Looks like that Peyton Manning jersey really did help Jeff Fisher feel like a winner
by Brad Wells on Dec 2, 2009 11:32 AM EST
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Remember a few weeks ago, when Jeff Fisher jokingly wore a Peyton Manning jersey to honor Tony Dungy at a charity benefit?
The move provoked near mass riots from the Tennessee Titans faithful, with some demanding that Fisher be fired for doing such a heinous act seemingly on par with skinning newborns alive and impaling them on poles around LP Field. The outrage from Titans fans was indeed comical to witness, and it is even funnier now that since Jeff Fisher donned the jersey and stated (again, jokingly) that he wanted to wear it because "I just wanted to feel like a winner," the Titans have won five games in a row and are amazingly back in the playoff picture.
Here are some of their comments at the time:
And this was the moment (10/20/09 11:08 a.m.)
I lost complete faith in Jeff Fisher.
This one's for you, #9.
by Drubaru on Oct 20, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 11 recs
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I don't find it funny
Because after all of the ups and downs and highs and lows and all that I have invested in this team. After the way I felt after that Raven game in January and after the way I felt after that epic beatdown on Sunday…
This? One of our biggest rivals?
Screw you.
I’m done with you, Coach.
Official MCM Hater!
Retire #9!
by gramsey712 on Oct 20, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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The guys is actively sabotaging his career.
He’s practically ASKING to be fired.
Can we PLEASE have a new coach now?
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
by DannoE on Oct 20, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You'll notice the comment by Drubaru has 11 friggin recs. Now that the Titans have gone 5-0 since Fisher shrouded himself in he Holy Cloak of Manning, I have a sneaking suspicion that some of these commenters might have changed their tune a bit.
I will give a small shout out to hal41605, who calmly seemed to be one of the few voices of reason in Titans fan nation at the time. As this whole thing was going down, we here at Stampede Blue were writing articles praising Fisher for his charitable action, and (essentially) making fun the people who seemed misguidedly angry at the whole thing.
Because seriously folks, when you get mad a someone doing something good for charity, you really are asking to be insulted and made fun of by the rest of the rational, civilized world.
So, to the Rodney Harrisons of this world, who condemned the act on NBC's Football Night in America by saying the supposed Einstein of all coaches (Bill Belichick) would NEVER do such a thing, and to the Keith Bullucks of the NFL, who looked so very crass and thick-headed for seemingly being "insulted" by Fisher's actions (the jersey was auctioned for charity, delivering $18,000 to a worthy cause), you can all STFU now and kindly bow before the greatness that is Peyton Manning.
Seriously folks, just as Jeff Fisher stated a few days after the "incident," if you are still truly offended by him wearing a Manning jersey for charity, you really need to get someone to remove that long, wooden pole that is sticking out of your ass.
My favorite response to Fisher's jersey jaunt was from the before mentioned Titans resident idiot, Keith Bulluck. Bulluck, you might recall, was the same idiot who thought it funny to stomp on the Steelers terrible towel after a regular season win over Pittsburgh last season. It was an act Bulluck's own teammates were disgusted with. The Steelers would go on to win the Super Bowl, and Bulluck and the Titans would lose early in the playoffs, losing at home to the Baltimore Ravens and a rookie quarterback named Joe Flacco. Bulluck's comments after Fisher stated, "I just wanted to feel like a winner," were typical Bulluck; Dumb and dumber.
Press: Is too much being made of [Fisher wearing the Manning jersey]?
Bulluck: They say it was a joke. Hmmmm. (Mocking) Funny. You know what I mean? Whatever. It was for charity.
Press: Would you wear a Peyton Manning jersey?
Bulluck: I mean, I feel like a winner anytime I put a #53 jersey on.
Some Titans fans were so pleased with Bulluck's comments that they started a drive to send Jeff Fisher a Keith Bulluck jersey with a note attached, reading: "For Christmas we wanted our coach to feel like a winner."
It's all very cute.
It's all very comical.
It's all so very much fun to make fun of.
In the end, I agree with Jeff Fisher. If you are still offended or upset over him wearing that jersey for charity, you're kind of a loser. This sort of means that Keith Bulluck (zero rings, hasn't helped his team win a playoff game since 2003) is kind of a loser, and mailing Jeff Fisher a Keith Bulluck jersey sends a conflicting message from the one written on the note you plan to attach, Titans fans.
[Note to Titans fans: I think we can all agree that now, in hindsight, getting angry over the Manning jersey thing was indeed very silly. I know I personally have gotten angry over stupid things in the past (aka, Tony Ugoh getting benched) only to come back and take my lumps from those folks who correctly told me I was over-reacting. If you cannot laugh with us over just how silly this whole jersey thing was, then I'm sorry if this little post offended you.]
