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By Jeff Gordon
Rams fans eagerly await the beginning of the Shahid Khan Era, assuming he clears the necessary hurdles to become majority owner of this struggling franchise.
What changes will occur on his watch? How soon will he make them?
Such speculation (and wishful thinking) keeps fans busy as they prepare for the NFL Draft.
Meanwhile, a Rams arch-rival is generating some management intrigue of its own. The ***** parted ways with general manager Scot McCloughan a month before the draft, citing personal rather than professional reasons.
This is just the latest development in an ongoing soap opera, “As The ***** Turn.” Consider the events of recent years:
* McCloughan gained the GM title in January of 2008, usurping the power of then-coach Mike Nolan.
* Later that year, Jed York, son of ***** co-owner John York, took over as teeam president at the age of 27.
* York made the call to replace Nolan with interim coach Mike Singletary, who later shed the “interim” tag.
* In January, York added the title of chief executive officer during a front office restructuring. Chief operating officer Andy Dolich left his post, but remained on board as an advisor.
* With McCloughan’s demise, director of player personnel Trent Baalke took charge of the team’s draft effort.
* Executive vice president Paraag Marathe will keep his current role as the team’s chief negotiator, but wouldn’t be a candidate for the GM. Also, York indicated he wouldn’t fill the GM role himself. Singletary won’t gain more personnel authority either.
* Alex Smith will remain the No. 1 quarterback, even though the departed McCloughan was regarded as Smith’s biggest ally in the organization.
What’s next?
“I haven’t decided if we’re going to have a general manager,” York told reporters in a conference call. “I’m worried about the draft right now. That’s the only thing that the ***** are focused on. We’ll address that after the draft.”
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Gwen Knapp wonders what the franchise is up to. She wrote:
“The need for a GM should not be in doubt at all. There are NFL teams that can afford to be creative and defy the standard structure of a front office. The ***** are absolutely, categorically, definitively not one of them. They have a team president and head coach with less than three years’ experience between them, a roster that has not been properly updated this off season and a seven-year absence from the playoffs.”
Rams fans can empathize — sort of.
The Shalid Khan Era? Hmmn .. The unified forces of the Khan shall obliterate the disarrayed troops commanded by the Stork .. er .. York
Rams fans eagerly await the beginning of the Shahid Khan Era, assuming he clears the necessary hurdles to become majority owner of this struggling franchise.
What changes will occur on his watch? How soon will he make them?
Such speculation (and wishful thinking) keeps fans busy as they prepare for the NFL Draft.
Meanwhile, a Rams arch-rival is generating some management intrigue of its own. The ***** parted ways with general manager Scot McCloughan a month before the draft, citing personal rather than professional reasons.
This is just the latest development in an ongoing soap opera, “As The ***** Turn.” Consider the events of recent years:
* McCloughan gained the GM title in January of 2008, usurping the power of then-coach Mike Nolan.
* Later that year, Jed York, son of ***** co-owner John York, took over as teeam president at the age of 27.
* York made the call to replace Nolan with interim coach Mike Singletary, who later shed the “interim” tag.
* In January, York added the title of chief executive officer during a front office restructuring. Chief operating officer Andy Dolich left his post, but remained on board as an advisor.
* With McCloughan’s demise, director of player personnel Trent Baalke took charge of the team’s draft effort.
* Executive vice president Paraag Marathe will keep his current role as the team’s chief negotiator, but wouldn’t be a candidate for the GM. Also, York indicated he wouldn’t fill the GM role himself. Singletary won’t gain more personnel authority either.
* Alex Smith will remain the No. 1 quarterback, even though the departed McCloughan was regarded as Smith’s biggest ally in the organization.
What’s next?
“I haven’t decided if we’re going to have a general manager,” York told reporters in a conference call. “I’m worried about the draft right now. That’s the only thing that the ***** are focused on. We’ll address that after the draft.”
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Gwen Knapp wonders what the franchise is up to. She wrote:
“The need for a GM should not be in doubt at all. There are NFL teams that can afford to be creative and defy the standard structure of a front office. The ***** are absolutely, categorically, definitively not one of them. They have a team president and head coach with less than three years’ experience between them, a roster that has not been properly updated this off season and a seven-year absence from the playoffs.”
Rams fans can empathize — sort of.
The Shalid Khan Era? Hmmn .. The unified forces of the Khan shall obliterate the disarrayed troops commanded by the Stork .. er .. York
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