The Official Tennessee Titans thread IV

#43,952
#43,952
GBO18 said:
YES ANOTHER DEFENSIVE MINDED COACH. GREAT JOB AMY IF TRUE.
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She don't mind a defensive coach. She just can't take one who has somewhat of a track record who wants more control of things.... Easier to fire Vrabel and not give him more control and then hire a first time head coach with defensive chops than it is to keep continuity going into a very favorable offseason
 
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#43,953
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Vols4us said:
Not from me, I agree with you and still do.

People need to get over his Cleveland years. It's Cleveland and they screw every QB up.
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You’d think after RT they’d understand you can’t judge every rookie QB off their first few seasons without much help.
 
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If you (Amy and Ron) firmly believe Levis is the guy, then wtf would you bring in a Defensive minded coach?

I don’t want an OC that’s gonna come in and maybe do a great job and then leave for a HC job. Why have your “franchise qb” work with different OCs?

Hire a HC that can work with him that will stay around.
 
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Vol8188 said:
You’d think after RT they’d understand you can’t judge every rookie QB off their first few seasons without much help.
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Exactly.

Look at Jordan Love. That's the way it always worked the best. Draft and serve as back up. Observe, develop, learn the system, build relationships, practice. Get to know what you are doing. When it is time to go the learning curve shrinks, less injuries, shorter ramp up to proficiency.

Instead most throw them to the wolves as rookies and very few actually amount to anything. When the talented ones who persevere after taking their lumps who still have fuel in the tank can be brought in, it usually works well. They had that shot with Baker and like you said, they should have known after RT.
 
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peaygolf said:
If you (Amy and Ron) firmly believe Levis is the guy, then wtf would you bring in a Defensive minded coach?

I don’t want an OC that’s gonna come in and maybe do a great job and then leave for a HC job. Why have your “franchise qb” work with different OCs?

Hire a HC that can work with him that will stay around.
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I can see that. But first you have to be certain Levis is the guy because hiring a HC involves commitment not only to him, but to all of his future staff and remaining roster. Quality FA's will be watching the commitment as well. Getting that wrong sinks the franchise even more with a new stadium coming online. So if Ran and Amy say for sure he is their guy, that makes sense. I just think he needs to back up for a couple of seasons to have a better shot at succeeding.

My opinion does not matter. If it did I would not commit to Levis. I see him as a John Allen wannabe. There is only one Josh Allen. JMO.
 
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#43,957
Vols4us said:
I can see that. But first you have to be certain Levis is the guy because hiring a HC involves commitment not only to him, but to all of his future staff and remaining roster. Quality FA's will be watching the commitment as well. Getting that wrong sinks the franchise even more with a new stadium coming online. So if Ran and Amy say for sure he is their guy, that makes sense. I just think he needs to back up for a couple of seasons to have a better shot at succeeding.

My opinion does not matter. If it did I would not commit to Levis. I see him as a John Allen wannabe. There is only one Josh Allen. JMO.
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If there was a plan, fire Vrabel last season and bring in a HC and GM to draft their QB when ready. Now any HC is hitched to Levis who wasn’t “their guy” if things go south at QB.
 
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#43,958
Titans interviewed former Falcons head coach Dan Quinn for the head coaching job and he will always be known as the guy that blew a 28-3 lead in Super Bowl 51.
 
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FWIW - not a fan of this Aaron Glenn talk of being the HC. Being in the bottom half of the NFL in key D stats for the two seasons he has been a DC on a playoffs quality team under a quality HC does not inspire confidence that he will succeed even if the players love him. Granted that Campbell likes to roll the dice and play the analytics, but those stats are not good.

I want guys to enjoy being teammates, but the goal that matters is to win at a high level, not be best buds with each other and the coaches. There are other, more qualified candidates on that list that guys enjoy playing with as well.
 
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Vols4us said:
I can see that. But first you have to be certain Levis is the guy because hiring a HC involves commitment not only to him, but to all of his future staff and remaining roster. Quality FA's will be watching the commitment as well. Getting that wrong sinks the franchise even more with a new stadium coming online. So if Ran and Amy say for sure he is their guy, that makes sense. I just think he needs to back up for a couple of seasons to have a better shot at succeeding.

My opinion does not matter. If it did I would not commit to Levis. I see him as a John Allen wannabe. There is only one Josh Allen. JMO.
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I understand…..but IF Ran an Amy are convinced Levis is “the guy” (which I think he can be) then an offensive guy that has worked with and succeeded with other QBs, then that’s who I want for stability down the road.

