Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - BRIAN CALLAHAN MUST BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY After Tennessee Titans PATHETIC LOSS to Indianapolis Colts

Episode Date: September 21, 2025

The Tennessee Titans got absolutely bullied by the Indianapolis Colts and once again the incompetence of head coach Brian Callahan continues to be obvious. The game management decision continue to get... worse each week and until he is fired, this team has zero chance to win a football game. Callahan isn't the only one to blame though as the defense, led by defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson, showed A TON OF QUIT, and it should be a reminder that Wilson should not be a head coach candidate for the team this year. However, there is a short list of candidates that make sense like Kliff Kingsbury, Jesse Minter and Joe Brady. Finally, it is tough to think about anything positive, but Cam Ward showed some great signs despite some clear miscues during the match, but his fellow rookies like Gunnar Helm, Chim Dike and Elic Ayomanor also looked great.  Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videos  Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!5-Hour ENERGYEnough with boring, flavorless caffeine, it’s time to give your caffeine a flavor upgrade with 5-hour ENERGY®️ shots. Get the favorites you love or be bold and try something new in-store and online at https://www.5hourENERGY.com or Amazon today.  DoorDashWith DoorDash Streaks, you save every Saturday you order — stack it up all season and you could save up to $250. Order this Saturday. Keep the streak alive. Fuel your gameday — only with DoorDash. Terms apply. Promo period through 11/18. Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNFL at https://monarchmoney.com/lockedonnfl for 50% off your first year. UpsideDon’t let this offer drive on by, download the free Upside app now using my limited time promo code TOUCHDOWN for a limited time 25 cent per gallon bonus! Offers vary by user and location, Go to upside.com for terms and conditions.Click Here to download the app: https://getupside.onelink.me/zlLr?af_xp=custom&pid=barrington&c=barrington_lockedon25&deep_link_value=promo&deep_link_sub1=lockedon25&af_dp=upsideapp%3A%2F%2FSquareTo learn more, go support your favorite neighborhood spot and see what Square has been up to in your neck of the woods. And then if you have extra time, check out https://square.com/go/lockedonnfl.PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelRight now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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Starting point is 00:00:00 If the Tennessee Titans organization has any respect left, they will fire Brian Callahan immediately. That more on today's edition of Locked on Titans. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome to the Locked on Titans podcast I am your host Tyler Rowland Titans fans we got a lot to talk about
Starting point is 00:00:36 but Brian Callahan must be fired immediately that is the number one takeaway from this game now before I get into exactly why the list is so long that Brian Callahan needs to be fired why the Titans absolutely must
Starting point is 00:00:53 start looking at other potential candidates and I got a list for you guys We'll also finish the show talking about Cam Ward and the rookies Once again the lone bright spot for the Titans But before we dive into this massacre Do want to thank you for making Locked on Titans Your first listen each and every day Remember Monday through Friday
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Starting point is 00:01:27 If you want to stay as up to date on who could be the next Tennessee Titans head coach, make sure that you stay locked in with the Locked on Titans podcast. But what an absolute disgrace. What an absolute disgrace from the start. This team was beat at halftime. This game was over at halftime. Period. Period. No chance that the Tennessee Titans were coming back from 20 to 6.
Starting point is 00:01:54 And we can talk about all the calamities that happened throughout the entire game. Sure, we'll get into it. But at the end of the day, Brian Callahan is the worst head football coach I have ever seen at any level, at any time in my entire life. I said it during my halftime video that I made my video at halftime because I knew how this game was going to go when you are coached like a certified bozo like Brian Callahan. I mean, it is absolutely embarrassing.
Starting point is 00:02:25 At some point, we can joke around and it's a joke, it's a joke, it's a joke. But is this guy shaven points? Is Brian Callahan purposefully trying to lose? That is the only explanation I could possibly have. Let's start at the beginning of the game. It's another list game, folks. Get your list out. It's another list game.
Starting point is 00:02:46 Brian Callahan wins the toss. Anybody who's played Madden in their whole life, any NFL head coach other than the one that we got. You win the toss, what do you do? You defer so that you can have the ball after halftime. It gives you the ability to double up and score before halftime and then coming out of halftime. And instead, the Colts are the ones who double up with 10 points
Starting point is 00:03:13 going into halftime and going out of halftime. And listen, if you have a very good offense, if you have major confidence in your offense, And you're like, all right, we're going to go down the field. I got a great opening script. We're going to score. Okay, take the ball. But you have the worst offense in the entire NFL.
Starting point is 00:03:33 With two backup offensive linemen in. Why would you take the football to start the game? So, number one, before the ball is even snapped, before the ball is even kicked off, Brian Callahan is already in Bozo mode, steps out of his clown car with his big shoes and his red nose. We're already onto the Clown of Hand phase. All right, great, it's game day.
Starting point is 00:03:56 Then we get to the second offensive drive. And what have I been complaining about with Brian Callahan's run game forever? The slow developing runs. He brings Chim Dike in orbit motion, fakes a reverse to him, then tries to do a handoff to Tony Pollard. Like, we got five seconds in the backfield to make this happen. And predictably, with these slow, low developing runs that have never worked for Brian Callahan.
