Kevin Demoff Q & A with The Original Herd, Transcript
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by Kevin Demoff

Herd, Thanks for Having Me!


Rams Fans,

Just another quiet day at the office right? Sorry to be delayed in getting this chat started, but hopefully you are like me and have put your kids to bed and are ready to settle in for some, gasp, football talk! Let's get started.

Also, so that our fans know exactly where we stand on today's news, we are releasing the following statement tonight:

"We think that playing in London is great for the Rams and great for St. Louis. We are in talks with the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, which is also the region's chief marketing group, about how to make the most of this opportunity. As the CVC said today, this will ‘elevate an awareness of St. Louis on the global stage.’ We look forward to having amicable and meaningful dialogue with the CVC on many issues and believe those conversations should remain between the parties."

I know our fans our apprehensive about the upcoming negotiations but I don't want them to overshadow what an exciting off-season this is with our football team. We are looking forward to working with the city through this process. Fans hate talking about the business of sports, and we get that.

Kevin

Shaky/Andy,



Thank you for your email and for your passion for the Rams. I know many of our fans, including our most loyal and diehard fans, don’t understand why we committed to play in London. There are a lot of season ticket holders who feel this way, we recognize that. Please know the goal of playing in London was to make it easier for us to stay in St. Louis for the long-term. We are committed to building a great franchise in St. Louis and delivering the on-field results our fans deserve. The hiring of Jeff Fisher and signing a great coaching staff are the first steps in the right direction. All I can ask is that you judge us over the next few months about how serious we are about winning in St. Louis and building a great franchise and not just based on one announcement. I know nobody may believe us when we say we are as committed today as we were earlier this week, but it is the truth. We have no desire to be in London.

Live Chat with Kevin Demoff: Uniforms, Lease, Lloyd etc.

From RRF: some angry fans out there.

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Demoff's opening response:

VP of Football Operations and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff, Stlouisrams.com.
Rams Fans, it's great to chat with you today. It's been a busy week, and I know many of you have great excitement about the hiring of Jeff Fisher and many of you are here because you have great trepidation about today's announcement. As a franchise, we are excited about both and the chance to become an elite franchise in the NFL. With that, let's chat!


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rams2050, Osage Beach, MO3:06 PM CT
Hi, Mr. Demoff! I appreciate the time you take with us fans. That being said, did you really believe that fans would be happy with the fact that THREE home games are now scheduled to be played in London, one in each of the next three years? I am so unhappy about this that I cannot believe it. I NEVER thought we would lose THREE home games!! I don't look upon it as an honor, but as a snub. What was Mr. Kroenke thinking? By the way, I loved the hiring of Jeff Fisher. I felt certain that better days were on the horizon. But now I'm not so sure. Please tell me that I'm wrong.

VP of Football Operations and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff, Stlouisrams.com
To be honest, we knew the news today would provide a mixed bag for our fan base. We view London as a powerful tool to build our fan base regionally, nationally and globally for the long-term. But we also knew that in the short-term, many of our best fans would be upset by the news. To wake up and find out that we are playing a game in 2012-2014 in London and not St. Louis is a shock, and certainly given fan angst over the lease situation, it likely appears more ominous than it actually is. Our thinking is we need to find a way to grow our fan base and this is a way to leverage the power of the NFL to do so.

About his year off?

Best decision he ever made...to recharge and do some things like travel and go to Montana...went to some Auburn Football games.

Climbed a mountain with some wounded warriors. He went with Teddy Bruski Sp? Big time grind...no issues...really awesome reaching the summit.

Took it easy...slept in when he could. Stayed connected with the league...competition committee non voting member.

What did he like about the Rams?

Lots of time with the owner and Sam Bradford...commitment is there from them to turn this into a winner. The owner wants to win and win badly and turn it around.

QB Sam Bradford, James Laurinaitis-Press Conference

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QB Sam Bradford-Press Conference
January 17, 2012

(On if he turned into a recruiter and tried to sell Coach Fisher on St. Louis)
“No. I really just tried to be myself. I wasn’t going to be anything other than who I am. I didn’t want to give him a false impression of who I was. Like I said earlier, it was just time for us to meet to learn a little bit more about each other. If that helped along the process and helped get him here then I’m very happy that I was able to do that.”

Transcripts of Press Conference: Head Coach Jeff Fisher

Head Coach Jeff Fisher Press Conference
January 17, 2012

(Executive Vice President of Football Operations/Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff Opening Remarks)
“Good afternoon. Today’s a tremendously proud day for our organization, our fans, our players, our partners in St. Louis. Two weeks ago, I was standing up here and we were laying out the vision for what we wanted for this franchise. We wanted someone who could energize our fan base, deliver a winning product on the field and help us build an organization on and off the field that St. Louis could be proud of. Today, we have delivered that person who best embodies our vision and it’s Head Coach Jeff Fisher. The third winningest active coach in the NFL. He’s active as of about five minutes ago. His teams play with a passion that is uniquely Jeff Fisher. They’re tough, they’re competitive and you know when you’ve played a Jeff Fisher team and that’s exactly what we were looking for. No matter who we spoke to around the league: players, coaches, league officials. They talked about a charismatic, respective leader who teams were always prepared on Sunday. I think, as I’ve witnessed and we’ve all witnessed over the past weekend with the outpouring of support from St. Louis and our fans, our fans agree with that assessment. The time was now for a bold statement about the future of this organization and to deliver a winner to our fans. Here to talk about that commitment to winning, our owner, Stan Kroenke.”

Five days after he chose St. Louis over Miami, the big day is finally here for Jeff Fisher and the Rams. He will be formally introduced as the Rams' new head coach with a news conference scheduled for 1 p.m. today.

Fisher Reportedly to Coach Rams

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN and Peter King of si.com, Jeff Fisher has decided to coach the Rams. Fisher sat out the 2011 season after coaching the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans for more than 16 seasons.



La Canfora on Fisher, video

http://www.stlouisrams.com/media-center/videos/La-Canfora-on-Fisher/654f49e3-ab74-41d2-8428-ec493d40e570

Thanks for stopping by!! by Headslap85

Hey Jack, as a SO Cal child of the 70s I lived and died with the Rams...that era of Ram football was so great and yet heartbreaking for a young boy growing up.I had images of Staubach and Tarkenton in my nightmares back in that day.I was at the dreaded Mud bowl,I remember us crushing Rodger The Dodger in the regular season and having him turn to the Ram bench and say "see you chokers in Dec" and then just getting beat down 28-0 on our home turf.
My Question is what was your most rewarding victory and conversely what was your toughest defeat to swallow?

My best memory was Feragamo to Waddy v.s Dallas playoff comeback.
Worst was either Paul Krause returning blocked Fg or Hollywood Henderson making a house call at the end of afore mentioned Playoff loss!!

Thanks for the memories #85 easily one of my favorite all time Rams who played in an era that defined tough-guy football



Jack Youngblood:

rewarding may have been the -7 game in Seattle 79 and toughest Dallas 37-7 75 and the mud bowl Minn. 77