My Thoughts....

by gotitans27 on Dec 11, 2010 7:18 AM CST

Having been a fan of this franchise for most of my life I will say this isn't the lowest point I've seen this team, but it is pretty close. Anyway....here are several thoughts that I have:

1. It was nice to see them play with some heart and fire on Thursday. I think we just do not have a lot of talent on the roster. Sure there are good players, but there are good players on every NFL team. We just don't have the playmakers that it takes to be a great team.

2. Randy Moss- the playmaker comment leads me to him. Wow, not sure what the deal is. Everything seems that his effort and attitude are in the right place. I respect the way he has handled the situation. I'm sure there is some reason why he isn't seeing the field now, but I don't think it's any discipline. I think it must be he just isn't fitting our system, we will have three more weeks of him and then he will go far, far away.

3. Kenny Britt- I absolutely hated that he wore the VY towel the other night. C'mon, that's a slap in the face of your coach. Agree or disagree with the situation, agree or disagree with your coach, you just can't do something like that. He has to show some maturity. He has a world of talent...I hope he doesn't waste it.

4. Vince Young- I will respect the moratorium that's been put on this issue.

5. The Defense- I think this is a bad defense. I have thought this all year. Early on we were able to shut down the run, but the pass killed us. Now, we can't stop either. I think the d goes for the big play....trying to force a fumble or make the big hit instead of just making a tackle. For those of you that remember Chuck Cecil as a player, that was his M.O. He was very aggressive, often over aggressive. It's okay if one player is like that, but 11 doesn't work. I am so tired of the defensive penalties. It is ridiculous. An NFL team can't give away that many yards and expect to win. No matter what happens with the coaching staff in the offseason, Cecil has to go. It's time to replace Hope, Finnegan needs to learn to tackle, Tulloch needs to spend the offseason with the team. At least we have Verner and Jones.

6. The Offense- Okay, we don't have a QB, that is obvious. I hope both of our main QB's are off the roster next season. It's time to go a different direction. The line has been a disappointment. That was a strength last year, this season they have been full of mistakes. CJ finally looked like himself on Thursday. He ran hard, hit the holes, and looked really good. It was nice to see that player back. Our receivers aren't horrible and the tight ends are descent. We have a lot of room for improvement. And please, let Bo Scaife go. I actually like him, but did not like what he did over the Summer and he has proven he isn't worth the money.

7. Coach Fisher- I have held this one for last. I am a big time Fisher supporter. Always have. Always will be. I do think it's time he moves on though. LIke the QB situation, we need to go a different direction. I have no doubt that if he stays, it will get turned around in a couple of years....but I think people are tired of it having to get turned around. He has lost them somewhere....Eddie George, Steve McNair, Frank Wycheck, Blaine Bishop, etc... they aren't walking through that door to play anymore. They bought in to Fisher's philosophy and style. It's obvious that a lot of the current players haven't. I laugh when I read about the poor playoff record. I don't think there is a single postseason loss that can't be justified. We were rolling against the Ravens two years ago before CJ got hurt. Those things happen. Sure I wish he had gone for it on 4th and 1 the other night. But I don't see that in any way as him quitting. I think he played the percentages (not that I agreed) and gave the defense a chance to stop them. It was the wrong choice, but I'm sure it eats at him a lot more than it does any of us. I was more upset that he didn't kick the FG once we got inside the 35 at the end of the game. I was yelling that 3 plays before the announcers were. We have a great kicker, let him put one through and give yourself a chance to win. There was still 45 seconds or so left.

8. Rest of the Season- I can never sit and hope we lose a game, it's just not in me. However....losing out will get us a better draft pick and an easier schedule next year. Had we not scored a late TD against Seattle last year in week 17, we would have played Cleveland and Buffalo instead of Denver and Miami this year and would have probably had the 10th pick in the draft. Again, you can't hope for that as a fan....but it will make the beat down we get a little more bearable.

9. It will be a very interesting offseaon, I'm glad I have this site to go and keep up on the action. Keep up the good work everyone!

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Who knows the reason behind KB's #10 towel incident?

Maybe he was just trying to show some support in a “keep your head up” way…maybe he was trying to show support in a “we’re behind you” way.

All I know is that based on some of the actions, comments, and now this incident of the past few weeks, I don’t think the locker room is 100% behind Jeff Fisher. They may not have “quit” on him like the Vikings did with Childress or the Cowboys did with Phillips, but there are probably some players that weren’t happy with how Fisher has handled the QB situation over the recent future as well as probably some other issues, such as CJ’s run play calling, use of Randy Moss, etc. I have a feeling that once Fisher leaves then we may hear more from some of the players.

And, I am tired of “justifying” Jeff Fisher’s playoff losses and poor seasons…good coaches shouldn’t need to have their losses “justified”. Period.

by shawneriksmith on Dec 11, 2010 8:48 AM CST reply actions

I think that the locker room

is 50% AT The most w/ fisher, possibly less.
I’m just syaing that KB supports his fellow teammate, friend, and QB Mr. Steak House

Hey Look, a One line Signature.

by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Dec 11, 2010 3:50 PM CST up reply actions

Kenny Britt showed his idiocy in wearing the VY towel.

Just a pure, dumb move. I can’t even begin to speculate on why he wore it, all the reasons are terrible.

"I didn’t say other people. What do you expect from me, effort-wise?"

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 11, 2010 12:40 PM CST reply actions

I like that you pointed out the players we had

Like McNAir, Bishop, Goerge, etc. You can say what you want about the value of coaching, but you have to have the players. Fisher had me shaking my head sometimes recently, but this team lacks good players at certain positions. Some of that is on Fisher for sure, but still. In the Ravens game, Lendale fumbles in the red zone, Bironas misses a very makeable field goal, Crumpler fumbles inside the 5. Otherwise the Titans outplayed them. You can’t put that on the coach. Many other examples. You don’t have to justify losses for great coaches, but they are known as great coaches at least in part because their players made the plays that the team needed.

AJS

by CalTitan on Dec 11, 2010 3:05 PM CST reply actions

If Fisher is not fired...

Which to me is a real possibility, then I think Cecil does have to go. He has mostly run the same system as Schwartz, but either the players don’t respond or don’t get what he’s doing. His gameplans have frankly left much to be desired (example: falling for Peyton Manning’s run fakes against the 32 rush defense) and I think this team needs an outside perspective on the defense. I think it was a poor choice to go to Cecil off the 13-3 year because you didn’t need someone learning on the job with a team that should have been winning now. Things went wrong, injuries happened and the D-collapsed.

However, not only does Cecil seem to be a poor teacher, but he’s also embarrassed this organization with his middle finger antics and if I remember correctly he earned a penalty last year for screaming at an official.

by asbestos_man on Dec 11, 2010 4:03 PM CST reply actions

I agree about Cecil

If Fisher ends up staying for some reason (Don’t see any scenario that he would) then I think Cecil has to go. He has shown nothing in his ability to coach our defense. Last year and this year our defense hasn’t lived up to expectations. Early in the year it was a bend but don’t break defense. We could live with that because we were getting turnovers. I honestly don’t think this team as a whole is very talented or deep. I think the first half of the season was fools gold.

by TitansFan4life on Dec 12, 2010 9:19 PM CST up reply actions