Wade Phillips has the best team in the NFC and he's still doomed.
Unless he wins the Super Bowl, Phillips is fried.
Even if he wins the Super Bowl Phillips might be deep fried.
Jerry Jones isn't known for his kindness to coaches or tolerance of losses. Poor Wade Phillips has his successor standing behind him on the sidelines waiting to seize the throne.
Prince in waiting Jason Garrett, the chose one, the next Big Cowboy.
Its just a matter of time.
When Wade drops his first big NFC East game expect him to get that look of despair that Sal Tessio had in the Godfather when he realized it was his last car ride.
Wade's easy going but to be coach-cuckolded by Jerry Jones has to make a man miserable. It has to be tense – sitting on dynamite and knowing Terrell Owens might smile and start smoking.
Wade "Son of Bum" Phillips is done in Dallas. Its just a matter of when.
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Wouldn't it be nice to be a head coach under an owner who not only seemingly dislikes you but makes all the personnel decisions himself?
To have a defensive coordinator who has coached longer then you and wants your job?
Welcome to Lane Kiffins world. Lane's World.
Its not just the hair styles and the New York roots, no Al Davis and Phil Spector have both been acting erratically of late.
Davis didn't shoot anyone, of course, but it seems he might be killing his team with love. Misplaced free agent love
They have the promise of a young quarterback and rookie running back but don't expect Lane to last long enough to enjoy it.
Al Davis was steamed when Kiffin sought some college football coaching jobs. Al is old. Al is impatient. Al wants to win now. Al wants Art back.
But expect Lane's end to come sometime during the season and Rob Ryan to weasel in as interim coach then cling to the job desperately.
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When your offensive line is a wreck, your quarterback is old and fragile and your defense filled with high priced busts, it's not a happy head coaching world.
So what do you do?
If it's a country song you go get good and drunk. But in the NFL you fire your assistants.
That's what desperate Scott Linehan did in St Louis.
The St Louis Rams are in a rebuilding process. It is not going to be short process.
The team might be sold and moved west.
The rumor is Eddie Debartolo is seeking to resurrect the Los Angles Rams. "Resurrect the Rams" T-shirts are actually being sold by Fred Dryer on Hollywood Boulevard right now.
Hey, he needs the work. Its been a long dry season for Dryer since Hunter was shot down.
Expect Marc Bulger to go down also, and for the season to disintegrate around Scott Linehan.
Lights out for Linehan but is it lights out for the St Louis Rams?
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A high priced bust at the all-important quarterback position is a young coach killer.
As Alex Smith goes down in flames his fire is going to burn up his head coach Mike Nolan.
The San Francisco 49ers banked on Smith being big but he looks more like a big bust. As does the offense built around him.
Unless Smith wakes up he is going to put his coach to sleep.
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Who goes bust first: Ford Motor or the Detroit Lions?
Despite constant front office failures, General Manager Matt Millen somehow still clings to his job. But even the Ford family has to call in their chips if the Lions are lackluster yet another year under Millen and head coach Rod Marinelli.
The Lions lack a running game and a reliable defense.
Don't expect Jon Kitna to bring back memories of Bobby Layne. Don't expect him to even bring back memories of Gary Danielson. Expect another season of little fun in a division that is constantly growing tougher.
When William Clay Ford finally fires Millen expect Marinelli to wash away with him. And the Lions to begin from cat scratch. Yet again.
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