Jeff Fisher: No Decision Until Tuesday Or Wednesday

by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 9, 2012 6:50 AM CST in St. Louis Rams Hire Jeff Fisher

Jeff Fisher came to St. Louis on Sunday and left after spending about four hours visiting with the St. Louis Rams. He even took some time to visit with Sam Bradford. The only question left to answer is whether or not he'll return to St. Louis on a more permanent basis. Or will he choose Miami?

Fisher's visit reportedly went very well. He liked what the Rams have to offer according to a report in the Post-Dispatch. That includes the nucleus of players here, an owner willing to build a winner, the team structure and the chance to hire whatever assistants he wants at whatever costs. He's said to want to reunite with Gregg Williams, the current New Orleans DC, and Dave McGinnis, the current linebackers coach in Tennessee.

The one hang up is a question about the team's future beyond 2014, when the lease on the Ed Jones Domes reaches an out clause that could allow the team to flee. Fisher reportedly does not want to go through the disruption of a move again like he did when the Oilers left Houston for Tennessee.

A decision is not expected from Fisher until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Another thing worth noting is that Miami has already started to look at other coaching candidates. The Rams interviewed Cardinals DC Ray Horton, and that's it.

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I do like how they're giving him the full court press, in terms of attention.

If he does decide on Miami that will speak volumes about the team’s intentions in the future, since that appears to be the only hang up.

If he does wind up choosing Miami, the list of candidates should exponentially grow. I’m glad Horton interviewed great, but I’d love to see Chudzinski be brought in as well.

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by FailureDrill on Jan 9, 2012 7:04 AM CST via Android app reply actions

Hope he's not waitin'

to see if the Falcons gig is an option. Rams luck and all.

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by johnniewarthawg on Jan 9, 2012 7:10 AM CST reply actions

He's made it pretty clear

that it’s between STL and MIA. Ramsluck should not factor in.*

Denotes that Ramsluck is always a factor.

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by FailureDrill on Jan 9, 2012 7:18 AM CST via Android app up reply actions

If it wasn't for bad luck

We’d have no luck at all.

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by johnniewarthawg on Jan 9, 2012 8:05 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

If He Says

no it looks like Sherman will not be available. Reports have him linked to Tampa with Childress being the OC which was kind of what I hoped we would have done. Tehn you could have hired Todd Bowles or a jack Del Rio as DC and been on our way. If Fisher goes to Miami we will end up with another OC / DC learning how to be a HC. I know guys want to take their time and all but I don’t know that he is all that to be holding us hostage. At least Miami has been pounding the pavement with other posibilities. All we did was interview to satisfy the Rooney rule because anyone who thinks Horton is a serious possibility is crazy.

by RWRAMS28 on Jan 9, 2012 7:20 AM CST reply actions

Cards fans apparently love him.

Personally I’m fine with Sherman going elsewhere. They (the FO) want Fisher so they give him their full attention. He’d be right to question their seriousness if they went after Sherman at the same time.

Past those two, coordinators is all you’ve got.

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by FailureDrill on Jan 9, 2012 7:28 AM CST via Android app up reply actions

I agree with the "OC /DC Learning how to be a coach"

I’m ready for an experienced guy

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by VTramsFan on Jan 9, 2012 7:40 AM CST up reply actions

It doesn't really matter as long as their good

Tomlin has been a HC for like 4 years and IMO is the best in the league

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 7:58 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

What

makes them good? I mean McD was a great mind in NE and considered a great prospect yet didn’t fair so well in Denver. It’s a roll of the dice. Tomlin didn’t exactly inherit a 2-14 team either. I agree he is a good HC. I would have him 4-5 in rankings but top 5 for sure. I am jsut saying it is a bit easier to learn on the job when you start with a good team. To me you can have damn near any OC / DC learn as a HC providing you have talent so your GM / Scouts are more important than anything. Not many guys can learn on the job with a 2-14 team.

by RWRAMS28 on Jan 9, 2012 8:08 AM CST up reply actions

I honestly like coaches who dont run their mouth

This is why belichick and tomlin are my top 2, they don’t run their mouths to then media, they just get it done.

Bradford + Blackmon = Secondaries Beware

by RG31 on Jan 9, 2012 8:16 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

I like some of what Rex Ryan does from a gameplan and adjustment side

But he is alienating the offense and trying to make people believe that Sanchez is a top 5 qb

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:19 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

I think it has more to do with there overall mindset than even their coordinating smarts

I look at a Gregg Willams, I think he would make a really good head coach cause of how he carries himself and how he adjusts his gameplans. Spags and McD just know offense and defense, but don’t seem to understand the nuances of being a HC

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:18 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

I follow

ya but still it wold be nice to have somone with a proven track record come in and try to turn around this squad. If it is a first timer as a HC I would hope they surround themselves will veteran coordinators to ease the growing pains. I just don’t see Ray Horton being the guy we need to right this sunken ship.

by RWRAMS28 on Jan 9, 2012 8:28 AM CST up reply actions

Oh I agree we need a guy like a Fisher with the experience

But I’m pointing out what you should look for in your C’s who you hire. Personally, Gregg Williams is the only one I’d seriously hire here, cause he’s been around long enough that he would have some of that veteran coach stuff we are talking about. I really want Fisher and Williams

