I know Bud is dead. Tommy obviously cares nothing about the team and just inherited it. He might as well live in China. No real leadership in the organization. The whole team is a mess and fans are losing interest. They need new ownership to give the team some hope. The team hasn't worth a #### since they fired Floyd.
I'm not sure how I feel about Tommy. When it was rumored that he was being proper and showing his support for the coach til the right time to let him go, I thought he was playing that role perfectly. Since Whisenhunt wasn't fired, it threw me. There's like 10 of us still hoping despite the obvious backing, and maybe he's gone after the Senior Bowl and didn't want to miss getting that up close experience and his notes from it but....he's staying.
He said he wants a Supe in 2016 or 2017 (can't recall) and when he speaks it's like "give it to me or else." I like an owner speaking that way. Supposedly he brings it up and the GM and coach have to explain how they will give him that, what they're doing toward that goal etc.
I did appreciate his anger and spoken embarrassment at the team's performance. Hearing him, I was saying to the computer "that's right, that's right" and then it lacked a resulting "so we're going to..." discussion.
The only thing he's publicly said and the GM has begun working on is that no one on the roster is safe. They had this discussion with Nate and let him go.
I'm still stuck on Munchak's attitude and mindset. In today's NFL, the Titans (and every team) need someone to have significant power in personnel that will be brutally honest. You ran a nice route but you dropped the ball. You looked pretty, but gained a yard on that carry. You were there, but the WR caught the ball.
Fisher had several LBs get old in his day and it was yes he tackled the guy but being a step slow to get there gave them another yard.
Munchak pulled anyone and everyone for messing up and the next week he gave them their chance again. If he were there Hunter would get a few passes and be pulled. He wouldn't be running routes and ignored. Sankey would get the rock and be pulled if he didn't run tough, he wouldn't just be benched and/or turned into a 3rd down back that "never" gets a carry.
I like this for a belief that the player can get it done. Shows the team no favoritism or coddling. The player knows right where he stands. There's a feeling that IF IF IF it happens, the team will move forward and improve the next thing. With Whisenhunt, I did not feel any issue was solved or dealt with in a manner that it would be.
I want a throwback guy in personnel and I don't care if Munchak has a brother and it's him or really who it is. It could be a computer geek that only watches stats. Give us fans some real evaluation to hang our hats on.
Whisenhunt also showed a real poor ability to evaluate potential players and this concerns me. McCluster was nothing that he said, not even used as he said. Now I know his ability from KC and as such I totally put that on Whisenhunt. During the pressers about Oher's signings, during the summer when the backups were performing real well and hungrier than him...he did nothing but make it seem like dead man walking. Locker....could he have been more wrong?
Looking back, Levitre was his own critic and kudos to him, but where was the coaching and evaluation there? What's Bruce Matthews doing now? Is there a reason he can't come back as OL coach? I haven't read that he got a different job. If so, can't they sign a myriad of great former linemen to come back and coach?
Phillips and Derrick didn't do well as a backer and made plays when they put their hand in the dirt. Where was their development and coaching?
I didn't see much double-coverage this year at all. I get that they want them to learn a system and grow from experience but it also means the Titans are the only team to not do this against a top WR and yet they have one of the best safeties. One DB with an odd name was cut, otherwise I didn't see any benching and such for poor play. I was angry that we signed a former 2nd round pick of the Titans, he looked great in the fourth Q one game, and then went back to being a special teamer. Why can't they try him next game like a reward for good play? I would guess he had 3 passes defensed in that Q and the QB went away from him. We haven't seen that since Verner, I don't care if he was covering a scrub or a stud, he did everything necessary so give him a shot next week. Instead we go back to bleeding who is the closest fan just right there watching the WR catch it. This right here would help me, as a fan, feel better, It kills me to think "stick your hands out, hit him, do something!"
