Mike LaFleur hired as new OC

[TexasRam]

Meh.

Matters little until Oline is fully addressed.

 

[Faceplant]

Yes. I can't believe he hasn't improved our running game AT ALL since he's been hired.

Better get his shyte together!

I feel better now.

Damnit, you beat me to it....I should have read all the comments first, haha. Great Minds!!!

 

[Memento]

I'm happy with this signing. It probably means that Thomas Brown won't be back, but LaFleur has been great at every stop, definitely someone who will eventually become a head coach.

 

[Merlin]

If he can convince McVay to use a FB lead blocker on power blocked run plays then I'm all for it.

Finally get my FB hot damn!
~ @OldSchool

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

Finally get my FB hot damn!
~ @OldSchool

I'm looking forward to seeing his influence on Benny and Higbee (if we don't trade him)

 

[Allen2McVay]

Certainly not trying to crush the hopes and dreams of some of my fellow posters and Rams' fans but the Jets very rarely used a Fullback the past two seasons under Mike LaFleur.

 

[Jacobarch]

Not stoked about the hire. But I'm just a newb

 

[tomas]

A friend of mine whos a diehard Jets fan said LaFleur schemed a run game that reminded him of the 49er's run game.

 

[PARAM]

Next up...OL coach!

 

[jrry32]

I was hoping for Brian Johnson, but this seems fine.

 

[jrry32]

No and he should be interested in the Shitter offensive structure. McVay had a nice run dueling with Shanny in creative run game complement to the pass game (the how's and why's of the run game are the primary difference in the two approaches) but clearly Shanahan's approach has been more effective and more sustainable. So I agree this is beneficial from that angle and might be the primary reason he was targeted as the replacement.

Also along those lines of this conversation here's a good article from 2022 that covered the "duel" between these two offensive minds rather well:

The Intertwined Evolutions of Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay

The two coaches have been linked since their days in Washington and have employed similar offenses across their careers. But recently, their philosophies have diverged—and the NFC championship game won’t be decided by their similarities, but their differences.

www.theringer.com

I believe Mike McDaniel was the run game guru in SF. LaFleur was in charge of the passing game (insofar as anybody but Kyle Shanahan could be in charge of the passing game).

 

[dieterbrock]

Certainly not trying to crush the hopes and dreams of some of my fellow posters and Rams' fans but the Jets very rarely used a Fullback the past two seasons under Mike LaFleur.

Yup, I dont know why people would think anything of the sort. Breece Hall, Michael Carter & Zonovan Knight are all built in the same way as Akers & Henderson.
I will say though that when looking at the Jets running game, that did have its moments this year, it also was running behind a line that lost its starting LT before the season began in Mekhi Becton, then starting RT who took over at LT Fant went on IR after week 3, OT Vera Tucker OT on IR week 7, so they sure had their share of o-line woes as well

 

[OldSchool]

Finally get my FB hot damn!
~ @OldSchool

Always love this discussion Never had a problem with the thought of us adding one just laughed at people who think we've used a TE like one more than rare occasions or that McVay would add one. Nothing in his past says he'd use one, in fact in a talk Shanny said McVay's offense is like his but built around more WR's and Shannys is more TE/FB and the variances that personnel allows normally.

 

[Mojo Ram]

LaFleur…?

 

[CGI_Ram]

I like the SF connection. I don’t care for Shanahan simply because he’s a 49’er but I respect his offense.

 

[Snaz]

Will always remember this as sad. If White becomes The Rams backup QB would be nice. Wilson was a QB I didn’t think should have been drafted in the 1st rd.

Knapp might have done wonders though.

Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp dies after bicycle crash

Knapp, who never regained consciousness after a bicycle crash Saturday, died Thursday surrounded by his family, his agent confirmed.

www.nbcnews.com

That's horrible and the headline is so bad, should say after being hit by car... not bicycle crash

 

[OldSchool]

View: https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/1619050926274416640

 

[Merlin]

I believe Mike McDaniel was the run game guru in SF. LaFleur was in charge of the passing game (insofar as anybody but Kyle Shanahan could be in charge of the passing game).

Sure. But in the time spent as part of the gameplanning group for the offense maybe he picked up some things. Maybe absorbed the way they prioritize their reads and whatnot, the way they practiced and prepped for opponents, and so on. McVay can duplicate things schematically just by watching film and building his own approach but there is a certain magic to the way Shanny puts that attack together.

 

[Allen2McVay]

Not stoked about the hire. But I'm just a newb

I wouldn't say I am 'stoked' but some of the names getting coordinator gigs are relative unknowns.

Ryan Nielsen is Atlanta's new defensive coordinator; and Dan Pitcher is Tampa's new offensive coordinator.

EDIT: Pitcher is an interview. My Bad.

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

I have a lot of respect for Shanny’s Os, but in terms of winning seasons he’s only 3-3 while McVay is 5-1 over the same stretch.