In Mike Mularkey’s final season as the Tennessee Titans head coach the team went 9-7 and beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the wild card round of the playoffs. The rumor was that after the season he was told he had to fire offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie or lose his job. He wouldn’t fire Robiskie and lost his job. Was it that simple? We don’t really know the answer to that, but there were multiple reports at the time that suggested that was how it went down.
We find ourselves in a very similar situation with Mike Vrabel and Todd Downing.