[Hacksaw]

'Hard Knocks' lesson No. 1: Rams coach Jeff Fisher will not be 7-9 (again)
By ESPN.com

At his first training camp meeting with his team, Los Angeles Rams coach Jeff Fisher laid out the rules.

1. Be on time.

2. No visitors to the dorms at the University of California-Irvine.

Cut to the next day. Fisher calls wide receiver Deon Long, who broke rule No. 2, to his office. Fisher cuts Long from the team so beginning another season of “Hard Knocks,” the HBO reality series which will follow the Rams through training camp.


Rams coach Jeff Fisher has emphasized early in training camp how not following the team's rules can prevent it from excelling.
After letting Long go, Fisher uses him as an example. He says that kind of behavior will lead to a subpar season.

“Little things are important, you follow me?” Fisher said. “I am not f---ing going 7-9 or 8-8 or 9-7, OK? Or 10-6 for that matter. This team is too talented. I am not going to settle for that, OK? I know what I am doing. We had some 7-9 bulls--- this morning. Now, Deon’s gone. That is 7-9 bulls---. We don’t need it."

Fisher knows what 8-8, or worse, feels like. In 16 seasons as a head coach in the NFL, he has six winning seasons, the rest were .500 or below. Now, he is leading the Rams back into Los Angeles 21 seasons after they left for St. Louis.

Fisher will do it with rookie quarterback Jared Goff, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the draft out of Cal. If the first episode of “Hard Knocks” is any indication, Goff will be one of this season’s stars.

Since the dorms at training camp were not air conditioned, Goff sent 60 fans to the offense and offensive coaches. Fisher was less than impressed.

“So the offense has fans and the defense doesn’t?” Fisher asked. “Great way to start off."

Goff also struggled on the field. The rookie never called plays in the huddle in high school or college. His confusion with the pro-style offense showed with a variety of fumbles and incompletions. Later, in the quarterbacks’ room, assistant coach Chris Weinke let Goff have it.

“Your expectation is up here,” Weinke said, raising his hand to the sky. “I know you are a rookie; I don’t give a f---, to be honest with you. Everybody’s watching what you do. You can’t f---ing hide; you can’t. It ought to give you chills. You know how many football teams there are in the NFL?”

“Thirty two,” Goff answered.
“You know how many starting quarterbacks there are?” Weinke asked.

“Thirty two,” Goff said again.

“There's 32, and you are wired to be the starting quarterback of this football team,” Weinke said. “But how does that happen? It doesn’t just happen through osmosis and ‘I am No. 16, so I am going to start.’ That ain’t f---ing happening. I am going to tell you that right now. It’s up to you. Some people can’t handle it. Some people can’t handle the position you play. They definitely can’t handle the position you’re in.”

Goff proves to be an intriguing, perhaps naïve character. He admits to coaches he does not know where the sun rises -- “East,” he tells a teammate later. “Apparently it’s well known” -- and his love for pop star Taylor Swift.

Here are some others with star potential for the final five episodes:

Tavon Austin: The receiver fails to eat lunch -- he had two bananas -- before practice and cramps up. Fisher berates Austin's behavior during the 7-9 speech. At the end of the episode, Austin shows his playful side, taking a golf cart around the Cal-Irvine campus to play Pokemon Go.

Aaron Donald: The defensive tackle is billed as the best player in the NFL you have never heard of. He didn’t show a ton of personality, but gets plenty of admiration from coaches and players for his athletic ability.

Todd Gurley: The second-year running back does plenty of trash talking and is called “lippy but lovable.” He is also doing commercials for California burger joint Carl’s Jr.

Eric Kush: As the Rams' center, Kush tells Goff how much pressure to apply to his rear end to make it clear he is ready for the snap. He also walks viewers through his wardrobe of tank tops and 36 pairs of socks. “The key is to never have to wash socks at training camp,” he said.

