John Fassel becomes emotional as Rams head for season finaleGary Klein
John Fassel stood at the podium and paused.
He stared straight ahead, and then reached for a water bottle, twisted the cap and took a swig. He did everything in his power to keep the tears welling in his eyes from falling.
The Rams’ interim coach, in his fifth season as special-teams coordinator, had easily answered a few questions Monday in his weekly news conference at Cal Lutheran.
Then he was asked if he had become nostalgic.
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Fassel began to answer, then stopped for 21 seconds before the human side of a lost season and coming change for a coaching staff and roster spilled forth.
He spoke of coaches and players who had become parents for the first time, of coaches separated from their families and of the relationships he had built during his time with the Rams.
“It’s hard to think of that just being done,” he said, adding, “It’s going to change. And every year it changes, but, of course, there’s going to be many more significant changes this year than there has been in the past.”
Fassel’s three-game tenure as interim coach ends Sunday when the Rams play the Arizona Cardinals at the Coliseum.
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