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With all the recent activity we have had and many people begging to play for the blue and gold I thought it appropriate that we start coming up with some slogans for next season. "Gotta go to work" was big in 99, "Max Q" last year. What do you all think of "We don't rebuild, we reload" for 2002. :eek:
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Reload...that's funny!:o You gonna actually submit that one? I'll give this more thought and get back to you.
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leaning towards no...I think this year will be a game in St. Louis. I want to take my daughter to a real game soon. You got to start brain washing young or it never works...
I am keeping my options open though...I still might head back to Macomb ;)Comment
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Anything but Max Q and the Greatest Show on Earth. Hated both those.Comment
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I liked Greatest Show on Earth, but get really annoyed when it's called Greatest Show on Turf. I understood Max Q but didn't really like it.
Reload? THUMBS UP:oComment
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J-Ram, thumbs up for that slogan.
We don't rebuild...we reload..
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I like it too.Sounds like a good theme for the upcoming season.I think the Rams are really wanting to prove themselves next season.I believe the finesse theme will be layed to rest next year.I see our offense playing more aggressive and our defense really knocking the crap out of people.Cant wait for next season!!!ST.LOUIS RAMS:THE MOST FRUSTRATING TEAM IN THE NFL!!!Comment
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I like it, lets DO IT
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Keeping the Rams Nation TalkingComment
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Right on, we got the BIG GUY in on it now!
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I'll second that motion. :oOriginally posted by RamDez:
I like it, lets DO IT
We don't rebuild, we reload... hehe yeah.
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Send it in!
We don't rebuild, we reload. :cool:
Send it in! Seriously! Just do it: call the Rams office, and e-mail them, and write them a letter (I'll sign too). Contact Martz' office.
;) Hey, J-Ram, Dez, wouldn't it be neat to have the Rams use that slogan coming from Max-Q -- our ClanRam's muscle mascot?
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Hey J-Ram, Long time no see......I really like that slogan. It says what the Rams are going to do.
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Love it!!!
Now if we can just get someone to make a COOL wallpaper out of it, I want a copy....
:pThis space for rent...
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consider it done
I will work on it tomarrow ;)Comment
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Oh yes and while you are working so hard will you think about making sure M Faulk is on that same wallpaper. I know, I know you have other things to do. jUST KIDDING. bUT THE WALLPAPER IS A GOOD IDEA.sEE YA!
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Alright... I am finally going to make my way from the helish region of michigan to St louis! we'll actually Ballwin off New Ballwin road in Westglen Village.. wherever that is.. All I can think of is where can I go to get alot of rams gear! I never get to see rams stuff in the stores.. no novelty shot glasses or key chains... booble heads or seattle seahawk tp hehehehehe.. Please let me know.. it will be like a blue and gold treasure-06-14-2009, 09:47 PM -
Uni Watch » Uni Watch Profiles: Todd Hewitt
As many of you know, the Rams fired longtime equipment manager Todd Hewitt back in January. Today we have an extensive interview with him, but it wasn’t conducted by me. It was done by football historian Robert Harvell, whose photo archives have been featured here on the site many times.
Robert interviewed Todd last month, and the resulting transcript was recently posted over on Helmet Hut. But Robert and Helmet Hut honcho Curtis Worrell both felt that the interview deserved to be published here at Uni Watch as well. After reading it, I wholeheartedly agreed.
As you’ll see, the interview has nothing to do with Todd’s firing. That’s another topic for another day. This is all about the work he did with the Rams, the team’s uniform history, and so on. It’s really good stuff — enjoy.
Robert Harvell: Todd, when did you start working for the Rams?
Todd Hewitt: Well, my dad was hired by the Rams in 1967. I was 11 years old at the time and helped out in the locker room and was a ball boy. In 1978, I was officially hired by the Rams as Assistant Equipment Manager and continued to work with my dad until his retirement in 1984. In 1985, I took over as Rams Equipment Manager, although my dad remained with the team as Equipment Manager Emeritus through 1994, the Rams’ final year in Los Angeles. In 1995, the Rams relocated to St. Louis. My dad joined us there for one final year. So all told, I was with the Rams for 44 years and have worked under 14 different Rams head coaches! Funny, I still remember when the Packers came to town in 1967, my first year with the team. I walked down the Coliseum tunnel flanked by Vince Lombardi and Bart Starr!
RH: How many hours per week would you put in once camp began?
TH: Let’s put it this way: Once camp started I definitely spent more time at work than at home. In at 5am, leave at 7pm, seven days a week. The only day I’d take off during the season is the Sunday of the bye week. The players’ day off was a treat, because I’d “only” work from 5am to 4:30pm. But I made up for that on game day, especially when we returned from road games, often working very late. It wasn’t unusual for me to spend the night at work after road games. During the off-season I typically worked five days a week, from 6am to 4:30pm.
RH: Like most teams, the Rams have changed their uniform color schemes over the years. Do you have a favorite?
TH: Honestly, I like them all. For sentimental reasons, I really like the blue and white. But I would have to say that my favorite color scheme was what we wore from 1973-1999, the blue and yellow, what we wore when we won the Super Bowl. In fact, when we wore those colors again for a throwback game, I realized just how much I missed them, they were just so vibrant. I really like the current uniforms as well, but they are so much darker than what we wore before....-05-18-2011, 04:08 PM -
Hello, fellow Rams fans and others. I've got a few minutes between drinking the first pot of coffee and taking out my two dogs, so I thought I'd post a few thoughts on here to ask "what next?".
In my home, the Rams aren't just a football team. They are a way of life. When an eight year old girl would rather watch the Rams play a game they will probably lose instead of Hannah Montana, then a father knows he is raising a child right.
