Munchak Not a Household Word With Nashville Media
By Bryce Martin

It's Munchak (pronounced Mun-Chak).

That's a sort of joke. I recall a long time ago in an Associated Press feature on Dolphins running back Larry Csonka. It read, in part: "Larry Csonka (pronounced Csonka)." Humorous, for me, at least.

Now, in Nashville, Mike Munchak, who has been with the Titans forever and who is still fresh in the mind from his Hall of Fame induction clips a few short years back, is in the glare of local media since he may become the Titans' next head coach.

Some local sports media treat the guy as if they had never heard his name before, as if he had one of those Eastern bloc names it will take time to get used to.

TV's Rudy Kalis, who has been in sports broadcasting in Nashville even longer than the time Munchak has been here, did a long piece on him Super Bowl night (after the game) and referred to him throughout as "Mun-Check," is in Frank "Wy-Check."

Previous to that, 104.5 The Zone's Clay Travis yammered on in his analysis of how "Mun-Chuk" would fit or not fit in as head coach of the Titans. The insightful Travis was corrected by one of his cohorts (finally) and Travis responded in his usual manner, blaming it on a language inequity. By now, he is probably alibiing that he was just kidding all along.

Amazing stuff (pronounced stuff).

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