The St. Louis Rams will have a new head football coach in 2009, as interim coach Jim Haslett has been notified he is no longer a candidate for the full-time gig. Though he was said to have interviewed well for the job, I can't see how this is much of a surprise. He went 2-10 after taking over for Scott Linehan, including 10 consecutive losses to end the season. Delving through the extraneous information (and the egregious typo in the title) in the article, it would seem Leslie Frazier is the front-runner, though Steve Spagnuolo is reportedly close to Frazier on the Rams' wish list. Other candidates presumed to still be in the mix are Rex Ryan, Jason Garrett, and Jim Fassel.
The Rams are planning on unveiling their new leader within the next few days.
"Hopefully, we'll have a decision over the weekend ... or Monday."Frazier, a cornerback on the Super Bowl champion '85 Chicago Bears (the best football team ever, by the way), has been the Minnesota Vikings' defensive coordinator for the past two seasons. He does have head coaching experience, but it was over 10 years ago at an NAIA school -- Trinity International University.
If the Rams decide they want to hire Ryan, they'll most likely have to wait until the Ravens lose. No one's leaving a possible Super Bowl championship in the middle of the run.
As for Haslett, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch mentions he's a "leading candidate" for the Green Bay defensive coordinator job.
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Trust me, the rams will go cheap and hire the least expensive candidate and that usually translates to the one with the least experience and the least success in the league ala Scott Linehan!