The Rams have fired Jeff Fisher - History Denied!

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seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

On one hand, Jeff Fisher has always beaten up the Seahawks. On the other hand, he's kept the Rams at the bottom of the west every year... No idea how I feel about this.

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FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

Bahahaha

quote:

Rams named special teams coordinator John Fassel interim head coach.

The son of Jim, John has been the Rams' third-unit coordinator for the entirety of the Jeff Fisher era. He won't be a candidate for the permanent position, and isn't exactly distinguished as a special teamer. With the Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals on tap, Fassel will need to beat San Francisco if he wants his Wikipedia to say he's won an NFL game.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 21:55

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

FizFashizzle posted:

RIP Jeff Fisher

You went to the superbowl once, led a very good Titans team for a number of years, and were the worst to carry an nfl franchise out of salary cap hell.

But the game passed you by, and instead of going quietly into the night you coasted by on reputation for as long as you could.

Your accomplishments, however, will be forgotten. You'll be remembered as a talentless hack, a tremendous failure, a relic of an era past, a dirty piece of poo poo, and a walking joke.

congrats

When he left the Titans, more dumb football fans jerked off to the possibility of this potato-shaped fake tough guy troglodyte taking over their team than there are grains of sand on all of the beaches in the world. When the Rams "won" the bidding war for his services, a million idiots rejoiced that every idiot's stereotype of a good football coach was going to Make St Louis Great Again. Instead he made the team suck out loud in LA and got dunked on by everyone on the way out.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 21:57

fsif: Jul 18, 2003

I mean, it figures, just when I started to really learn to enjoy Jeff Fisher.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 21:59

D-LINK: Oct 1, 2007; I was talking to peachy Peach about kissy Kiss. He bought me a soda.

whypick1 posted:

Harbaugh?

Cowher

# ? Dec 12, 2016 21:59

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

FizFashizzle posted:

Bahahaha

https://twitter.com/PFTCommenter/status/808409994827853824

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:00

Impossibly Perfect Sphere: Nov 6, 2002; They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

She could of have been so much more but the writers just didn't care!

I mean, the Rams special teams has been the only unit consistently worth a poo poo during the Fisher era, so why not!

FO has them as the #2 ranked ST.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:00

Doltos: Dec 28, 2005; 🤌🤌🤌

FizFashizzle posted:

Bahahaha

Rotoworlds been on fire. Their blurb on Fisher's firing is a chaos dunk:

Rotoworld posted:

Farce over: Rams finally end Jeff Fisher era
Rams fired coach Jeff Fisher.
In a cruel, ironic twist for the NFL's pre-eminent loser, the firing comes three days before he was set to pass Dan Reeves for the most coaching losses in league history. Fisher is so inept he can't even claim the record that's been his destiny for over a decade. The firing is perhaps the most justified of the modern era. Fisher has had five years to turn around a laughingstock franchise, but instead made it an even bigger joke. Fisher's team had truly made zero progress on his first year in 2012. A wanton waster of draft picks and capital, Fisher is clueless on Sundays, fundamentally misunderstanding offense and overseeing a cavalcade of idiotic penalties. Fisher doesn't make adjustments, aside from usually dialing up more personal fouls in the second half. Try as he may, he never came close to "cleaning up" his chronic, myriad, inexcusable mistakes. No coach, in any sport anywhere in the world, makes more excuses. Fisher has almost certainly coached his final NFL game.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:04

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:

I mean, the Rams special teams has been the only unit consistently worth a poo poo during the Fisher era, so why not!

FO has them as the #2 ranked ST.

I wonder how much of that is their God-tier punter?

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:06

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:

I mean, the Rams special teams has been the only unit consistently worth a poo poo during the Fisher era, so why not!

FO has them as the #2 ranked ST.

Huh, he had the talent to make Tayvon Austin a good return man, maybe he has what it takes to unbust Gurley and elevate Goff to "better than Case Keenum".

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:06

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Here is my favorite Jeff Fisher moment. When Courtland Finnegan tricked a rookie into losing the game for them. :golfclap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grH4Dh82b8E

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:09

Relentlessboredomm: Oct 15, 2006; It's Sic Semper Tyrannis. You said, "Ever faithful terrible lizard."

