Question for the Fisher supporters

TL;DR at Bottom

1st let me preface this simple post by saying that I'm not looking to get into a ad hom match, so please leave it at the door. Thank you in advance.

Onto the OP.

There has been a lot of debate regarding Fishers tenure here. A lot of good reasons for and against the keeping/releasing of Jeff.

But after seeing what some of the Fisher supporters have in defense, I've come to the conclusion that I believe they are afraid of change. If that isn't the cause and you support keeping Fisher, then my apologies and please elaborate!

Anyway, I'd like to know why change at the HC position is such a bad thing to you?

Fisher has been here for 17 years with zero rings. He's had nearly 2 decades to bring us a ring.

What does this organization have to show for it?

4 seasons with a less than 8-8 record.
5 seasons with an 8-8 record.
6 seasons with a record better than 8-8.

Coincidently every year we've had a better than 8-8 record we've been to the playoffs.

I don't know about most people but I don't consider an 8-8 record a winning record. So that's 9 years of losing teams. IMO. And at the rate of this seasons decline, 8-8 isn't even fathomable, so it'll be 10 years of losing teams under his tenure.

I want to add that I don't think Fisher is the worst coach to ever coach in the NFL, far from it. But he certainly isn't worth putting all our eggs in his basket either. Just an average at best NFL HC.

Is there a chance that we end up with the next HC bust? Sure, but if we don't take that chance we'll never know. If the next guy doesn't work out, then we move on to the next until we find our own Mike Tomlin, Bill Belichick, Tony Dungy, etc.

There is also the chance that we get a new HC and he uses this teams talent to their full potential and we become the '07 Patriots minus the Super Bowl loss.

One argument that is being tossed around too much is that the coaches aren't the ones not making plays. While that is very much true, it is the coaches job to motivate the players to make plays and if they can't perform to standard then insert the next guy that is hungry and wants to be on the field.

If the coaches fail at both motivating the current players and finding better talent, then it's on them, not the players. Even with as vanilla as our offense is at times, given the proper personnel, Fisherball could still work. We just don't have the players for it and Jeff should adjust, not vice versa. CJ isn't going to add 30 lbs of muscle and become Eddie George.

Sorry for that giant Wall O' Text!

You're thoughts please?

TL;DR: Why are Fisher supporters afraid of change?

 

Very true.

Your post prompted me to look up the winningest coaches of all time. The top 20 all have a 60% or better with Lombardi having the highest at 74%. Jeff has a 55% winning percentage.

As you said, semantics aside, if he'd adjust to todays NFL and instead of trying to bend it to his will, I'd have no problem with him remaining the head coach of the Titans.

 

Thanks, but I'm sure there are others here that know much more than I do. A quick Google search will do wonders for ones football knowledge. lol

 

Very good point.

Perhaps I should say that it's the coaches job to keep the players motivated.

Even I get complacent in my job from time to time. Imagine being a millionaire, after their rookie contract, they've probably made more money than the average American will in their life time. I'd imagine they get complacent too.

 

Thanks! I find being logical and rational much easier and makes debate more enjoyable for all than does being emotional and irrational.

Precisely how I feel for the most part! You don't get to be called the HEAD coach without getting some of if not the most blame for a bad team.

Aside from his overall winning percentage, excluding this year and '94, the Titans have only had a winning team 40% of the time. Now that we're guaranteed no better than 8-8 this year, that number will drop to 37.5%.

While CJ is still having a good year by most standards, it's hard to believe he is a year removed from being a 2000 yard rusher with some of his numbers this year. Fisher should have realized that teams are going to be keying on the run due to this and find another way to get him the ball. Alas, that hasn't happened and probably won't under Fisher.

With the current state of this team, I'd imagine we're going to be in a rebuilding period anyway. Might as well use the next couple of down years to implement a new coaches game plan and personnel. Otherwise we'd be looking at the same 8-8 team for the next few years until Bud passes or Jeff just retires.