Great Day in Rams History...Firing Fisher
PostPosted:5 years 6 months ago
On this date, 12/12/2016, came the end of one Jeffery Michael Fisher tenure as the Head Coach of the Rams! Surely there are no hold overs fans who wished this didn’t happen? Right???
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Rams parted ways with embattled coach Jeff Fisher on Monday, a decision Rams COO Kevin Demoff chalked up to "an organizational failure" and one he said was "solely a performance-related issue."
Special-teams coordinator John Fassel, son of longtime NFL coach Jim Fassel, will step in as the interim coach for the final three games, with the next coming on the road Thursday against the Seattle Seahawks. General manager Les Snead, who, like Fisher, signed an extension through 2018 before the start of this season, is not guaranteed to return, and neither are any of Fisher's coaches.
"Starting today, we'll have a complete review of the entire organization," Demoff said during a 45-minute news conference at the Rams' facility. "We sat down with Les, and again, this team is not where it needs to be. And we need to own up to that from a coaching perspective, from a personnel perspective, from an administration perspective. I think all of us need to get better."
Fisher's firing came one day after a 42-14 blowout loss at home to the Atlanta Falcons. It was the Rams' third consecutive lopsided defeat, and it put the team at 4-9 and handed Fisher his 165th career loss, tying Dan Reeves for the NFL record.
Dickerson on Rams' firing Fisher: 'It was time'
Who could replace Fisher in L.A.? Start on offense
Rams players believe they let Jeff Fisher down
In a statement, Rams owner Stan Kroenke said he has "great respect for Jeff as a coach, person, father and friend," then thanked him for working "tirelessly despite some challenging circumstances."
"However," Kroenke said, "this is the right time to make a change, as our performance has not lived up to my or our fans' expectations. We all are focused on improving as an organization and building a team that makes Los Angeles proud."
The Rams have dropped eight of their past nine games and have guaranteed themselves a 10th consecutive losing season. Under Fisher, who has six consecutive losing seasons, the Rams have not finished better than 7-8-1. Since Fisher took over in 2012, the organization has been plagued by an ineffective offense and a continual rash of penalties.
"This was solely a performance-related issue," Demoff said of Fisher, who had a winning record in six of his 20 prior full seasons as an NFL head coach. "And when you look at the team, and where it is, and how we get better moving forward -- for the fans, for the players, for the coaches, for the organization -- we wanted to make sure games like yesterday didn't happen again."
Demoff said the process of finding a new coach will begin in earnest Tuesday. The hope is to have somebody in place by the middle of January, but the Rams are open-minded about the timeline. They're also open-minded about the identity of the next candidate.
"I think the obvious thing people are going to say is, 'Well, you're going to hire an offensive coach because you had a defensive coach' or 'The offense is bad,'" Demoff said. "I think we need to find the best head coach for the Los Angeles Rams. Whether that's an offensive coach, a defensive coach, a special-teams coach, the interim coach, a college coach, I think we have to be willing to look under every possible avenue to find the right fit to go lead this football team."
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/182 ... geles-rams
Part of the article
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Rams parted ways with embattled coach Jeff Fisher on Monday, a decision Rams COO Kevin Demoff chalked up to "an organizational failure" and one he said was "solely a performance-related issue."
Special-teams coordinator John Fassel, son of longtime NFL coach Jim Fassel, will step in as the interim coach for the final three games, with the next coming on the road Thursday against the Seattle Seahawks. General manager Les Snead, who, like Fisher, signed an extension through 2018 before the start of this season, is not guaranteed to return, and neither are any of Fisher's coaches.
"Starting today, we'll have a complete review of the entire organization," Demoff said during a 45-minute news conference at the Rams' facility. "We sat down with Les, and again, this team is not where it needs to be. And we need to own up to that from a coaching perspective, from a personnel perspective, from an administration perspective. I think all of us need to get better."
Fisher's firing came one day after a 42-14 blowout loss at home to the Atlanta Falcons. It was the Rams' third consecutive lopsided defeat, and it put the team at 4-9 and handed Fisher his 165th career loss, tying Dan Reeves for the NFL record.
Dickerson on Rams' firing Fisher: 'It was time'
Who could replace Fisher in L.A.? Start on offense
Rams players believe they let Jeff Fisher down
In a statement, Rams owner Stan Kroenke said he has "great respect for Jeff as a coach, person, father and friend," then thanked him for working "tirelessly despite some challenging circumstances."
"However," Kroenke said, "this is the right time to make a change, as our performance has not lived up to my or our fans' expectations. We all are focused on improving as an organization and building a team that makes Los Angeles proud."
The Rams have dropped eight of their past nine games and have guaranteed themselves a 10th consecutive losing season. Under Fisher, who has six consecutive losing seasons, the Rams have not finished better than 7-8-1. Since Fisher took over in 2012, the organization has been plagued by an ineffective offense and a continual rash of penalties.
"This was solely a performance-related issue," Demoff said of Fisher, who had a winning record in six of his 20 prior full seasons as an NFL head coach. "And when you look at the team, and where it is, and how we get better moving forward -- for the fans, for the players, for the coaches, for the organization -- we wanted to make sure games like yesterday didn't happen again."
Demoff said the process of finding a new coach will begin in earnest Tuesday. The hope is to have somebody in place by the middle of January, but the Rams are open-minded about the timeline. They're also open-minded about the identity of the next candidate.
"I think the obvious thing people are going to say is, 'Well, you're going to hire an offensive coach because you had a defensive coach' or 'The offense is bad,'" Demoff said. "I think we need to find the best head coach for the Los Angeles Rams. Whether that's an offensive coach, a defensive coach, a special-teams coach, the interim coach, a college coach, I think we have to be willing to look under every possible avenue to find the right fit to go lead this football team."
