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  • Titans cut ties with Jeff Fisher



    Updated Jan 27, 2011 7:37 PM ET

    Jeff Fisher is out as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans, the team announced Thursday on Twitter. But the NFL’s longest-tenured head coach will leave the franchise with a pricey parting gift, FOXSports.com has learned.

    NFL sources said Fisher will receive $8 million as part of his settlement to walk away from the Titans after 16 full seasons — the majority of what was due in the final year of his contract. Fisher was to receive $5.6 million in salary for 2011 with a $4 million bonus. The move is expected to be announced as a mutual parting of ways.

    The Titans said a news conference will be held either later Thursday night or Friday to discuss the Titans' first coaching change since the franchise relocated to Tennessee from Houston in 1997.

    A team spokesman did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press. Fisher did not answer a message left on his cell, and his agent also did not respond to messages from the AP.

    According to NFL sources, the decision to walk away from Tennessee was in Fisher’s best interest — allowing him to avoid a 2011 season as a lame duck coach without the full support of ownership.

    Fisher, 52, was high on the wish lists of both the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos, two franchises that desperately wanted a high-profile head coach to salvage their team’s fortunes. Instead, he chose to remain with the Titans despite the tumultuous situation that developed throughout the 2010 season because of an ongoing rift between the head coach and volatile quarterback Vince Young.

    Fisher had been with Houston/Tennessee franchise owned by Bud Adams after being named interim head coach late in the 1994 season. On Jan. 7, days after Tennessee finished 6-10 — the Titans’ worst record since 2005 — Adams announced he would retain Fisher for a 17th season and that Young’s days as a Titan were over.

    Now, it would not be surprising to see Adams move to retain Young as quickly as possible.

    Despite the announcement that Fisher would return in 2011, there was league-wide speculation that the wedge that had been driven between Adams, Young — his prized fifth-year quarterback from his hometown of Houston — and Fisher was irreparable.

    Fisher also didn't help himself when he fired his defensive coordinator Chuck Cecil a week ago after giving him a contract for the 2011 season.

    Fisher has coached more NFL games for one franchise than all but six Hall of Famers: George Halas, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Curly Lambeau and Bud Grant. He ranks third among active coaches in career wins with a record of 147-126, behind only Bill Belichick (176) and Mike Shanahan (160), and he is 20th all-time in coaching victories.

    Adams promoted Fisher from defensive coordinator to interim coach with six games left in the 1994 season after firing Jack Pardee. Adams removed the interim tag after that season and has stayed with Fisher longer than any other coach with the franchise the billionaire founded.

    Fisher oversaw the team's relocation from Houston in which the Oilers played in four stadiums between 1996 and 1999 before moving into their current home.

    Since 1999, Tennessee ranks seventh in the NFL in winning percentage with a 110-82 record. The Titans also are tied for fourth with six playoff seasons since 1999, though a second straight miss this past season will drop the team down that list.

    But the Titans haven't won a playoff game since beating Baltimore in a 2004 wild-card matchup. Tennessee lost a wild-card game in San Diego in 2007 and wasted the AFC's top seed in 2008.

    — The Associated Press contributed to this report.

  • #2
    Well sure as hell didn't see that coming. Wonder where he will end up.

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    • #3
      He'll probably do the TV thing for a couple of years.

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      • #4
        I wish this would have happened 3 weeks ago so he could have come to Dallas.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Venom View Post
          I wish this would have happened 3 weeks ago so he could have come to Dallas.
          As what? Jerry's next Head Coach was picked, long before he ever fired Wade. Fisher being on the market wouldn't have changed a single thing.
          Originally posted by BradM
          But, just like condoms and women's rights, I don't believe in them.
          Originally posted by Leah
          In other news: Brent's meat melts in your mouth.

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          • #6
            Damn, I hate being right all the time!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Vertnut View Post
              Damn, I hate being right all the time!
              I wonder what happened, to cause this. Adams moved to keep Fisher, and shed Young. I figured the decision had been made at that point.
              Originally posted by BradM
              But, just like condoms and women's rights, I don't believe in them.
              Originally posted by Leah
              In other news: Brent's meat melts in your mouth.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by bcoop View Post
                I wonder what happened, to cause this. Adams moved to keep Fisher, and shed Young. I figured the decision had been made at that point.
                I have no idea, but Adams didn't show much confidence by making Fisher get rid of staff. It just didn't add up. At least Fisher got some "love money" out of him.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Vertnut View Post
                  I have no idea, but Adams didn't show much confidence by making Fisher get rid of staff. It just didn't add up. At least Fisher got some "love money" out of him.
                  Eh, I think making him shed some staff was a move that needed to be made. They had fallen in to comfort zones, maybe become a little complacent. Their defense was top 10 in most yards allowed this past season. Something needed to happen.
                  Originally posted by BradM
                  But, just like condoms and women's rights, I don't believe in them.
                  Originally posted by Leah
                  In other news: Brent's meat melts in your mouth.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by bcoop View Post
                    Eh, I think making him shed some staff was a move that needed to be made. They had fallen in to comfort zones, maybe become a little complacent. Their defense was top 10 in most yards allowed this past season. Something needed to happen.
                    If he was getting rid of Fisher, why bother with the staff issues? I'm thinking Fisher flinched on the slap by Adams, and Adams pulled the trigger. Fisher's record did not put him in a powerful bargaining position.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Vertnut View Post
                      Fisher's record did not put him in a powerful bargaining position.
                      W-L record? It's not a shabby record, really. Third best in active coaches.

                      Since 1999, Tennessee ranks seventh in the NFL in winning percentage with a 110-82 record. The Titans also are tied for fourth with six playoff seasons since 1999, though a second straight miss this past season will drop the team down that list.

                      He ranks third among active coaches in career wins with a record of 147-126, behind only Bill Belichick (176) and Mike Shanahan (160), and he is 20th all-time in coaching victories.

                      Originally posted by BradM
                      But, just like condoms and women's rights, I don't believe in them.
                      Originally posted by Leah
                      In other news: Brent's meat melts in your mouth.

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                      • #12
                        8-8 last year, and 6-10 this year. It's not about what you've done, but what have you done lately. Sad but true.

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                        • #13
                          It ran across the bottom on ESPN last night that Fisher wanted his son on the staff and Bud Adams does not let family members work together.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by BERT View Post
                            It ran across the bottom on ESPN last night that Fisher wanted his son on the staff and Bud Adams does not let family members work together.
                            Makes sense to me. Nepotism can be a bitch.

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                            • #15
                              didnt see this coming, expecially after they released Vince Young.
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