ARZCardinals
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Word out of ESPN world is he's gone as soon as the season ended.
Mike Martz to be fired/released.
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joeshmo
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Step One: Take handfull of salt.
Step Two: Insert salt into wound.
Step Three: Rub it in.
Anyone could see it coming for a few years now, but man what bad timing.
Step Two: Insert salt into wound.
Step Three: Rub it in.
Anyone could see it coming for a few years now, but man what bad timing.
SeattleCard
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ARZCardinals said:
Link??
i doubt it.
The rams will be better for it. 
I'd hire him as an OC in a heartbeat!
That's not enough when you have a team like the Rams. They expect to advance in the playoffs and have a SB every now and again.Oran said:
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Hire Him
I would hire him in a second to replace Rowen or Dirk Koeter
I would hire him in a second to replace Rowen or Dirk Koeter
TheCardFan
Things have changed.
Pariah said:
Agreed...
He was supposed to be our OC a while back but Vermeil snapped him up...if I remember correctly.
Great OC...Horrible Coach.
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SeattleCard said:
FWIW- I heard the same thing on ESPN yesterday.
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TheCardFan said:
Actually he was supposed to be Mac's OC when he almost took the bears job, he then landed in St. Louis after that fell through.
Marshal Faulk helps you be a great OC btw.
CardinalChris
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Let's be honest.. it will be considered mutual. He'll cite health reasons and they will split.
But I watch more games where Martz is simply outcoached than anybody else in the NFL.
But I watch more games where Martz is simply outcoached than anybody else in the NFL.
Rams4evah
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THis is on Yahoo! Sports:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...n7E5nYcB?slug=ap-rams-martz&prov=ap&type=lgns
Ailing coach critical of team denying phone access to coaching booth
By R.B. FALLSTROM, AP Sports Writer
October 25, 2005
AP - Oct 24, 6:50 pm EDT
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A day after announcing he'd miss the rest of the season with a heart infection, St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz harshly criticized team management and said he didn't know if he could coexist with the team's president of football operations.
Jay Zygmunt, the team's second-highest ranking official, stopped a representative for Martz at the door of the coaches' booth during Sunday's game against the Saints. The representative, team director of security Dan Linza, had been trying to bring a cell phone to offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild so Martz could talk to him from his home.
Zygmunt brought Linza to team president John Shaw, who decided against having an ``open phone line'' in the booth.
The confrontation brought to a head once again the team's front office power struggle. Martz has long been at odds with Zygmunt and general manager Charlie Armey, and he told radio station KSLG that he didn't know whether he and Zygmunt could coexist if he returned to coach the team next year.
``That's a personal question that I'm not really prepared to answer,'' Martz said. ``There is a lot of history there. From a business standpoint, yes. From a personal standpoint, I don't know. There have been just too many things that have happened.''
Martz had been in telephone contract from his home with Fairchild before and during halftime of a 28-17 victory over the Saints.
``I was very, very angry to say the least,'' Martz told the radio station. ``I don't understand why that happened, what the whole thought process was. And if they had an issue with that why didn't they tell me ahead of time?''
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Martz said he wasn't trying to interfere, just to help a young coach.
``There are some things as a playcaller that you need to look for,'' Martz said. ``Those are the things I try to talk to those coaches about.''
Martz admitted the impasse might be partly his fault, too, the result of strong wills clashing.
``My personality, I'm not the easiest person to get along with,'' he said. ``My whole deal is to make this a better organization. As I tell our players and our coaches, everything we do we are trying to do the right thing.
``It's hard thing to do, but it's easy to say.''
The Rams (3-4) will play their third game without the 54-year-old Martz on Sunday against the Jaguars. Joe Vitt, the linebackers coach and assistant head coach, has been named interim coach for the remainder of the season.
Martz expects to coach the team next season and could return to duty as soon as January. But he said Monday that he won't interfere with the team any more this season,
``I've got to divorce myself of this,'' he said Monday. ``I'd become a distraction for them. They need to go and do this job and use their judgment.''
The organization's stance appears to be that Martz, 57-37 as head coach in six seasons counting the postseason, will not be fired.
Next year would be the final year of a three-year contract for Martz, who helped the Rams win their first Super Bowl as offensive coordinator after the 1999 season and led them to another Super Bowl in 2001.
Martz told the radio station he talked with owner Georgia Frontiere before the season and said she told him he could be the head coach ``as long as you want.''
Zygmunt has been working on a month-to-month basis since last season.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...n7E5nYcB?slug=ap-rams-martz&prov=ap&type=lgns
Ailing coach critical of team denying phone access to coaching booth
By R.B. FALLSTROM, AP Sports Writer
October 25, 2005
AP - Oct 24, 6:50 pm EDT
More Photos
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A day after announcing he'd miss the rest of the season with a heart infection, St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz harshly criticized team management and said he didn't know if he could coexist with the team's president of football operations.
Jay Zygmunt, the team's second-highest ranking official, stopped a representative for Martz at the door of the coaches' booth during Sunday's game against the Saints. The representative, team director of security Dan Linza, had been trying to bring a cell phone to offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild so Martz could talk to him from his home.
Zygmunt brought Linza to team president John Shaw, who decided against having an ``open phone line'' in the booth.
The confrontation brought to a head once again the team's front office power struggle. Martz has long been at odds with Zygmunt and general manager Charlie Armey, and he told radio station KSLG that he didn't know whether he and Zygmunt could coexist if he returned to coach the team next year.
``That's a personal question that I'm not really prepared to answer,'' Martz said. ``There is a lot of history there. From a business standpoint, yes. From a personal standpoint, I don't know. There have been just too many things that have happened.''
Martz had been in telephone contract from his home with Fairchild before and during halftime of a 28-17 victory over the Saints.
``I was very, very angry to say the least,'' Martz told the radio station. ``I don't understand why that happened, what the whole thought process was. And if they had an issue with that why didn't they tell me ahead of time?''
ADVERTISEMENT
Martz said he wasn't trying to interfere, just to help a young coach.
``There are some things as a playcaller that you need to look for,'' Martz said. ``Those are the things I try to talk to those coaches about.''
Martz admitted the impasse might be partly his fault, too, the result of strong wills clashing.
``My personality, I'm not the easiest person to get along with,'' he said. ``My whole deal is to make this a better organization. As I tell our players and our coaches, everything we do we are trying to do the right thing.
``It's hard thing to do, but it's easy to say.''
The Rams (3-4) will play their third game without the 54-year-old Martz on Sunday against the Jaguars. Joe Vitt, the linebackers coach and assistant head coach, has been named interim coach for the remainder of the season.
Martz expects to coach the team next season and could return to duty as soon as January. But he said Monday that he won't interfere with the team any more this season,
``I've got to divorce myself of this,'' he said Monday. ``I'd become a distraction for them. They need to go and do this job and use their judgment.''
The organization's stance appears to be that Martz, 57-37 as head coach in six seasons counting the postseason, will not be fired.
Next year would be the final year of a three-year contract for Martz, who helped the Rams win their first Super Bowl as offensive coordinator after the 1999 season and led them to another Super Bowl in 2001.
Martz told the radio station he talked with owner Georgia Frontiere before the season and said she told him he could be the head coach ``as long as you want.''
Zygmunt has been working on a month-to-month basis since last season.
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