In some ways, it was obvious after making sweeping changes to the coaching staff this off-season that the Titans would find themselves in this spot. Still, to anticipate a feeling is different than actually feeling it. The organization sold the fans—even the fans sold the fans—on the belief that things could be so much better ... if certain limiting factors (Mularkey and his staff) were removed from the equation. Naturally, fair or not, the pressure on those given the opportunity to correct things would be immense from day one.
If this isn’t a good season for the Titans, there will inevitably be those that boomerang back to join the very small minority that believe the decision to move on from Mularkey was the wrong one.