Dick LeBeau out as Titans DC

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by KyTitansFan, Jan 22, 2018.

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  1. CheeseheadTitan

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    That being the case, it is even more strange that we would not keep LeBeau on...even in some emeritus position....
     
  2. nickmsmith

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    Dick probably would rather retire than just be a mascot or a coach of lesser position, TBH. It's a changing of the guard, and he sounded like he was at peace with retiring. Running an NFL defense would be stressful at age 30, I can't imagine at age 80-something.

    And I imagine DL has his own system, and he's probably totally unwilling to relearn a new one to be a position coach, advisor, or something..
    He went out strong.
     
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  4. CheeseheadTitan

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    I am ok if this is how it went down, but if he was willing to continue working and "mentoring", and got shown the door I would not like it a bit...we will probably never know though.

    Just hope that we find a suitable replacement....the guy PK is talking about gives me some pause....
     
  5. ImATitan

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    We were so lucky to have this legend coach for us. I always thought it was really cool. Definitely gonna miss him man.

    I'm torn on this, maybe it's because he's such a legend.. obviously his defense was very frustrating at times, especially when playing 10 yards off their man. But the Titans D was pretty damn good this year, and the players loved him.

    Hope this is the right move.
     
  6. Scarecrow

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    This was needed.

    We lacked adjustments that would have been much more obvious to us had our offense been a bit better.
     
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  7. JCBRAVE

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    defense finished middle of the pack, so yes it could get worse, but as long as JR is tooling the team, I feel good about this being a move in the right direction
     
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  8. RTH

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    Nope.
     
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  9. Young54

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    I know everyone here hates him (and pretty much everyone ever), but our D way way outperformed given the average talent. Lebeau deserved to stay if he wanted to. I was hoping Vrabel would give him the option. The idea of both of them teaming up for our D was exciting.
     
  10. VondyP

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    sad.... no more holy buckeye trinity as coaches
     
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