Found October 21, 2009 on
Shutdown Corner:
Jeff Fisher delivered an appropriate apology today for donning a Peyton Manning jersey at a charity benefit where he explained his choice of apparel by saying he "wanted to feel like a winner". The action drew outrage from humorless people who can't take a joke and those who think that being a football coach is as serious a profession as there is. From a PR standpoint, the apology was expected. It wasn't at all needed.The whole thing was a self-deprecating joke. I guarantee Jeff Fisher is more disgusted with his team's 0-6 start than any fan out there, so to suggest that he doesn't care about his team's shoddy record because he's able to poke fun at it is preposterous.To his credit, Fisher stood by the gag joke (which was pretty funny, I thought) while trying to calm the masses who called for his head:"It was for a very, very worthwhile cause, charity," Fisher said. "I was introducing Tony, just having fun with it and I really apologi...
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