When the Los Angeles Rams signed Sean McVay to be their head coach, he was the youngest ever to be given that position in the NFL.
Things have worked out brilliantly for the Rams. They've improved dramatically in a short period of time and even found themselves in the Super Bowl last year.
Although they didn't win the whole thing last season, there's no reason to be negative as a Rams fan. They have all the talent and potential to be contenders for a long time, especially with McVay at the helm.
The young coach reflected on his success and a copy-cat league, as well as pushing the standards, in an article by Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal.
“It’s been an awesome reflection of the success that we’ve had,” McVay says.
“When he came on board, what he did was different,” said Bill Cowher, the Super Bowl-winning Steelers coach, who watched more than half a dozen of his assistants go on to become head coaches. “Sustainability and not to allow complacency to set in is the biggest challenge that he has.”
“That’s where it’s like, ‘Shoot, I certainly don’t know, and haven’t been coaching nearly as long as those guys,’” McVay says. “But if you’re going to try to compete with them you better make sure that you’re pushing the standards and really challenging yourself and the coaches and the players to evolve.”
McVay's been such a success, that other teams have tried to replicate it. That includes poaching coaches who were under him and going after the “young, exciting” faces in the game.
Credit to McVay for taking it in stride though. It can't be easy to watch teams attempt to steal what you're doing and improve on it. However, it makes it easier to take when no one's come close to the success he's had.
Many have tried, but no one can quite catch the lightning in a bottle that is McVay.
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