Jonboy Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 minute ago, tgo said: I think they're on the same page, and maybe Robinson strongly suggested hiring LaFleur, but it was technically Vrabel's hire. I can see Robinson wanting his guy for OC. While Pees is definitely a Vrabel guy. Robinson was with the Patriots for Pees' entire tenure there. Everyone is focused on the Vrabel connection, but I've seen very few mention that Robinson also had a connection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamRamrod Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Good hire. Remember him from USF coming out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, WVTITAN said: This is exactly it IMO. Even the bulk of the positions coaches have ties to JROB. I believe MV is basically a sock puppet. No way. Vrabel is not the type of guy that is going to be anybody's sock puppet. titansfanfamily, and Jamalisms 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Just now, Jonboy said: Robinson was with the Patriots for Pees' entire tenure there. Everyone is focused on the Vrabel connection, but I've seen very few mention that Robinson also had a connection. Yes. But Pees is literally Vrabel's mentor. You guys can call it whatever you want, but it'll be Marino's and Vrabel's signatures on the contracts of the assistant coaches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonboy Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Just now, tgo said: Yes. But Pees is literally Vrabel's mentor. You guys can call it whatever you want, but it'll be Marino's and Vrabel's signatures on the contracts of the assistant coaches. I'm just saying it would be insane to say Jon Robinson isn't the man pulling the strings. He handpicked Vrabel and then they hired a guy he interviewed for HC as the OC. Had to be his plan all along. EagleEye, cenj, and enigma 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFreak90 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, ctm said: I believe it takes a few days after a verbal agreement to negotiate a contract. Yeah, I agree. I think I read the Dean Pees deal was agreed to over the weekend. Takes a few days on the contract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Jonboy said: I'm just saying it would be insane to say Jon Robinson isn't the man pulling the strings. He handpicked Vrabel and then they hired a guy he interviewed for HC as the OC. Had to be his plan all along. I agree that LaFleur in particular was likely hired at the recommendation of Robinson after JRob, Strunk, Underwood, Marino all interviewed him. I would think the one coach Robinson would want to have a heavy hand in picking would be offensive coordinator. I bet Vrabel interviewed him too though, and that probably took some time to arrange that meeting logistically with all the other assistant coaching interviews likely going on behind the scenes. Edit: I think Robinson had wanted all along to hire bring in LaFleur as OC of course. I think his vision was (as other posters have mentioned) a quick clean coaching search. Interview Vrabel for HC, LaFleur effectively for OC, and Wilks for the Rooney Rule. This was a precisely executed pre-planned "search" with a predetermined outcome. Edited January 30, 2018 by tgo Jonboy, and enigma 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Btw, my conspiracy proved out in the end guys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFreak90 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Just now, tgo said: Btw, my conspiracy proved out in the end guys! tgo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Wasn’t someone saying the rumor in LA was that LaFleur would be OC where ever Vrabel became HC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanDuckFan Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, scine09 said: This morning feels like being constipated and then all of the sudden it all comes out. Nah, that's what it felt like on the Monday morning after Mularkey's season-ending presser. You know, when JRob told us he'd flushed it. This is like feasting after a short fast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTn Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, tgo said: I don't think he picked them per se. I think he had very heavy input on them though. Robinson made very clear that Vrabel had final say over the staff, which has been the structure in TN since the franchise moved. I agree with this. I doubt the final decision on the coordinators was made exclusively by JRob. I believe a mutual agreement was definitely in situ, but that MV made the final choices for his staff. BTW: I find it seriously funny that once the coordinators were announced, the conspiracy theories on "king of the mountain" battles emerges. However, this is TR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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