No one is the super bowl era has gotten a fifth year with a team when his first four were losing seasons. Why does Fisher deserve to be the first? Please answer that if you voted yes. Furthermore, what has he done in his career to warrant another year? Six winning seasons in 21. Six. If not for arguably the luckiest play in NFL history, he never sniffs a super bowl appearance. I like the guy. I was excited when we hired him. But it is abundantly clear, not only by his body of work as Rams coach, but also by his body of work over 21 years, that he is not the guy you want to keep around if you want to be a perennial playoff team. First find the right guys to get the job done and then keep them around. That's what the best teams in the NFL have done. The longer the Rams keep him the longer we will be a .500 or sub .500 team.
Just to play Devil's advocate.... (I do want Fisher gone, barring a miracle where he somehow agrees to forfeit control over the offense).
Two seasons in a row he lost his starting QB for the entire year due to injury. In those circumstances, finishing around.500 is pretty expected. Yes, it still sucks we didn't finish better. Bradford or no Bradford. And the buck ultimately has to stop with Fisher and Snead for not having a better contingency plan. But I won't fault Fisher for his inability to work miracles. Ultimately, when you look at our records for those two Bradford-less seasons, they are pretty reasonable given the circumstances. Not many teams would finish more than a game or two above .500 without their starting QB for the entire season, especially while playing in a division as tough as the NFC West was those years. And even outside of our division, our strength of schedule has been pretty challenging.
In his first season here Fisher inherited a dumpster fire. Expecting a winning season would have insane. But of course, nobody did expect that, and almost everyone acknowledges Fisher's first year here was a big success.
I realize they are "excuses" but that does not make them any less legitimate in terms of rationalizing our recent records.
This is really the first season you can say a losing record was not at least in large part due to circumstances outside of Fisher's control. Which is why some want to give him more rope. But after four years, whether there are valid reasons for past losing seasons or not, people get fed up. People want RESULTS. And I think that is fair. Fisher had his chance. Whether it was all his fault or not, he couldn't get it done. I'd like to see him stay if he rectifies what I perceive to be his flaws (offense). But as I do not see that happening, I hope he is shown the door.
