For you all who are not familiar with Bud Adams, he is the Owner of the Tennessee Titans. A couple of months ago the Titans head coach, Jeff Fisher, had a falling out with his drama filled quarterback Vince Young because he got pulled from a game and subsequently was benched and went on IR for the remainder of the season because of a "thumb" injury. During that time there were speculations that it was either Vince Young or Jeff Fisher that was going to remain on the team because both sides couldn't handle it anymore. Bud Adams wisely choose to keep Jeff Fisher, the longest tenured head coach in the NFL. Well, as of today after the Titans got rid of the defensive coordinator as well as the defensive line coach a couple of weeks ago, Bud Adams changed his mind and Jeff Fisher is on the out. Now I want to point out a few things; Jeff Fisher is one of the most respected head coaches in the NFL, has lead his team to a Super Bowl and has turned underachieving teams into perennial contenders. On the other hand, Vince Young has underachieved his whole career despite a magnitude of skills and god given talent, has lost his mind (literally), whined about his team and coaches and never lead his team to a Super Bowl. It seems like the choice would be easy to keep Jeff Fisher, but Bud Adams (who officially took over Al Davis as the craziest owner) made the choice to stick with his Texas quarterback. I want to leave you with this...if you are trying to rebuild a team, who do you keep? A head coach with experience or a quarterback who has never proven that he is capable of winning? I know what the obvious choice is, you hear it echoed throughout the entire state of Tennessee....Bud Adams, you have proven that you do not care about winning. If you are a Titans fan, I wish you all the best in the future, but I fear that you are headed the path of the Lions (and as a Lions fan, I don't wish this on anyone). Bud Adams, you just gave all your fans the middle finger, which is apparently your claim to fame. 
You guys should have a debate on the rules of abandoning your team/franchise.
ReplyDeleteIf the Titans either bring VY back, or draft Cam Newton, in combination with firing Fisher, I don't think I can root for them. Is this allowed?
I will put in next week's poll question. Assume he doesn't bring back Vince Young, how can that team survive? Bud Adams would have gotten rid of his entire defensive coaching staff, his head coach and starting quarterback. I don't think anyone can survive that.
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