Sando: Jeff Fisher on Brandon Jones

by David Fucillo on Mar 24, 2009 10:44 AM PDT in San Francisco 49ers News

Normally this would just be a link, but I thought it was worth posting separately. Mike Sando ran into Titans coach Jeff Fisher and inquired about Brandon Jones. There is some "negative energy" around the signing, so any positives are always welcome. According to Sando, Fisher said, among other things:

"His personality. He is just fun to be around . . . He works hard. He takes coaching. He's just one of those guys you can tease with and joke around with, but you always knew he was going to do the best he could and work real hard."
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"He's not an injury-prone person," Fisher said. "It was freak injuries. But if he puts the injuries behind him and stacks a couple years together, he'll be very productive."

Do you take what a former coach says with a grain of salt? People in the NFL don't usually go on record with bad things about other people in the NFL. Then there's the fact that the 49ers are playing the Titans this coming season so I'm sure Fisher probably would like to avoid any bulletin board material.

Jeff Fisher has always struck me as one of the good guys in the league so it doesn't surprise me that he would stay positive. The way I look at it, if Jones busts his butt for Coach Singletary and Jimmy Raye, there's not much more that can be done. If he ends up just not cutting it, that falls on the front office. I guess we'll see.

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On the record.

I think that most NFL personnel and coaches don’t go on the record with comments about any of their colleagues. Considering your “enemy” one day can be your teammate, coach, or pupil the next, people in the NFL don’t tend to burn bridges.

This goes for positive and negative things. We always see people tip-toe around negative points (i.e. Smith on Nolan a few weeks ago). We also see people being VERY vague when it comes to praising others, too, giving general comments like (good kid, good guy, etc).

That said, Jones hasn’t really shown anything that refutes what Fisher has said. The only exception may be that he’s coachable, but no one can really make that assessment for the “Jones in SF” until we all see what he does with Sullivan and Co.

by sfgfan on Mar 24, 2009 11:13 AM PDT reply actions

+1

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 25, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions

I think the way you could look at this is

any positives that are said are probably true but yo uhave to realize that you have no idea how many negatives are being left unsaid.

by foosball4949 on Mar 24, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions

only time will tell

by rlott#42 on Mar 24, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions

"He's just one of those guys you can tease with and joke around with..."

Fisher – “I don’t know how Mike Reinfeldt(Titans GM) expects me to have anything that even remotely resembles an N-F-L passing game with receivers like Brandon Jones..Who couldn’t catch a cold if he had to.”

Jones – “In my defense Fisher I haven’t done anything in N-F-L that could lead you to believe that I deserve such expectations.”

Fisher – “I can’t wait until your contracts up, No one is going to sign stone hand receiver that spends more time with the medical staff then with the coaching staff.”

McCloughan – “How does 16.5 million dollars over 5 years sound?”

Jones – " I love it, I’m blessed, I’m fortunate to be here and I’m just ready to start playing, being a 49er. I’ll go home and be with my family and soak all this process in. It’s been tough to swallow, but it’s unbelievable and I’m excited."

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by supraman on Mar 24, 2009 3:31 PM PDT reply actions