Very simple...

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Didn't he trade up for T. Austin, pick Quick over Alshon Jeffery, pick I. Pead in 2nd rd, pick L. Joyner in 2nd rd. And trade the farm for Goff?

Kevin Demoff is close with Snead (He brought him in last year, not Fisher) and believes he will be at least a very good NFL GM. Also means Demoff feels Snead was severely handcuffed by Fisher over the last 5 years.

I like Snead and feel he is a pretty good talent evaluator from what little I can see. My problem with retaining him is:

A) Demoff brought him in and is close with him. That alone creates a bias and a little boys club mentality.

If Snead never had an opportunity to perform his job over the past 5 years, that means that Demoff (Yes Kroenke signed off on it) himself handcuffed him for those 5 years giving Fisher that control.

C) Snead still has to be held responsible for some of those picks over those 5 years. We cant put that 100% on Fisher. Which ones we will probably never know. I`d imagine most of the higher round picks were Fisher`s. BUT.....Let also not forget that it was fairly well known that Snead was the one that wanted to trade down in round 2 in 2012 and missed out the player Fisher wanted in LB stud Bobby Wagner. Instead, the Rams ended up with Pead and Watkins. That turned out to be a major fail by Snead.

D) If Demoff feels Snead was as handcuffed by Fisher severely over the past 5 years, that would mean that Snead will essentially become a rookie GM. Add that to a 30 year old rookie HC. Talk about youth movement in a huge market.

E) Were there not better and/or more experienced and accomplished GM candidates out there? Could the Rams have at least interviewed a couple higher profile candidates?

Where is any past winning and experience coming from between Demoff, Snead and McVay? I know everyone has to start somewhere, but man all 3 with essentially no successful pedigrees in their current positions held within the Rams organization?

Something seems wrong here with ownership if you ask me.

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

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