Callahan (OC) at Cincinnati did a great job with Browning when Burrows got injured. I know he’s not the play caller, but he’s in on the day-to-day stuff and can bring his dad as OL coach. JMO
 
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peaygolf said:
I understand…..but IF Ran an Amy are convinced Levis is “the guy” (which I think he can be) then an offensive guy that has worked with and succeeded with other QBs, then that’s who I want for stability down the road.

Callahan (OC) at Cincinnati did a great job with Browning when Burrows got injured. I know he’s not the play caller, but he’s in on the day-to-day stuff and can bring his dad as OL coach. JMO
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Unlike some others on here, I like Callahan. I agree on the job he did with Browning. He has the NFL experience and knows what a SB/playoffs type team looks like from an offense perspective. If Levis is the guy for them, Callahan is a good choice IMO because the team should be built around that guy's skillset with a complimentary D to the O scheme/system.
 
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Really hope they go with the offensive minded HC this time. I'd like to see Callahan or Slowik get the nod.
 
#43,965
#43,965
Front office mess.

www.yahoo.com

Ranking NFL's open head-coaching jobs: Coaches, execs pick league’s gigs from least to most attractive

We polled six highly positioned league sources — three on the coaching side, three on personnel — and asked them to rank the NFL's seven open jobs, with consideration on ownership, roster and salary-cap load.
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6. Tennessee Titans (12 points: one fifth-place vote, four sixth-place votes, one seventh-place vote)​

How the job opened — by firing head coach Mike Vrabel — is not resonating well across the NFL. And that impacts how people are looking at this opening. Vrabel is widely respected across the league in both coaching staffs and front offices as being a worker, motivator and leader. A great many heavy hitters hold him in high esteem. And when he was fired outright by Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk, who didn’t attend the news conference following the move, it stirred a significant amount of apprehension over Strunk’s track record of decisions leading the franchise. As one poll member framed it, “She fired a damn good coach and a leader. What else was [Vrabel] supposed to [do] — how much more could he be than that? Moves like that are usually some politics inside the building or some kind of problem between a coach and an owner. That should be the first [warning] light about working there.”

Apart from Vrabel’s dismissal, the Titans' roster has significant question marks. Not everyone in the poll believed Will Levis was a certain resolution at the quarterback spot, which could be a problem given that his draft selection is chiefly being attributed to the influence of Strunk and general manager Ran Carthon. If the next regime comes in and decides in 2024 that Levis isn’t Tennessee's quarterback, it potentially results in some internal friction in the franchise, or simply underscores that the Titans don’t have an answer (or good second option) at QB. Beyond that spot, one candidate raised the specter of a vast number of injuries for the Titans in the past few seasons, relating it as an underlying problem that is sometimes difficult to identify and resolve. The offensive line is also a major rebuilding project, while the defense has a nice base of young talent that needs additions.

There is a monster amount of cap space in the next two offseasons, giving ample ammunition for extensions or big swings in free agency, and the draft pick allotments are relatively intact. But how Strunk has operated in past decisions continues to undermine the “pivot potential” upside of this team. Not to mention the reality that the power structure is now murkier with Carthon taking a lead in the organization, but also appearing to be working in a committee with Strunk. At the very least, it raises questions about how the Titans actually operate structurally as an organization now, and that is going to make it less attractive to top-tier candidates who want to see a track record that they can rely on.

Quotable: “Carolina and Tennessee are both coordinator hires [for the head coach openings],” one polled executive said. “Neither will get someone like [Jim] Harbaugh because of how the owners have been all over the place. Wow — I almost said Harbaugh and Vrabel. Obviously Tennessee fired Mike, so you can cross off the experienced head coaches who already know what they’re doing from that place. What a weird job that is.”
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#43,968
#43,968
JMO - so far, count me in for Callahan, Slovik, Johnson and Macdonald. I see Callahan and Slovik interchangeably as first choice if locking in with Levis. I see Johnson as a close to those two who can still operate with a less mobile QB. Macdonald is my wildcard pick. He knows the attack D and how to manage the game in a complimentary way with a QB centric O scheme. So he would not be opposed to going that route like Vrabel was.
 
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#43,972
#43,972
tvolsfan said:
Good lord, tell me things aren't this bad.
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Probably just a Rooney rule interview but he managed to sustain the run Harbaugh had at Stanford for awhile before collapsing at the end. Stanford is a hard place to win at. Still he isn’t anywhere near who I want as HC.
 
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#43,974
Burhead said:
Probably just a Rooney rule interview but he managed to sustain the run Harbaugh had at Stanford for awhile before collapsing at the end. Stanford is a hard place to win at. Still he isn’t anywhere near who I want as HC.
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I thought they were interviewing Aaron Glenn with strong consideration? That would satisfy the Rooney Rule.
 
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