Edward Guillen: Well after reading some of what concerns many; is why haven't the Ram Organization made any front office changes, I do believe John Shaw & Mr. Zygmunt are a pair of morons on account of why some many good players left the year the rams won the super bowl, I have seen other teams hold on to the same players and they keep win, but NOT the rams their is just to much politics going there, and it starts with Zygmunt, replace him; bring in a fresh new mind and you'll see much less trouble, like much in the way he dealt with Martz who by the way is having a good season, go ask him what the Lions wins are compared the rams.

I don't know and haven't seem out of Linahan, but where did he come from? Miami? who thought he could do anything for the rams?

Lets take a good hard look at where we are at 0-8 yah way to go front office Mr Shaw and Zygmunt; your the ones driving this team into the toilet, good defenders GONE! go receivers GONE! a good coach GONE!

I can just see you having ONE BIG LAUGH as you cash take CHECK! well laugh up boys your on a role, yaaahhh.

I was born a ram fan, and I love the rams till the day I die, but what makes me sick the most is not the players, you dumies in the front office, YPU NEED TO GO...

Jim Thomas: I think some of the players could use your passion.

john: Hi Jim,

I just wanted to send in a vote of confidence for our beleaguered Coach Scott Linehan. I believe John Shaw should step up to the plate and just say that Scott will be back in 2008.

the injury situation has been awful, and i don't think even the great Bill Belichek could muster a fancier record with what the rams have.

let's face it, all the preseason prognosticators were just simply dead wrong. this was NEVER a playoff team, and to expect this team to actually compete with a healthy roster would be a fool's folly. my most optimistic projection for the year was 6-10...assuming no injuries. i am one of the few people i know that went into this season fully expecting a 5-11 record.

Look at the roster...we have very few homegrown players. Our drafts the past several years have been atrocious, and our free-agent miscues just put the final nails into the coffin that is the Greatest Show on Astro-Turf.

What coach (outside of Mike Martz) could come in and do a better job? Sure, the second half performances this year are most certainly an indictment on the coaching staff and it's overall lack of imagination, but what could they have done differently given the roster?

The only move i regret (besides the absurd number of useless tight ends on the roster) was letting Ryan Fitzgerald go for a 7th rounder. We could have used our bad season (and Bulger's injuries) to see what Fitz was capable of for a few games...perhaps solidify our QB position's future for the next decade... I think Scott Linehan dropped the ball on that one. Gus Ferotte has never been impressive in the NFL...and signing him to big back-up money was a total mistake... I don't care how well he knows the Linehan system. Neither Ferotte nor Brock Berlin have been impressive once the ball is snapped. The one area I feel Scott Linehan is poor at is QB evaluation. As an OC, he's never had to develop a QB...and I think it shows. This is an area that I think needs improvement.

My question is....when does John Shaw give a full vote of confidence to Linehan? Sure, some cosmetic changes might need to be made to appease a foul-tempered fanbase, but I think a high quality Offensive Coordinator along with a good spot in the draft could put this team back onto the right track.

The Rams are in full rebuild mode, and the coaching staff should be given the benefit of the doubt for 2008. If they continue to be awful in the second half of games, then changes should obviously be made...but not until the end of next season. This season was a lost cause going in...EVERYONE IN SAINT LOUIS SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING...

It just wouldn't be fair to Scott Linehan, and besides what coach would want to come & work for this team right now?

I don't think the Rams coaching position is a very enviable position to be in. There's just no good young football players to build around...outside of Ryan and Carriker. I think Steven Jackson is a hot dog, and a greedy player. His "this is not how i wanted MY SEASON to start" comment after the week 1 game pretty much dropped his stock to 0 in my book. He's gonna bail to some middle of the pack team for big bucks, and the Rams would be foolish to sign a self-centered player like that. I don't care how many yards he puts up. he's a big baby who needs to learn that football is a TEAM SPORT and not a FANTASY FOOTBALL personal glory & statistics race. Until proven otherwise, Steven Jackson (and any other Ram player who is more obsessed with personal stats than winning) needs to get the boot. All those yards last year mean NOTHING as long as the Rams keep losing.

The Rams will not win a game this year. Mark my words.

thanks jim! you are one of the best football beat writers in the business, and it's a real pleasure to read your work week in and week out regardless of how good or bad the Rams may be.

Jim Thomas: I don't think Shaw will give Linehan a vote of confidence for '08 during this season, because he's leaving the door open to possibly make a change at the end of the season. Injuries or not, I think Linehan is coaching for his job over the final 8 games of the season.

RESPECT: Hey Jim, i have decided to not call for Linehan's job anymore, nor do i plan on criticizing front office. In my opinion, the season is beyond their reach. even in the lousy NFC West, the rams ONLY have a FIGHTING chance... (i hate Ike has to go through this again). Why? Because there are 53 guys (about 15 more injured) who have to decide whether or not they still care about their integrity, their comradarie as a team. the grit of rams football lies within the heart of those guys who are still dedicated to giving their best efforts. you cant mask a crybaby, and there are crybabies on this team that fall down hurt at the end of EVERY SINGLE GAME! to hell with conditioning and freak injuries, some of these guys are giving up, were not punching guys in the mouth in the 4th quarter. They're falling down QUITING!!! Im not saying all of them are, but, there are a few CLEAR CUT LOSERS on the team... Ask Mr. FAULK how many of these injuries did he have, and then ask him how many games did he miss because of those injuries. hey Jim, losing 8 games isnt the greatest feeling in the world, but, i really wanna know how many of our players are willing to risk it all to give the fans something to cheer about and respect!

Jim Thomas: No doubt, Marshall Faulk was a great player and a great competitor. But he missed 29 games in eight seasons with the Rams. Only in the 1999 and 2005 seasons did he make it through an entire season without missing a game. It's ludicrous to me that you can equate injuries to quitting. I wonder if Orlando Pace felt like a quitter when surgeons were carving up his shoulder in September.

Kevin Goeke: Jim,
Enjoyed your article on "How we got here!"...Seems to me that the Rams won in 99 and thereafter because Vermeil began the needed leadership that is required for success. My frustration is that todays leadership isn't football....it's football wannabe's. My question is, short of me not going to game's, how can I and others get this frustration to John Shaw?

Jim Thomas: Try this mailing address: John Shaw, St. Louis Rams, 1 Rams Way, Earth City, Mo., 63045

Mike: Fall from Grace was an interesting article. It seems many are to blame for the Rams demise. But it seems Zygmunt is to be held most accountable. Why not let him focus on the books and hire a real GM? Shaw is willing to let this team spiral into the muck to preserve this friendship? I would think that if they are good friends then Zygmunt would understand that he hasn't done a good job and would accept a lighter work load for the good of the team.

Jim Thomas: Interesting point. Although I'm not sure if Shaw thinks Zygmunt is a problem or THE problem.