[vincesanity82]

Both sides say it'll get done yet it hasn't.

Despite Titans COO Steve Underwood saying it was a priority months ago, Coach Jeff Fisher doesn't have a long-term contract in place. Is it time to begin wondering whether he will be the coach of the Tennessee Titans beyond next season?

"We have conversations with Jeff about it from time to time and we expect to have a favorable resolution," Underwood said back in a May 26 Tennessean article.

Yet here we are a month later, a full six months since the end of the season, with Fisher trout fishing in Montana and training camp opening in less than a month. They're not exactly burning the midnight oil over at Baptist Sports Park to get a deal done, are they?

[alex83]

i dont think they are working night and day on this contract i think that Fisher is to much of a cool, traditional, old school sorta coach. i think he would prefer to sit around in his living room with a glass of jack in his hand and discuss the contract negotiations like real men, rather than all this formal rubbish...obviously this is an over the top example but you see what i mean, i think Fisher would prefer to come in one day, review the contract and sign it or not...if not he would say i want this this and this and then leave and come back another day.

im confident the contract will get sorted and he will be the titans head coach next season, i think he has put to much into the team to leave now, i think he wants to see what this group of youngester can do and what coach in their right mind would give up the chance of coaching Vince Young for the rest of his career

i think if coach Fisher leave it will be a Humpty Dumpty situation...was he pushed or did he fall?...meaning was he forced to leave or did he do it himself, becuase the only way i can see him going is if he is made to go

[vincesanity82]

The question just won't go away.
Will he be back with the Titans in 2008?
Pacman Jones?
Nah.
Jeff Fisher.
It's flown under the radar because of all the police reports, hairstyle changes and other goings-on involving You Know Who, but Fisher's long-term status as Titans coach remains uncertain.
He is locked in for the upcoming season because Titans owner Bud Adams announced a few months back that he would exercise the option year in Fisher's contract — at $5.4 million.
Fine. But at a time when the franchise desperately needs stability over the longer haul, why hasn't an extension been hammered out?
Mum is the word. At an NFL owners meeting in May, Steve Underwood, Titans chief operating officer, told reporters: "We don't comment on contract negotiations," but sounded optimistic that a deal would get done.
Since then? Zip. Nada. No news is no news.
Conventional wisdom holds that it is just a matter of getting the final details in order. Pardon me, but that's what you hear a lot of times before a deal falls apart.
It's high time to get something done. Titans training camp opens in less that three weeks. If you're Fisher, you don't need to be haggling over a buyout clause or other legalese while you're trying to figure out who's starting at running back.
Now or never?
It's not like this has snuck up on anyone. After the turnaround following an 0-5 start last season, Bud made it clear that he wanted to guarantee Fisher's involvement for several more years.
But somewhere between the dotting of an "i" and the crossing of a "t," the two parties got sidetracked.
This is no time for delay of game. The last thing this franchise needs is a change at the top after it has touched bottom and is starting to rebound.
Fisher's fingerprints are all over the Titans. From Pacman's future to Vince Young's learning curve at quarterback, this is Fisher's baby.
Certainly, Fisher has made his fair share of mistakes in 12 full seasons as an NFL head coach. In particular, his kid-gloves treatment of Pacman in his rookie season divided the locker room and fostered Jones' punk-like attitude.
Overall, though, Fisher has been the foundation of this team since it landed on Tennessee turf in 1997.
If the Titans don't re-sign Fisher, he can coach out this season and go into the open market.
There would be plenty of bidders.
So get Fisher's name on the dotted line.
Now.

Why wait to re-sign Fisher? - Nashville, Tennessee - Sunday, 07/08/07 - Tennessean.com