charleytolar

3 hours ago, TerryBoats said:

Right, Robinson is just like Isaiah Wilson.  Brilliant!

No, I think it is Strunk recognizing her Jon Robinson tendencies and correcting them before they get up an even bigger head of steam.

You do a great job and you don't get fired. Doing it now is a favor to Robinson.

Who's impressed by limping to a division title when you're in the weakest division in the league? 

5 minutes ago, BlueThunder said:

Haven't seen that before, but it still begs to know what caused the decision. 

She's never going to go into detail. That's OUR job!

READ IT AND WEEP... or nod your head "of course"!

“Once I made the decision, I was like, ’I can’t sit on it. I’ve got to go ahead and do it to be fair to Jon.′ I don’t know how many weeks we have left in the season. There could be a lot more hopefully in our season, and it just didn’t seem like the right thing to do to drag this along.”

and

"Strunk said she couldn’t ignore the holes on a roster that has used 76 different players this season after setting an NFL-record with 91 different players last season."

-- Titans Owner Amy Adams Strunk

56 minutes ago, oldschool said:

 

I'll say it again. No issue with the move but the timing was not ideal.

The timing was fine. Her mind was already made. Doing it now might just kick-start a struggling team and it gives J-Rob a head-start on pursuing other jobs. Actually, it's a favor to him given that she was going to pull the plug.

1 hour ago, IrishTitansFan said:

I preferred when you were dead

 

 

And let the poor dog go

You can't handle the truth, huh? That dog is 10 YO now and absolutely loves me-- my daughter's dog. 

Your other problem is just believing what you want with no attention to the facts.

Why, after 5 years, would J-Rob suddenly start "talking down" to Amy unless she finally started giving him an earful about the sorry state of the roster?

13 minutes ago, titansfan said:

 

 

It's crazy to think. All we had to do is re-sign (actually pick up the option on) the all pro RT that you traded up to get. Instead he went the cheap route unnecessarily and it cost him 1st, 2nd, 3rd picks, and multiple QB pressures to solve what did not need to be a problem.

Yeah, the trade-up cost a 2nd and a 3rd. The OT taken with our original pick, Taylor Decker, is still a Lion's starter and certainly far better than anything we have.

Two of our OL from last season are starting for the Bills. Is Dennis Kelly still starting for the Packers?

14 minutes ago, woolfolksunclesuncle said:

 

Covid? Tolar laughs in the face of that shit. This ancient warrior has survived the desert trek with Moses, the black death, the Civil War, the Great Depression, etc...we can't get rid of the mf until someone locates the holy grail.

I'm in possession of the Holy Grail.

34 minutes ago, kgsTitan said:

I don't like this move without at least having tried coaching changes. No way in HELL Mike Munchak doesn't get more out of Radunz and numerous others than Carter has gotten. 

Fair enough, but the draft is next up after a probable one-and-done in the playoffs. Draft preparation is now.

6 minutes ago, IrishTitansFan said:

You never had a good debate, you lost every one

 

I too miss them though

Sore losers want to re-write history: was I wrong about J-Rob's fuckups? Check this thread!

The lockout sure did hurt Dalton and Newton right? More excuses.

but weren't those guys the #1 QB on their respective teams from the get-go? They got the reps where Locker did not. I think that matters a lot.

My comment was more about the TV commentary than the execution. Dan Dierdorf was saying that they should just forget about even trying a field goal as soon as they got possession.

iirc that play was really more on the new holder

When that Seattle placekicker got rocked and had to miss that chip shot attempt at the end of the first half, the announcers on TV were making a big fuss about how meaningful that event was. All I could think about was the time that Craig Hentrich had to fill in in a pinch as a placekicker and NAILED a 50-yarder... on his first attempt as I recall.

Not to dicker, but Henry was  a HORRIBLE pick. That's a new category!

I'm certainly not saying that they were good picks. But they weren't "bad" picks.

 

Chris Henry. THAT was a bad pick.

In my opinion, one good year does not make for a good pick. Good picks are guys that play for our team for ~7 or more years. If they make the squad for that long, they are doing something right-- this is known as the Thompson-Nickey Axiom.

Yeah Laboy was very good in 2007 and it helped earn him a contract with Arizona in 2008.

 

And Holmes got a decent deal with the Giants in the early 2000's.

Oilers drafted a guy, Doug Wilkerson, in Round One and they traded him to San Diego early in his rookie year. IIRC, Wilkerson started for the Chargers for a decade or so and I can't even tell you who we got in return. Have to look it up...

There's a couple more that I made quick notes on but they are so forgettable that I can't even read my own chicken scratch.

One was "Q Jones."

How could Nunley not be on the list.   He didn't get hurt, yet was so bad he only managed to get 1 assist in his short career.  

Some of the WORST unmentioned (I believe): Three rounds only.

1 Kenny Holmes, DE

1 Henry Ford, DE

1 Mike Dumas, CB

1 Alonzo Highsmith, RB

2 Tank Williams, SS

2 Travis LaBoy, DE

2 Richard Byrd, DE

2 Jeremy Nunley, DE

2 Jonathan Layman, OG

2 Bryant Mix, DT

2 Anthony Cook, DE

3 Rennie Curran, LB

3 Rocky Calmus, LB

3 Shad Meier, TE

3 Byron Fritsch, DE

3 Willis Peguese

3 Malcolm Seabron, WR

Other BEST....

1 Ray Childress, DT

1 Lamar Lathon, LB

1 Haywood Jeffires, WR

2 Akeem Ayers, OLB

2 Michael Barrow, ILB

2 Erron Kinney, TE

2 Samari Rolle, CB

2 Ernest Givens, WR

2 Harvey Salem, OT

2 Eddie Robinson, LB

3 Bubba McDowell, SS

3 Johnny Meads, OLB

I remember reading somewhere the Oilers really liked Favre, and it came down to him and Bo Orlando I believe..and they chose Bo.

Does anyone else remember reading this?

Ouch. That one hurts.

This is a painful exercise. I looked back at all the Oiler/Titan drafts back through the 80s.

Surprise #1-- hard to find many of our third round picks who were worth a damn. I've got only two who were noteworthy (Bubba McDowell and Johnny Meads) out of roughtly 32 selection.

No-surprise #2-- we drafted Mike Munchak (1982-RD1-8th), Bruce Matthews (1983-RD1-9th), Harvey Salem (1983-RD2-8th) and Dean Steinkuhler (1984-RD1-2nd)....

I'll add my Best Worst later. Gotta go.