Tampa Bay Buccaneers Will Have Plenty of Competition If They Want Jeff Fisher

And just like that, Jeff Fisher is the hottest coaching candidate in the NFL.

Now that Raheem Morris has been sent packing because he couldn't get his players to perform harder, faster and smarter, the search will begin and the man directing things is the guy who survived the plague of 2011, the 10-game losing streak that cost Morris his job. Mark Dominik is about to make the hire of his life, a hire that will determine his future with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

So how did former Tennessee Titan boss Fisher suddenly become the lead dog?

What this tells you is that Bill Cowher isn't returning to coaching any time soon. It also tells you that Jon Gruden may be serious about spending 2012 as the pippy blowhard on Monday Night Football once again.

If the Bucs have set their sights on Fisher, they've got a lot of company.

Indianapolis Colts, who stunned Peyton Manning on Monday by firing both the Polians. Owner Jim Irsay is now "evaluating" head coach Jim Caldwell. If Caldwell is fired, Fisher will be on Irsay's wish list as well.

The simple fact of life is that there is no big name out there right now that jumps out at you.

Jim Harbaugh was last year's big trophy, and you saw what he's accomplished in one year with San Francisco.

The Bucs need the next Jim Harbaugh.

Whoever that may be.