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Spagnuolo, Barron talk; Barron should return to starting lineup
By Kathleen Nelson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo met with offensive tackle Alex Barron on Monday morning to discuss again his reasons for pulling Barron from Sunday’s game after being called for an illegal formation. The infraction occurred late in the second quarter of the Rams’ 35-0 loss to San Francisco, and Barron didn’t return.
“Alex and I spoke this morning. It will remain between Alex and I,” Spagnuolo said. “I have my reasons for what I did. They’ve been expressed to the team as well as Alex. Like I told Alex. It’s over. It’s done. We move on. We start Wednesday. It’s a clean slate and away we go. We worry about Minnesota.”
Spagnuolo said Barron probably would return to the starting unit. He acknowledged that pulling a player for a mistake was one way to hold him accountable but added that he didn’t want to make a habit of it.
“What happened on Sunday is not where we’re going with this team,” Spagnuolo said. “By that I mean, somebody makes a mistake, you get pulled out of the game. That’s not the issue. It was something I felt like we needed to do. My reasons will remain with me. We’ll move forward. I still believe in Alex Barron. We’re going to need Alex Barron to win games.”
He hinted he had other options for holding players accountable other than sitting on the bench.
“You don’t want to hurt your football team,” he said. “There’s all different ways to do it. In that particular instance, I thought that was the way to do it.”
By Kathleen Nelson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo met with offensive tackle Alex Barron on Monday morning to discuss again his reasons for pulling Barron from Sunday’s game after being called for an illegal formation. The infraction occurred late in the second quarter of the Rams’ 35-0 loss to San Francisco, and Barron didn’t return.
“Alex and I spoke this morning. It will remain between Alex and I,” Spagnuolo said. “I have my reasons for what I did. They’ve been expressed to the team as well as Alex. Like I told Alex. It’s over. It’s done. We move on. We start Wednesday. It’s a clean slate and away we go. We worry about Minnesota.”
Spagnuolo said Barron probably would return to the starting unit. He acknowledged that pulling a player for a mistake was one way to hold him accountable but added that he didn’t want to make a habit of it.
“What happened on Sunday is not where we’re going with this team,” Spagnuolo said. “By that I mean, somebody makes a mistake, you get pulled out of the game. That’s not the issue. It was something I felt like we needed to do. My reasons will remain with me. We’ll move forward. I still believe in Alex Barron. We’re going to need Alex Barron to win games.”
He hinted he had other options for holding players accountable other than sitting on the bench.
“You don’t want to hurt your football team,” he said. “There’s all different ways to do it. In that particular instance, I thought that was the way to do it.”
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