While sports talk radio in St. Louis and the entire internet are abuzz with
Scott Linehan dissenters, going back to this preseason and late in the year of '07, we hadn't heard anything at all of substance from the Rams' front office. That all changed yesterday. Owner
Chip Rosenbloom, who took the reins when his mother (Georgia Frontiere) died this past January, has been forced to
speak out after only two embarrassing weeks.
"It is the job of the head coach, Scott Linehan, to figure out how to motivate and give some urgency to this team," Rosenbloom told the Post-Dispatch on Monday. "I believe in these players and I believe in this coach."
That sounds like he's ready to start apologizing for Coach Linehan, but as he continued, things became a little clearer ... and it wasn't confidence-inspiring for any Linehan supporters.
"Obviously, the game of football is about winning," Rosenbloom said. "The level of play is not acceptable to me or anybody in the organization."
"Things will get better, and if they don't, changes will be made."
Will they get better? Well, it's hard to see how they could get worse than losing 79-16 in the first two games combined. The team hasn't shown any signs of life, though.