Congrats Rams fans!

gently caress that dirty garbage coach.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:10

Impossibly Perfect Sphere: Nov 6, 2002; They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

She could of have been so much more but the writers just didn't care!

sean10mm posted:

When he left the Titans, more dumb football fans jerked off to the possibility of this potato-shaped fake tough guy troglodyte taking over their team than there are grains of sand on all of the beaches in the world. When the Rams "won" the bidding war for his services, a million idiots rejoiced that every idiot's stereotype of a good football coach was going to Make St Louis Great Again. Instead he made the team suck out loud in LA and got dunked on by everyone on the way out.

Did Jeff Fisher run over your dog?

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:10

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

If I were the Rams and wanted to punish Jeff Fisher I would have made him finish the season imho

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:10

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

Yeah, it's really impressive when you look at it.

The Rams have the worst offense in football, but have spent insane draft capitol on offensive players:

'16: 1-1 QB Jared Goff
'15: 1-10 RB Todd Gurley
2-57 T Rob Hvenstein
'14: 1-2 T Greg Robinson
'13: 1-8 WR Tavon Austin
'12: 2-33 WR Brian Quick
2-50 RB Isaih Pead

And that's with inheriting a team with 1st/2nd round picks at TE, QB, and 2 tackles over the previous three years.

They threw an insane amount at that offense and all of it was poo poo.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:11

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

Also, I am going to take this opportunity to say: gently caress Jeff Fisher, that motherfucking cheating rear end in a top hat. And his sidekick Greggggggg Williams, too.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:11

Impossibly Perfect Sphere: Nov 6, 2002; They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

She could of have been so much more but the writers just didn't care!

Chichevache posted:

Here is my favorite Jeff Fisher moment. When Courtland Finnegan tricked a rookie into losing the game for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grH4Dh82b8E

Fisher's great moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C6HiSOlquc

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:11

AsInHowe: Jan 11, 2007; red winged angel

The Rams have never won a Super Bowl without Jeff Fisher on the sidelines. They will regret this.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:12

pubic works project: Jan 28, 2005; No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.

Doltos posted:

Rotoworlds been on fire. Their blurb on Fisher's firing is a chaos dunk:

Bwahahaha I was just coming here to post it. It's amazing. This whole afternoon has been amazing.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:12

Randaconda: Jul 3, 2014; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:

Also, I am going to take this opportunity to say: gently caress Jeff Fisher, that motherfucking cheating rear end in a top hat. And his sidekick Greggggggg Williams, too.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:12

MrLogan: Feb 4, 2004; Ask me about Derek Carr's stolen MVP awards, those dastardly refs, and, oh yeah, having the absolute worst fucking gimmick in The Football Funhouse.

DariusLikewise posted:

There's a rumour that John Harbaugh is leaving Michigan to coach the Rams next season.

This is what I said in the pre-season predictions thread; I'm not sure I count as a reliable source for NFL rumours.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:13

Grittybeard: Mar 29, 2010; Bad, very bad!

I wonder who will hire Gregg Williams as DC next year, assuming the new coach doesn't.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:16

FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

Doltos posted:

Rotoworlds been on fire. Their blurb on Fisher's firing is a chaos dunk:

It's very obvious a Rams fan rotoworld employee has been sitting on that blurb for months now.

You can tell it was crafted with love.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:17

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

Jiff Fisher's career record against the Seahawks (including his time with the Titans) is 6-9. He's been denied the chance to get to 7-9 against them!

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:18

Doltos: Dec 28, 2005; 🤌🤌🤌

Hirings like Jeff Fisher make me so disappointed. There's so many legitimately great football minds out there that will never break into the NFL due to cronyism and owners' penchants to hire 'proven' talent.

Owner: "I have a billion dollar franchise, who should run it?"

Worthwhile Applicant: "Hello owner. I'm a former player in this college, I coached as a grad assistant for a few years, got my break as a defensive coordinator, moved up to head coach in my FCS school, I led my division in every statistic, I have all these cool new ideas for football plays that are reinforced with analytical data and logic, and I'm really eager to prove myself as a coach so I'll put all my effort into making my team succeed."

Owner: "Hmm..."

Jeff Fisher: "i coached in a super bowl once"

Owner: "HIRED!"

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:21

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

Doltos posted:

Hirings like Jeff Fisher make me so disappointed. There's so many legitimately great football minds out there that will never break into the NFL due to cronyism and owners' penchants to hire 'proven' talent.

Owner: "I have a billion dollar franchise, who should run it?"

