Curtain Call

by Gene Frenette
Florida Times-Union
American Football Monthly April 2000 Issue OnlineAfter two long seasons in St. Louis, the experiment was failing badly. Dick Vermeil, in his attempt to reinvent himself as a football coach and erase the lingering, distasteful image that haunted him when he left the Philadelphia Eagles in 1982, appeared to be hitting another dead end.

The 1998 season ended with the St. Louis Rams losing six of their last seven games. Their 5-11 record, preceded by a 4-12 mark in Vermeil\'s first season as Rams head coach, was only half the problem...Login to Read More

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