I have decided that each month, I am going to dedicate a blog to my favorite person of that month in football whether it’s college or the NFL. I will normally wait until the last day, but this month, my clear winner if Tennessee Titans Head Coach Jeff Fisher. He had a little early competition from Deion Sanders and Denver Broncos Head Coach Josh McDaniels. But after this past Tuesday, if I’m going to do a weekend in Cabo with someone, it’s going to be Fischer. Wanna know why?
Fisher was invited to attend a chairty event for Rocketown at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. A very good orginization and a great cause. Rocketown is a 40,000-square-foot entertainment complex in Nashville created for teens to gather in a drug- and alcohol-free environment. Part of what he was to do, was introduce his good friend and former Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts, Tony Dungy.
As he introduced Dungy, Fisher took off the jacket he was wearing, and was wearing a Peyton Manning jersey. That itself is pretty funny, but then when he makes the comment, “I just wanted to feel like a winner” I got a newfound respect for the head coach, and I almost fell off my couch laughing.
Why do I find this so funny? Because the Titans stink this year. Their defense is beat up, can’t tackle, and have a 350lb hole in the middle of it they cannot fill. On offense, they can’t move the football on the ground, so the old man in the sea, Kerry Collins can’t throw the football. Meanwhile Fisher is cracking jokes about being a loser. I think it’s great. His job isn’t in jeopardy and he knows that this team will come around, probably next season, so he’s been given lemons and he’s making lemonade.
Oh, and lighten up Titans fans. Your team is awful, and it’s not Fisher’s fault. He knows that and that’s why he can laugh about it. It’s not your fault either, so you can laugh about it too. If I were Kerry Collins, I’d wear a Drew Brees jersey to a press conference in hopes someone asks him about their winning streak.