While the St. Louis Rams’ coaching search is still ongoing, more whispers of potential change are gaining traction of late.
Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke has ties to the league’s Los Angeles Stadium Working Group which is pushing to get an NFL franchise back into one of the country’s largest markets again in the near future. Connecting those dots is quite simple, but add into the mix the fact that Rams’ top executive, Kevin Demoff, grew up in L.A. and that the team’s top choice for head coach at this moment is L.A. born and bred Jeff Fisher, the picture really paints itself.
Many remember the Rams moving from L.A. to St. Louis for the 1995 season when there were still two teams sharing the city. Now that the NFL has been missing out on that market for more than a decade, many believe it is only a matter of time before a team is relocated back to the City of Angels.
There are some reasons to doubt this possible move as Kroenke has been very active in the St. Louis community while also buying up remaining game tickets from week to week to ensure that games will not be blacked out on TV for local audiences. Some also point to the fact that the man rumored to be named the new head coach imminently in Fisher would likely oppose such a move having gone through it once before when the Houston Oilers relocated to become the Tennessee Titans.
All of this conjecture will likely clarify itself in due time, but for now the Rams are focused on landing their man in Fisher as soon as possible.
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Los Angeles is going to get a team or two, and there are only three options for relocation in my opinion. The Raiders, Chargers and Rams. Any combination of the two would do. I don’t understand why no one thinks it could be the Chargers and the Raiders. It would be as easy as moving the (likely re-branded) Chargers to the NFC West, and moving the Seahawks back to the AFC West. No real damage done.
AFC WEST:
Denver Broncos
Los Angeles Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs
Seattle Seahawks
NFC WEST:
Los Angeles Chargers (or something)
Santa Clara 49ers
Arizona Cardinals
St. Louis Rams (the Rams could also be moved to the AFC West. At least the peeps might show up for the annual game against the Chiefs.)
All the best.
I am from St. Louis but currently live in LA and the worst move that the Rams could do is move back to LA. St. Louis is a much better sport city. We love our teams win or lose. If you don’t win in LA the “fans” stop buying tickets until you drop prices and then you have the unsavory situation with security like you saw with the dodgers crowd. KEEP THE RAMS IN SAINT LOUIS!!!!!