Comments on: Bud Adams puts entire Titans organization on notice

By: jkross13

jkross13 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:01:59 +0000

If the Titans can’t put together a string of wins its time for Munchak, Gray and Palmer all to go.
I didn’t like the hires to begin with. Munchak is a nice guy but he had never had head coaching experience let alone coordinator experience. He doesnt seem to make game time adjustments and worse, week to week adjustments.
Gray’s defense is giving is giving up 34 points a game!! And he never makes adjusments, playing our secondary back, hardly blitzing, etc.
Our offense is hardly better, ranking in the bottom 10 in pts per game and Yardage per game. Palmer was hired from the UFL & has tried to implement a complex offense that he refuses to adjust in light of our inept ball movement.

If Adams wants to win he needs to dole out the cash to a legitimate winning coach.(And some good FA’s to boot, S, OL, to start) Having a great coach is a huge component to winning. And for all those Fisher admirers… he didnt win either. Coached 17 years and did not have a winning record 11 times!! If anything Fisher was a mediocre coach… he did have five 8-8 years.

By: paul80127

paul80127 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:01:53 +0000

I believe in giving the coaches a chance but with the good ones its usually pretty clear if they are good or not. Munch is a class act but its clear he and most if not all of the coordinators are not going to get any better.

By: flipola

flipola — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:20:34 +0000

Crazy though he may seem, at least Bud acknowledges the problem. People that don’t watch the games are quick to jump to “wow, that defense totally sucks”. This team does have some great young talent, especially on defense. Griffin was a pro bowler, Casey and Klug at DT, Ayers, McCarthy, and Brown at LB. All with tremendous potential, they evidently just aren’t being coached right. Giving up 15+ yards every pass play is ridiculous.

By: ajonesmc931

ajonesmc931 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:09:27 +0000

Houston fans suck

By: sooner712

sooner712 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:16:08 +0000

People time to stop blaming Vince Young for the Titans problems, that team couldn’t get it done with Air McNair. If they would have drafted Matt Leniart and the results would have been the same. The problem was the coaching not the players. Jeff Fisher is doing the same thing with the Rams. Now, I’m hearing Sam Bradford is soft, please if Jim Harbough can turn Alex Smith around into a winning quarterback with only one year coaching in the NFL no excuses for Jeff Fisher. Bud Adams needs to open the pocket book hire an established winning coach, the problem would be solved.

By: kluuuuuuuuug

kluuuuuuuuug — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:57:42 +0000

As a Titans fan it’s nice to see him come out and acknowledge how bad this FO has been. Nothing against Munchak, nice guy, but just isn’t getting it done. His worst decisions have been in selecting assistants and somehow letting the o-line (which was his entire life’s work) go so bad, so fast.

Will be interesting to see what happens. Hasselbeck is probably the best chance to win games now and save his keester, but Locker needs to play as well. If Reinfeldt and the GM go, HC/OC/DC & QB likely follow.

By: ohnothatguy

ohnothatguy — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:49:25 +0000

Really bud? This coming from a guy that forced his gm to draft vince young?!?! Shouldnt that have been the worse day of your ownership and for the fans? You set your own franchise back years bc of that. So i believe thats more embarrassing then getting whipped by a really good team

By: buffalobills2012

buffalobills2012 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:07:46 +0000

Someone get Dana White to set up a UFC fight between Bud and Ralph Wilson….Id pay for that.

By: gotitan

gotitan — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:58:09 +0000

Just for the record: The Bears are not even the best team in NFC, nor their division.

By: stglrider

stglrider — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:55:08 +0000

If the organization had not spent so much time and effort courting Payton Manning in the preseason and instead used that time to fill weak spots things in Nashville might be looking better.

By: theandy59

theandy59 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:51:05 +0000

Ironic, but predictable. A meddling owner who hasn’t one a damn thing in his, “….50 years owning an NFL franchise…”, yet seems incapable of identifying that maybe he’s the main problem.

By: protagoras111

protagoras111 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:12:52 +0000

Dear Nashville,
Sometimes a city just gets what it deserves. You know what I mean?
Sincerely,
City of Houston

By: lucky5936

lucky5936 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:02:47 +0000

This team is a product of poor drafting and even poorer player development. I would keep Munchak, but put him back as a o-line coach, where he would excel once more.