Starting point is 00:04:23 What happens? Stopped in the back field, behind the chains, nothing. Then we get to the third drive. We get to the third drive. And again, my biggest issue with this coaching staff is the players don't know what the H.E. double hockey sticks they are doing. They can't get lined up.
Starting point is 00:04:43 They can't execute the plays. And you could say, oh, the player missed a block. Oh, the player got a penalty. It was the player that didn't line up. If this happens over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and is the coaching staff failing to deliver the message I continue to say if the entire classroom fails the test it is the teacher who failed. So if the Titans can't get lined up if the Titans give up sacks every week. If the Titans give up penalties every week, if the Titans miss tackles every week, if the Titans are out of position every week, that is on the coaches.
Starting point is 00:05:29 All right? So, missed run assignment on Drive 3 to start things out on, it's first down. You literally just came off the sideline and you don't know what you're supposed to do on the play. And then after a missed assignment on the run play on first down, pass, pass, sack, sack, punt. Folks, we're five and a half minutes, six minutes in. We haven't even got to the most negligible moments of the game for Brian Callahan. We get to offensive drive number four, the Titans. Coming out of the quarter break. Again, coming out of the quarter break.
Starting point is 00:06:10 Get an illegal shift on a 12-yard play called back. Out of a quarter break. How does that happen? and then we get a play action dump off to helm we get a run to Pollard and then what does Callahan do? He goes back into his clam shell
Starting point is 00:06:25 the Callahan clam shell and he calls two screens this team has not been able to run a screen successfully the entirety of Brian Callahan's career here he gets two good plays on a play action dump off and a run to Pollard and then goes to two straight screens
Starting point is 00:06:44 and what happens The wide receiver screen has blown up and D.K. would have been crushed if he would have caught it. They try to run a running back screen and it takes so long and the defense recognizes it so quickly that Blake Hans has to hold his guy so he doesn't crush Cam Ward because he can't throw the ball because the screen's red. Coaching, coaching, coaching.
Starting point is 00:07:08 And then, and then we get to what might be the worst moment. of the game for Brian Callahan. The Titans run another slow developing run play the same thing with the orbit motion except for they handed to Tony Pollard
Starting point is 00:07:29 and what happens? Nothing crushed and then Bozo Callahan tries to kick a 64-yard field goal with five minutes left. Look if it's the end of the half if it's the end of a game then yes, kick a 60-year. year field goal, then yes, go ahead.
Starting point is 00:07:51 But not when there's five minutes left. Does Callahan realize that if you miss a 64 yard field goal, the ball doesn't go to the line of scrimmage, the Colts get the ball where the holder is holding the ball. You just gave the Colts free points. And here's the thing. The defense bowed their neck and held the coach to no points. And then, and then, and then we get to the true moment.
Starting point is 00:08:15 The moment where Brian Callahan sealed his fate and showed the world that he cannot handle this. The Titans have two and a half minutes left before halftime. Two and a half minutes left. And he runs five straight run plays. Five straight run plays with two and a half minutes left. Even Ross Tucker on the broadcast for CBS is going, why are the Titans acting like it's not the two minute drill? Why are they taking their time so much?
Starting point is 00:08:45 And then the Colts call a timeout on 4th and 1. All right, makes sense they want to set their defense. The Titans then have to call their own timeout because they're not ready after a timeout by the Colts. The Titans don't have a decision made on what they want to do on 4th down and Brian Callahan has to waste the timeout during the 2-minute drill when you just ran 5 straight runs. And then, and then, and then, after the Titans, after 2 timeouts,
Starting point is 00:09:15 The Colts call a timeout. The Titans call a timeout. The Titans get a delay of game lining up for the field goal. Oh my God. This can't be real. This can't be real. And then we're in the fourth quarter. The Titans are down by three scores.
Starting point is 00:09:33 And once again, shout out my guy Ross Tucker from the Ross Tucker podcast. He goes, this is a seven-minute drive. Why are the Titans acting like they're up three scores when they're down three scores? The Titans have two clock on. The Titans have two clock on. When they're down three minutes, when they're down three scores in the fourth quarter, they're running two clock.
Starting point is 00:09:55 Like, I don't know whether it's the penalties, the constant missed assignments, not understanding where to line up, the game management decisions, you throw a challenge flag when even if you get it, it's gonna be second and six inches. Why would you risk the time out?
Starting point is 00:10:17 Why would you waste the challenge? What are we doing? It's an entire game of absolute mismanagement from Brian Callahan. And again, if the Tennessee Titans have at halftime, credit to any person who was in attendance in this game. Number one, what a trooper you are to deal with that. But anybody who was at this game, thank you. Because when Brian Callahan and the players went to the locker room,
Starting point is 00:10:42 the crowd booed the crap out of him. The crowd was chanting fire Callahan, fire Callahan. If this organization has any respect for itself left, which I'm not sure that it does, I am not sure that it does. It looks like not only the players on the field, but the organization has quit. They've given up. If the Titans have any self-respect,
Starting point is 00:11:05 let Amy Adams Trump, I'm looking at you, Mom. I'm looking at you directly. I've supported you. I have talked up the changes that you made the good moments that you've brought this football team but Amy I'm looking at you directly you cannot keep this bozo running this football team
Starting point is 00:11:23 the players are going to quit the fans are going to quit and you will never get them back if it hasn't happened already if you have any backbone left I know it's been a tough couple of years you've fired people you have to pay people that aren't working for you I don't care how much money you have
Starting point is 00:11:40 paying somebody to not work for you can't be fun. But if you have anything left in the tank, Amy, you have to fire this man now. You have to. No choice. And when and if the Tennessee Titans do fire Brian Callahan, I'll tell you exactly who is on a short list of candidates to replace him.
