Fish out of water: Ex Titans coach leads Dolphins on, then bolts for Rams

BOSTON-- Say what you want about Tony Sparano, but never in 13 years of coaching would the former Miami Dolphins head coach do what Jeff Fisher just did to South Florida.

No, I'm not talking about his decision to pick the Rams over Miami.  That I don't care about, that, put simply, is just business.  The way he went about it, however, only further proved what I have said time and time again...

Jeff Fisher is not the right coach for the Miami Dolphins.  Plain and simple.  He's just not.

Why should you, Dol-fans, settle for a coach who took 10 days to figure out whether or not we were the right team for him? If Jeff Fisher really wanted this job, if he really thought he could succeed here, then let me tell you something folks, he would've taken it the minute his interview ended last Tuesday.

But that's the reality, as harsh as it may be, of the situation.  Jeff Fisher didn't want to come to Miami, he wanted to go to St. Louis, and you know what, that's perfectly fine Jeff, really.  Just one question for you..

Why did it take 10 days for you to tell us that!?  Why be a tease?  Why hang the meat in the window but not sell it?  Why take a page out of the Peanuts' script and yank the football away right as we're about to kick it?

Okay, more than one.

Unprofessional doesn't begin to describe how you handled this situation.  Try selfish on for size.  Try immature.  Try egotistical.  And even those words still don't quite put your character over the last week into perspective.

Now I see why you've failed 11 times in your 17 year career.  Now I see why you have as many Super Bowl rings as I do.  Now I see why only two of six teams in need of a head coach interviewed you.

The truth is, Jeff Fisher, you're a mediocre head coach.  Respected, yes, but elite?  No way.  Not a chance.

A lot of you, most of you, will see this as a case of the Dolphins not deserving Jeff Fisher.  But after what I just saw the last week and a half, I don't think Jeff Fisher deserved the Dolphins.  Why does he deserve to be paid well into the seven digits by a team he wasn't even sure he wanted to coach?  Would you hire somebody who didn't really want to work with you?  Don't think so.

Again, I'm not knocking Fisher for choosing St. Louis over Miami, in-fact, I think it's a blessing in disguise for the Dolphins.

 Would he have brought that star-studded name back to the Dolphins sidelines?  Sure.  Would he have brought instant credibility to owner Stephen Ross?  Definitely.  But was he the best fit for what this team needs right now?  That I'm not so sure about.

I said it last week, and I'll say it again right now- Jeff Fisher may be a star coach (for reasons I'm still trying to figure out), but had he come to Miami it would have been a disaster.

He clearly didn't want to be here.

And I, for one, am glad he's not.

Let the coaching search continue.