As first reported by SI’s Peter King, Jeff Fisher ended several days of tug-of-war between the Dolphins and Rams by accepting the St. Louis’ head coaching job.
Both St. Louis and Miami had been putting the full-court press on Fisher since the end of the regular season — the Rams let former coach Steve Spagnuolo go the day after completing a disappointing 2-14 season; the Dolphins fired Tony Sparano in mid-December.
The Titans bought out the final year of Fisher’s contract prior to 2011, ending a 17-year marriage between the two sides. Fisher took over as head coach of the Houston Oilers in 1994, then remained in that position when the franchise relocated to Tennessee in 1997. He posted a 142-120 overall record with the Titans, as well as three division titles and an AFC championship.
Fisher’s choice of St. Louis over Miami may have boiled down to control. The Dolphins have been a franchise in flux recently under current general manager Jeff Ireland. St. Louis, meanwhile, does not have a GM in place — and Fisher likely will now have a hand in deciding who gets that job.
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