‘It’s a mess!’: Dysfunctional Tennessee Titans fire Brian Callahan | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

‘It’s a mess!’: Dysfunctional Tennessee Titans fire Brian Callahan | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

USING THE FRONT OFFICE IN THE RECENT WEEKS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR JOB? WHAT DOES THAT DO? AS IT RELATES TO YOUR CONSIDERATIONS MOVING FORWARD, MY JOB IS TO COACH THE PLAYERS AND AND I GOT TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF THAT. UH, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB AS A STAFF, UM, AND I THINK WE WILL, AND I’M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT’S TO COME, UM, AND WHERE THOSE GUYS ARE IN TERMS OF THE VISION OF THE, OF, HOW TO BUILD THE FOOTBALL TEAM. UM, SO THOSE THINGS ARE ALL, UH, THINGS THAT I DON’T CONTROL. BUT, BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES DOWN TO COACH, THAT’S WHAT I DO CONTROL AND, UH, GOT TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN WE DID THIS YEAR. THAT WAS BRIAN CALLAHAN WITH CHRIS SIMS AND YOURS TRULY AT THE SCOUTING, COMBINE BACK IN FEBRUARY, I HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THAT WHATSOEVER AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POTENTIALLY BEING OVER SERVED THE NIGHT BEFORE. I JUST DON’T REMEMBER IT. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND NOW, BUT I DO REMEMBER THE DISTINCT FEELING DEVON MCCARTY WHEN CHAD BRINKER EMERGED FROM THIS BIZARRE GAME OF THRONES THAT GOES ON IN TENNESSEE. AND LET ME JUST PREFACE MY QUOTING MY FRIEND, BIG CAT, WHO SAYS DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAMS, DO DYSFUNCTIONAL, THINGS, AND MY TWIST ON IT IS THE DYSFUNCTION BEGINS AT THE TOP AMY ADAMS STRUNK, LIKE OTHER OWNERS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE JOHNSON, STEPHEN ROSS BUT THERE’S THIS STRANGE DYNAMIC IN TENNESSEE. WHERE YOU FALL IN FAVOR, YOU FALL OUT OF FAVOR AND THERE’S NEVER A HOUSE CLEANING IT’S 1 OF THE GUYS THERE ENDS UP BEING THE THE THE PERSON WHO HAS THE OWNER’S EAR AND THEN OUT GOES EVERYBODY ELSE. SO CHAD BRINKER KIND OF FOUND HIS WAY INTO THE GOOD GRACES OF OWNERSHIP HIRED, MIKE BORGONZI TO BE THE GM AND THAT’S WHEN THE HANDWRITING IS ON THE WALL, THAT THE COACH IS IN TROUBLE, UNLESS THE COACH DOES SOMETHING. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THIS, THIS HAS BEEN 1 EMBARRASSMENT AFTER ANOTHER FOR THE TITANS. I’M SURPRISED IT TOOK, AS LONG AS IT DID FOR THE TITANS TO FIRE HIM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GOT WEEK 1 AND YOU ADMIT, YOU DIDN’T THROW A CHALLENGE FLAG BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T REALIZE GETTING AN ELBOW DOWN IS THE SAME AS GETTING 2 FEET DOWN. THAT’S BAD WHEN YOU LOSE TO THE COLTS AND MICHAEL PITMAN. JUNIOR SAYS, I COULD TELL BEFORE THE GAME, THOSE GUYS WEREN’T READY TO PLAY. THAT’S BAD. WHEN YOU TAKE THE TITANS BACK TO HOUSTON, THE CITY THEY CAME FROM AND POINT. I AGAINST A TEAM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY WINLESS. THAT’S HORRIBLE. AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING FIRED. THEN I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING THAT DAY, BUT DYSFUNCTIONAL, TEAMS DO DYSFUNCTIONAL THINGS. LET’S GIVE IT ANOTHER WEEK, FOOTBALL GODS. AND THEN THEY THROW IT BACK WITH WHAT JEFFREY SIMMONS SAID WAS THEIR WORST WEEK OF PRACTICE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS 1 OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE AND THERE’S SO MUCH HAPPENING ON A SUNDAY IT PISSED ME OFF YESTERDAY BECAUSE I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE MOMENT THAT SIMMONS SAID THAT THIS GUY IS DONE AND