Vince Young vs. Jeff Fisher To Be a Repeat of Brett Favre vs. Brad Childress?

November 23, 2010   ·   Carl D. Carlucci   ·   Jump to comments

Quick, which of these tandems have, or had, a worse relationship: Vince Young and Tennessee Titans Head Coach Jeff Fisher, or the now-separated Brett Favre and Brad Childress?
You probably answered Favre and Childress, right?
Given a quick glance, the obvious answer is Favre and Childress. Childress was fired this past Monday by Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf. Fisher is in no such danger, at least at the moment.
But is it really that simple?
At any point did Childress alternately bench then resume starting Favre? No. Because when you get right down to it, Favre was always in control over his coach. His teammates always sided with him over Childress. It wasn't so much a power struggle as much as Childress was a lame duck.
And in the end, Childress was not fired because Favre wanted him gone, at least not on the surface. He was fired because the 3-7 Vikings, who had Super Bowl aspirations, were blown out by a combined score of 58-16 in consecutive weeks agains...

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