Titans Head Coach Search 2026 (Working on deal with Saleh)

[TeamRamrod]

26 minutes ago, oldschool said:

 

Agent talk... and there is nothing wrong with it. of course Saleh wants it to be known he wants to be a HC again this cycle.

There is scenarios in which he might not want a specific job because it’s his second go around. Also haven’t heard any specific reports of him wanting the giants job.

[rns90]

16 hours ago, titanruss said:

How do you even score relevance? Total mentions on the internet? Total merch purchased? 
 

To me it's pretty clearly what their value average has been the last 15 years along with record and week to week views. 
 

You could argue ND has the biggest historical relevance but that's nostalgia and not current Brand. 

He just seems to be going by his personal opinion to me.

[smokeater]

1 hour ago, Callidus said:

I get it but you would have to hope that ward by year 4 or 5 is built up to the point where changing OCs isn't that big of a deal anymore. I dont expect him to turn into manning or anything but you cant just rule out defensive coaches completely for continuity sake. 

With a defensive side of the ball HC, the ideal scenario is that your OC DOES get a shot at a HC spot because that means the team has been very successful.  The ideal scenario is to groom a qb or rb coach as the next OC and then absolutely nothing has to change when the OC gets promoted somewhere else.  
 

edit:  if the OC gets snagged somewhere else then Ward is probably the de facto OC anyway in that scenario

Edited December 14, 2025 by smokeater

[Callidus]

2 hours ago, smokeater said:

With a defensive side of the ball HC, the ideal scenario is that your OC DOES get a shot at a HC spot because that means the team has been very successful.  The ideal scenario is to groom a qb or rb coach as the next OC and then absolutely nothing has to change when the OC gets promoted somewhere else.  
 

edit:  if the OC gets snagged somewhere else then Ward is probably the de facto OC anyway in that scenario

Thats basically what I said. 

Except for the guy to groom part. 

[9 Nines]

Saleh worked with Shananhan, Kubiak and LaFleur.  Since he would likely concentrate on building the defense, he might allow the offense to flourish more so than an offensive head coach and would likely pull from one of those offensive trees.  So timing passes and play action, which I think would fit Ward well. And you could pull from other teams for coaches. 

I really think Saleh should be the target. 

Edited December 15, 2025 by 9 Nines

[Callidus]

7 hours ago, 9 Nines said:

Saleh worked with Shananhan, Kubiak and LaFleur.  Since he would likely concentrate on building the defense, he might allow the offense to flourish more so than an offensive head coach and would likely pull from one of those offensive trees.  So timing passes and play action, which I think would fit Ward well. And you could pull from other teams for coaches. 

I really think Saleh should be the target. 

I still haven’t done enough real research but he is the only former HC I dont have big reservations about. 

[tgo]

 

@TeamRamrod - I feel responsible for this next level coaching nerdery. Saw your comments haha. Absolutely love it. 

 

Weaver is who I hope they go with for sure. 

Edited December 16, 2025 by tgo

[TeamRamrod]

21 minutes ago, tgo said:

 

@TeamRamrod - I feel responsible for this next level coaching nerdery. Saw your comments haha. Absolutely love it. 

 

Weaver is who I hope they go with for sure. 

lol you’re the hero we need but not the one we deserve 

[TeamRamrod]

40 minutes ago, tgo said:

 

@TeamRamrod - I feel responsible for this next level coaching nerdery. Saw your comments haha. Absolutely love it. 

 

Weaver is who I hope they go with for sure. 

I gave you your props in the comments. 

[tgo]

5 minutes ago, TeamRamrod said:

I gave you your props in the comments. 

 

 

I'm just happy that Melo looks even crazier than me going down the coaching rabbit hole. That was a cool episode. 

Edited December 17, 2025 by tgo

[oldschool]

After Callahan I'm jaded. we have no idea if any of these dudes will work out. I'm more convinced than ever a major factor is the staff a HC can bring with them. Callahan's claim was his dad and we know that was a massive failure. What sort of OC can Weaver bring? 

[TeamRamrod]

2 minutes ago, oldschool said:

After Callahan I'm jaded. we have no idea if any of these dudes will work out. I'm more convinced than ever a major factor is the staff a HC can bring with them. Callahan's claim was his dad and we know that was a massive failure. What sort of OC can Weaver bring? 

Mike McDaniel! Wouldn’t that be nice?

 

Seems like he’s a popular dude around the league so who knows what kind of connections he has. As far as guys currently on the Miami staff maybe Bobby Slowik or Darrell Bevell (gross). 

[tgo]

7 minutes ago, oldschool said:

After Callahan I'm jaded. we have no idea if any of these dudes will work out. I'm more convinced than ever a major factor is the staff a HC can bring with them. Callahan's claim was his dad and we know that was a massive failure. What sort of OC can Weaver bring? 

As far as I can tell, even dating back to his years as a player with the Texans under Kubiak, Weaver is heavily aligned to Shanahan tree in terms of offensive connections. 
 

He did overlap with the BOB tree a bit in his later Texans stint as well, but I think he’d be more inclined toward guys like Slowik or Mike LaFleur for OC, maybe a Klay Kubiak. 
 

I like the idea of a Mike LaFleur/Mike Munchak combo. It was widely known when Callahan was hired that Munchak was open to coaching in Nashville again, and Munch worked with LaFleur with the Rams for a couple years there from 2023-2024. 

Edited December 17, 2025 by tgo

[oldschool]

Slowik is interesting to me. Stroud was it his best in his shanny like scheme as a rookie but then they shifted to a more 11 focused scheme and it utimately got him fired after year 2. I wonder where the shift came from? 

[TeamRamrod]

2 minutes ago, tgo said:

As far as I can tell, even dating back to his years as a player with the Texans under Kubiak, Weaver is heavily aligned to Shanahan tree in terms of offensive connections. 
 

He did overlap with the BOB tree a bit in his later Texans stint as well, but I think he’d be more inclined toward guys like Slowik or Mike LaFleur for OC, maybe a Klay Kubiak

KLAY Kubiak?!