Titans fire HC Mike Vrabel
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It's comical how many white people are caping for Mike Vrabel as if he's this great coach in a bad situation.
He deserves to be fired. He's not a good coach.
And sure, he seems like a popular guy among the league and with players.
I have no doubt he will land somewhere as a coordinator and might even get another head coaching job.
But he's not a good head coach. The Titans were an embarrassment offensively while he was there and they did nothing to help it.
He deserves to be fired. He's not a good coach.
And sure, he seems like a popular guy among the league and with players.
I have no doubt he will land somewhere as a coordinator and might even get another head coaching job.
But he's not a good head coach. The Titans were an embarrassment offensively while he was there and they did nothing to help it.
I can't really fault ownership for not trusting Vrabel to develop Levis or whoever their next QB ends up being. He hit on LeFleur and Arthur Smith as OCs but when you keep having to replace those guys you're a bad hire or two away from spinning your tires like they have with no real answers.
It's not that offensive coaches don't flame out or go through lapses, even someone like McVay has had to look in the mirror and surround himself with fresh assistants and recalibrate - but offense drives the modern game and when that side is your forte it's just a lot easier to get production out of the QB and sustain that success year after year.
It's not that offensive coaches don't flame out or go through lapses, even someone like McVay has had to look in the mirror and surround himself with fresh assistants and recalibrate - but offense drives the modern game and when that side is your forte it's just a lot easier to get production out of the QB and sustain that success year after year.
Bad QB play translates to losses. They also traded a damn good receiver. Vrabel's a good coach.
EzekelRAGE
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It doesnt even seem like they were against letting Vrabel develop Levis. Their problem seemed to be Vrabel wanted to be in a win now mode and ownership wants to do a full rebuild, no half measure shyt.
Titans’ Owner Amy Adams Strunk wanted fresh perspective in the coaching staff after a 6-18 stretch over the last two seasons, including 1-9 in division games
I took that "fresh perspective" line as wanting to evolve past the grit & grind Henry doing 80% of the heavy lifting offense. There's probably truth to the win now vs rebuild mindset as well, feels like the AJ trade and a lot of other blunders from the previous GM put them in a hole that requires a clean slate and Vrabel's too established to accept that.
EzekelRAGE
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I was just going off the tweet that was posted here. Guy has 50k followers and works for sbnation
yseJ
Empire strikes back
Vrabel aint an offensive coach tho, so Im not sure how much of it is on him
One thing for sure, teams are moving more and more towards the head coach being offensive minded. If you are rebuilding with a young QB, you want an OC who will stay and wont get poached, so an OC as a HC makes the most sense
I think Vrabel is a good coach in terms of being a leader. A bit conservative/opposite of analytics, but he'll land somewhere for sure if he wants to continue coaching. Worst case scenario someone will take him as a DC for sure
One thing for sure, teams are moving more and more towards the head coach being offensive minded. If you are rebuilding with a young QB, you want an OC who will stay and wont get poached, so an OC as a HC makes the most sense
I think Vrabel is a good coach in terms of being a leader. A bit conservative/opposite of analytics, but he'll land somewhere for sure if he wants to continue coaching. Worst case scenario someone will take him as a DC for sure
EzekelRAGE
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This seems like cheery picked stats. Why do the cut off at the last 24 games?
Also for the other 2 stats, Isnt tanehill seen as a trash coach and didnt the GM get rid of Hopkins?
daboywonder2002
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I feel you and agree. But why would he want the NE job over the Titans? Is it a family thing where all his family is still in Boston. Or maybe he thinks he will have the full trust of Robert Kraft.
The team sabotaged him by trading AJ Brown.
YaThreadFloppedB!
The Patron Saint of Threads
always got his mouth slightly ajar. lookin like that yellow creature off Smiling Friends
I assume u mean he got rid of Brown and not Hopkins? There's something to be said for everything that you mentioned. There's also something to be said for sticking with the corpse of Tannehill too long, his OC hires---then not telling said OC to come into the 21st century, conservative style of game planning he obv loves. It's a bit of yin and yang. Again, nobody is saying he's a bad coach but he has his faults as us Titan fans in here are telling y'all.
