Maybe too much loyalty?

NFL's Tennessee Titans, and NBA's Utah Jazz parted ways with their head coaches within the past month. For the sports fans who don't know Jeff Fisher he spent 16 years with the Titans organization, dating back to when he started there in 1994 as a defensive coordinator. Jerry Sloan resigned from the Jazz during what would have been his 24th season as their head coach. This shows how loyal both organizations are to their head coaches. One problem though, combined how many NFL/NBA championships did they win...0

Fisher only got to the Super Bowl one time, which ended up being a loss to the "greatest show on turf," St. Louis Rams. The game ended with Kevin Dyson reaching for the goal line, which he would end up missing by one yard. This would be Fisher's only trip to the Super Bowl. Fisher overall is 146-120, which is more then acceptable in a competitive sport/league like the NFL. In the Playoffs though, he is under .500 career posting a 5-6 record, three of those wins in that Super Bowl year. Arguably the play that even made them advance as far as they did was not a play call by Fisher. The "Music City Miracle," was a street football play which could only be made up by the players on the field. If it was not for that miracle, Fisher would have never made it to the promised game. Despite being with the organization for so long, maybe it was the players which kept him with the team for so long. Fisher coached some great players with phenomenal skills. Through 1999-2003, the Titans made the playoffs four of the five years, led by Steve McNair and Eddie George. McNair is arguably two honorable things in the league. One being the toughest man in the league, who would play through any extent of injury. The other being the biggest dual threat, throwing and running wise, of the late 90's early 00's. McNair was a warrior for lack of better words, and almost led his team to that Super Bowl. In his backfield was the force that was Eddie George. George a dual threat in his own way, of catching and running, was more consistent then any running back of his time. His hard mouth, play making agenda made him the player he was. Later in the 2000's Fisher was blessed with receiving Chris Johnson, NFL's number one back. The late surge in that time period was only because of Johnson and his ability to sprint through the line. If it was not for those three great players, Fisher is less then average and most likely would have been canned earlier.

The Utah Jazz never technically fired Jerry Sloan, but there was something fishy going on in that situation. point guard Deron Williams has been known to say that Sloan did not coach as hard as he used to during the Malone and Stockton days. After 20+ years with the same team and less then expectations results, one would stop coaching as hard too. Sloan came close to the Finals and winning them on various occasions. With the Jazz he lost in the NBA Finals twice, when he was victim to Michael Jordan and his two Bulls teams. He also was a loser in the Western Conference Finals on three occasions. Sloan coached the Jazz for almost 24 years and was blessed, like Fisher, with monumental players. During the, "Jordan Era," he coach two of the 50 greatest players of all time in Karl Malone and John Stockton. The accolades between these two players are endless, but Stockton holds the record for most career assists, while Malone is up there for points. Those two accolades were made because of one another. Say what you want about it being impossible to win a title while Jordan was playing, but when you have these two players, you are telling me that you can't steal one? Adding to this is the fact that he was recently coaching the best combination point guard in the league in Deron Williams. Williams finds every hole, hits all the open shots, and make all the right decisions on the floor. Mr. Sloan, you may be a tad overrated if you cannot win a title with the duo of the 90's or arguably the current point guard of the decade.

Both Jeff Fisher and Jerry Sloan coached a long time for their respective organizations. The question must be raised, after looking closely were these organizations too loyal to guys who brought them all the way to only be disappointed in the end?