March 01, 2018 10:47AM
"People want to give Snead all the credit for good picks like Gurley & Donald, but excuse him from all the bad ones?" Well, you certainly don't see me doing that. What you see me doing is saying that we as fans don't really know how involved Snead was in any particular pick. For all we know Snead may have advised against trading up for TA or picking GRob or picking Quick. I don't think there's anything in the public record one way or the other.

"And if not drafting players which is the main job of any GM, what exactly was Snead's role under Fisher?" This is all 'as I understand it' but Snead's job was to find players that fit Fisher's requirements and to participate in the draft and FA process to bring such players on. It was not Snead's job to decide who to pick, however: Fisher had final say. In the current org Snead has guys working for him such as Brian Xanders - Senior Personnel Executive, Taylor Morton - Senior Personnel Advisor, and Brad Holmes, Director of College Scouting. If the Rams blow a pick in the next draft would you or I know how much blame to place on Brian, Taylor, and/or Brad? I seriously doubt it. Snead now has final say and I don't think anyone is going to tell us exactly how a pick was made. That being said these guys all have important jobs to do in Snead's organization ... just like Snead had an important job (although not final say) in Fisher's organization.

"Fisher and Snead share the blame for the picks (good & bad)." That makes no sense to me. Snead worked for Fisher and Fisher had final say on personnel. Without knowing what Snead recommended there's no real basis for determining how much blame (or credit) he gets.

"The fact that Snead was not fired has nothing to do with who was making the call on the drafts. He was retained because Fisher HAD to be fired....Dickerson pretty much made that happen. Snead, I am guessing survived only because Demoff and Kroenke basically needed to retain some football guy, otherwise it was just bookworm Demoff and car salesman Stan." Why couldn't they have fired both Snead and Fisher and hired a new GM and a new coach after the 2016 season? Teams do that all the time!



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SubjectAuthorViewsPosted

  Austin to be cut or traded by 3/14/18

CROMWELL211173March 01, 2018 06:52AM

  Yeah, that's worth all you paid for it. <NM>

SalsaRama383March 01, 2018 07:15AM

  Re: Yeah, that's worth all you paid for it. <NM>

BeachBoy263March 01, 2018 03:13PM

  what do you think tavon is worth? NM

PHDram284March 01, 2018 07:16AM

  Depends entirely on what a team wants to use him for.

RockRam553March 01, 2018 07:23AM

  Re: what do you think tavon is worth? NM

9-99295March 01, 2018 07:24AM

  The comments are amusing..

Ramadune612March 01, 2018 07:21AM

  I would be pissed...

headslapper410March 01, 2018 07:21AM

  nobody will trade for him and that salary

ferragamo79407March 01, 2018 07:25AM

  Re: nobody will trade for him and that salary

Los Angeles Lenny298March 01, 2018 08:50AM

  Re: I would be pissed...

Rams43293March 01, 2018 07:45AM

  Some of Garafolo's info is wrong

AlbaNY_Ram489March 01, 2018 07:33AM

  Re: Austin to be cut or traded by 3/14/18

CraigMatson263March 01, 2018 08:24AM

  Re: Austin to be cut or traded by 3/14/18

Los Angeles Lenny276March 01, 2018 08:53AM

  Is his cal hit lower st 6/1?

jemach292March 01, 2018 08:48AM

  Re: Snead gave up a 2nd for TA.

spagsbacker355March 01, 2018 08:51AM

  Re: Snead gave up a 2nd for TA.

Rampage2K-292March 01, 2018 09:00AM

  Re: Snead gave up a 2nd for TA.

9-99320March 01, 2018 09:18AM

  Re: that is absurd, let me play...

spagsbacker254March 01, 2018 09:50AM

  Re: that is absurd, let me play...

Rampage2K-428March 01, 2018 09:57AM

  Re: that is absurd, let me play...

Rampage2K-249March 01, 2018 10:02AM

  also...this is the capper

Rampage2K-265March 01, 2018 10:05AM

  Snead has done some good things

Los Angeles Lenny223March 01, 2018 04:08PM

  Re: Snead has done some good things

Rams43230March 01, 2018 04:16PM

  Re: Snead has done some good things

RamsFanSinceLA227March 02, 2018 06:58AM

  Re: agree

spagsbacker424March 01, 2018 10:53AM

  Re: Really?

dzrams258March 01, 2018 10:10AM

  Re: Really?

Speedball89227March 01, 2018 03:54PM

  Re: Oh boy! So many questions...

dzrams267March 01, 2018 05:03PM

  Re: Oh boy! So many questions...

zn303March 01, 2018 05:47PM

  Sorry i should have explained better

Speedball89236March 01, 2018 08:06PM

  its equally absurd

PHDram261March 01, 2018 10:12AM

  Re: Snead gave up a 2nd for TA.

AlbaNY_Ram244March 01, 2018 09:50AM

  Re: so what was Snead's job then?

spagsbacker257March 01, 2018 09:56AM

  Re: so what was Snead's job then?

AlbaNY_Ram269March 01, 2018 10:47AM

  How well do the Rams draft?

AlbaNY_Ram262March 01, 2018 10:54AM

  Rams expected to move on from underachieving receiver Tavon Austin

RamBill283March 01, 2018 01:28PM

  This may be a bit sensational

no name278March 01, 2018 05:33PM

  Re: Yeah definitely quite sensational... nm

dzrams230March 01, 2018 05:37PM

  Re: Yeah definitely quite sensational... nm

no name252March 01, 2018 06:10PM

  Re: he signed the contract and yet

Speed_Kills260March 02, 2018 05:50AM

  Re: he signed the contract and yet

Rampage2K-387March 02, 2018 08:07AM

  Re: Austin to be cut or traded by 3/14/18

george_allen310March 01, 2018 05:50PM

  Re:Don't cut him get Shotty back here!!...

laram270March 02, 2018 05:38AM

  actually that was Cigs

zn265March 02, 2018 10:38AM

  Re:Not in MY book...

laram275March 02, 2018 10:51AM

  Re: Re:Not in MY book...

zn260March 02, 2018 11:06AM

  Re: Yes we do Cigs didn't introduce anything new..

laram236March 02, 2018 11:19AM

  I have no seen it all

Blue and Gold252March 02, 2018 11:33AM