Last week, Tennessee Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk caught everyone off guard when she fired general manager Jon Robinson in the middle of the season.
The firing came after three questionable offseasons in a row that ultimately culminated in the owner being forced to watch a former fan-favorite go bonkers against the team that drafted him.
Adams Strunk indicated that the reason for this firing was that she had made up her mind regarding which way she was going to go with the general manager position moving forward.
Rather than just sitting on the decision and delaying the inevitable, which she said wasn’t fair for all parties involved, she decided to pull the band-aid off sooner rather than later.
That is a completely fair and logical explanation as to why she made the move when she did.
Amy Adams Strunk’s evaluation of Jon Robinson’s performance as the Titans’ general manager never stopped, and the Tennessee controlling owner saw no reason to wait once she decided her franchise needed a change.
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However, using her logic, the same should be done when it comes to the offensive coordinator position.
You’d have to imagine that the eventual move to make this offseason would be to fire offensive coordinator Todd Downing. It has become very evident that this Downing experiment has not only run its course, but has far overstayed its welcome at this point.
There’s also a relatively strong chance that the team will at least consider former Houston Texans offensive coordinator and current Titans passing-game coordinator Tim Kelly for the job.
Therefore, why not let him get a head start and at least see what he can do beforehand instead of possibly giving him the job blindly?
That way, if it doesn’t go well, at least Adams Strunk can quickly cross one candidate off the list and won’t have to second guess herself about going with an external candidate if Tennessee were to pass on Kelly.
Even if it’s not Kelly, if there’s anyone on staff that the Titans are genuinely intrigued by, they should be allowed the opportunity to see what they can do over whatever’s left of the 2022 season.
Of course, the big roadblock here is Mike Vrabel, who may not be on board with such a move. If that’s the case, he and Adams Strunk need to have a long, hard conversation.
Tennessee’s lifeless passing attack and deteriorating ground game need a shot in the arm in the worst possible way. At this point, the only way to do that is to make a change, which would show that the owner is consistent with her logic of not waiting around to do the inevitable.
There’s no telling if this will even fix anything, but it’s become crystal clear that sitting around and hoping for improvement isn’t doing the trick, either.