Worthwhile Applicant: "Hello owner. I'm a former player in this college, I coached as a grad assistant for a few years, got my break as a defensive coordinator, moved up to head coach in my FCS school, I led my division in every statistic, I have all these cool new ideas for football plays that are reinforced with analytical data and logic, and I'm really eager to prove myself as a coach so I'll put all my effort into making my team succeed."

Owner: "Hmm..."

Jeff Fisher: "i coached in a super bowl once"

Owner: "HIRED!"

Chip Kelly busting in the NFL probably caused 1,000 college coaches to lose their shot at getting an NFL job for the next 10 years.

"Well, we tried it and it didn't work, so guess we need to hire Brian Schottenheimer or something!"

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:26

Grittybeard: Mar 29, 2010; Bad, very bad!

go go go go ROSCOE! posted:

�However, this is the right time to make a change as our performance has not lived up to my or our fans� expectations. We all are focused on improving as an organization and building a team that makes Los Angeles proud. Our mission is to celebrate a Super Bowl title with our fans in Los Angeles. Today is the first step to bringing us closer to that goal.�

I was too busy laughing at the Super Bowl thing to notice that last line, isn't that what you usually say when you hire the new guy instead of in the release where you fire the old one?

It's obviously correct of course, the first step in attempting to get better would be getting rid of Fisher.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:26

FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

Doltos you're basically describing trestman and whelp

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:28

Doltos: Dec 28, 2005; 🤌🤌🤌

sean10mm posted:

Chip Kelly busting in the NFL probably caused 1,000 college coaches to lose their shot at getting an NFL job for the next 10 years.

"Well, we tried it and it didn't work, so guess we need to hire Brian Schottenheimer or something!"

We said the same thing about Saban and Weis and Schiano and Spurrier, etc. The problem then is even those guys come from premier FBS schools who made their name by trotting out a ton of great recruits. Chip Kelly is a bit more unique I suppose as he came up to Oregon through a bunch of lovely football schools. On the other hand his style of offense has existed as a part of the WCO for years now.

I think any coach has the ability to suck, I just wish more of them got the chance to bust instead of going to the Jeff Fishers of the world every year. Thankfully last year there was a lot of new faces introduced but most of them came up as coordinators from old faces.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:37

ur in my world now: Jun 5, 2006; ^{Same as it ever was}
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^{Same as it ever was}; Smellrose

I really want the Rams to continue being total garbage but it's just about the funniest thing ever that Jeff Fisher fell just short of the all-time losing record. He lost at losing.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:37

Patrick Spens: Jul 21, 2006; "Every quarterback says they've got guts, But how many have actually seen 'em?"; Pillbug

corn on the cop posted:

ive never been so disappointed in a firing

Not an empty quote.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:44

Ghost of Reagan Past: Oct 7, 2003; rock and roll fun

ur in my world now posted:

I really want the Rams to continue being total garbage but it's just about the funniest thing ever that Jeff Fisher fell just short of the all-time losing record. He lost at losing.

I'm disappointed he didn't get the record, but also laughing really hard that he didn't.

It's the most Jeff Fisher fate possible.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:56

fishing with the fam: Feb 29, 2008; Durr

Jeff Fisher does not deserve to have any record. Even an inauspicious one.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 22:57

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

Jeff Fisher could get a job as an assistant coach somewhere. Then the head coach might need to take a medical leave (ala the Vikings this year), and he gets to coach 1 game and lose to get the record there. Don't lose hope!

# ? Dec 12, 2016 23:00

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Grittybeard posted:

The Rams play on Thursday and haven't even decided who the interim coach is.

Honestly, the Rams somehow managed to make the decision to fire Jeff Fisher at the wrong time. Plus they could have just Lane Kiffined him after the game in Seattle which would be great.

Well maybe his players wont be dirty motherfuckers that injure us any more. That'd be a nice tradeoff for not getting him the loss record.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 23:01

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

its also really funny when you remember how much better the Rams currently are than the Browns

# ? Dec 12, 2016 23:14

haljordan: Oct 22, 2004; the corpse of god is love.

Who or what is he gonna blame this on

# ? Dec 12, 2016 23:23

Volkerball: Oct 15, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

I still have faith he can break the record

# ? Dec 12, 2016 23:24

fishing with the fam: Feb 29, 2008; Durr

The organization has gone Hollywood and wants a newer, flashier coach with gimmick schemes.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 23:25

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Volkerball: Oct 15, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

There's not much I believe in on this crazy rock we live on, but I believe Jeff Fisher can find a way to lose once more.

# ? Dec 12, 2016 23:25

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