71 Quotes by John Shaw

And when that happens, the first thing people tend to do is blame the coach, or blame the people that are picking players. And once you get into a finger-pointing mode of who took that first-round draft pick, or why did you let this player go, it tends to create divisiveness between those three people.

There was a belief at that time that we didn't need the (pro personnel) process so defined, or that position so defined ... that our head coach and our scouting department would be more involved. I think now there's kind of a belief that we should have a more traditional setup where there is a director of pro personnel. And it's more clearly defined.

I spent a lot of hours on it. It's hard to make a deal that makes everybody happy.

After all of these interviews, it was clear to us that coach Linehan should be the next coach of the St. Louis Rams.

As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time.

At some point after the hiring of Coach Linehan, we all decided to go through the current draft and then re-evaluate.

That type of conversation is so premature. If we ever get to that bridge, we'll cross it went we get there. Really, at this point, our interest is not really in settling out Mike's contract. Our interest is that he gets well and at some point we discuss his status for next year.

a lack of judgment. I really don't understand it, to be honest with you.

As you guys remind me all the time, I spend a fair amount of time in Los Angeles, ... I thought it was important at that time that we use a title that indicated there is somebody who is overseeing the football side, that is living in St. Louis full-time and here on a daily basis.