QUESTION: What is the first major difference you think Rams fans will see this year when it comes to the influence of new head coach Jeff Fisher on this team?

JIM THOMAS

I think well see a more physical, aggressive team on both sides of the ball because Fisher will demand it. Thats one reason he brought CB Cortland Finnegan in on defense and also why he hired Paul Boudreau as his offensive line coach. In their own ways, they will be tone-setters.

DAN ONEILL

If you had to put it into one word, I would use confidence. Jeff Fisher is a guy who is comfortable in his own skin and certain of his surroundings. He IS a head coach, hes not trying to be a head coach. He knows what he wants to do, knows how to go about it. He has assembled a veteran group of coaches cut from the same cloth.

Collectively, they exude a purpose and confidence that seems palpable with these players. The Rams have a lot of free agents, a lot of new faces in camp. They are extremely young and generally inexperienced. But they have a veteran coaching staff that is excited about whats taking place, passionate about building something.

It reminds me a little of what happened with the Blues. Management was making a lot of determinations about its talent base, strengths, weaknesses, needs, etc. when it decided to relieve young coach Davis Payne. When the Blues hired Ken Hitchcock, it effectively took the coaching situation out of he equation, i.e. eliminated the possibility the players werent getting the proper direction.

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