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ORIGINAL: David Levine

Jeff Fisher:

6 playoff appearances in 17 years.

5/6 career playoff record.

Has not won a playoff game in 7 years.

Has not won more than 1 playoff game in a season in 12 years.

Has 3 years out of 17 where he won a playoff game.

Ten 3rd or 4th place division finishes in 17 years.

Twice finished 13-3 and lost his first playoff game.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

And I never get why the media likes him so much:

1) He's a prick.
2) He's dry as hell. As dry as Chilly.

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ORIGINAL: John Childress

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

And I never get why the media likes him so much:

1) He's a prick.
2) He's dry as hell. As dry as Chilly.

AND

His teams frequently

1. Play dirty
2. Choke in big games
3. Have lots of bad dudes on them

Seriously, the Titans have had as many character issues as anyone. The team underperforms in the clutch - yet Fisher is a great coach?

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

Maybe it's mustache love.

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ORIGINAL: Cheesehead Craig

I am baffled with the Jeff Fisher love as well.
 
Also, if Al Davis keeps changing coaches every 2-3 years he's never going to get that program moving in the right direction.  Oakland will not be relevant again until he dies or is forced to give up the team due to health.

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Absolutely I'd take Fisher over Young.

But neither will ever win a SuperBowl.

One of them came a yard short of doing just that.  And shutting down one of the most dynamic offenses ever devised in the process.  I wouldn't be so sure.

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ORIGINAL: John Childress

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

And I never get why the media likes him so much:

1) He's a prick.
2) He's dry as hell. As dry as Chilly.

AND

His teams frequently

1. Play dirty
2. Choke in big games
3. Have lots of bad dudes on them

Seriously, the Titans have had as many character issues as anyone. The team underperforms in the clutch - yet Fisher is a great coach?

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Since 1994 when the overtime kickoff was moved from the 35-yard line to the 30, teams winning the coin toss have won 58.9% of overtime games compared to 46.8% from 1974 and 1993.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Totally forgot about this. Should be interesting:

Mike Spofford of Packers.com beat us to the punch Wednesday: This weekend will mark the debut of the NFL's new playoff overtime rule, one that should be of particular note to Green Bay fans.

The Packers played two overtime games during the regular season, and as the chart shows, have had four overtime playoff games in the past six seasons. (One, coincidentally, was against this Sunday's opponent, the Philadelphia Eagles.)

To summarize the new rule: A playoff game can no longer be decided by a first-possession field goal in overtime. If the first team to gain possession in overtime kicks a field goal, the second team is guaranteed a possession. Only at that point will the game become a sudden-death situation.

If that first team scores a touchdown, however, the game is over immediately and the second team gets no possession.

The idea behind the rule, enacted last spring, is to avoid the kind of quick endings -- short kickoff and a couple of passes followed by a long field goal -- that are particularly disquieting in the playoffs.

Speaking Wednesday to reporters in Green Bay, coach Mike McCarthy said he has discussed strategic options with Mike Eayrs, his director of research and development. The rule adds a few wrinkles to game management, including whether to push for a touchdown on a first possession or whether to settle for a field goal. (I truly hope no coach will defer the overtime kickoff as a result, but you never know.)

For what it's worth, none of the Packers' recent overtime playoff games would have been impacted by this rule. Two were decided by touchdowns, and both teams had at least one overtime possession in the others.