A day after the St. Louis Rams suffered its 4th lobsided loss in a row, the team fired head coach Scott Linehan.“I have enormous respect for Scott Linehan as a person and believe under the right circumstances he will be regarded one day as a fine head coach,” Chip Rosenbloom, owner and chairman of the Rams, said in a statement released by the team. “Unfortunately, the situation with the Rams as they exist today is no longer acceptable and we have to make a change."
“We do this with a heavy heart, and we thank Scott for his efforts and dedication on behalf of the Rams."
As of 4 games into his 3rd season as head coach, Linehan was 11-25 overall. This season St. Louis had been outscored 147-43 and 0-4 to begin 2008.
Linehan had tried to shake things up to right the ship including benching starting quarterback Marc Bulger, whose the highest paid player in franchise history, and replacing him with 38 year old Trent Green, who has a history of suffering concussions.
It didn't work as the Buffalo Bills clubbered the Rams 31-14 and that sealed Linehan's fate.
Jim Haslett will take over as interim head coach. Haslett has been the Rams Defensive Coordinator and also was the head coach of the New Orleans Saints before he was fired after the 2005 season.
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