Jeff Fisher's Monday Press Conference

Oh, and he’s leading ALL THE TITANS RECEIVERS. So clearly he doesn’t need more work.
He comes off like he’s just pissed that he has to even answer questions.

That first comment is absolutely infuriating. How do you win a game when you’re injured?

Hey, Fish. I’ve got some news for you. KERRY HASN’T WON A GAME AT THIS POINT. And, he’s played a full game. 4 of them in fact.

This is just plain arrogance

upper management’s been asking him the same thing for the past 24 hours that the media asked him today? Right or wrong, Fisher’s been in the NFL long enough to make his own personnel decisions, and won’t let peer pressure change his mind.

If Collins throws a couple picks and gets sacked 5 times Sunday night, that might change his mind, though…

I apologize to whomever it was I blasted for being “rash” in calling for Fisher’s ouster a couple of weeks ago. I don’t know a lot of people here yet, so I don’t know who you were; but, I’m sorry.

With this press conference – blaming injuries now, sticking with a 37-year-old QB at 0-4, and the lame excuse as to why Kerry Collins is starting indefinitely………………………………Let me tell you, the moment Kerry Collins takes that first snap against Indianapolis, I’m officially on board with the “Fire Fisher” folks. As far as I’m concerned, that’s the moment you know that (along with the playing of Collins for every snap this past week) it’s time to go in a new direction.

Enough is enough! I’m tired of going down with Captain Ahab. Let’s get a new captain – preferrably one with enough of a sense of humility to recognize that he’s not perfect, so that by recognizing it, he can become a better coach along the way. Jeff Fisher is the same coach he was 16 years ago – and it’s no longer quaint.

16 years of coaching, and we’re hearing lame excuses now: “we were just an onside kick away…” “We’d hadn’t won a game with Vince yet at that point….” “understand that we have had injuries!…”

As of that first Collins snap this Sunday night, I’m ready for a new Head Coach – someone with a sense of urgency, and someone who does not feel their job is completely secure. Most of all, someone who understands the importance of having a franchise QB to be a consistent contender in the modern-day NFL.

Let Fisher go elsewhere at that point, and trade him Collins for some Draft picks.

I don’t care who hates me for it — when Collins takes that first snap, I’m 100% in the “Fire Jeff Fisher” crowd.

I think the more he feels pressured to bench Collins, the more he’s going to dig in his heels and stick with Kerry. He doesn’t want anybody else telling him what to do. Wouldn’t you love to listen in on the conversations between Jeff and Bud?

what if Kerry Collins torches Indy’s defense on sunday night, the defense steps up and plays solid..and the Titans actually beat the Colts. Yeah i know, it’s not going to happen right? Because there isn’t anything he’s shown thus far that he can do that right? I’m not giving up on Kerry Collins, very simply because he is our best chance to win, I understand why all of you want to put Vince in, but I don’t see him being a better option than Collins.

Andre or Jason Smith aren’t. That means Eugene is a good left tackle. The fact that he got his QB killed in the first three games doesn’t matter. He played and the others didn’t. Simple logic.

as a fan I’m not happy about the recent turn into the abyss

however I will not sit here and call it quits on Fisher.

Glass houses people…..don’t be so ready to hurl your stones

the greater the struggle the greater the triumph

I hope they get it turned around that’s all I will say.

The caller on 1045 said today quote “I’m sick of fisher” “I call him Moses fisher…he can see the promised land but he ain’t gonna get you there”

However, he’s also been in his job—a very demanding job—for going on 15 years. At this point, I think it has taken its toll. The man looks tired. His whole team looks tired, and I think they’re getting it from him. “What’s different this year?” you ask. Fisher’s different. He just doesn’t quite have the fire he has had in years past. The collapse last season took it out of him, IMHO.

Fisher has been a great coach. But he’s really had to carry this team at times the past few years. I mean, look, it has been a while since he’s had Eddie George and Steve McNair out there to help him rally the troops. Like it or not Bullock and K. Mawae can’t seem to bring even close to that level of enthusiasm.

Really, I think Fisher’s been out there trying to basically do it all ever since Jim Schwartz left, and he’s just not getting it done. Because he can’t. No one can. And the effort has left him exhausted and out-of-sorts, and it’s having an effect on the way the team plays. And, of course, having an over-the-hill QB, a slow D-Line, and a sickly secondary isn’t helping at all.

when you watch a person you love and respect be so blind to the obvious.

This hurts.

for what they failed to do this offseason. but right now, there is absolutely nothing he can do for the next few weeks. our defense is in shambles and we are going to be 0-6. might as well just get used to the idea.

i think if you really stop and think about it, firing fisher is an absolutely insane idea. both coordinators need to go, for sure, but if we fire fisher, we will head into the CBA negotiations and possible turmoil involved there with an owner in failing health, mike rheinfeldt, and a roster with a lot of holes at key positions. stop and consider that losing fisher could also mean losing guys loyal to him like washburn and munchak. what about that sounds attractive?

fisher gambled that if he kept enough things the same from last year we could compete again, and that gamble went bust. but stop and remember why we got bounced in the first round of the playoffs last year: coaches don’t fumble or take cheap shots on CJ’s ankle. he put together a superbowl caliber team last year and certain players blew it when it mattered most.

we need new blood on offense and defense, that’s for sure. but starting back at zero by firing fisher is a horrible idea. if you want to fire fisher just because of him not throwing kerry under the bus and starting vince…well there’s probably no reasoning with you anyway. rest assured that’s a really stupid reason.

1. You cannot seperate the off-season performance from the in-season performance. They are the same thing. And, bottom line, this team went to war without any reasonable plan in the Return Game. Which is a problem we have seen before around here. Only this time, it cost us at least one game and maybe two. There were other problems, most noteably in drinking their own Kool-Aid all off-season, but I’ll stick with the Special Teams for simplicity.

2. You assume there is no one else who could POSSIBLY shephard the team through a rebuilding process. Meanwhile, there are several first-time coaches doing just that, mostly in the AFC. And, oh by the way, there are also a handful of experienced, successful coaches sitting on the sidelines right now as I type this.

3. You assume that a) Fisher is still capable of leading this team, and more importantly b) if he WEREN’T capable, he’d know it. a) may be incorrect. b) certainly is.

Look, between the playoff loss, Steve McNair’s death, and just 15 years of long days and late nights, the guy has a right to be a litle burnt. That doesn’t mean that we have to let him take the ship down as he sinks.

Vince basically started the titans 1-0 last year, so Fisher is wrong. He was injured in the fourth quarter against the Jags, a game that the titans were winning up until that point.

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