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06.02.2009 2:38 pm

St. Louis Rams coach Spagnuolo mum on sale talk

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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If coach Steve Spagnuolo has any thoughts on the sale talks that suddenly are swirling about his new team, he wasn’t interested in sharing them Tuesday after practice at Rams Park.

Noting that a statement issued Monday by owners Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez concluded by saying that until the investment firm of Goldman Sachs completed its review of the estate of their late mother, Georgia Frontiere – including the Rams, “there will be no further comment” on a potential sale, Spagnuolo told reporters:

“I’m going to respect that request by the family and the organization. So, I won’t address those questions. . . . There’s a reason why they put it out, and I’m going to respect it. That’s my job. So, I’m not going there.”

Spagnuolo also declined to say whether he has an “escape clause” in his contract that would allow him to break his deal with the team if it’s sold.

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Notes & quotes:

*First-round draft pick Jason Smith took reps at LT with the second unit. Previously, Smith had been used exclusively at RT.

*WR Travis Brown is out indefinitely with a cracked fibula, the smaller leg bone. He was injured Friday.

*DT Kirston Pittman remains on the sideline with a heel injury.

*WRs Keenan Burton (hamstring) and Derek Stanley (knee) still are limited.

*RB Antonio Pittman was back on the field after missing several practices because of family considerations.

*The team’s third and final minicamp runs from Thursday through Saturday. It is closed to the public.

*Training camp is scheduled to begin July 29 at Rams Park. Spagnuolo said he would vary the practice schedule. “It starts out (with morning and afternoon practices), it shifts gears after about four or five days. Two or three weeks into it, it’ll change again,” he explained. “We kind of gear things so that we can get ready to play a game. It’ll be physical and the guys will get some work in. You guys keep scaring me with all the heat, but I think we’ll be OK.”

All for now. . .

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Since the time the Joe Robbie family fell prey to Federal Estate Tax problems with the IRS , wherein they lost not only the TEAM , but their STADIUM as well,one would have to think that EVERY owner of an NFL team would have INSURED that such a horrible negative financial disaster didn’t befall THEIR heirs. Wasn’t John Shaw the family’s financial advisor ? God, I hope this isn’t another monumental failure to be laid at his door-step.No way the heirs should be in this situation.

— got2golfjk
6:38 pm June 2nd, 2009

hi….

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“But what do I know, I’m like an empty room with a large ECHO”
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hardy
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administration job–administration job

— ritesh
1:58 am June 17th, 2009