Written by Ryan Wilson at CBSSports.com
Jeff Fisher is 31-44-1 since becoming the Rams coach in 2012. For most coaches, a .414 winning percentage would get you fired, but Jeff Fisher ain’t most coaches. This helps explain the two-year contract extension he signed several weeks ago.
There’s also this: According to Fisher, there have been extenuating circumstances for all the losing, at least of late.
“I look at this as being my responsibility, the win-loss record,” Fisher told reporters Tuesday, before pivoting. “We need to do a better job from a personnel standpoint. We’ve had some unfortunate things take place with some high picks in Stedman Bailey and Tre Mason and those kind of things you don’t anticipate. But we’re moving forward.”
Bailey and Mason are both former third-round picks who are no longer with the team. Bailey’s career ended after he was shot twice in the head last year in Miami; Mason is reportedly struggling with mental issues,possibly as a result of head injuries.
Meanwhile, Fisher wasn’t the only person on staff to get an extension; the team also re-upped general manager Les Snead, which came as news to the head coach.
“I’m so busy here, I was honestly unaware that he was extended,” Fisher said. “I’m being honest with you. We’re just working here.”
So why was Snead given a new deal?
“First of all, what it means is, we’re not satisfied with where we’re at. We’ve got unfinished business,” he told KSPN, via the Los Angeles Daily News. “We think we can get this thing tipped, and that’s our goal. That’s where all the energy is spent. You’re not going to sleep until it gets done. We have great fans and we’ve been supported. It’s unbelievable. Any time you’re having a disappointing season, you feel for the fans first, because they come and they spend their energy and passion, and we’ve got to do a better job.”
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