DC wer already in place at Pittsburgh for Tomlin. None of this would be the case for Frazier coming to the Rams. So his situation would be different from Tomlin’s.

Writers complained about Garrett due to the problems Dallas had this year and comments made by Romo and T.O. However, a Dallas fan wrote that he thought we were giving Garrett a bad wrap because he had to deal with the egos of T.O. and Jerry Jones, and then tony Romo probably chimed in to support T.O. This could be. It seems to me that people are really quick to jump on a negative band wagon, and quite a few of the writers have done this regarding Garrett. I believe Billy Devaney knows what he is doing in selecting Garrett as a candidate.

Quite a few people like Spagnuolo, myself included. If an assistant is hired, I think he is the best. On the Bernie Miklasz Show it was mentioned that Giants DC’s have a history of becoming successful HC’s. Also Spags is a friend of Devaney’s and is a fellow Jersey Boy. So he might be a good fit for the Rams job.

My choices would be Haslett then Spags. But really I think any of the five would be fine.

I think Garret would be a great addition, he is a no nonsense, productive offensive coordinator with a ton of NFL experience. Not to mention the football knowledge in his own family (brother=tight ends coach, dad=pro scout). Bring him and Capers in and lets win some ball games!!!

go spags,go,spags. steve is the obvious choice!!! thet’s not become the rams of the 90’s.

Go Rams

Hey Rams Fans…!!

We are all missing the point here. We need to sell tickets. Thats the bottom line. Management knows this, office people in marketing knows this and most of all ownership knows this. Not to mention, of all people Jim Hazlet knows this. That is why and I agree he mention about bringing back Mike Martz. Rams Fans, we don’t have to agree on everthing, being smart is something we all can use a little more of. Mad Mike was not call a genious for nothing. The man knows his X’s and O’s. So give Haz a nice one year deal and let the GSOT part 2 begin. I will take a score of 40 to 33 anytime. Late come backs and close loses anytime compare to 42-10 blowouts and giving up in the first quarter.

09Rams could be 99Rams…all over again..!!

Torry Holt stays…Martz bring back The BRUUUUUCE..!!

GSOT II

Rams Fans For LIFE….Win or Loose..!!

Go Rams

no offense to jim haslett, but in order to break the losing trend you have to clean house and start over, does anyone remember oc jerry rohme calling for tony banks handing off to june henley, and probably fumbling the snap. lol a new owner ,,chip, great , new gm ,devaney ,,great, new head coach, spags ,great , how about a couple of plentiful drafts member barron 05 bust t.hill o6 average nickel back at best, carriker 07 avg dline man, c.long 08 da future the consistantly most successful formula in da nfl is power run game control da clock and smothering defense which leads to great special teams loved the giants in 86 amd 90 dont waist cap money on wrs build an oline with a.smith of bama and a free agent then focus your draft on defense the football gods and devaney know we need it

Wait for Rex……PERIOD!!!!