Mike Waufle: The former Marine is the defensive line coach. “We are going to blow up the NFL,” he told his linemen during a colorful speech.

http://www.espn.com/blog/st-louis-rams/ ... -7-9-again

[dieterbrock]

same question!!!

GoT is dropped on HBO Now as soon as it shows. I can't find this on HBO Now.

It says not available until Wednesday morning.

Are most of you watching it direct on HBO thru cable?

DirecTV. I get like 10 HBO channels so I saw on the East Coast channel at 7:00.

Exactly. HBO is not showing it on the streaming subscriptions tonight. That is Bullshit.

Total bullshit
I can watch Game of Thrones or The Night of as it airs but this I have to wait another day?
It was on this morning and I caught the first 10 minutes before I had to go to work
Yeah, its "only" a day later but why advertise the Go app as the same thing and not provide the same service?
Surely more people nation wide were more interested in GOT and they weren't disappointed...

[St. Loser Fan]

DirecTV. I get like 10 HBO channels so I saw on the East Coast channel at 7:00.

Exactly. HBO is not showing it on the streaming subscriptions tonight. That is Bullshit.

Total bullshit
I can watch Game of Thrones or The Night of as it airs but this I have to wait another day?
It was on this morning and I caught the first 10 minutes before I had to go to work
Yeah, its "only" a day later but why advertise the Go app as the same thing and not provide the same service?
Surely more people nation wide were more interested in GOT and they weren't disappointed...

The U2 concert from Paris was similar for HBO. You could get it off the HBO channels on satellite/cable but not On Demand or HBO Go. I also think they have similar setup for boxing events.

[Elvis]

[Hacksaw]

I got the feeling that Goff is a bit slow. Some of the comments made and scenes exposing some dumb stuff. For example, he doesn't know that the sun rises in the east. Really? They made it clear he is not ready to take over the team yet.

[St. Loser Fan]

I got the feeling that Goff is a bit slow. Some of the comments made and scenes exposing some dumb stuff. For example, he doesn't know that the sun rises in the east. Really? They made it clear he is not ready to take over the team yet.

Great QBs don't have to be real world smart. Just look at Terry Bradshaw.

[BuiltRamTough]

I got the feeling that Goff is a bit slow. Some of the comments made and scenes exposing some dumb stuff. For example, he doesn't know that the sun rises in the east. Really? They made it clear he is not ready to take over the team yet.

I didn't even know that tbh. Eric Kush didn't know either.

Btw that throw to Quick was sweet.

[Hacksaw]

OK I agree that football IQ and talent is all that matters in this case but man, a college grad that isn't aware the sun rises in the east. My college aged daughter might not want to choose Cal as a educational source. lol

Good example St. Loser Fan..

[RedAlice]

DirecTV. I get like 10 HBO channels so I saw on the East Coast channel at 7:00.

Exactly. HBO is not showing it on the streaming subscriptions tonight. That is Bullshit.

Total bullshit
I can watch Game of Thrones or The Night of as it airs but this I have to wait another day?
It was on this morning and I caught the first 10 minutes before I had to go to work
Yeah, its "only" a day later but why advertise the Go app as the same thing and not provide the same service?
Surely more people nation wide were more interested in GOT and they weren't disappointed...

Same, finally got to watch it this morning. I will just have to change my mindset to seeing it on Wednesdays.

Was awesome!

[TomSlick]

I got the feeling that Goff is a bit slow. Some of the comments made and scenes exposing some dumb stuff. For example, he doesn't know that the sun rises in the east. Really? They made it clear he is not ready to take over the team yet.

I have the episode recorded but haven't seen it yet.

As for the sun...yeah, that is weird. One should know that stuff as a kid. Crude compass navigation is always better than having no clue where you are and even less clues as how to get back to familiar territory.

As for the fans for the offensive players, I don't think that was a good idea. If Fisher wants the players to suffer a bit then Goff should stay out of the way. Otherwise, get the fans for all your teammates, not just your buds on offense.