Monday, September 29, 2008

Coaching change

Multiple media outlets report this morning that Rams head coach Scott Linehan was fired overnight. The Rams led Buffalo 14-6 at halftime yesterday but lost 31-14 to drop to 0-4 on the season, extend their current losing streak to 8, and drop their record since 2007 to 3-17. Linehan leaves the Rams as inarguably their worst head coach of the St. Louis era, with an 11-25 record. (I think Rich Brooks was 13-19.)

Dubiously, one of the people most responsible for the Rams' further downfall this season, Jim Haslett, was tabbed to replace Linehan as interim head coach. It feels better to think about Haslett's "promotion" as punishment for his awful defense, so that's the way I plan to think about it.

I'm working on this week's RamView now; it will probably be out this afternoon.

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