Titans’ Fisher, The Paragon Of Stability

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Published: September 1, 2009

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... a coach to last five seasons in the league.  

The fact that Tennessee Titans' coach Jeff Fisher has done just that—nearly three times over, no less—is downright unfathomable.

Thanks in no small part to former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, the phrase "The Dean of NFL Head Coaches" has been thrown around more times than a penalty flag at a Raiders game.

Yet it bears significance in this day and age of "what have you done for me lately?" that a head coach (at almost any level) can stick around to see a team through the good, the bad, and the ugly.  

Other than Pittsburgh and its super stable Rooney ownership, can you imagine a team sticking to a coach who went 4-12 and was six years removed from his last Super Bowl appearance, as was the case in Tennessee in 2005?

No doubt, most general managers and owners would be whipping out their Blackberries; hard at work wooing the coordinator and college ranks even before the ...

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