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When I made that suggestion on MCM
a couple of weeks ago, nobody agreed. No. Sense. of humor.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
If there is one thing we have
over here, it’s a sense of humor:
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: What should you do if a hot dog vendor gives you a free hot dog? Why, throw it on the ground, of course.
LOL
What, no LAWL cats picture?
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What?
It has to be a cat picture to be funny? Are you saying my pictures aren’t good enough for you?
Well, then.
/obviously joking
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: What should you do if a hot dog vendor gives you a free hot dog? Why, throw it on the ground, of course.
LOL
That’s hysterical.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 2, 2009 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
seeeeee
its funny because its a sign warning about the sign. the sign cancels itself out. if the sign didnt exist then there wouldnt be a need for the sign. haha. i get it now…….
:)
As long as we have Peyton we will always have a chance to win.
except the btw the bridge is out part.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 2, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
You took my comments a little out of context.
I was arguing that Fisher was burnt after 15 years of straight coaching and that in the wake of his friend Steve McNair’s death, bottom line, he was ready to move on and/or shut it down for awhile. Of course there were other ways to view. Bullock seems to feel that he deliberately slapped his own team in the face, and that’s entirely reasonable, too. But given all the really unprecedented crap that went on in the first six weeks and before, I still don’t think that the Burn Out theory was way out of line or anything. And indeed, I’m not at all sure that Fisher’s job is totally secure. Make of that what you will.
As a Titans fan, I personally think it’s important not to sweep the first six weeks under the rug. I mean, this team manifestly has the talent to make it to the playoffs. But they are an extreme long-shot right now only because of a) a head-scratching inability to field a decent punt and kick returner, b) extremely poor management of the reserve secondary, and c) a miraculous turn-around that the Head Coach was at least in part against. So why the sudden job security? And more to the point, if VY is and always has been the best QB on the roster (and open question, I admit), then why wasn’t he on the field from the start? I mean, we didn’t even have the appearance of an open competition!
So yeah, I’m still not totally sold on Fisher this season.
Yes, he has pulled the team together, tweaked the Defensive Scheme to allow/create more successful blitzes, and managed to get the OC to force the running game more, and all of that is good. I was never in favor of firing Fisher before the season ended, and I’m still not. But with that said, I’m not ready to forget that the team that went 13-3 with almost all of the same personel then came around and lost a VERY winnable play-off game through sheer hubris (Alge Crumpler) and proceded to talk trash on their way to 0-6.
These things happened. Let’s not pretend that they didn’t.
Whether it was burn out that was corrected along with everything else during the Bye Week or simply a result of stupid personel decisions compounded by poor play at the Safety position… either way, the buck stops with Fisher. He has final say on all that stuff. And, bottom line, this is a team that ought to make the playoffs but probably won’t. That’s not good, and pretending that it is is simply dumb.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Your comments
Your comments weren’t taken out of context DannoE. That’s a silly, rather dishonest cop-out to save face on your part. Your comment was in direct response to a FanShot posting video of Fisher’s jersey joke. None of what you are mentioning in this longwinded explanation was spelled out initially in your comment. It came off as we all see it to be: an over-raction.
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See... this is WHY I said my comments were taken a little out of context.
And why I’m trying to provide the context now. What I said was part of a long-running debate about our HC, and I was a BIG part of the new-HC-after-the-season contingent.
With that said, I am now and always have been a BIG UT Vols fan and didn’t care AT ALL about Fisher wearing Manning’s jersey.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
I just thought the whole thing was poor judgement. And really, a sign of complete lunacy.
But it didn’t hurt my feelings.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Well obvious
You were wrong. Your team is 5-0 since the jersey incident. :)
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I've never been wrong.
About anything.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
OK
For that OUTSTANDING statement, drinks are on me.
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it's ok - I thought I made a mistake once
but I was wrong
How can you not love a team that does this?
Wait...
your husbands a Pats fan right? So…..
haha I keed, I keed!
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
I feel for a Pats fan too
but she broke up with me, so no longer do I have any Pats lovers in my life lol
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
One of my friends is a total bandwagon fan for New England, the Yankees & The Lakers. She moaned and groaned about the “Cheating Colts” after talking shit to me for 2 weeks how the Pats were going to win that game..she has stopped mentioning sports since Monday night.
aww
thanks!
=)
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
Ha!
I know the feeling…
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 2, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Fine
Thank you for your context now. I think it is a bit silly to suggest Fisher be fired, especially since he has coached your team back from near death. But, whatever.
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Even though he coached us to near-death in the first place?
You can’t have credit without blame here.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Fellas
This is just BBS doing what he does. Don’t react to it because that is exactly what he wants. No reason to get in a fight with him over it
Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.
by Jimmy on Dec 2, 2009 12:25 PM EST via mobile reply actions
It's a debate.
