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New Year Always Brings New Hope; Rams Should Look at QB in the Draft
By Randy Gardner
Happy new Year everyone. Man, am I looking forward to the new year 2010. There wasn’t as much to celebrate in 2009 in the world of sports. Locally, the Cardinals won their division, but quickly exited the playoffs. Hazelwood Central won their second straight state 6AS football championships
But the St. Louis Rams wrap up one of the worst seasons as a NFL franchise. Looking back at the Rams over the past few years, you haven’t seen a win at the Dome— this is almost embarrassing for the franchise. I think there are better times ahead though for the team as we enter the new decade. It can’t get any worse!
Look back at the middle and end of the last decade of the 90s, the Rams were horrible. The start of the decade brought 2 Super Bowl appearances. Can it happen again, probably not for awhile but remember the Rams get that first round draft choice.
Many are saying go defensive tackle in the first round, 9the big stud from Nebraska), but I think you have to go Quarterback. They might need someone to stop the scoring but if you never score like they did this season, the Rams will never win. It all starts at the QB position and built outward towards the running backs and receivers.
The game last Sunday, even though it was fan appreciation day, didn’t bring out many fans. Hopefully a few wins at the beginning of next year will change things. Maybe a strong off season of family friendly promotions will change things like the Blues did a few years ago.
Realistically though, on any given Sunday there are only about 8,000 tickets for the walk up fans as the rest are season tickets. How do you get those people to come to the games. Look around the NFL and we can see teams that were dynasties now being terrible and vice versa. It’s only a matter of time my again that the Dome will be packed and we will all love the Rams. We will forget about al of these hard times.
On Sunday, I took my son to see the Harlem Globetrotters. I had never seen them before in person in my life. It was a pretty cool experience except for the fact that I remember when I was a kid that they never missed a shot, even the long ones from half court. That wasn’t the case on Sunday. It was definitely a show or the fans as they pulled kids out of the crowd to participate.
It must be hard to be a Washington General player as they have lost every game for, what 30 years. They must feel a little bit like the Rams do right about now. Its funny, whenever you see the red and white stripes or the stars you instantly thing of the Globetrotters.
Of all of the presents my boys got for Christmas, the most comical has to be a play phone that my 18-month-old got that rings and talks to him. It says do you want to go outside, he will sit for hours answering it and yelling back at the phone, NO. Aren’t kids great. Enjoy the New Year and your family and friends. Be safe and prosper.