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:32 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Agreed

I put McCarthy right up there as well. I also give Marivn Lewis some love because he has had to put up with a cheap owner and still gets alot out of his teams.

by RWRAMS28 on Jan 9, 2012 8:19 AM CST reply actions

Yeah

And Marvin handled Ocho better than a lot would have

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:21 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Not

to mention him and TO on the same team. Any coach that can handle that circus and not let it get out of control deserves some dap.

by RWRAMS28 on Jan 9, 2012 8:22 AM CST up reply actions

They were awful last year though

If I were him I’d go to another franchise

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:24 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

KSR

get him on the line and conference me in and we will get him here. LOL

by RWRAMS28 on Jan 9, 2012 8:29 AM CST up reply actions

No, not here

If I’m Marvin Lewis, I would leave if the Bengals regress next year. I’d go to the Eagles if I were him. Although, Idk now if I would ever want to stop coaching Dalton and Green when they are only 23. If they were to draft Richardson or Kirkpatrick, I’d be terrified of the Bengals more than anyone else

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:34 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Ol boy, Adam Schefter

seems to think that Fisher is leaning towards Miami now

by DCRamFan on Jan 9, 2012 8:41 AM CST reply actions

Doubt it's right

Even though I hold Schefty as the standard for NFL insiders, he is payed by ESPiN, meaning he is payed to talk about big markets

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:46 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

He didnt even really have a reason

….it was just kinda ‘he likes it in Miami’

by DCRamFan on Jan 9, 2012 8:49 AM CST up reply actions

Pretty ladies always in bikinis, no state tax, and as long as Lebron is there you can never be the most despised person living in your city?

Yeah, I like it there to

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:52 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Well no shit?

He likes it in Miami? Thanks, Schefty. Its almost like a vacation spot, eh?

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by FailureDrill on Jan 9, 2012 8:58 AM CST via Android app up reply actions

where did he say that?

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by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 9, 2012 8:56 AM CST up reply actions

schefter that is

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by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 9, 2012 8:56 AM CST up reply actions

just woke up, and turned on sportscenter

he said ‘sorry to ride the fence on this one,’ mentioned that many people think he could go to SL, but that he thinks he likes Miami…….with no real reasoning

by DCRamFan on Jan 9, 2012 8:57 AM CST up reply actions

I might be insane, but that really feels like they payed him to say that so they can talk Miami

Cause from previous experience, Schefter is usually better at confirming his sources than a lot of these idiots

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:59 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Ahh.

Sounds like a personal opinion, not a report.

I’m assuming Mike & Mike, since Cowherd starts his show right about now.

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by FailureDrill on Jan 9, 2012 9:00 AM CST via Android app up reply actions

My guess is either Mike & Mike or The Herd

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 8:58 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

let me see if I can rewind it

i’ll quote him

by DCRamFan on Jan 9, 2012 8:59 AM CST up reply actions

schefter

when asked about meeting with sam bradford and still being in the running, he said ‘the sense that I’m getting around the league, is that Miami has the slight advantage…..he feels a certain tie and connection to the Dolphins’

by DCRamFan on Jan 9, 2012 9:00 AM CST up reply actions

wow

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by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 9, 2012 9:01 AM CST up reply actions

don't know how much stock I'll put it in

but I don’t like bad news, so unfortunately, I want to know who’s providing that ‘sense’

by DCRamFan on Jan 9, 2012 9:02 AM CST up reply actions

Even though, as I've said, I put Schefter as the only guy I will believe on his own for breaking a story with ESPN

The fact that Mortensen, Clayton, and La Canfora all hold the exact opposite opinion, I just don’t buy it.

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 9:06 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

I hope you're all right!

I’d consider him going to Miami our first loss of the offseason

by DCRamFan on Jan 9, 2012 9:07 AM CST up reply actions

Actually our first loss

of the offseason looks as though it might be Brandon Lloyd. Seems like Ocho Cinco out and Lloyd in would be a huge upgrade in Foxboro.

I did mention when these early rumors started with Fisher that the prospective L.A. thing was my biggest fear on him signing with the Rams. I think supporters in this forum underestimate Kroenke’s big ties with AEG. However, despite those ties I sure feel like Miami is acting like they are moving on from JF with all their recent recruiting activities. With the Rams focused on JF and Miami recently reaching out for many other coaching candidates it sure looks like it’s heading in our direction.

KSR – Is Lebron really hated in Miami or simply hated everywhere “outside” of Miami?

by RamTeaPartier on Jan 9, 2012 11:10 AM CST reply actions

He's hated everywhere else

But still, with all the media and internet, he might as well be despised in Miami as well

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by King Sam Rules! on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

I don't like the whole decision thing

It sounds like if he is going to make it a big publicity stunt to punish a small market team. Sound familiar?

by 81 Witness on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 AM CST reply actions

when someone proclaimes themselves...

“THE KING” and THE CHOSEN ONE"? and tattoo’s them on his body? he was destined…to FAIL! fuck lebron!! or lequit I should say. he’s one arrogant motherF’er!!

by Mark Jaramillo on Jan 9, 2012 6:38 PM CST reply actions