Quote:"#Titans defensive coordinator Ray Horton wants OUT. Expect him to take same position with #Browns."
This is the same exact path Ray Horton took after the Arizona Cardinals elected to hire Brian Arians as HC instead of promoting Horton to HC. At the very least, it's much easier to envision Horton leaving Tennessee than remaining there.
Quote:Yes, he was much worse. Surprised that this is the guy you decided to double down on pirkster. Really thought you had turned over a new leaf on the Gene Smiff thing.
No, just not as ignorant as some who hate Mularkey so much.
He never was/is as bad as some of you think.
If he was, he woudn't have been signed.
When is that going to sink in for some?
Mularkey was truly terrible. Yeah, we lost to him this year. And Bill Belichick lost to Chip Kelly. It happens. And Gus Bradley is no Bill Belichick. Mularkey was an awful coach. He threw players under the bus, and he's still doing it in Tennessee. What exactly makes him a good coach? The fact that he won 9 games in Buffalo? Adding Lee Evans was a big help, and Buffalo's Defense was already strong the year before. If Bledsoe wasn't so old, I'm sure Jauron would have done much more with that team, and Jauron isn't exactly a good coach himself.
Mularkey and Gus are fighting it out for worst head coaching record in NFL history with 40 games played:
Mularkey 18–39 (.316)
Bradley 12–35 (.255)
Logic should tell you that if Mularkey was as bad as you think, there would have been no chance he would have been hired.
Zero.
None.
...But he was.
The following is where things currently stand with Ray Horton. My guess is he will leave Tennessee to go to Cleveland but it's reportedly still up in the air:
Ray Horton says he’s not insulted and hasn’t been released from his contract
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/201...-contract/
Quote:Mularkey and Gus are fighting it out for worst head coaching record in NFL history with 40 games played:
Mularkey 18–39 (.316)
Bradley 12–35 (.255)
For what it's worth, Tom Landry was 13-38-3 in his first 54 games as HC with the expansion Dallas Cowboys.
Quote: For what it's worth, Tom Landry was 13-38-3 in his first 54 games as HC with the expansion Dallas Cowboys.
I did not know that. He was also given a 10 year extension (served as the cowboy coach for 29 seasons).
He had a similar backstory prior to becoming a HC, he was the defensive coordinator for the Giants for the previous 4 years. He and Lombardi served as coordinators and his defense's were some of the best in the league. Similar to Gus with the seahawks.
Beyond that, Mularky and Gus are going to post 20 loses combined this year if they are allowed to coach 16 games...
Quote:I did not know that. He was also given a 10 year extension (served as the cowboy coach for 29 seasons).
He had a similar backstory prior to becoming a HC, he was the defensive coordinator for the Giants for the previous 4 years. He and Lombardi served as coordinators and his defense's were some of the best in the league. Similar to Gus with the seahawks.
Beyond that, Mularky and Gus are going to post 20 loses combined this year if they are allowed to coach 16 games...
The patience that the Cowboys used back in the 1960s with Tom Landry paid huge dividends for them. I doubt there will ever be a similar situation in the present or the future in which ownership and the front office are as remotely patient as the Cowboys were with Landry. They had a strong conviction that he was a high quality HC but the talent level just wasn't there in the team's early days. The lack of a Free Agency system that exists today and the lack of a salary cap made it much more difficult to build a team back in the 1960s.
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Quote: For what it's worth, Tom Landry was 13-38-3 in his first 54 games as HC with the expansion Dallas Cowboys.
with an expansion team is not the same. Especially in a completely different era.
Quote:Logic should tell you that if Mularkey was as bad as you think, there would have been no chance he would have been hired.
Zero.
None.
...But he was.
Logic would tell you that Gene Smith should have never made it four years or been promoted from the universally agreed upon at the time 'failed' tenure of Shack. Logic isn't always what wins. You still defending Mularkey after he went 2-14 and got himself and Smith fired is illogical, and yet you still do it.
Rotoworld reports this guy is their new OC but mularkey is going to call his own plays.
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1124...y-robiskie
And Horton is staying -
<p style="background-color:transparent;">TitansInsider.com confirms DC Ray Horton is expected to remain with the team.
Reports that Horton was "disgusted" and leaving for Cleveland ended up being much ado about nothing. The Titans are quickly forming perhaps the league's least impressive coaching staff, but Horton oversaw a solid defense in 2015.
and another Horton thing....this is gettin' stupid
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/9300/ray-horton
Quote:with an expansion team is not the same. Especially in a completely different era.
Agreed.
Even looking at today's era though, it definitely seems like the exception, not the norm when a HC ( as in the case of Gus Bradley ) gets a 4th season with the same team after he had double digit losses the previous 3 seasons. Whether Shad Khan's decision will pay off remains to be seen. If it does, patience could return on a much wider scale in the NFL than is currently the case.
Quote:Logic would tell you that Gene Smith should have never made it four years or been promoted from the universally agreed upon at the time 'failed' tenure of Shack. Logic isn't always what wins. You still defending Mularkey after he went 2-14 and got himself and Smith fired is illogical, and yet you still do it.
Yap, yap, yap goes the poodle.
Anyone else hired Gene?
This is Mularkey's third HC ride. Go kick rocks.
9-32 record since his first year as head coach (he went 9-7 that season).
Quote:9-32 record since his first year as head coach (he went 9-7 that season).
yep, I don't think we really need more support but heres some anyway cbsports.com:
Fired: Ken Whisenhunt
Hired: Mike Mularkey
What we think: This is easily the most uninspiring hire of the offseason. It's not remotely close. Mularkey is 18-39 as a head coach and was fired by both the
Bills and
Jaguars. Surely
this was a move designed to setup a potential franchise sale, but even if it was, it ignores the Titans having a franchise quarterback on the roster in
Marcus Mariota. Wasting his early career is tantamount negligence and the Titans having anything outside of a third-straight, top-five pick next season would be a small miracle.
Grade: F
Well looks like real motive has been flushed out by multiple people on this thread already. Good thing we have the truther pirkster to lead us to light (last line a joke JW),
Titans fans aren't happy. Social media was blowing up with very few fans happy with the hire. Personally, I will reserve judgement until he's had a year or two as head coach.
Quote:Mularkey and Gus are fighting it out for worst head coaching record in NFL history with 40 games played:
Mularkey 18–39 (.316)
Bradley 12–35 (.255)
YIKES!!!!! This is the saddest thing I have seen posted on this MB in quite a while.