Is this credible? I haven't seen what any sources reporting the contract value?
I am huge McVay fan. And I initially was not a fan at all. He won me over. See my sig! But that said, it is hard to tell if McVay's contract is good value without knowing what the other coaches make. McVay is elite. Arguably the best in the business, but there are a handful of other HCs that could also make that case. If he is being paid head and shoulders above all the others, like this picture suggests, then I don't think it's a great deal for the Rams... then again, it might be the classic case of "next man up", with each elite coach repeatedly setting the market, plus, the Rams are in between a rock and a hard place, there is little to no chance you can replace him with someone as capable. But we cannot act like he is perfect. Better clock management and the Rams likely beat Seattle. But without McVay, if we were to replace him with a better clock manager, are we even in position to win? Can the offense even come close to being that productive vs. that Seattle defense, on the road, without McVay scheming things up? Probably not...
Who here among us has behaved that way? So we might as well just admit nobody's perfect but we've come mighty close with McVay, right?
We went from an NFL joke, to one of the most stable franchises in the league.
Life is good for us Rams Fans.
There are 2 teams who haven't changed head coaches since McVay arrived in L.A.. Kansas City and San Francisco. There are 7 other teams who've only changed coaches once since McVay arrived. Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Buffalo, Seattle, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati and
Green Bay. Those 9 other teams have 5 Lombardi's during that time. KC (3), Philly (2). Seattle can join that group this weekend.
In addition, there are 9 teams who've changed coaches twice during that time. Dallas, Detroit,
LA Chargers, Indy,
Minnesota,
N. England, N. Orleans,
Tampa and Washington.
There are 12 teams who've changed coaches 3 times or more since McVay arrived.
Jax, Houston,
Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Miami, NY Jets, Tennessee (3 each),
Arizona, Carolina, NY Giants (4 each) and the Raiders (5 times).
For those counting that makes 21 teams who've made multiple head coaching changes since McVay arrived. How lucky are Rams fans?
LaFleur makes the 7th McVay assistant to get a head coaching job. Will he go by the way of Staley and Morris or like his brother, Taylor, O' Connell or Coen? Seems like the offensive guys stick or get more rope while the defensive guys get 2 years. I doubt Staley and Morris' performances limited Shula's chances this time around but if the Rams D improves.....and I'm betting it will....will Shula get a new job after next year?