By: anthonybjones

anthonybjones — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:59:37 +0000

Owning an NFL Franchise; 100 million dollars
Hiring a new Head Coach; 5 million dollars
Having skin whiter than your teeth; Priceless

By: bmoretitansfan

bmoretitansfan — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:50:29 +0000

I’m calling BS….the coaching staff had obvious flaws heading into the season. Jerry Gray is not calling a sufficient gameplan…Palmers offense isn’t consistent at all. And most of all…Munchies ..you have no emotion, no fire, players probably don’t respect you. Bud is the cause. He’s too cheap…we let all our talent go each year that are leaders. Bulluck, KVB, hell even Courtland. This is a rant from a pissed off Titans fan. Gruden for Nashville. Plz.

By: tpa43

tpa43 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:44:45 +0000

Oh, no it isn’t going his way. Even the janitor is getting fired now!

By: paychrisjohnson28

paychrisjohnson28 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:22:37 +0000

@ Jesse James 182 – when Bud Adams had the teams the Oilers in Houston, the city was uncooperative at the time with assisting Bud Adams in getting a new stadium from the old Astro dome, there were few options available when the lease was up for the Astro dome, so Mr. Adams chose to move the team to Nashville, as that city was willing to build a state of the art facility. The Houston Texans came a long later, and the city of Houston without a team was more willing then to build a new stadium. The Houston Texans have been losers every year until the past 2 years, when former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips’ son Wade Philips came along as defensive coordinator, helping the team finally have a winning record, but the jury is still out on how this years version of the Houston Texans’ finishes the year.

The Tennessee Titans will overhaul their coaching staff after this year, as their inexperienced head coach Munchak, old time O-coordinator Palmer who came from the UFL Hartford Colonials and their inexperienced defensive coordinator Jerry Gray all have to go. The players technique is lacking on the Titans and when they play physical teams they get run over because the Titans are too finesse.

By: frozeninfear

frozeninfear — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:21:06 +0000

Those rose colored glasses are not working.

By: jimmysee

jimmysee — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:17:58 +0000

Anytime anyone gets accused of being outcoached by Lovie Smith, it must have been pretty ugly.

Lovie may be a good guy, but he is not known as the reincarnation of Vince Lombardi by any means.

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:12:00 +0000

If this was one week earlier, Titans would have been the perfect team to steal a 1st round pick from in exchange for a 30 year old former Pro Bowler. Call it the Al Davis Memorial Fleecing of a
Demented and Desperate Nonogenarian.

By: sudz28

sudz28 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:47:21 +0000

You got rid of Jeff Fischer who had been doing a pretty darn good job keeping the Titans relevant for quite awhile, despite a lack of appreciable talent. You reap what you sow.

By: jagsfan1

jagsfan1 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:44:43 +0000

PS – we desperately need our owner to do the same thing – only the evaluations have already been done – almost EVERYONE needs to go…GM,coaching staff, and most of the players.

By: jimbo75025

jimbo75025 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:36:59 +0000

msclemons67 says:Nov 5, 2012 1:21 AM

Sometimes a team gets into a funk and the only solution is to clean out the front office. After 15 years of Fisher I’d imagine there are a lot of complacent folks sitting in cubicles.

Note: I like Fisher as a coach, but in a job as intense as the NFL folks probably lose their edge after 10 years or so.
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I would suggest the opposite actually. Bud Adams has always struck me as impulsive-sometimes it works out but more than often it does not. Fisher on the other hand in most cases looks to be calm, cool, and collected. Kind of a balance there between the owner and the coach.

Letting Fisher go and then just bringing in Munchak was kind of a “meh” kind of move and didn’t exactly fire up the fanbase.

One thing is for certain though, unless Tennessee finds a way to keep Jake Locker healthy for more than a half, they could be looking at having to reboot at the QB position soon. If I remember correctly Hasselbacks deal was only a two year contract and I have not seen anything out of Locker yet that proves he is the long term solution.

By: collettegazette

collettegazette — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:25:53 +0000

Didnt the Pats blow them out 59-0 few yrs back the snow? At least they put up some points on that vaunted Bears D

By: jagsfan1

jagsfan1 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:49:23 +0000

Don’t worry….you still have the Jags to play…and we are the most pathetic team in the league.
Bud – trust me – your team will look like Super Bowl contenders when you play us.

By: the1849ers

the1849ers — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:11:12 +0000

It was just one game. Simmer down old man.

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:01:30 +0000

Have no need to fear..cause Jake Locker is near ………..oh wait…Nevermind! !!! Lol

By: 92and94and51and56

92and94and51and56 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 07:51:31 +0000

The Bears gave Bud the middle finger. See how he likes it this time.

By: iamcline

iamcline — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 07:35:27 +0000

Seems like PFT’s favorite thing to do lately is to play an owner’s age into his decision making. As far as I can tell…no owner enjoys losing, whether they are 40 or 90.

By: jessejames182

jessejames182 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 07:14:19 +0000

the city of Houston smiles at your disappointment.