The Titans announced today some surprising news:
"The Tennessee #Titans and Jeff Fisher have agreed to part ways and Fisher will no longer be the head coach of the team."
I love the fact that they hash tagged themselves when they made the announcement… don’t you? A sign of the times, indeed.
PFT has an update to the story as well:
"According to Darren McFarland of TitanInsider.com, G.M. Mike Reinfeldt initially approved the move. Owner Bud Adams reportedly intervened, prohibiting the hiring of Brandon Fisher as part of his general philosophy against hiring family members.Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean, after initially sharing a quote from Fisher that the suggestion that efforts to hire his son triggered the firing are “bogus,” reported via Twitter that the effort to hire Brandon Fisher was a “point of contention,” and but that it was “just a part of the decision” to part ways."
It may be a huge point of contention — as was the 59-0 blowout last year against the Patriots. But lots of teams make the Father/Son dynamic work in the NFL… seems like it’s something that could have been overlooked if Fisher had a better winning percentage of late. Was it the straw that broke the camel’s back? Sounds like a definite possibility.