HE WAS DONE. IT’S A ALARMING AND I’M SURE CALLAHAN SAW THAT. AGAIN, I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T KNOW, JEFFREY SIMMONS, BUT AS A PLAYER WHEN IT’S NOT GOING WELL AND YOU GO AND SAY THAT, LIKE THAT IS THE WRITING ON THE WALL. THAT IS AND THE HARD THING IS I FEEL LIKE HE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THE COACH MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A THING AND LIKE, HEY, THIS IS NOT A GOOD WEEKEND IN PRACTICE, BUT IF IT WASN’T AND THIS IS JUST JEFFERY SIMMONS FROM HIS TIME AS A VETERAN, PLAYING THE NFL, SEEING HOW TO PRACTICE WEEK WENT, THAT’S A REALLY BAD LIKE THAT’S A REALLY BAD FOR A PLAYER TO LOOK UP SUNDAY AND FEEL LIKE, MAN, LIKE I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO LOSE LIKE OUR PRACTICE. THAT MEANS THE WHOLE OPERATION OF WHAT TENNESSEE WAS DOING WEEK AFTER WEEK. HE THOUGHT WAS PRETTY BAD LIKE IT REMINDS ME OF MY BROTHER’S YEAR IN CLEVELAND WHEN HE WAS I LIKE HE DO DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. LIKE, IT DOESN’T LEAD TO WINS. LIKE I, I PLAYED ON A A COUPLE TEAMS THAT WERE DECENT. HE SAID, BUT I’VE TALKED TO YOU EVERY WEEK, I TALKED TO OTHER GUYS AROUND THE LEAGUE. WHAT WE DO HERE IS NOT GOING TO YIELD ANY WINS, AND I THINK FOR TENNESSEE YOU JUST SAID IT AS YOU YOU TALKING ABOUT MIAMI AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO PLAY ATLANTA LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE A NEW COACH AND TO GET THAT LITTLE KICKSTART FOR TENNESSEE, LIKE THAT’S YOUR PLAN A LITTLE BIT OF HEY WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS NEW INTERIM. WELL, BUT NOW YOU GOT TO PLAY THE GUY THAT YOU FIRED THAT ACTUALLY TOOK YOU TO EVERYTHING, LIKE HE’S GOING THINK HE’S NOT GOING TO SHOW IT, BUT I THINK WHO MIGHT GRABEL IS THAT TEAM IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GO GET A WIN FOR COACH. WHAT? HE’S NOW GUYS OUT THERE A YEAR LAST YEAR 2 YEARS AGO. IN NEW ENGLAND, IT WAS BAD. AND I THINK WHAT HE’S BROUGHT INTO THAT NEW ENGLAND TEAM, THOSE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GO GET THIS WIN FOR VR, BUT WE NEED TO GO AND DO THIS BECAUSE HE WAS DONE WRONG. AND MOST OF THEM WON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED, BUT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THAT FEELING. BUT THE INTERESTING THING FOR ME IN TENNESSEE IS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? LIKE WHAT LIKE WHAT WHAT IS THE PLAN LIKE? YOU FIRING GMS AND YOU’RE FIRING COACHES, THEN A GM. THEN A COLLEAGUE, IT JUST LOOKS SO RIDICULOUS, IT’S LIKE HOW DOES THIS CHANGE? BECAUSE WE CAN’T LIKE YOU ALWAYS SAY AND THEN PEOPLE SAY, YOU CAN’T FIRE THE OWNER. SO LIKE, WHY WOULDN’T THIS CONTINUE? AND THEN WHAT IS ANYBODY HAS? LIKE IF I’M A TITANS FAN, WHY WOULD I BE CONFIDENT THAT WE’RE GOING TO FIND THE RIGHT? HEAD COACH. YOU JUST LIKE WE JUST HIRE BRIAN CALLAHAN AND HE’S NOT THE GUY LIKE HOW DO WE KNOW WE HAVE THE RIGHT GM? HOW DO WE KNOW WE’RE GOING TO GET THE RIGHT HEAD COACH LIKE THAT. THAT’S JUST A BAD GRAPHIC RIGHT THERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE 1 NAMED THAT JUST STICKS OUT IS MIKE, VRABEL. AND YOU’RE LIKE, WAIT, HE DIDN’T YOU, YOU FIRED HIM? YOU YOU LIKE WHAT? WHY LIKE THAT MAKES NO SENSE. AND I DON’T KNOW. I I THINK IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR TENNESSEE. I DON’T I DON’T REALLY SEE HOW THIS HOW THIS GETS MADE, RIGHT? HOW THEY WRITE THIS S***. MIKE. VRABEL, LAST YEAR WAS A CONSULTANT WITH THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. HE BECAME A COACH AGAIN. A SEASON AFTER BEING FIRED BY THE TITANS AND HE SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN AND WE’VE BEEN ON