So, we have gone from 8-8, to 3-13, to 2-14. We have changed coaching staff more often than some people change their oil. We can't seem to find the answers. But still, on any given Sunday, the Rams can look like the meanest team in the league for 50 or 55 minutes...then somehow, they blow it in the last few minutes of play. When I look back on the Rams teams from the last few years, I remember noticing a slow, steady decline. Sure, there were some bright spots - SJ and Bulger both looked fantastic just two seasons ago, Bartell looked like the miracle man this year, OJ has shined, but overall, the intensity of the entire team has faded. Much of this had to do with injuries - it's hard to keep your runningback in the game and your quarterback upright if your O line isn't blocking anyone. Those rare moments when the O line did mesh provided a chance for a big play, but something seemed to always go wrong. Our WR's had WD-40 on their hands, or a route was run in the wrong direction, or the QB was so gun shy that he just wanted to get rid of the ball before getting hit.
This year, it was different. We had all the pieces of the puzzle, but the guy who was trying to put it together didn't know how they fit together. Four games into the season, he was let go. The entire team seemed to change overnight. The swagger was back. The players no longer looked afraid of contact. We won a game against a better Washington team and stunned the league. One week later, we made Dallas a laughingstock. (Kind of like the Eagles did last night...hahahahahahahaha!!!!) People actually began to notice us!
Of course, we all hoped this was the real Rams, but most of us were careful. We'd been burned before, but those guys in Blue and Gold sure looked like winners!
Reality set in way too soon. We couldn't get a "W" the rest of the season. It sounds strange, but until week 9, we actually had a chance to make the playoffs with a 2-6 record. Of course, we all know how that story ends.
But are the Rams really as bad as Detroit? No. Not even close. Think about it. Most of the last 12 games, we were within reach of a win for at least half of the game. More than once, we were within minutes of a win - then disaster struck. Each game had ONE pivotal moment that I wish we could take back and do over. Yesterday, it was the onside kick being called back - OK, two moments: the lack of coverage on that long run. Yet, the Rams did not give up - not until...-12-29-2008, 07:28 AM -
To the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Seems a long long time ago
I can still remember Sehorn whiffing,
Steve Smith scoring, then I cried
And I knew we blew our chance
To make it back to the big dance
We barely even salvaged all our pride
Then February made us shiver
As Vinitiari again delivered
More hate for Belichick
And refs who don't call hand checks
I can't remember if I cried when I read about
Tom Brady's ride
But it always crushes me inside
The day, a season dies
But my, my how the time it did fly
Training camp's around the corner
Soon the balls they will fly
Mike Martz's still coach
and now Bulger's the guy
Soon the Rams will give it one more try
The Rams they soon will give it one more try
Did Kurt read the book too much?
And were the coaches out of touch?
Did the Bible make him throw?
Or did injuries just take their toll
Will New York give a starting roll
And can Eli be coaxed to take it real slow?
Well I know that some of us miss him
But its time for Marc to sink or swim
Try to fill some big shoes
Its his job to win or lose
Then one night Leonard ran out of luck
He should not have taken those keys to his truck
Saw the red lights flash and screamed "Oh f---k!!!"
And now, he'll again be tried
We all are singing...
My my, how the time it did fly
Can we get through this long offseason
Soon the balls they will fly
Martz still is here
and Marshall's still the guy
Soon the Blue and Gold will be ready to try
The Rams soon will be ready to try
Helter skelter in a draft day swelter
Steve Jackson fell to St. Louis' shelter
He's the guy to give us mass
And Hargrove in round three had class
he's here to help us rush the pass
With Jeff Smoker, on the sideline, without grass
Now the Chiller's Dad's named Ram so we assume
He'll fit right in, and Shivers too
When they all get the chance
To help us get to the big dance
Can't wait for them to all finally take the field
And fight for jobs, they just can't yield
In the season, all will be revealed
We hope, they picked, good guys
[chorus]
We love the team in Gold and Blue
the old players and young ones too
We look forward to the day
When we can cheer for a champ once more
The NFL's best team that we adore
"We're number 1" are the words that we will say
They are the greatest of all teams
We can't wait to see Mad Mike's new schemes
Marc Bulger the soft spoken
Faulk and records to be broken
And the pleyers we admire the most...-07-02-2004, 12:47 PM -
After the past few games, I am almost ready to give up my pledge to only drink good beer during Rams games. I can always get a beer buzz from Milwaulkees Best, but I am of the belief that a good football team deserves a good beer. In addition, I only drink beer brewed in St. Louis during the games.
Superstition? Maybe.
I have yet to read about sage being burnt before a game. Or wearing game worn pants.
What does this have to do with the Rams not winning?
Not a lot, except a theory.
Years ago, someone proposed the idea that a butterfly in the Amazon could flap his wings, causing the air to stir, and said air could influence the weather...i.e., cause a hurricane in the Atlantic.
To be honest, this forum has been lacking the support of past years. In the old days, sage would be burned, game worn pants would be worn, people would be rubbing their magic footballs signed by the '99 Rams...but this year, the superstition is missing.
Maybe the losses are due to Linehan. Maybe we just suck.
Maybe the scent of burning sage causes Holt to make more TDS. Maybe the air disturbed when putting on game worn pants disturbs the weather enough to cause a gust that propels Jackson into the endzone.
Maybe I need some sleep.
But, can we just once have a pre-game ritual thread, one that sends positive energy for our team? Who knows, maybe the Rams read our site before each game. If they do, wouldn't you want to play a part in helping our team win?
Next week, I'm going to buy Budwieser Select, instead of Busch.
I'll buy Milwaulkee's Best in the offseason.-11-19-2006, 02:00 PM
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