Yeah, screw McSnead--and their ring.

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70sramsfan
Man, oh man, oh man. How far we have fallen from the days of Don Klosterman,
Klosterman never won anything with Rams. Snead has. It was not dumb luck


I will point out that Snead traded a QB who had taken his team to a Super Bowl for a QB that has never been to a Super Bowl.
And it paid off.


These are two guys who convinced themselves that they were going to re-write how the NFL did things, because they were smarter than everyone else (F' them picks!!).
And it paid off

The Rams had a nice short run of success.
And it paid off

This is not the NFL of George Allen anymore- the salary cap has forced teams to be intelligent with their contracts and their drafting. Unlike Allen's time, you can't simply go buy or trade for every veteran you want because you think young players and rookies are useless.
Allen never won anything. McVay has

While there are things that are fair for criticism, individual picks, and so one, but to just say you drafted this guy then let him go for a 6th rounder, you cannot ignore the productivity they gave you.

And in this case Ramsey's productivity was part of the plan that got the Rams this:


As far as Klosterman, sure, but he had his busts and he also didn't have teams signing his good players
four years after they were drafted as free agents.

You could draft a LeRoy Irvin and then when he gets good, say in 1985, he leaves to say, Indianapolis via free agency and Rams get a 4th rounder as compensation.

He could also lowball players and they couldn't do jack about it.

Different game now than then.

But as much fun as the 70s were, they never got it done.