i certainly wouldnt mind fisher at all. i think he is a VASTLY under rated coach who did a lot with a lot of mediocre players and had to over come a LOT of players injuries and goofy draft picks by his front office.
but my problem with him is he is a DIE HARD defensive coach and we are in a MAJOR transformation to an offense nfl. its a BIG TIME passing leauge now and 5,000 yds by a qb with 40 td's will be a yawn in 2 years.
i want an offensive minded coach, expecially if NOLAN is staying, one who is a student of the west coast or air coryell offense systems. [still the two most productive systems in the game].
billick is a product and student of the west coast and LOVES the passing game. throw in his productive working relationship with nolan and we have the makings of a cohesive, productive, experianced staff.
fisher and ireland? i dont see it as he just got out of a long term bad, meddlesome relationship with his former gm and i dont see him taking a chance on clicking with ireland, who has a bad rep already around the leauge. why would he want to?
but, this is the ross era and who knows. if its fisher, it will all depend on who the offensive coordinator is and if fisher will let go of his "play defense and run the ball" archaic philosophy we have had to endure here for the last 15 years and he will give his coach free reign to run his scheme.
as usual, it should be interesting.