Loyal

I've always liked Jeff Fisher as a coach, and the success of his team this year shouldn't be as big of a surprise as it is being treated, but beyond the playcalling, his loyalty to his team is what makes him such a great coach.

As a scout, I always pledged to be loyal, and one of the greatest examples for other scouts is Jeff Fisher. As the second point in the scout law, loyalty has been a center point of scouting for a long time. Most of the time scouts always approach loyalty as a duty to one's country, but Fisher displays the importance of being loyal to one's employers and to one's employees.

I have always been struck by coaches who stick with a team. The other week, the commentators on the Bears-Titans game mentioned how Fisher had stuck with the Titans franchise as the interim head coach during the move to Nashville even though his office was a trailer and the team did not have its own stadium. Still, Fisher stuck through it and has achieved one of the better records for an interim coach moving to a permanent position. I've always admired people in my life who have been able to stay with a company for a long time and Fisher's accomplishments are quite admirable.

My favorite display of Jeff Fisher's loyalty is how he runs out on the field to check on any injured player. Today a special teams player was injured, and Fisher was out just as the training staff was coming to the player's attention. It was amazing, because this kid hardly ever plays, but Fisher still runs out to make sure he's ok. I've always liked my good bosses, and I'm sure that Coach Fisher's players perform to their highest potential because of his loyalty.

As long as Fisher is around, you really can't count the Titans out of the playoff hunt. And I'm convinced that everyone could take a few life tips from this coach.