In terms of thing being different under rosenbloom, he owned the team from 1972, when he acquired it in a trade with robert irsay sr (irsay bought it from the reeves estate), until his death in april 1979. We won six straight division titles and reached the championship game several times. He was a beloved senior statesman who was actively involved in running the team.

When georgia took over, there became a number of situations over the years where she was allegedly very tight with the cash. In the pre salary cap era, many blamed her failure to spend money for our lean years, especially since the rams were a very very profitable team due to their stadium deal in anaheim and later st louis. One of the allegations was that john shaw, who was running the team, was really a businessman rather than a football guy. When steve rosenbloom left, don klosterman, the charely armey of his day, left with him.

It would be great to hear from others on the differences in how the team was run.


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