When it was announced by members of the national media on Sunday evening that the Tennessee Titans would be offering head coach Mike Mularkey a contract extension, fans erupted. They threatened to stop watching games, stop buying tickets, and give up permanent seat licenses.
While this was certainly an overreaction to the situation, it showed a genuine disconnect between the Titans organization and their fans. It would usually make sense for a team to extend the contract of their head coach coming off of the franchise’s best season in over a decade. After all, Mularkey did get the Titans to the playoffs for the first time since 2008, and they won a game against the uber-talented Kansas City Chiefs.