RECORD SAYING THAT THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAMS DOING DYSFUNCTIONAL, THINGS. VRABEL IS 4 AND 2 THIS YEAR. THE TITANS ARE 4 AND 19 SINCE THEY FIRED MIKE. VRABEL, VRABEL HAS WON AS MANY GAMES. THEN THE FIRED HAVE WON. THEY’VE PLAYED 17 MORE. THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A VICTORY FOR VRABEL. AND LOOK, DEVIN, THIS IS 1 OF THE MOST MADDENING THINGS ABOUT PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, GENERAL AS I SAY FROM TIME TO TIME, AND I’M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. IN CASE, YOU HAVEN’T HEARD IT, OR MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD IT AND YOU’VE FORGOTTEN YOU HAVE TO PASS 2 TESTS TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR. AND DRIVEN. TO PASS ZERO TESTS. TO OWN A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM. YOU JUST HAVE TO EITHER SHOW UP WITH THE BIGGEST BAG OF CASH. OR YOU HAVE TO BE RELATED TO THE RIGHT PERSON AND RIGHT? BUT ADDAMS, FOUNDED THE HOUSTON OILERS IN 1960 WITH THE AFL. MOVED THE OILERS TO TENNESSEE IN 1995, THEY BECAME THE TITANS PASSED AWAY. AND HIS ESTATE PLAN FAMILY A MESS. HE SPLIT THE TEAM 3 WAYS. AND HIS LAWYERS DIDN’T TELL HIM, HEY BUD, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE 1 OF THOSE 3, BRANCHES OF THE TREE CONTROL OVER THE TEAM. IT WAS A BIG FIGHT AND IF IT WAS ANY OTHER TEAM, IF IT WAS A HIGH-PROFILE TEAM, WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. I WAS TRACKING IT, IT WAS NEVER A HUGE DEAL, BUT THERE WAS THIS WEIRD STUFF GOING ON. AND AMY ADAMS, STRUNK ENDS UP EMERGING AS THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE TEAM. SO THE ONLY THING SHE’S EVER DONE IS WON THE BATTLE WITH HER 2. OTHER BRANCHES OF THE FAMILY TREE TO GET CONTROL OF THE FRANCHISE. THERE’S NO REASON TO THINK SHE KNOWS HOW TO OWN A TEAM AND OPERATE A TEAM. JUST LIKE ANYBODY WHO SHOWS UP WITH A BAG OF CASH, DAVID PEPPER. NO REASON TO THINK HE KNOWS HOW TO OWNED AND OPERATED TEAM STEPHEN. ROSS KNOW, HE JUST SHOWED UP WITH THE FOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. I INHERITED THE TEAM THAT PART OF IT DRIVES ME CRAZY AS A FAN BECAUSE YOU’RE JUST STUCK AND JED YORK WHO TIME. BEFORE THEY THINGS STARTED TO WORK OUT. THINGS STARTED TO WORK OUT. PROBLEM. THAT’S THE PROBLEM. AND I’VE ARGUED IN THE PAST, MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE CORPORATIONS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE COMPETENT CEOS AND NOT SOMEBODY WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE THE RIGHT TIME OR FOR THE PROSPECT OF THE FANS. THE WORST PLACE AT THE WORST TIME BECAUSE ALL THE DYSFUNCTION THE TEAMS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY DEVON, IT COMES FROM THE TOP BEFORE THEY HIRED KYLE, DEVON, IT COMES FROM THE TOP IT’S COMING FROM THE TOP AND IT’S OBVIOUS AND IT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE SEASON AND THEN THEY’LL HIRE THE WRONG COACH AND THEN THAT COACH WILL BE OR THE HOW THE RIGHT COACH AND THAT COACH WILL GET THE EAR OF THE OWNER. AND CHAD BRINKER GETS FIRED, MIKE BORGONZI GETS FIRED AND THIS WEIRD CYCLE OF PARTIAL HOUSE. CLEANINGS IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY. YEAH, THERE THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT AND I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IS SPOT ON ITS WHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION IS BUILT AROUND, WHO HAS THE BEST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OWNER? YOU HAVE NO SHOT. THERE’S NO 1 ACTUALLY EVALUATING PERFORMANCE EVALUATING WHAT THE LOCKER ROOM LOOKS LIKE. AND THE REASON CALLAHAN HAS FIRED IS BECAUSE FINALLY A PLAYER SAYS SOMETHING IT’S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS EVALUATING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE ON GAME DAY, OR LIKE YOU SAID, NOT KNOWING THE RULES OR ANYTHING, THEY WERE LIKE 1 OF OUR HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS SAID WE WEREN’T READY TO GO AND I’M SURE WHOEVER YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT WENT TO THE OWNER WAS LIKE, SEE LOOK, THIS IS WHAT I SAID. