MCM Coach Approval Rating: Jeff Fisher

What would it take for the head coach of a football team to step in and say, “I’m calling the plays from now on”?

Is that a FO decision, or does Fisher have the power to take the clipboard from ’Dinger and/or Cecil?

When you’re most creative play call is a fake punt using the back up punter in the Hall of Fame game, that should tell you something.

I like Fisher and I hope he gets things turned around.

My complaint is that he has a tendency to let things get worse before he tries to make them better.

because of his handling of the problems on Special Teams. That’s the only situation I personally know he has directly fucked up.

As for VY vs. KC, I will see how it plays out before I condemn him.

I, for some reason beyond me, I STILL BELIEVE IN THIS TEAM! Maybe it is because I have been a fan since 1978 with the Oilers. Maybe it is because I live in Indiana around Colts fans who act like every lose means change everything. I have heard trade Manning after every playoff lose. All I am saying is lets see how this plays out. Part of me says it is time for Fisher to move on. Another part is saying let it play out they may turn it around and be in the playoffs who knows. GO TITANS!!!!!!

Let’s hope his rating doesn’t sink as low as Bush!

And Special Teams is at the top of the list.

Firstly, letting Chris Carr walk last year was ludicrous. His production in the return game was outstanding. I know, I know, Carr wanted starting time at DB. Well we should have given that little prick the same empty promise that the Ravens did because Carr is currently backing up Dominique Foxworth at LCB while we’re standing there hands empty saying “Aw shucks, golly gee that’s unfortunate we lost him for no apparent reason.”

Deciding to go with no experienced or proven return man has already cost us at least one game this year. We all know how that ended.

Letting Eric King walk… Stupid! This team lacks depth at CB. That guy is a decent player who knows our system and FO should have had the presence of mind to realize that Harper and Finnegan are not always going to be healthy. Jimmy Schwartz wasted no time in picking King up (granted he’s riding the pine but still, better than a rookie).

Hiring Chuck Cecil… Chuck Cecil does not impress in a press conference. He just doesn’t seem very smart. Is this what is being reflected in the team’s defensive play? Perhaps. Gregg Williams on the other hand was available in the off-season… a known commodity who had already done a tour here (SB run no less), and is currently ripping up the league with a less-than-stellar personnel in New Orleans.

Letting the players have an easy schedule in training camp. Giving them extra days off. What? Are you freaking kidding me? Fisher should know better, you can’t take your foot off the gas pedal in this league.

All in all, Fisher made some very poor judgment calls this year. Pretty hard to approve of what he’s done.

I voted approve. Everyone has those bad streaks, look at letterman right now. And reading on letting ppl go how do we know that was a Fisher move and not a FO move saying ya were not paying that guy that much.

Also next poll should be which will be higher at the end of the season, KC QB rating or age

The coach(es) do not put the team in position to win ball games, and the fish stinks from the head.

I’m just not ready to throw him under the bus yet. The first 3 games were so close they could have gone either way. You can argue they shouldn’t have been that close, but what’s done is done. I think the poor showing against JAX may be what the team really needs to get its act together. Not going to knee-jerk at one game that really got away from us.

That being said, if we make it to the bye week without a win, there better be some changes made for when we come back. Otherwise, what’s the point?

I am not in favor of a mid-season change at Head Coach. That would be both suicidal and totally unnecessary. We have what we have in ’09.

That said, I do not believe that this team can win even 4 games this season, and in fact, I think we’re probably going to go 2-14.

And after that, people, YES IT WILL be time for a change.

After all of this time, it’s time to move on.

Let someone else give this a shot for a while – it’s time for a change of Head Coach.

It’s time.

He’s built enough good will with me over the years to get my benefit of the doubt. I also dont believe all is lost this year. If there’s one thing I know to be true about the NFL is it aint how you drive, its how you arrive. Get hot at the end of the season and thats all that matters. and it works the other way too as we all know from last season. I still think Fish has a few tricks up his sleeve. And if we beat the colts this week, and we usually play them well, we might be whistling a different tune. The line between hero and goat in this league is as thin as a dollar bill.

He got us to the Super Bowl….. once….10 years ago. How much longer will he be given a chance, when is enough, enough. And….who would we get to replace him Gruden, his buddy Shanahan, Holmgren, dare I even suggest Cowher…that would be weird…

Four losses aren’t nearly enough to undo all the good Fisher has done over the years. Every team and coach has their ups and downs. I think you’ve got to give him to the end of the season, no matter how it goes – even 0-16.

I generally approve a Jeff Fisher football. I think it’s a strategy built for consisent winning. It works and will work again. What I see this year is not Jeff Fisher football.

He is not the one doing the awful defensive play calling. He hired Cecil and that’s on him. But I don’t think anybody could have predicted he would be this bad. If he retains Cecil for next season, I would have to reconsider my vote.

But, with that stated, all eyes are on Fish the rest of the year.

But it’s only week 5. Let’s do it again at the end of the season.

Are insane.

imply “want him fired”?

cuz im by no means pleased with the way this season has worked out, but i think talking about firing him is typical knee jerk fan bullshit and is in no way based in reality, logic, or good sense.

we’re not playing fisherball with fisher as our head coach? it seems like we built this offense around fisherball, so why don’t we play fisherball, or get players that thrive in whatever the crap we’re playing right now.

this is the worst.

Regardless of his success in the past, I have never liked his style of play tough defense, conservative offense, and win with a FG with 0:03 seconds on the clock.

This scenario works great in a perfect world. But football is not played in a perfect world…penalties, tipped balls for interceptions, a busted coverage, block FGs that go the other way for touchdowns, fumbles inside the red zone, etc.

Much prefer to have a coach whose philosophy is to open up the offense and blitz like crazy on defense.

As one person said you can’t really undo all the good he’s done here…

But an approve or disapprove on this season? Anyone that would approve at this point is lost… You can not approve him this season based on some of his decisions that have cost us an 0-4 record… Watch our Special teams much? He literally just wasted a whole half of valuable experience for our soon to be starting QB…

I mean seriously how can you blame someone like Cecil and not point in the direction of the person that gave him the job?

……At least let Vince start one game. Then again, pride is setting in and Fisher realizes re-signing Collins was a mistake. He’s afraid to admit that. Everybody was saying that Vince would be cut after preseason and Ramsey would be the #2, well guess whos backing the Choker. Defenses were keying on Smash & Dash in the preseason and the Titans coaching staff didn’t make any adjustments. Fisher says: “Kerry gives us the best chance to win”. Wrong, Kerry gives us TWO chances to win: Slim & None. And our friend Slim just cut from the practice squad!