Fisherball, Chow, etc.

you know what, i have seen the error of my ways.

it's jeff fisher's fault cortland finnegan doesn't know how to play a cover three defense.

it's jeff fisher's fault chris brown dives for the goal line from the ten and fumbles.

it's jeff fisher's fault justin gage drops two balls in a row.

thank you for steering me in the right direction, fellas.

 

Because Marty couldn't win a playoff game.
You expressed awe that the Titans made the playoffs yet some people were calling for Fisher's head.
I merely gave an example of a coach who made the playoffs but got fired. It happens.

 

Fisher has taken teams from scratch into the playoffs twice now. The progression is consistent. And it's very acceptable to make progress. I don't see where the problem is. The only downturn in his career was the 2001 season, where it appears we were tranisitioning the offense into a pass oriented offense, and 2004, where we underachieved.

2005 - We blew up the team.

I only see 2 bad seasons myself. The rest seem like your normal progression from rebuild to contender.

Not winning the superbowl seems irrelevant to me since there was only one season, 2001, where we really underachieved. I always felt we overachieved, rather than under. When we lost to the Ravens we came out with right gameplan, but the Ravens simply overpowered us in the end. And Fisher adjusted, we beat the ravens a few years later.

 

oh he has, for probably a two or three year stretch. but you know what, we always lose to the team that wins the super bowl.

in 99 we lost to the rams.
in 00 we lost to the ravens.
in 02 we lost to the raiders(made the super bowl)
in 03 we lost to the pats.

and frankly, we've been a matter of plays from winning multiple super bowls.

obviously coming one yard short in the super bowl. then the blocked FGs against the ravens. jon simon fumbling in the afc championship game against the raiders before halftime killed us. drew bennett dropping the fourth down pass against the pats.

you hear teams all the time say "to win a super bowl you have to be good and a little lucky" we've been pretty unlucky when it comes to the ball bouncing our way. just look at finnegan's sack on rivers today. if we recover that fumble the whole game might be different, we just didn't get the bounce.

 

Let's consider those seasons.

Three of those were during a salary cap purge. Three others (All 8-8 seasons) were while the franchise was moving city to city trying to find a place to play.

That takes care of six of the eight. One of the others he took over the team on an interim basis and went 1-5. And the only other season (7-9) was his first full season as a Head Coach.

And this is a coach you want fired!!

Get real.

 

yep and his general manager, scouting department and owner have had no part in that whatsoever.

 

DING DING DING

 

:ha:

does the store manager tell the franchise owner to kiss off? not if he wants his job.