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THEY’RE NOT READY TO GO AND THEN BOOM A CHANGE HAPPENS BUT LIKE WE’VE SEEN THAT. I MEAN EVEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AND I GET EVERYBODY WAS LIKE THE WAY FLORES TREATED THE PLAY BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH, MIAMI HAD BACK-TO-BACK WINNING SEASONS AND WHEN YOU LET THAT GO, AND NOW YOU THINK YOU FOUND THE I THINK A LOT WAS LIKE, MAN, LIKE NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE BACK-TO-BACK WINNING SEASONS? THE FEELING AROUND THE TEAM AND THE WAY THEY PLAYED WAS A THING THAT PEOPLE COULD ENJOY GOING TO. NOW IT’S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER AND I THINK NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY ABOUT COACH BELLICH AND HIS TIME IN DOING WHEN YOU WENT TO WASHINGTON, NEW ENGLAND, PATRIOTS PLAY, ARE YOU TURNING THEM ON TV? IT WAS A STANDARD AND WAS A STYLE THAT YOU COULD GET ACCUSTOMED TO WATCHING. EVEN NOW WHEN WE WATCH A PITTSBURGH STEELERS OR TO WATCH THE BALTIMORE RAVENS EVEN WHEN THEY’RE NOT WINNING, THERE’S LIKE THIS LITTLE BIT OF FAITH THAT NAH, THEY’LL GET IT, RIGHT? THEY GOT THE GUY THERE AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT TEAMS NEED TO SEARCH AND FIND. NOT THE HOTTEST GUY, OR THE GUY THAT DRAWS THE BEST PLAYS UP THE GUY, OR THE WOMAN. WHOEVER IT IS. THAT COMES IN THAT YOU SAY, EVEN WHEN THINGS AREN’T GOING RIGHT, I THINK THEY’LL GET IT, RIGHT? AND UNTIL TEAMS DO THAT, I THINK WE’LL KEEP SEEING JUST THIS KIND OF CYCLE OF NEW COACH FIRED, NEW COACH, NEW GM FIRED, FINALLY. IT IT’S A AND THEY EVEN BUNGLED YESTERDAY, THE WHOLE SITUATION OF FIRING BRIAN CALLAHAN AND NAMING THE INTERIM, IT TOOK HIM LIKE 3 HOURS TO NAME, MIKE MCCOY, THE INTERIM. AND THAT CREATES, 3 HOURS OF PEOPLE WONDERING, ARE THEY GOING TO DO SOMETHING MORE EXCITING THAN JUST FINDING THE 1, STAFF? WHO ISN’T YOU KNOW, THE GUY WE JUST FIRED FATHER BECAUSE BRIAN CALLAHAN’S SON BILL. WHO’S NOW LEAVING TOO! HE TOOK A TEAM TO THE SUPER BOWL 23 YEARS AGO BUT MIKE MCCOY HAS BEEN A HEAD COACH. SO LET’S JUST GIVE IT TO HIM BECAUSE I’M THINKING MAYBE THEY’RE GOING TO DO A A JEFF SATURDAY STYLE HIGHER. MAYBE THEY’RE GOING MCCARTHY WHO WHO HAS TIES TO CHAD BRINKER AND HE’S AVAILABLE. MAYBE THEY’RE GONNA GET EDDIE GEORGE FROM BOWLING GREEN TITANS LEGENDS. SO FOR A FEW HOURS WE’RE WONDERING ARE THEY GONNA DO SOMETHING MORE INSPIRED THAN JUST HAND THE KEYS TO THE OBVIOUS IT’S A YOU KNOW, THE GUY WE JUST GOING TO DO SOMETHING MORE AND OWNERSHIP IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL ALL THE TEAMS THAT ARE BAD AND THAT STAY BAD. OWNERSHIP IS THE ROOT CAUSE AND FANS ARE IN A DAMN THING. YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT OTHER THAN BOYCOTT THE TEAM, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF THE THING. YOU LOVE. MY MY BROTHER CALLED AND TRIED TO PUT HIS NAME IN BUT THEY THEY IGNORED THIS CALL SO HE COULDN’T GET THE ANSWER FROM COACH, JOHN

Mike Florio and Devin McCourty react to the Tennessee Titans firing head coach Brian Callahan after a 1-5 start to the season and an overall record of 4-19 in less than two years. #NBCSports #NFL #ProFootballTalk #TennesseeTitans
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