Los Angeles Rams extend Jeff Fisher: Twitter reacts
By David Rouben
Los Angeles Rams fans reacted exactly how you would’ve expected to news of their coach getting extended after a 28-0 loss.
The Los Angeles Rams are coming off of a 28-0 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Considering they finished 5-11 that year and had a terrible defense, it was an embarrassing result. Everyone was in agreement that the best part of that game was the drunk fan who ran on the field, and Kevin Harlan’s subsequent play-by-play call.
The Rams should be lucky that they were at least on the road for that one. Had they looked like that in their first game in LA in almost 20 years, it might’ve been enough to move the team back to St. Louis.
After a loss like that, drastic measures must be taken. There were, but not in the way you’d expect. In the wake of that loss, and four straight sub-.500 seasons with the Rams, front office announced that Jeff Fisher was getting a three-year contract extension. The reactions went exactly how you’d expect:
"At this point he's gotta have naked pictures of Kroenke or something." -@MattVerderame on possible reason behind Jeff Fisher extension.
— Kayla Knierim (@KaylaKnierim) September 15, 2016
It's 2043. 10 years after the war. After a 6-10 season, the LA Roaches, a team made up of cockroaches, fire earth's last human, Jeff Fisher.
— Jim Cavan (@JPCavan) September 15, 2016
Jeff Fisher showed up with pictures of every member in the front office's family members duct taped to wooden chairs & said "Let's discuss"
— Q (@_RightOnQ_) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/Quan2Much/status/776429994784399360
Jeff Fisher is "The World According To Jim." Executives are pretty sure they can't do better, so might as well let that show keep running.
— M@ (@MattSpiegel670) September 15, 2016
In 20 full NFL seasons, Jeff Fisher has finished above .500 6 times. GOAT.
— Eric Nathan (@BarstoolNate) September 15, 2016
Incredible… Jeff Fisher’s survival as a head coach is 30 for 30 worthy https://t.co/7zkFjhGS2U
— Sean Pendergast (@SeanTPendergast) September 15, 2016
This simply doesn’t add up. Fisher’s record with the Rams was bad enough as is, but having it come after a loss like that makes even less sense. He was a star on Hard Knocks, and didn’t mess around when it came to practice squad players, but he can’t manage an actual team. I get that it’s hard to find a better option at head coach, but Fisher has hardly served the Rams’ fan base well. If anything, he was part of the reason why they relocated.
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Football fans in LA got a taste of why having the Rams is worse than having no team at all. Despite this opening setback, he’ll probably finish with seven wins. But this extension practically guarantees that LA won’t be getting playoff football for the next four years.