With the Rams looking for a new head coach again, who will the next head coach be for the Rams? Some names that have been linked to the Rams have been: Jeff Fisher (former head coach of the Tennesse Titans), Jon Gruden (former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), and Mike Sherman (former head coach of the Green Bay Packers). One of them or someone else, if there aren't any other names popping up, will need to get the Rams back on the right track and get them winning again. I guess you can say that the downfall started in 2005, after Mike Martz had to take leave for health problems. Before he took leave, the Rams were 3-2 in five games under him. Joe Vitt finished out the rest of the season as the head coach, and under him the Rams went 3-8. So, in 2005 their record was 6-10. They brought in Scott Linehan after the 2005 season. Linehan had been an offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings (2002-04), and Miami Dolphins (2005).
Scott Linehan's first season as the Rams head coach looked like it could be a good hire, the Rams went 8-8 in his first season ever as an NFL head coach. The Rams could have made the playoffs for the first time since 2006 if Josh Brown hadn't beaten them by two come from behind field goals, when he played for the Seattle Seahawks or if the Washington Redskins had beaten the New York Giants in week 17. Then came 2007, the team went bad and finished 3-13 in his second season as head coach. After, losing 4 straight games in 2008, Linehan was fired with an 0-4 record. Linehan's defensive coordinator Jim Haslett and former head coach of the New Orleans Saints, took over. Under Haslett, the Rams went 2-10 the rest of the way, so total record in 2008 for the Rams was 2-14.
Steve Spagnuolo era begins, he was hired as head coach going into the 2009 season. He had been the New York Giants defensive coordinator, and was credited for beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the 2007 Super Bowl. The records for Spagnulo weren't good (even though his 2010 one was the best, and almost got the Rams into the playoffs for the 1st time since 2004, the Rams had to beat the Seattle Seahawks in the last week of the season, but lost). In 2009, Spagnuolo's first season the Rams went 1-15, second season 7-9, and then in 2011 the Rams went 2-14 under him. Spagnulo and GM Billy Devaney were both fired today. If you look back at the 07 season through 011, the Rams total record is 15-65. Steve Spagnuolo went 10-38 as the Rams head coach, Scott Linehan went 11-25, and Mike Martz went 54-31 as their total records for the Rams as head coach, during their years in St. Louis. Could Mike Martz have noticed things were going bad, when he wanted to draft safety Troy Polamalu in the 2003 NFL draft. The old front office at the time said no, so the Rams ended up drafting DT Jimmy Kennedy. Kennedy never turned out to be good. So, maybe Martz new that things were going down hill, but stuck with the team to try to keep them winning.
Back to the Rams head coaching search for the 2012 NFL season, if I were the Rams, my main target would be Jeff Fisher. Stan Kroenke the Rams owner has money to pay him, if he wants a lot to come to the Rams. Fisher will interview with the Rams later this week. As the head coach of the Tennesse Titans, Fisher had a record of 142-120 in seventeen seasons all with their franchise. Fisher only had six losing seasons as head coach and he made the playoffs six times. Fisher's post season record is 5-6, including the 1999 Super Bowl loss to the Rams. Fisher also has some ties to the Rams, Kevin Demoff's dad is Fisher's agent (Kevin works in the Rams front office) and back in 1991, Fisher was the Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator. If Fisher Titans players and fans liked Jeff Fisher a lot, he's a hard nosed coach who wants to win. Titans fans were upset, when the Titans released him from his contract. doesn't come then, Mike Sherman should be plan B. As of right now Jon Gruden says he doesn't want to get back into coaching in the NFL, and wants to stay working as a broadcaster. Former Rams head coach Dick Vermeil and former Rams running back/HOF Marshall Faulk will both help find a new head coach for the Rams.
That's all for now, AMF.
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