Titans Fire Marcus Robertson and Curtis Fuller

by Jimmy on Jan 4, 2012 5:19 PM CST in Tennessee Titans News

The Titans have announced this afternoon that secondary coach Marcus Robertson and assistant secondary coach Curtis Fuller will not be back with the team next season. Here is a statement from Mike Munchak:

"I want to thank Marcus and Curtis for their time here. After meeting with the coordinators over the last couple of days, we decided to make this move today. Letting Marcus go was not an easy thing. He spent so many great years with this organization as a player, front office employee and a coach. I respect both men, but I wanted to move in a different direction for both of these spots. The interview process might take some time, but we will find the right fits for the secondary room moving forward."

This is not a huge surprise to me. I think Robertson would have been gone before the 2011 season had he not played for Jerry Gray when Gray was the secondary coach in the late 90s.

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We've had a way with creating some great players with those drafted in later rounds...

… interesting move.

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by StPrattrick on Jan 4, 2012 5:23 PM CST reply actions

Not 100% sure why he was fired.

Yes, safety play was bad. But the corners played very well.

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by MikeGriffFan27 on Jan 4, 2012 5:24 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Safety play was bad because Griffen is terrible and Hope declined.

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by StPrattrick on Jan 4, 2012 5:33 PM CST up reply actions

My hope is that they don't feel that a coaching change will make the safeties better.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 4, 2012 5:35 PM CST up reply actions

String...

Then you have to assume that they played as much as they did because they were the better players. Who were they going to trot out there?

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by oilertitan on Jan 4, 2012 5:35 PM CST up reply actions

Because you think they were going to bench a boom or bust 1st round safety for 5th round RoJo

or undrafted Myron Rolle?
It’s not like we put a lot of stock in our draft picks after Griffen was drafted.

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by StPrattrick on Jan 4, 2012 5:45 PM CST up reply actions

true, but

we did get Casey, Klug and Ayers rounds 2- (later). so they were addressing needs (according to the new defensive philosophy). it wasn’t too long ago that Griff made the pro bowl and Hope was pretty solid.

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by oilertitan on Jan 4, 2012 6:44 PM CST up reply actions

We needed help at DT and LB

not so much at the safety position…
I still don’t think Griff is THAT terrible to where we need to blow up the entire safety core… but that’s just me. Cheap 1 year deal is worth it.

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by StPrattrick on Jan 4, 2012 6:51 PM CST up reply actions

I wonder who we should bring in for secondary coach...how about this guy?!?

by trevor2013 on Jan 4, 2012 5:27 PM CST reply actions 3 recs

I still love this

even though it makes gramsey cry

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by rothbard on Jan 4, 2012 6:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I'm surprised that you're not surprised Jimmy. I'm floored by this move.

It’ll be interesting to see what kind of coach we bring in next. Will it still be someone with an Oilers connection?

by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 4, 2012 5:30 PM CST reply actions

You have to keep in mind the limitations that Munchak had coming in...

He had only played and coached for this organization. His network was very limited. Now that he has a year of experience and produced a winning record and started a reputation, other coaches may send in their resumes. So the options may be greater this year.

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by oilertitan on Jan 4, 2012 5:34 PM CST up reply actions

plus no lockout and getting started on time

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by rothbard on Jan 4, 2012 6:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Not only that....

he was named HC way later than everybody else. So, there weren’t a lot of options.

by PA-Titan on Jan 4, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah I'm honestly really surprised by this.

Corners played well, safeties obviously not so much. Still a surprising move.

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by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 4, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions

NICK HARPER FOR THIS PLEASE

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by carlostable on Jan 5, 2012 11:32 AM CST up reply actions

I hope this doesn’t make Grey more likely to leave – as I was happy with the improvement the defense showed.

Not an expert on the coaches at all – nor their ability to get the players ready – but I like that Munchak is willing to make these changes when he isn’t happy with the philosophy/production. While loyalty is awesome in many facets of life, at least we as fans don’t have to worry about a repeat of Fisher going stale.

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by oilertitan on Jan 4, 2012 5:32 PM CST reply actions

If Gray wanted him here, he'd still be here. Gray is pretty much the one who fired him

by NoMoreMustache on Jan 4, 2012 5:54 PM CST up reply actions

Robertson is/was my first favorite Titan

And my first NFL jersey. Sad to see him go.

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by gramsey712 on Jan 4, 2012 6:00 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I find this very strange

The secondary was one of the better parts of the defense. Teams were crushing us because our defensive ine could get no pressure. I wonder if he disagreed with Gray’s very conservative schemes.

by E-Locker on Jan 4, 2012 6:11 PM CST reply actions