Jeff Fisher out in Music City

by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 27, 2011 7:34 PM CST in 2011 NFL offseason

The NFL's longest tenured head coach, Jeff Fisher, and the Tennessee Titans are breaking up. No word if it's a firing, mutual arrangement or any of those other things.

Vince Young may not have accomplished much in his NFL career, but his and Fisher's acrimony this season sure didn't help either man's cause.

Fisher took over in 1994 as an interim, when the team was still in Houston. His only trip to the Super Bowl came after a 13-3 run during the 1999 season. You, of course, remember that they lost to the St. Louis Rams and the Greatest Show on Turf.

Fisher was 2-2 against the Rams during his time as the Titans head coach, including the Rams' Super Bowl win.

He used to have a sweet mullet too.

I'm sure he'll turn up again soon enough.

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This shocked me

he is one of the best coaches in the league, I can’t believe that they would just give up on him.

There is no substitute for victory

by Brandon Birkhead on Jan 27, 2011 8:33 PM CST reply actions

true

Rams need to get him back into their organization as they shoulda never let him go to begin with.

by jlcdb70 on Jan 27, 2011 9:49 PM CST up reply actions

I almost feel

like he was the last vestige of the idea of keeping a coach for more than 3 years to get things on the right path, and accepting the idea that you can’t win the Super Bowl every season. Belicheat and Marvin Lewis are about the longest tenured guys out there. I suppose Coughlin is still around, too, but I don’t know if he’s quite as respectable.

I have to wonder how hard it is to change a team for the better in 2-3 years.

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Jan 27, 2011 9:58 PM CST reply actions

Andy Reid is now the coach with the longest tenure with one team.

He has been with the Eagles for 12 years.

Fisher did a very solid job for Tennessee for a long time, so his leaving was a surprise. Still, it began to sound like he was burned out with the Titans with all the problems with Young. I’m guessing he was ready to move on. He’ll probably be a TV analyst next year, then get back into coaching somewhere.

by andyhawk on Jan 27, 2011 10:08 PM CST up reply actions

Ah, yep

I had Reid on my radar too, and then my brain went barrelling on.

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Jan 27, 2011 10:28 PM CST up reply actions

Wow!

What a time to do it! All the HC spots are already filled, and the best candidate that was taken off the table is now available.

"When they should be throwing to the cutoff man, they are reading Men's Health for ab workout tips. When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating."

"God I'm excited for those two to fail miserably." - SBNation writer Andrew Sharp on Josh McDaniels and Tim Tebow.

by Tempestuous Binary on Jan 28, 2011 2:18 AM CST reply actions

Jeff Fisher or Vince Young

And you go with Young?

Are you kidding me??

The Titans organization deserves everything it gets.

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

- John Wayne

by Tackle Box on Jan 28, 2011 7:43 AM CST reply actions

No

They let Young go, too. At least that’s what I’d heard.

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Jan 28, 2011 4:16 PM CST up reply actions

Wow....

this shows that Tennessee is as ruthless as Oakland. You have a coach that was the longest tenure of all coaches in the league, and you wait til all the coaching spots are filled to let him go???? No respect.

He’ll do fine, I wouldn’t be surprised if another coaching spot opens up just to get him (MIami?)… but Tennessee just showed how sad of an organization they really are.

by Rams Homer on Jan 28, 2011 9:04 AM CST reply actions