Rams vs 49ers

Ok indulge me for not wanting to write essentially the same thing as last week, as the Rams in similar fashion squandered another game they should have won. I wanted to throw out some thoughts on the head coaching situation.

I should preface this by mentioning I know very little about the Baltimore Ravens and current defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, who has been mentioned as a potential head coaching candidate in St Louis.

I understand the allure of a hot coordintor, like Ryan, or Spagnulo, or Schwartz in Tenneesse. They are all on teams that are displaying a significant level of success right now. What we don't know is if these are simply good coaches or coordinators that have the ability to scout and develop the right personnell for their system. Linehan had a good track record of fixing anemic offenses in Minnesota, and Miami. What we all painfully know now is that his eye for talent was misguided.

So why should Rex Ryan for instance have any better luck than the man he replaced in former 49ers head coach Mike Nolan? Nolan was the DC for the Ravens when they won the SUperbowl, and the core talent that remains on that defense was there or acquired during Nolan's tenure. So why is Rex Ryan the hot name on the internet as a HC candidate?

I hope that if the Rams do make a change, and go the coordinator route they make sure they get someone who has a clear idea of the personnell needed to reectify this situation, not just a coordinator that has had recent success.