Titans Hire Chris Palmer as OC

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  1. Raistmagic

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    Does the fact that all of these guys have Oiler connections not worry any of you?

    I, for one, am very worried. I really hope these guys are good coaches and not just buddies...

    @Toronto

    Yikes is right...
     
  2. goTitans.com

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    Chris Palmer a stunner as Titans OC

    [​IMG]Immediate questions reacting to the news that the Titans have hired Chris Palmer as their new offensive coordinator:
    • Last year he was head coach of the Hartford Colonials in the United Football League/ Cue the punch lines.
    • He’s yet another Oiler being recycled, having served as an assistant from 1990-92.
    • He’s best known, fair or not, for his failures as the first coach of the reincarnation of the Cleveland Browns, where he worked with quarterback Tim Couch.
    • He worked with Eli Manning as Giants quarterback coach, helping New York win a Super Bowl.
    • He’s also worked with Tony Romo and Drew Bledsoe. But beyond Manning, his two biggest projects were David Carr and Couch, and neither panned out into much.
    • He’s 61, when young offensive minds are the trend for much of the league.
    • Is he for sure a better guy going forward than Mike Heimerdinger? I'm quite skeptical.
    “I was able to talk to a number of candidates and Chris was the coach who fit what I was looking for,” Titans coach Mike Munchak said in a news release. “Chris has a wealth of experience as a coordinator and a coach. He is a great teacher of the game and has been around a variety of good coaches and winning football programs. He has helped develop many quarterbacks and understands what that process is like, as he raised their games to a high level over time.”

    Munchak’s set to introduce defensive coordinator Jerry Gray in a little more than an hour. When we talk offensive coordinator, my primary question will be who were the other candidates?

    We’ll have to wait to judge Palmer, as I suggested earlier Tuesday in a post about whoever the offensive coordinator would be. But this move isn’t getting me, or many people in Nashville, excited.

    “I have known Mike as a player and a coach for 21 years,” Palmer said in the announcement. “He was an outstanding player and is a terrific coach. Mike and I have had some really good conversations and meetings and I am excited to be joining the staff. Offensively, I am very impressed with the personnel they already have in place, but it doesn’t matter what level you are talking about -- high school, college, pro -- you are only going to be as good as your quarterback and that will be something we work on. I also believe in running the football and the Titans have historically done such a good job of that, whether it was Eddie George or Chris Johnson. Running it creates opportunities in the play-action game and helps the quarterback.”
     
  3. nickmsmith

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    Really??? Blaming coaching for Couch and Carr's failures???

    I'm pretty sure they themselves wouldn't blame coaching. Both of them were screwed up because they were busts, and they played for the Browns and Texans respectively, which is already a recipe for disaster. Being a #1 pick at QB is a tough road to go down anyway, because you're usually playing with a bunch of do-nothing slapnuts as teammates.

    As long as the guy puts in the right scheme for the players we have, he will be successful as long as the players hold up their end. Which I suspect did not happen in Cleveland or Houston.

    How did those teams fare after him? I doubt much better. They are perennial losers. He didn't turn the tide, but he didn't ruin a great franchise by any means.

    And I can't blame Munch for bringing in people he knows. It's good to know a coach can trust his coordinators.
     
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  4. MikeyDay

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    Well two of them are hall of famers, other two idk, but if these guys were HOF'ers back then, im sure their knowledge of football will help make up for experience.
     
  5. Fry

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    Yeah, I don't think it would have mattered much for either Couch or Carr who was coaching. They were both rookie quarterbacks playing for expansion teams. Picking a QB as the very first pick in franchise history makes sense on paper, but there is way too much riding on that position when they're surrounded by fringe players.
     
  6. MrBean

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  7. smileyforall

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    I wouldn't say David Carr was a bust, he just got sucked into the Texan way of losing and was destroyed.
     
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  8. CURRAN-12

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    I am actually very happy with the hiring of Chris Palmer.. From what I have gathered he is a seasoned FOOTBALL Vet, not just NFL, but through the ranks, he seems to have succeeded wherever he has gone.

    I feel like he is a guy who has experience all over the field which will lead to him having a very good understanding on different positions, plays, and schemes.

    Sometimes it is good to bring in a Dark horse guy.. I am very interested to hear his take on the offensive side of the ball and what he has to work with.
     
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  9. Fry

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    “I was able to talk to a number of candidates and Chris was the coach who fit what I was looking for,” Titans coach Mike Munchak said in a news release. “Chris has a wealth of experience as a coordinator and a coach. He is a great teacher of the game and has been around a variety of good coaches and winning football programs. He has helped develop many quarterbacks and understands what that process is like, as he raised their games to a high level over time.”

    I hope we find out who else was interviewed.
     
  10. Raistmagic

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    Why don't we just hire Brett Favre as OC and Deion Sanders as DC??
     
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