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The Tennessee Titans are officially on the hunt for their next head coach. On Tuesday, the team announced that it had fired head coach Mike Vrabel after six seasons.
Vrabel led the team to three playoff appearances in his first four years with the Titans, but they missed the playoffs the last two years. This season, Tennessee ended with a 6-11 record, last in the AFC South.
Many were surprised to hear the news, including fans, media and even one of his former players. Following the firing, running back Derrick Henry, who has spent his entire career thus far with the Titans, reacted to the news.
“Wow. Wow. I’m shocked. Coach Vrabel is a leader of men. He is a great coach and teacher. I know he will get another opportunity right away. I look forward to it,” Henry, who is a free agent this offseason, said (via Dianna Russini).
Henry will likely be heading somewhere else as well, as he seemingly said goodbye to the Titans and their fans in the team’s final game of 2023. The running back called his eight seasons with the Titans the greatest of his life, and six of those years came under the leadership of Vrabel.
Another one of Vrabel’s former player was surprised at the news and had nothing but positive things to say about the head coach. Former Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan learned about the firing live on the Rich Eisen Show and was visibly shocked.
“That is nuts. … as the season was unfolding to me it was very clear that Vrabes was not the problem. It just wasn’t a team that was filled with enough talent to be truly competitive in the NFL … you could point a lot of fingers, but I didn’t think the finger you could truly point at was Vrabel,” Lewan said, later adding, “I cannot believe it.”
Lewan played for Vrabel in all six of the head coach’s time in Tennessee and noted some of the accomplishment’s the team had under his leadership.
“He’s the absolute best is what he…
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Author : Shanna McCarriston
Publish date : 2024-01-09 21:22:10
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