Throwing out 1994 and this year, Fisher has been a head coach for 19 full seasons. He has had a winning record only 6 times in those 19 seasons (back to back winning seasons three different times with the Titans). He has yet to get to even .500 with the Rams. There are an endless supply of excuses for this-he got saddled with the oft-injured Sam Bradford, he took over an historically bad team*, the recent NFC West has been one of the toughest divisions in history, etc. But he is the definition of a mediocre head coach, and when he does build a winning team, they last for 2 years at most, and then backslide. And yet I have no doubt that when he parts ways with the Rams, whenever that is, there are teams that will line up to hire him. Because toughness.
*this is really the only excuse I give even a little weight to. In the 5 years before he took over, the Rams were 15-65, the worst five year stretch in the history of the post-merger NFL. But 3 full seasons, with all the extra RGIII picks, should be enough to get back to .500
