Titans in 2011, If There's a Season

Jeff Fisher is back.
Randy Moss is back.
Kerry Collins is back.
Randy Smith is cut after pre-season ends.
Vince Young is gone.
Bo Scaife is gone.
Kevin Kolb is added.
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Clay Travis -- Pure Dorkism At Its Best
By Bryce Martin

Listening to the annoying nasality of Clay Travis on 104.5 The Zone radio is difficult. It's not made any easier having to hear his anal retentive, self-absorbed personal likes and dislikes. A pro he is not.

The only thing worse is reading him.

Subject in point: Travis' "It's Time For Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans to Part Ways" (Fanhouse, December 9, 2010).

"Nashville is the only pro sports town in America that has never fired a pro coach."

Really.

A decent journalist is always careful about stating absolutes. Not Travis. A really decent journalist knows what he is writing about. Not Travis.

I recall several different Nashville Sounds baseball managers getting the ax over the years. Ditto for the Nashville Kats head coaches, though not as many since they were not around as long.

Oh... But...

No ohs and buts, please.

Later on in the article, Travis says, "Let me be clear about this," in giving Fisher a back-handed compliment.

Let me be clear about this? Sure, clear, such as in your knowledge of what constitutes a pro sports team.

What can you expect from someone who can't drive a stick shift, thinks you put retired fillies out to stud, and wants us to know that he thinks "Staying Alive" is a good song.

Oh, by the way. Getting fired aside, and regarding tenure, Travis drifts south on this one, too.

Let Connie Mack be Fisher (Titans) and let Greasy Neale be Barry Trotz (Predators). Fisher and Trotz are both in their 13th year in Nashville. Mack managed the Philadelphia A's from 1901-50, and during that span Neale was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for 10 years, 1941-50. Fisher/Trotz, 13-13; Mack/Neale, 50-10.

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LEADERS JUST AREN'T WHAT THEY ONCE WERE

I realize they are easy targets, but I have to respond to those bloggers who still refer to Vince young as a great leader, after the wounded guidon appeared on the sideline of the Titans' victory at home over Houston today.

A great leader? Yeah, all great leaders hang out in strip clubs, and pout and cry like babies. Wonderful example to follow. He'd do real well in combat. Another "friendly fire" fatality. If it wasn't so cold, Young and his Texas U./Titans posse could have taken off their shirts and sniffed armpits on the sidelines.

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THE MORE THINGS CHANGE IN TITANLAND, THE MORE...

First, the Nashville Scene came out with its annual Boner Awards (think Esquire magazine's annual Dubious Distinctions awards) and on the cover was Vince Young sucking his thumb.

Then...

"He's (Vince Young) one of our leaders."
-- Ahmard Hall, Tennessee Titans fullback, from Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean

"If he's one of your leaders, then your team is not worth a dime."
--Willie Daunic, 104.5 The Zone radio, in response to Hall's comment

Wow, Daunic may amount to something yet.

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Bud Adams is backing Young for one reason

Bud Adams cares more about sticking it to the city of Houston than he does about Vince Young.

It's amazing how the Nashville media misses the entire point when Adams makes some comment that sounds positive regarding Young.

Young is still a local hero from his high school football days in his hometown of Houston. Young is still a state college football hero from his days at Texas University.

What better way to get back at all your enemies in Houston, mad for abandoning them, than to draft Young? With all the money Adams has paid him, and the still dim hope he can lead his Nashville team to the Super Bowl, Adams must still back Young, even if the dream is getting dimmer.

Let's get it straight. Adams is not all that high on Young. Young is just a tool to leverage a dream against those in a city who turned against the turncoat owner.

-- Bryce Martin

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It's sometimes not fair to compare, but...

-- In Peyton Manning's worst year (his rookie year) his stats are doubly better than Vince Young's best year.
-- This year, Brett Favre will pass for 3,000 yards a 19th consecutive season. Vince Young has never passed for 3,000 yards in a season.
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