Jeff Fisher is a good coach, a sound football executive and by all reports a great guy.
And he needs to part ways with the Tennessee Titans sooner rather than later. Fisher’s time elapsed Sunday in Kansas City, the end of his run an unfitting and unflattering mess.
For the good of the franchise and Fisher, the break must be soon after the season finale at Indy on Sunday. That, or the lasting images of his lengthy — and mostly successful — stay with franchise will be forever tarnsihed by the final stains of this failed run and the destruction that appears in line for the Titans in 2011.
There are two fundamental questions that must be addressed before making a coaching change.
If it’s a college program, there must be an overwhelming knowledge that there is a significantly better coach to be hired. And there must be a distinct likelihood of hiring that upgrade. If, say, Vandy wanted to run its coach or if Washington State had an opening, they best not be thinking they are going to sway a Saban, a Meyer or anyone from the high-dollared accounting firm of Stoops, Pelini and Stoops.