Jeff Fisher comments on interest in the UT job

#601
#601
GVF said:
Kinda sounds like what Pruitt would only have to do. As a first time A-personality HC, he has not done well delegating. Or, hasn't adequately claimed the reigns of his territory and demanded the freedom to do that. Either he tried to control too much, which is ironic considering his mentor is the master delegator. Or, he was restricted and handled.
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I think he to controlling and setting his way which are ways that are out of date and obsolete. When you look at how Tennessee plays he just coaches the same way with the same players good or bad like all of a sudden it's just going to change when it's not.
 
#603
#603
Despite the constant 8-8 seasons, the feeling the underachieved in a few seasons, and the bizaare breakdowns in playoff games and the Super Bowl, Fisher overall was a very good coach who was highly respected around the league in his prime, and had success with 2 different rosters at Tennessee. If we end up on NCAA probation and Pruitt is fired, he would be a name to consider. He has had experience leading teams through location changes (Houston to Memphis to Vanderbilt to Nashville and St. Louis to Los Angeles), which is challenging, so he may be able to handle getting a team to be competitive during sanctions.

IMHO the McNair/George Titan teams were 1 or 2 receivers away from a championship. Besides Mason (maybe Drew Bennett?), Wycheck, and George out of the backfield, McNair nor his "successors" never had many weapons to choose from at WR. It wasn't for lack of trying: the Titans swung and missed on the iconic Kevin Dyson and Tyrone Calico in drafts, Yancey Thigpen and Carl Pickens in free agency, and when they claimed Randy Moss off waivers, they barely used him. Of course, when you have a bruiser like Eddie George plus special teams and defenses that could pin teams deep into their own territory and flip the field (how many of the Titans scoring drives were 50-65 yards?), maybe they thought they didn't need big-play receivers!

And could the Buddy Ryan 46 defense be adapted to the college game? That's what Fisher is familiar with and would probably try to shoehorn it in.

And a question about Gruden: Given his Raider and Buc teams were loaded with experienced veterans, how many young players did Gruden actually develop?
 
#605
#605
Husband says I’m crazy but hire Jeff Fisher. Year to year contract on accomplishing a winning season.
 
#610
#610
I don't think so. Then again, we're not likely to have a bevy of top coaches knocking down the door to coach here.
 
#620
#620
We'd always have a good field goal kicker. He'd get killed in today's SEC. That conservative BS is what got Fulmer fired.
 
#621
#621
I honestly would be on board with Fisher being hired...It wouldn't take him long to learn the recruiting stuff...Just surround him with good recruiters and he would do just fine...He's a good coach!...Not sure why people are so down on him...The NFL is a tough place to win and he did a lot of it...did some losing too but that comes with the territory....He won a NC with USC and a super bowl...almost won a super bowl as coach.
 
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