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It's time for the coaching staff to make some huge changes.

The franchise in general has reserved a seat at the mediocrity table. Their history reads like this:

Music City Miracle opening season, lose by a yard in the Super Bowl.

Jeff Fisher early playoff exit football for a few years. Got rid of a lot of their 99-00 season stars (Mac9, D Mason, some D pieces)

Suck, pick up some top picks. They ended up getting Pacman Jones and Vince Young. They used a lot of their other 2nd and 3rd round picks on DL and RBs. None of those DL and RBs are with the team anymore. In essence, they threw away 2-3 years of early picks on guys that aren't on the roster anymore.

Once they picked up the Pac and VY, they've had recurrent seasons of around .500, sans the season when they came out 13-0 and ended up getting beat at home to the Ravens after Ray Lewis and Ed Reed roughed CJ up.

1999 13-3 lost in Super Bowl
2000 13-3 lost to Ravens in playoffs
2001 7-9 no playoffs
2002 11-5 lost to Oakland en route to Oakland's SB trip
2003 12-4 beat Ravens, lost to Pats in playoffs

2004 5-11 drafted Pacman, a WR and S they couldn't use.

2005 4-12 drafted VY and Lendale White, a S they couldn't use.

2006 8-8 There was a situation in which the Titans had to win, and 10 other things had to happen so that they could make the playoffs. They lost, and missed out on playoffs. VY looks like the answer, finally get Michael Griffin, a safety they CAN use. Waste next 2 picks on WR and RB they can't use.

2007 10-6 L to Chargers in playoffs. Draft CJ2k, the jury is still out on the guy (more on that later), TE and DL that they threw away

2008 13-3 Fisher's chance to take it to the SB, lose to Ravens in playoffs after they injure CJ2K. Drafted Kenny Britt, guy is good, can't stay on the field.

2009 8-8 Drafted Derrick Morgan, no dice. Picked up a bunch of guys still trying to establish their identity. Took a "chance" on Blount, but cut him. Another year in which they barely missed the playoffs.

2010 6-10 Drafted Jake Locker

2011 9-7 Another year that they missed the playoffs barely. Someone else had to win to send them to the playoffs and that team lost. Titans rarely control their destiny at the end fo the season. Drafted Wright and some other guys who need to show their worth.

The Titans are in a situation where they were not able to utilize their crappy years to get top-tier talent. They guys that they did pick up have not ended up working out.

Furthermore, CJ is useless without the old Offensive Coordinator Heimerdinger. It's obvious. Ding knew what to do and what plays to call to really let CJ shine. This new staff is lost on what to do with CJ. A lot of the blame should be put on CJ, he's running horribly, hasn't been able to find his groove in a LONG time. It's easy to say that once the check hit the bank he turned off the juice. That being said, I still think that he'd be playing a lot better if Dinger was still around. Their old OC knew how to make CJ play to his skill set and utilize the guy for every bit of speed he has.

It's almost like the play calls are made to spite CJ. They want to force him down the gullett of the Ds that they play and it's just not happening. It's not the offensive line either. I do think that if you transplanted CJ to a lot of other teams that he would be back to his old form. Something is off, and the staff refuses to accept it.

It's time to line CJ up somewhere else or start using him in different packages. The staff wants him to be a AP or Steven Jackson, and CJ is not that. They're refusing to change their ways and it's frustrating to watch. It's obvious at this point in the season that CJ isn't going to play like CJ2K in the scheme that they've got him in.

It's obvious that the franchise doesn't have the front office to routinely bring in competitive talent like NE, GB, Pitt, but they're not even trying to bring in top guys anymore.

Their biggest off-season FA move was picking up Nate Washington. Nate is good, but they should have been making some more moves over the years.

The franchise needs to start over again. They ran off a good coach because the management had too much say in who was being drafted and who was to stay on the team. Now they're going to pay the price, and they were never able to right the ship with some great Draft picks. Just more of the same.

Until they change some stuff at the top, the Titans are always going to barely make the playoffs or barely miss the playoffs and get the same calibre of player year in and year out.
 

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What is wright doing this year by the way?

4 games played
18 receptions
148 yards
8.2 average
Long of 20
2 Touchdowns

Not horrible considering the offense is a clusterfukk and the defense is a doormat.

Locker liked going to him, but he's hurt now. HBack is going to take time to get back in rhythm, they're basically jumpstarting a new offense. No run game to help the pass game out either, and he's still a rookie.
 

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racist ass fisher fukked that franchise up. I remember in early 2010 they were playing well, but then that bytch ass pissed off his qb. He shouldve been greatful young saved his '09 season
 

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racist ass fisher fukked that franchise up. I remember in early 2010 they were playing well, but then that bytch ass pissed off his qb. He shouldve been greatful young saved his '09 season

McNair was the qb there for a grip!!!
Just dont think he trusted youngs mentality.....
 

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McNair was the qb there for a grip!!!
Just dont think he trusted youngs mentality.....

i dont know man, maybe something happened we dont know about... just saying in 2010 they started hot but he destroyed the teams chemistry
 

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VY couldn't grasp the playbook, it's not the only placed that happened to VY either.
 

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VY couldn't grasp the playbook, it's not the only placed that happened to VY either.

They said the same shyt about Steve McNair, but he started beasting as soon as they had no other choice but to LET HIM COOK after Eddie's legs went dead.

Fast forward to 2007. "Vince can't grasp the play book"

Then when he came back in 09, he was beastin. Why? They had no other choice but to let him cook.
 

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They said the same shyt about Steve McNair, but he started beasting as soon as they had no other choice but to LET HIM COOK after Eddie's legs went dead.

Fast forward to 2007. "Vince can't grasp the play book"

Then when he came back in 09, he was beastin. Why? They had no other choice but to let him cook.

Steve McNair is a better leader, better QB, better NFL player. Everything that Vince strives to be, Mac9 did it times 10.

Vince was good, he was an amazing college player, but he doesn't have what it takes to succeed in the NFL.

He couldn't lead the Titans and when the times got tough he rolled over.

McNair would have never handled that situation like that and you'd have to basically hold gun to his head to get him to not play a game. He went through 2002 with a broken back, chest, and leg and still guided the Titans to the post-season.
 

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They said the same shyt about Steve McNair, but he started beasting as soon as they had no other choice but to LET HIM COOK after Eddie's legs went dead.

Fast forward to 2007. "Vince can't grasp the play book"

Then when he came back in 09, he was beastin. Why? They had no other choice but to let him cook.

Another thing, there was never doubt on any part of the Titans players or fan base in terms of Mac9 leading the team. He earned all of the respect of both on the road to the Super Bowl and he was respected well before Eddie got turf toe.

I know what you're trying to say, but I don't think that Vince and Steve belong in the same breath.
 

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They're going to get destroyed on Thursday too, and the stadium will probably be a good 30% Steelers fans (at least).

Bud Adams is giving Tennessee the double middle finger.
 

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We need a defense. We can't tackle, stop the run, or get pressure on the QB. Wimbley has been a bust and the supposed lead LB Witherspoon had only 1 tackle yesterday

The offense is a mess because our main guys can't stay healthy and CJ started the season doing the cha cha slide behind the line of scrimmage.

The front office has to do better with bringing in legit players and not just rolling the dice on draft picks.
 
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