Not how I remember it. And apparently not the way it happened ...
"The Rams have had the same problems for five seasons under Martz. They lack attention to detail, play sloppily, allow their quarterback to take too many hits (which is what happened to Kurt Warner) and use questionable strategy and play-calling that ignore the running game.
Since Martz became their head coach, the Rams have been more than 37 percent above the league average in losing turnovers and 17 percent above the league average in giving up quarterback sacks. Except for last season, they also have been penalized at a rate well above the league average.
Yet, rather than change, Martz apparently has become defiant about doing it his way.
When he was questioned in St. Louis this week about the abject lack of balance on offense -- 29 runs, 91 passes called in the past two games, both losses -- he said, "Look, you can find another coach, then. ... That's just the way it is. Get used to it."
In three games, the Rams have allowed Bulger to be sacked 10 times, a team-record pace of more than 50 for the season. They are the only team in the league that has not forced a turnover. They have been penalized 50 percent more than their opponents. And Martz continues to confound with questionable strategy:
-- The play-calling. Even with Faulk and first-round pick Steven Jackson as running backs, the Rams won't run. In a tight game against New Orleans, which allowed 349 yards rushing in its two previous games, the Rams called runs on only 14 of 69 offensive plays.
-- Replay challenges that waste timeouts. In each of the first two games, Martz challenged a call that probably should not have been challenged.
-- Game management. Against the Saints, Bulger ran 19 yards for a touchdown that put the Rams three points ahead with 28 seconds remaining. Martz then called for a squib kickoff by Jeff Wilkins, even though Wilkins' two previous kickoffs had forced New Orleans to start drives at its own 20- and 15-yard lines. The Saints started at their 42 after this kick, and needed only three plays to move close enough for a tying field goal."[
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