Henry Ellard left the Rams over the weekend to become WRs coach for the New York Jets. Rams Nation regrets the loss of a capable coach with ties to the franchise's past. However, Charlie Baggett, Ellard's replacement whom I believe was considered for WRs coach when Scott Linehan took over in 2006, should prove a capable replacement.
Baggett coached WRs at Minnesota the same time Linehan was there, so, per his biography, he "oversaw the development of Randy Moss". He has coached a bunch of 1,000-yard receivers, including Moss, Cris Carter and Nate Burleson at Minnesota, and Chris Chambers at Miami in 2005, Chambers' best year in Miami, also under Linehan. Chambers became Miami's first Pro Bowl wideout in 12 years. Baggett's also coached Antonio Freeman and Bill Freakin' Schroeder to 1,000-yard seasons, though it certainly can't hurt a then-Green Bay WRs coach to have Brett Favre throwing to his guys.
The part of Baggett's resume that is eye-popping is his time at Michigan State, also as a WRs coach. Look at a list of Spartans WRs coached by Baggett that went on to the pros: Andre Rison, Mark Ingram, Plaxico Burress, Muhsin Muhammad.
Long ago, Baggett also coached WRs for Jerry Glanville's run-and-shoot Houston Oilers offense. In 1993 alone, they had three of the AFC's top 12 receivers and two Pro Bowlers in Haywood Jeffires and Ernest Givins.
Not to say that Ellard wasn't doing, or couldn't do the job, but if you want to develop young WRs into big-time pros?
I'm thinking you turn them over to Charlie Baggett.
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