Interesting blurb about Vermeil... - Page 3

shaneo69 · 01-13-2008, 01:54 PM

from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...

"To this day, Vermeil still grimaces at the thought of his summit (offseason) meetings with Rams brass. The meeting after a 4-12 finish in 1998 has taken on near-legendary proportions. As the story goes, Vermeil wanted Mike White as his offensive coordinator and Jeff Hostetler as his quarterback. He got Mike Martz and Trent Green instead, with the help of some arm-twisting from team management."

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/spo...5?OpenDocument

Meanwhile, Carl continues to let his head coaches hire who they want...

ChiefaRoo · 01-13-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by KCTitus

I believe it's the Hunt's, but other than that, it makes perfect sense.

You are correct sir.

Pablo · 01-13-2008, 09:14 PM

His sperm-sickles taste like cotton candy..DV is life!/chiefsfan1963

KCJohnny · 01-13-2008, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by findthedr

Hall always credits Vermiel for his success.
Yeah, everyone thought Priest was going to be just a 3rd down back...boy were they suprised.

Priest was a 3rd down back. That scheme that Al Saunders ran treated every down and distance like 3rd and long, hence the perfect storm.

Get off DV's back, guys. Without DV, there is no Vince Papale!

shaneo69 · 01-13-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

According to my roomate who's a die hard Rams fan, DV wanted to draft Curtis Enis (former Chicago Bears RB bust) instead of trading away that pick to Indy for Marshall Faulk.

Wow, that's way off. DV may have wanted to draft Enis, but that was 1998, and the Bears took Enis with the 5th pick, I believe. The Rams had the 6th pick and took Wistrom.

Then in 1999, they were able to get Faulk without giving up a 1st rounder. They ended up taking Holt with their 1st rounder.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 01-13-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by shaneo69

Wow, that's way off. DV may have wanted to draft Enis, but that was 1998, and the Bears took Enis with the 5th pick, I believe. The Rams had the 6th pick and took Wistrom.

Then in 1999, they were able to get Faulk without giving up a 1st rounder. They ended up taking Holt with their 1st rounder.

This is correct.

The Rams had 2 picks in the Top 10 of the 2nd round, IIRC.

One went to Indy, the other was used for Dre Bly.

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