Bud Adams and Jeff Fisher Come To Terms Part Two: How Jeff Fisher Saved His Job

Its no longer news that Jeff Fisher will be back as coach of the Tennessee Titans next year.

Last week, we took a satirical look at the initial conversations between owner and coach in the article: Bud Adams and Jeff Fisher Come to Terms: A  Satirical Walk Down Memory Lane. 

And now our "inside sources" give us the gritty satirical details of how this went down in THE REST OF THE STORY.

Transcript of a Conversation: Houston, Texas, circa January 2011

Assistant: Mr. Adams, Mr. Mike Reinfeldt (General Manager)and Mr. Steve Underwood (General Counsel) are here to see you.

Bud Adams: Yes, I’ve been expecting them. Please take them to the conference room.

Mike Reinfeldt: Good Morning  Mr. Adams. Thank you for seeing us.

BA: Good Morning Steve. We’ve got a little work to do.

MR: Sir, this is Steve, I am Mike.

BA: Of course, I knew that.  Steve has gotten me out of more than just a few legal pickles over the years. When Bob Lanier (former Houston Mayor) and I were going at it over the new stadium thing back in the 1990s, Steve really showed ‘em…well never mind that. Tell me what YOU have been doing, because whatever it is isn’t working.

MR: Well Sir, I am the General Manager. 

BA: Yes, Mike. Jeff told me you would be coming. For some reason he really likes you.

Well boys, we have quite a little mess there in Nashville.   I almost fired Jeff the other day but he said you would have some valuable information to consider.  So tell me boys, why should I keep Jeff?  And what about Vince?

MR: Well Jeff is the longest tenured coach in the NFL.  ESPN’s Craig Mortensen, who knows EVERYTHING there is to know about the NFL, said that he was the best if not one of the best coaches in the league, and that both Jerry Jones and Bob McNair were dying for him to coach their teams here in Texas. He will be bigger than you if he comes to Houston.

BA:  Hmmm….didn’t Jeff give Mortensen’s kid who wasn’t drafted a tryout with our team this year?

MR: Well, everybody in Tennessee LOVES Jeff. There will be boycotts at LP Field and riots in the streets of Nashville if Jeff is fired.

BA: Well I don’t know, there were an awful lot of empty red (Club level) seats in those last two games in Tennessee. It’s like I told Jeff. I want to hold that Lombardi trophy while I can still see it and lift it. We haven’t won anything in a decade? What in dickens is the problem?

MR and SU in concert: Vince Young!!

MR: He has undermined Jeff at every turn.  He doesn’t understand the offense.  Everybody hates him.

BA: Well…I don’t know. His jersey is one of the best-selling that we have ever had in our team’s history. And I like the way the fans here in Houston come out to root for him when we play the Texans. We seem to win more games with this guy when he plays.  He’s still a young man. I think Jeff just needs to work with him a little.

MR: Jeff is going to quit on us if Vince comes back.  We’ll have to hire a coach and….

SU:  And if he doesn’t quit and you fire him you will still have to pay him six million dollars. He’ll go on TV with his buddies next year and turn the whole league against you. You know Jeff.

BA: Six million, six million?  When did I agree to pay him that?...Six  million?

SU: That’s what his contract says.  Then you will have to hire a new coach for millions,… millions I tell you! And then Vince Young will need to be paid four million for his roster bonus before the season even starts. And Mike (Reinfeldt) is great with the check book, but if Jeff leaves we might need some help with another personnel guy in the front office.

BA:  Six million…this is worse than I thought….we might not even have football next year.

BA: Okay..okay. If I bring Jeff back how is he going to fix that defense? What’s the problem with the defense?

MR and SU in concert:  Vince Young!!

BA:  Huh?....what?

MR: Well, err…Jeff has said he will also look at the entire staff also. He is fully prepared to make any and all changes necessary. Based on our preliminary view, we all think the equipment manager might be part of the problem.

BA:  Six million for Jeff, and another four million for Vince…..that’s aah… ten million dollars! Well, that’s just too much money to let go for nothing.  Tell Jeff that he can release Vince.   He has one more year to get this thing together.  I’m expecting another Music City Miracle next year. But this time we need to win it all.

MR and SU  (jumping high fives): No problem Sir!  We can’t thank you enough! Is there anything…anything else Sir?

BA: Well …just one more thing.  Tell Jeff to call me about the quarterback issue.  That Collins guy is not going to cut it.  Tell him I want to talk to him about this guy I saw the other day….what was that kid’s name?  Oh yeah…Cam.