Jeff Fisher Departs with Tennessee Titans after Long Tenure

When Jeff Fisher first started coaching the Titans franchise, they were still the Houston Oilers.

Bill Clinton was in the middle of his first presidential term. There were 28 NFL franchises, while the state of Tennessee had no franchises in America's four major professional sports leagues (now there's the Titans, the NHL's Nashville Predators and the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies).

I could talk forever about how long Jeff Fisher has been Bud Adams' coach, but now the long reign has come to an end. According to ESPNEWS, Fisher will not return to the Titans organization for a 17th full season as a head coach.

One of the big disagreements between Fisher and Adams (but probably not the only one; they've had many years to find things they disagree on) was that the once-longest-tenured coach in the NFL wanted to hire his son to be a quality control coach. So, in other words, he wanted to keep the Titans organization in his family.

Adams, however, refused to bend on his policy against nepotism. So instead of letting Jeff Fisher's son serve as prince and, maybe, take over the headset-shaped crown, Adams decided to part ways and start fresh.

At his age, it may be a little too late to start fresh. Maybe he can sell his franchise to a member of his family.