Rams coaching and FO changes.

Coaches

Head Coach-
Scott Linehan 42 (Miami) (Offensive coordinator)

Offense
Special Assistant for Offense- Jeff Horton (Wisconsin) (QB Coach)
Offensive coordinator- Greg Olson 42 (Detroit) (QB coach)
Offensive Line coach- Paul Boudreau 55 (Jacksonville) (Coached OL for last 20 years)
Assistant Offensive Line Coach- Jim Chaney (Purdue) (Offensive Coordinator)
QB coach- Doug Nussmeier 35 (Michigan State) (QB coach)
RB coach- Wayne Moses 51 (Stanford) (RB's coach)
WR coach- Henry Ellard 44 (Rams) (Same)
TE coach- Judd Garrett 38 (Miami) (Quality control assistant/assistant HC)
Quality control assistant- Randy Hanson 38 (Minnesota) (Offensive quality control assistant)

Defense
Defensive coordinator- Jim Haslet 50 (Saints) (Former HC & DC)
Defensive Line coach- Brian Barker 46 (Minnesota) (Defensive Line coach)
LB coach/Assistant head coach- Rick Venturi 59 (Saints) (Former DC)
Secondary coach- Willy Robinson 49 (Saints) (Former DC & secondary coach)
Assistant Secondary coach- Ron Milus 42 (Gaints) (Assistant secondary coach)
Defensive Quality Control- Joe Baker (Packers) (Secondary/Safeties coach)

Other
Special Teams coach-Bob Ligashesky 43 (Rams) (Same)
Assistant Special Teams coach-Charles Bankins 33 (Rams) (Same)?

Coaching Assistant- Todd Downing

Head Stength and conditioning coach- Dana LeDuc 52 (Rams) (Same)
Assistant Stength and conditioning coach- Brad Roll (Bills) (Strength and conditioning coordinator)


Director of the Pro Personnel Department -

We still have some interesting openings left to fill on the team and I will continue to update the list above as we fill those spots.

[NY RAMFAN]

maybe I'm mistaken, but don't we have just too many former saints defensive coaches? and have they done anything in NO?somebody pls inform me but who is the best saints defensive player for the past 4 seasons?

[thegeorge613]

Seriously, what's with all of the Saints coaches on defense?

[rammiser]

Haslett brought his defensive staff with him from NO. In 2005 the Saints were 14th in total defense the Rams were 30th. In 2004 the Rams were 17th in total defense the Saints were 32nd. In 2003 the Rams were 16th and the Saints were 18th. The most glaring difference is the Saints went from 32nd to 14th from last year to this year and the Rams went the other way from 17th to 30th.

[majorram]

Looking at this list the Ol coach is going to be just as important because we need consistency across the line


steve:clanram:

[NY RAMFAN]

mmmmmmm, nahhhhhhhhh, 14th is still not good if you want to get somewhere.

[Fat Pang]

Let's not get too carried away by what these ex-aints did in years past, let's see what they do next season and judge them on their style of play and the win column.

These guys have experience as co-ordinators, so someone at some stage thought they were doing something right.

Most of the guys here have a lot of time for Lovie and rightly so, but statistically his D's never hit the heights. Except for turnovers maybe. Look what he's done in Chicago, he never produced a unit like that here.

So give these guys a little time.

On the offensive side, I like Judd Garrett in particular, as he's an ex-London Monarch unless I'm very much mistaken. He was a great pass receiving RB. Bit of a cult figure, never got the big headlines, but was Mr 1st down.

[rammiser]

Originally Posted by NY RAMFAN

mmmmmmm, nahhhhhhhhh, 14th is still not good if you want to get somewhere.

Well 30th in the league and dead last against the run gets you 6-10. I'd much rather be 14th with our offense rather than 30th.

[NY RAMFAN]

Originally Posted by rammiser

Well 30th in the league and dead last against the run gets you 6-10. I'd much rather be 14th with our offense rather than 30th.

I agree with you, but if the 30th gave us a 6-10 and loosing against whiners and cards, a 14th may get us a 8-8 maybe 9-7, not enough if you want to go to the playoffs, anyway, I guess we have to wait and see.

Anyhow . . . I'd rather have the worst saints DC ever than our beloved Marmie

[bigredman]

Understand, Haslett was working with a defense that had no offensive support whatsoever. With the Rams, he'll have an offense that can give his defense a rest. Secondly, Ditka decimated two years of drafts with the Ricky Williams debacle. What little talent that was left, bolted after their brief playoff appearance.

[OldRamsfan]

We shall see what happens , I think we should see some major turn arounds in some areas that will help that i'm sure ...

[Milan]

Originally Posted by NY RAMFAN

I agree with you, but if the 30th gave us a 6-10 and loosing against whiners and cards, a 14th may get us a 8-8 maybe 9-7, not enough if you want to go to the playoffs, anyway, I guess we have to wait and see.

Anyhow . . . I'd rather have the worst saints DC ever than our beloved Marmie

Actually, if you go down in order it can get us 11-5, maybe 12-4.
Plus our defense isn't too bad, we just didn't blitz enough, and we have to work on our tackling. The offense is one of the best in the league, if we get a 3rd/4th offense with a 14th defense we're going to the playoffs.

Man I am sorry I posted this it must be bad luck.
We have several openings and no new hires with in the last 4 days. Did Linehan and the FO go on vacation?

[Rampage39]

good work stlramsfan. looks like we'll be having a completely new coaching staff in for 2006.