[alex83]

Coach Jeff Fisher, head coach of the number 1 ranked team in the NFL, received a shocking 3 votes for coach of the year, while Dolphins head coach Tony "i make a you sleep with the fishes" Sparano came second and Mike "thank God for Michael Turner" Smith came first.

Now im assuming Sparano and Smith received more votes because they improved their teams records and they are both rookie head coaches, but were the teams not already good before they got there? Were they really better coaches all year round than Fisher was this year?

This latest award, along with James Harrison winning the defensive player of the year, means that at the end of one of the most impressive seasons in Titans/Oilers history, no individual player (or coach) has won an award...is this right?

Fishers vs Smith?
Haynesworth or Finnegan vs Harrison?
CJ vs Matt Ryan?

[Bette]

Originally Posted by alex83

Coach Jeff Fisher, head coach of the number 1 ranked team in the NFL, received a shocking 3 votes for coach of the year, while Dolphins head coach Tony "i make a you sleep with the fishes" Sparano came second and Mike "thank God for Michael Turner" Smith came first.

Now im assuming Sparano and Smith received more votes because they improved their teams records and they are both rookie head coaches, but were the teams not already good before they got there? Were they really better coaches all year round than Fisher was this year?

This latest award, along with James Harrison winning the defensive player of the year, means that at the end of one of the most impressive seasons in Titans/Oilers history, no individual player (or coach) has won an award...is this right?

Fishers vs Smith?
Haynesworth or Finnegan vs Harrison?
CJ vs Matt Ryan?

You have to kidding or else I am reading you wrong. The Dolphins and the Falcons were not good teams before their respective coaches took over. They were awful teams. Sparano did it with some veteran and known players, but Smith had his roster overflowing with rookies and no names mostly.
As far as CJ vs Matt Ryan, I quote this:

Let’s review: Johnson was drafted by a 2007 playoff team and helped it improve by three games. He touched the ball on 30.2 percent of the snaps and contributed 29.7 percent of the yards for an offense that finished 21st in the NFL. (The Titans’ defense, which carried the team, was ninth.)
Quarterback Matt Ryan was the third overall pick, going to a team in disarray that had four victories in 2007. He helped the Falcons improve by seven games over last season with arguably the best season ever by a rookie quarterback. He touched the ball on 100 percent of the Falcons’ 1,011 plays, contributing to 61.3 percent of their yards. The Falcons finished sixth in total offense and 24th in defense, so there is no question which part of their team carried them.

[titans#1]

Originally Posted by Bette

You have to kidding or else I am reading you wrong. The Dolphins and the Falcons were not good teams before their respective coaches took over. They were awful teams. Sparano did it with some veteran and known players, but Smith had his roster overflowing with rookies and no names mostly.
As far as CJ vs Matt Ryan, I quote this:

Let’s review: Johnson was drafted by a 2007 playoff team and helped it improve by three games. He touched the ball on 30.2 percent of the snaps and contributed 29.7 percent of the yards for an offense that finished 21st in the NFL. (The Titans’ defense, which carried the team, was ninth.)
Quarterback Matt Ryan was the third overall pick, going to a team in disarray that had four victories in 2007. He helped the Falcons improve by seven games over last season with arguably the best season ever by a rookie quarterback. He touched the ball on 100 percent of the Falcons’ 1,011 plays, contributing to 61.3 percent of their yards. The Falcons finished sixth in total offense and 24th in defense, so there is no question which part of their team carried them.

to back up alex the dolphins in my opinion would have done just as well with or with out sparano because of parcells and the only thing they did was bring in pennington and he would have went to miami no matter what because parcells wanted him. and as for smith he did a good job with matt ryan but didnt the ravens rookie head coach do the same thing? and come on guys look at what fisher did,he took a team that was average, nobody expected them to have a season like this and fisher did a great job by keeping the team confident after vy went down and the way fisher delt with the vy situation was perfect and he took a chance on cj in the first round and it was a brilliant pick and he leads the team to the nfl's best record and the #1 seed in the afc and he didnt win the coach of the year thats unbelievable.

and heres what i think about the rookie of the year award,matt ryan was drafted 3rd so he was expected to be a good qb or he wouldnt have been everyones first choice at qb and as for johnson he was considered a bust and he shut everyone up when he rushed for over 1200 yards while splitting carries and he would have lead the rookie rb's in rush yards if he would have played in week 17 like matt forte and steve slaton did.

and the defensive player of the year i would have liked to see big al get it after all the talk about him during the season but his injury was probably why he didnt get it.im not saying the titans deserved to win all those awards but they deserved to win something.

[Lefty Noob]

I know you guys are Titans fans, and I think Fisher did a great job, but... COME ON!

Miami was terrible last year, still trying to dig out from the mess Saban left them. Atlanta not only had to overcome the Michael Vick thing but also Bobby Petrino's sudden departure. There's no doubt that both deserved to be rated ahead of Fisher -- who, like I said, did a marvelous coaching job in his own right. But to take those two franchised to the playoffs after the previous years each they had? Amazing. Almost akin to the coaching job someone would have to do to get the Raiders or Lions to .500 next season.

Of course, as titans #1 points out, this was a great year for good coaching. Not just the Ravens coach, but how about Whisenhunt in Arizona as well?

[Bette]

Yes, how about Whisenhunt in Arizona and the Cardinals team who some people thought would never turn their season around.

[titans#1]

Originally Posted by Bette

Yes, how about Whisenhunt in Arizona and the Cardinals team who some people thought would never turn their season around.

i would agree with that but if your going to give the award to a coach who turned the season around than why not give it to tony dungy or the chargers coach?