Until somebody calls me a name, it’s all fine. I mean, it’s a legitimate point. We WERE arguing for Fisher’s removal. Should we still be?
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
DannoE
OK, I’ll “do what I do” and call you a name: Schmucktard.
Sorry I can’t come up with anything imaginative today.
And yes, I agree with your point (We WERE arguing for Fisher’s removal. Should we still be?). Articles like this are written to point out how we fans can sometimes be a bit too silly. It’s also an opportunity for me to make fun of Keith Bulluck (who stinks as a linebacker, IMHO) and to also point out that, just like you, we Colts fans can freak out about stupid things as well. This blog didn’t exist back in 2005, but I often wonder what the gamethreads would have been like after Peyton said they had “protection issues” after the playoff loss to the Steelers. Lots of Colts fans freaked out something fierce after that game.
It was all very silly.
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Kinda like the fans here at Stampede Blue
with multiple player…Charlie Johnson for example. And now Chad Simpson. Sure his return skills are TERRIBLE, but when we all saw him at RB we kinda sorta liked the guy.
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
Simpson
Great example! Most here (including me) questioned Bill Polian’s sanity for keeping him over other players.
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I still question Bill Polian's sanity
for keeping him on kickoff returns though.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: What should you do if a hot dog vendor gives you a free hot dog? Why, throw it on the ground, of course.
There's really
no one else to do it without risk of injury. If Simpson goes down, he is replaceable. Plus he at least holds on to the ball and doesn’t fumble. As long as he can do that I won’t complain……………………………….to much
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
You raise a good point there.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: What should you do if a hot dog vendor gives you a free hot dog? Why, throw it on the ground, of course.
Yes, yes he does...
Better to have 20 yds. every time than 35 yds. 9 out of 10 times and a fumble on the 10th time.
Simpson don’t throw it on the ground. ;)
by peytonsurdaddy on Dec 3, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
I'll leave that Bulluck thing alone and just say that...
…I was AGHAST when the Colts fired Jim Mora. But, you know, in hindsight, it seems like it was a pretty good move. And that’s kind of how I feel about Fisher right now. Yes, Fisher is a good coach. Mora was a good coach too IMHO. But that doesn’t mean that better’s not available.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Who?
I don’t think it’s very accurate to say that Mike Holmgren or (especially) mike Shanahan are better than Fisher. Maybe Cowher, but not by much.
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I've deeply respected Fisher
ever since that 3 onside kick game back in 2004. I still think he’s on the top tier of coaches in this league. It would be hard to find someone better.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: What should you do if a hot dog vendor gives you a free hot dog? Why, throw it on the ground, of course.
But not impossible.
At this point, I just want to evaluate the season after the whole season is over.
If he manages to get the team to 8-8 or better and it looks like things are on the mend, then fine. But if, at the end of the season, we have VY providing a 5-game spark, followed by more incomprehensibly bad coaching/personel management, then I’m not going to let 5 games decide the future.
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Sorry, Titans fans don't think "Jerseygate" caused winning streak
Fisher’s wardrobe malfunction was a dumb idea and the passing of time doesn’t change that. (by the way, that “charity” was for a Christian skating/music venue). Jeff benching Vince last year was probably warranted because
Vince seemed to be struggling with some leadership/maturity issues. That being said, clinging desperately to Kerry Collins as starter, and having Bud force Vince into the lineup, does not bode well for Fisher. He’s an above-average coach but has probably shot his wad in Nashville.
Ends are beginnings, and beginnings are not ends.
Yep, Bulluck was right, Fisher was wrong. Screw the Colts.
Looking forward to a Tennessee victory on Sunday in convincing fashion.
Ends are beginnings, and beginnings are not ends.
never has 5-6
looked so tough.
Fuck you guys.
By the way, Tennesseans, winning isnt an ‘action’, its an outcome. You can’t ‘just win’.
Never doubt Peyton Manning, he’ll make you look silly
Joseph Addai is a good running back.
Im a douchebag, an asshole, and I'm rarely right.
Seriously.
I’m telling you, no sense of humor. at all.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 2, 2009 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
I've been looking for an opportunity to wear my Manning jersey and declare myself a winner on national tv.
I found the whole situation humorous as a Colts fan, but I don’t think I would’ve as a Titans fan. So I can forgive their reaction. Now six weeks later, I think they should see a little bit of humor in it. Just a tad?
WOOOOOOOOOW don't do that "(zero rings, hasn't helped his team win a playoff game since 2003)"
because us colts fans bitch about how they use rings to make brady seem more of a better player, using rings to compare players should be banned in SB cuz we dont like it when they do it to us, just saying
"You only get intercepted when you don't know what your doing, I knew what I was Doing".
Johnny Unitas
by 805 on Dec 3, 2009 1:31 AM EST reply actions
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