(Martz) advised us today that after he met with his consulting physician, his physical condition has worsened and he will be readmitted to the hospital...As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time. |
a lack of judgment. I really don't understand it, to be honest with you. |
After all of these interviews, it was clear to us that coach Linehan should be the next coach of the St. Louis Rams. |
And when that happens, the first thing people tend to do is blame the coach, or blame the people that are picking players. And once you get into a finger-pointing mode of who took that first-round draft pick, or why did you let this player go, it tends to create divisiveness between those three people. |
As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time. |
As I speak to you today, I fully expect that Mike will be our coach next year. |
As of now, yes, |
As you guys remind me all the time, I spend a fair amount of time in Los Angeles, ... I thought it was important at that time that we use a title that indicated there is somebody who is overseeing the football side, that is living in St. Louis full-time and here on a daily basis. |
At some point after the hiring of Coach Linehan, we all decided to go through the current draft and then re-evaluate. |
Bob told me he felt it would be better to address it after the season, ... By the time Mike talked about it, we were almost beginning training camp. |
But I contend that it has worked very well for us over the past six years, |
But then, after having one or two conversations with Mike about it, he changed agents, |
By and large, it is tailored to the client, ... There might be some boiler-plate information but not much. |
Everything in our business is competitive. I assume the hiring on our head coaching will be competitive. |
I didn't want a live outside line, even though it was the head coach, ... It's tough enough to call games, and I was under the impression that whatever Mike's input would be he would do that either prior to the game or during the week or at halftime. |