Will He Stay or Will He Go?

by Jimmy on Nov 30, 2006 9:02 AM CST in Tennessee Titans News

There is an article in The City Paper this morning about the possibility of Norm Chow returning to the college game to ecome the head coach at Arizona State. One thing mentioned in the article that I did not realize is the AD at ASU is Lisa Love who Chow worked with at Southern Cal.

Chow has never been a head coach at any level above high school. He is 60 years old and this might be his last best chance to land a job. I think if this does get serious the Titans organization would not stand in the way of Chow getting his shot. It was speculated when Chow came to the Titans that he was just making the move to improve his resume.

There are a lot of questions about how Chow would be as a college head coach. College coaches these days have a lot more to do than just coaching the team on the field. There is a lot of butt kissing that has to go on with alumni, boosters and recruits. Chow does not seem to have the type of personality that would fit in that type of scenario.

On the other hand, Chow really should just be able to walk into any high school offensive player's house and tell that player just to look at his track record and the players he has developed. (Rivers, Palmer, and Leinart just to name a few)

If Chow did take the job it probably wouldn't have that much of an effect on the Titans this season because ASU's lame duck coach Dirk Koetter will stay on to coach the Sun Devils in The Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24th. (wouldn't you stay for that?) The Titans only have 1 game after that so if Chow did take that job I imagine he would stay around for the final game.

For now we will not specualte about who a good replacement would be because Chow is still here. If he does leave the speculation will be running rampant.

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young's development

I'm not one to think that Chow is some super genious OC that the titans can't live without...

My biggest reservation about him leaving is that Young would have to learn a whole new system next year.

Though I don't have specific examples, I'm betting that young QB's that have the same system while maturing as an NFL QB progess better than QB's that have to keep learning a new system thier first few years.

For that reason, I want Chow to say for at least Young's first 3 years.

by zackmann on Nov 30, 2006 9:23 AM CST reply actions

yeah

My main concern would be for VY's development. It would make a run at the playoffs next season a lot tougher if VY is learning all over again.

by Jimmy on Nov 30, 2006 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

off topic question...starting LB's this week

Hey jimmy...

what are your thoughts on who starts this week at LB?

I don't think Thornton is listed on the injury list. Does he start? He played really good against the Colts last game. If he does start, who starts at MLB? Sirmon or Tullock?

cheers...

by zackmann on Nov 30, 2006 11:45 PM CST reply actions

What

they are saying is Thornton is going to mainly play passing downs for the rest of the season. He has a rotator cuff injury that is not going to get better until he has offseason surgery. He can't do any more damage to it by playing and he is doing rehab that will hopefully make it a little stronger. My guess is we will see him as the nickle LB for the rest of the year.

If they were all healthy I would hope Tulloch would get to play but I think it would probably still be Sirmon. Fisher is loyal to guys, which sometimes hurts the team. I don't understand why he wouldn't give Tulloch all the time because odds are he will be the starter next year and Sirmon won't even be on the team.

by Jimmy on Dec 1, 2006 8:14 AM CST up reply actions