Thursday, December 16, 2010

Team Jeff Fisher

In week eleven after a 19-16 loss against the Redskins, another battle was brewing between Titans quarterback Vince Young and head coach Jeff Fisher. Vince reportedly cursed out Jeff Fisher in front of the team and abruptly stormed out of the locker room. After the insubordinate act, Fisher held a meeting with the team that Young was not invited to and was asked to leave the premises.  
Immediately after the incident, the media began forging ideas on whos side they were on and questioned the future of both Fisher and Young's positions in the Tennessee Titans franchise.
First off, let me start out by saying Jeff Fisher is an excellent coach. I've watched him call some plays and trick the opposing team in ways that left me speechless. However, it blows my mind if ANYONE takes the side of a childish, selfish, mediocre quarterback at best in Vince Young.

Vince Young's rookie year was crazy, once he finally got in the game. He took the team far, he played with heart and drive, and with his 6'5 232 pound statue he made it hard for any defense to take him down once he put his legs to use for a play.Then teams learned how to play against him. Stop him from being able to run the ball, force him to use that awkward throwing arm of his, and apply pressure and voila homemade recipe to make Vince Young crumble. I admit, I wanted to love him. I must also admit, Ive been off the Vince Young "Our Savior" bandwagon alot of Tennesseans were on. His antics on and off the field, would've forced any true Titans fan to reevaluate the level of trust they had in this man. Although maybe a little prematurely I started losing hope in him as early as 2007, that was based solely on the fact that he wasn't a strong passer, he couldn't perform under pressure, and he became a full out punk. He can't accept his mistakes and in my opinion fakes injuries when a game isn't going in his favor. I think he's a far better actor than FRANCHISE quarterback.

Coach Jeff Fisher is an outstanding individual. Since Vince Young has been on the roster, the Titans have had a young but strong team. One could even argue that if Vince Young would've been more of a leader with the drive and focus to win with hard work and studying, that this team could've made a Super Bowl appearance at least last year. That has to be extremely frustrating for a head coach that has had pro bowlers like Albert Haynesworth and Kyle Vanden Bosch to support a strong defense and an offense with the likes of Chris Johnson one of the fastest guys in the league. Last year, he held a press conference supporting Young when speculation grew that Vince Young might have tried to kill himself after being "missing" for hours and getting booed at a home game. Not to mention the countless times of physical altercations Vince Young has gotten in like the strip club brawl he avoided suspension on earlier this year. Throughout it all Jeff Fisher supported Vince Young.

In conclusion, I have never played professional football a day in my life. However, I can say a team is like a family. The head coach being the daddy and the head quarterback being the big brother and in no family is it ever acceptable to curse out and disrespect daddy in front of the family. That is wrong and there will never be any justification for that. It causes division, it destroys families, and as we can clearly see it destroys teams. Hopefully, Vince wont have to reap those seeds with his new baby he welcomed in the world earlier this year.

Since the incident between Fisher and Young, Young has spent the last month in Houston and hasn't attended any games or practices since being put on injury reserve.

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