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Yes he asked for and got final say...and did so in a system that was in fact, when it came to drafting, going to act collaboratively. But there's no contradiction there. You can have a collaborative process where there's a guy with final say in his back pocket, because someone has to have it (the time the Rams actually worked by votes with Armey, Martz, and Zygmunt was a disaster.)
Here are just some examples of many. All you have to do is search the terms "Fisher" "Rams" and "final say."
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Fisher actually has final say over the roster and all transactions --
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Los Angeles Rams: Like many teams, the Rams prefer to say that all of their picks are a group consensus, but if it really comes down to it, coach Jeff Fisher has the final say. The Rams gave Fisher a five-year deal worth around $7 million a season in 2012, and with it, they gave him a lot of say in personnel matters. He was already in place when the team hired general manager Les Snead, and the two generally work together on building the roster. -- Nick Wagoner
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There can be little doubt that Fisher wanted, and acquired, full control in 2012. After Fisher picked the Rams over the Dolphins, he told Michael Silver (then of Yahoo! Sports) that Fisher wanted to be able to run the show.
“At the end of the day I wanted the ability to have final say, with a General Manager I could build something with,” Fisher said.
Which he should have at his experience level, BUT Bill Belichick is the only HC in football with "full control".
As I understand it, "Full control" and "final say" are different things. "Final say" just refers to personnel---the draft, free agency, the roster. I am not sure of the scope of "full control" but it goes beyond that and involves not just personnel. For example, on contracts, the Rams front office contracts people do not report to the coach or the GM, they report to Kroenke, which makes them separate. "Full control" means the contracts people report to Bellichick--they are under him, not separate.
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The NFL has six head coaches with absolute final say on player personnel decisions in Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots, Mike Shanahan of the Washington Redskins, Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints, Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks, Chip Kelly of the Philadelphia Eagles and Jeff Fisher of the St. Louis Rams.
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Fisher wanted final say over personnel decisions, which is something he earned throughout his coaching days with the Tennessee Titans. Ross would not restructure things within the organization, so they watched Fisher go to St. Louis, leaving them without an A-list head coach for the second time.
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That power is in the hands of general manager Jeff Ireland, whose contract calls for him to have final say on the composition of the roster and on draft choices. Fisher will have that control in St. Louis. The Rams currently don’t have a general manager, after firing Billy Devaney, and Fisher will have a big say in who is hired for the job. But in the end, he'll be the guy calling the shots.
