How the Rams overcame the disastrous end of the Jeff Fisher eraLOS ANGELES -- Sean McVay impressed the Los Angeles Rams so profoundly on Jan. 5, 2017, that there was some thought, however faint, of hiring him right away. A cross-country trip was scheduled for the ensuing weekend for face-to-face interviews with assistant coaches on playoff teams, and the Rams considered the possibility of canceling it entirely. But then Kevin Demoff, the COO who steered the head-coaching search, kept hearkening back to the same question: Can we really hire a 30-year-old?
The Rams continued on instead. They took their trip, which began in Massachusetts and ended in Florida, and figured it would be best to let someone else interview McVay. You know, to make sure they weren't crazy. That Sunday, the day before McVay was set to meet with the division-rival San Francisco 49ers for the same position, Demoff shot him a text.
"Do well tomorrow," he wrote, "but not too well."
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