Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has given us more insight as to why Rob Ryan was and now is not with the Rams. According to Thomas, Ryan had misgivings about coaching a 4-3 scheme without any defensive assistants of his hiring on the Rams’ staff.

“He wanted it to work, and I just think he realized over the weekend that it was not (a fit),” said a source familiar with Ryan, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Rob was torn.”

 

Thomas reports that Ryan and his wife even attended at St. Louis Blues game but got cold feet over the weekend.

When reality set in and it was time to finalize things with the Rams, it was a case of: “This is not my defense. This is not going to be my staff.”

I think it was smart of Ryan to back out of the deal.  Taking a job where you can’t hire any of your staff AND switching to another defense almost sounds like employment suicide and could possibly make it his last coaching position.

If Ryan can’t find a position soon, he may have to take the Lovie Smith route and sit out 2013.

It took a little longer than five minutes but not that much as the Rams selected Rob Ryan as their new Defensive Coordinator.  Ryan with the Rams is a good fit. They have a couple standouts on D like rookie sensation Janoris Jenkins, Courtland Finnegan, James Laurinaitis, Jo-Lonn Dunbar.

Indefinitely suspended Rams Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams  and and former defensive assistant Mike Cerullo have been subpoenaed in Jonathan Vilma’s  his defamation suit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. According to ESPN’s Ed Werder:

 

Williams and Cerullo appear to have provided most of the evidence the league used in the historic punishments of Vilma, three other current or former Saints players, plus head coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis and assistant head coach Joe Vitt.

During his meeting with Goodell on Monday, Vilma was presented with signed affidavits from both Williams and Cerullo. Vilma told ESPN he denied the accusation made by Williams in testimony he signed three days before the linebacker’s hearing, claiming Vilma helped to fund an illegal pay-for-performance incentive pool and offered a $10,000 reward to any teammate knocking Brett Favre out of the 2009 NFC Championship Game.

“What Gregg Williams said in his most recent affidavit is the same falsity he has previously provided,” Ginsberg told reporters Monday.

“I don’t know what Gregg Williams’ motives are, but I do know that any suggestion by Williams that Jonathan put up $10,000 as an incentive for his teammates to injure another player is absolutely false.”

 

Well it looks like the truth will finally coming out over this whole bounty fiasco. But too little too late for the 0-2 Saints.