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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After nearly 17 full seasons as head coach of the Tennessee Titans, it's time for Jeff Fisher and the Titans to part ways. This doesn't have to be acrimonious and it doesn't have to drag on forever. But it needs to happen soon. How? Since Bud Adams still has Jeff Fisher under contract as his head coach through 2011, Adams needs to trade away his head coach for draft picks. Yep, pull a Jon Gruden. Fisher's a smart head coach, he has marketability in the NFL. Surely Adams and Fisher can agree upon a job and work out a deal that allows the Titans to be compensated for Fisher and part ways amicably with the longest-tenured head coach in the league. Fisher may well win a Super Bowl somewhere else. I doubt it, because I think the game has passed him by, but he may. What he won't do is win one with the Titans. He's had 17 seasons to make that happen and where does the franchise stand? In the wake of Thursday night's sixth consecutive defeat, a 30-28 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, the Titans are 5-8 and nowhere near a Super Bowl-caliber team.
Meanwhile Fisher hasn't won a playoff game since 2003 and his best chances to win a title came at the beginning of the decade. He's 141-115, after 17 seasons of coaching and has a winning percentage of 55 percent. That's not good enough to justify him a coaching job for life, but it's good enough to make him a marketable commodity.
It's time for player and coach to split ways.
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/12/09/its-time-for-jeff-fisher-and-the-tennessee-titans-to-part-ways/
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