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Starting point is 00:13:43 They have no pride left in the organization, period. And the fans are not going to come back if they don't do something. All right. But let me just say this. I got to take a drink. I try to get my water breaks in during the transition videos of the commercials.
Starting point is 00:14:01 But folks, I just... Unbelievable. But let's do this. Who should replace Brian Callahan? Who's on the list right now? Well, let me tell you this. It better not be DeNard Wilson because I'm sick of seeing this defense
Starting point is 00:14:14 be out of position I'm sick of seeing this defense do nothing creative to get to the quarterback I'm sick of seeing this defense not be able to stop a nose bleed in the run game I'm sick of seeing this defense not be able to tackle
Starting point is 00:14:28 the tackling on this team is pathetic the tackling is pathetic and tackling is effort do I think that DeNard Wilson is a good defensive coordinator Sure. Sure. I think he's an okay defensive coordinator. I don't think he's awful. I think DeNard Wilson with a better head coach
Starting point is 00:14:47 probably looks better. DeNard Wilson with better talent on defense probably looks better. But the effort level we see from the defense in the second half of these games there is no way. I want DeNard Wilson coaching this football team. Not a chance.
Starting point is 00:15:03 He ain't ready for that. Maybe in five years, but DeNard Wilson is not ready to be a head coach. Period. He is not the next guy. He is not the one to hire. And let me say this. And I'm going to be talking about this all week, essentially. I mean, that's where we're at, all week.
Starting point is 00:15:21 But I still want an offensive coach. And people are saying, oh, I bet you miss Vrable. No, I don't. How's my Vrable's team doing? How's their offense doing in New England? I host Locked on NFL with the host of Locked-on Patriots on Thursdays every week. My guy Nick Cattles. I can tell you that people aren't cheering and ready to build the statue for Mike Vrable in New England.
Starting point is 00:15:43 Let's be real here. Three of the six years under Mike Vrable, the Titans were 27th or lower in scoring. Mike Vrable was 6 and 18 in his last 24 games here. Let's not do this. Oh, I bet you wish they kept Mike Vrable. No, I don't wish that they kept Vrable. Now, that doesn't mean that Brian Callahan was the right guy to hire.
Starting point is 00:16:04 And guess what? We were all wrong. It's just so funny to me. that when I say the Titans did something wrong, everybody says I hate the team, I'm too negative, all I do is criticize, and then when I get excited, when I'm excited for Brian Callahan,
Starting point is 00:16:18 when I'm excited for Rand Carthorne, when I'm excited for Calvin Ridley and Ligeria Steed, then everybody wants to come back and tell me that I'm an idiot there too because I got excited and I was being positive about moves that I was questioned on. So you guys just, you know, are perfect. You guys need to go on prize picks because you're right about everything all the time.
Starting point is 00:16:37 You're always right. Whoever you are out there, you're always right. Go on prize picks, go play the lottery. But let me just say this. I still want an offensive coach. I still want an offensive coach. I do not want to do the same thing where you get a defensive head coach
Starting point is 00:16:53 and you get a good offensive coordinator and then he leaves after a year and then you hire another offensive coordinator and he's not any good and then you got to fire him and then you got to hire another offensive coordinator and he's good but he leaves after a year and then you've got to, that is not the right move here.
Starting point is 00:17:09 That is not the right thing to do. The Titans still need to go get an offensive head coach to pair with their young quarterback and then find good defensive coordinator talent just like they did with Denard Wilson. You know what I mean? I have not changed my philosophy just because Brian Callahan did not work out
Starting point is 00:17:28 does not change the reality of the struggle of having a defensive head coach like we had with Mike Vrable. your offense is going to suck. You can't develop a quarterback. There's no continuity with your quarterback and you're cycling through offensive coordinators good or bad either way. So I still want an offensive coach and here are some guys that make sense. Cliff Kingsbury. Cliff Kingsbury had ups and downs when he was the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. No doubt about it. He was not ready to be a head coach. But now he's gone to Washington and he turned Jaden Daniels into the best
Starting point is 00:18:05 rookie quarterback in NFL history, took him to a conference championship right away with the help of Dan Quinn, who's the head coach. And I think that Cliff Kingsbury is more prepared to be a head coach now after failing in Arizona and going back and figuring things out with Washington. So Cliff Kingsbury is at the top of the list for me as a guy who should get an interview. Joe Brady from the Buffalo Bills. Joe Brady the offensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills he had Josh Allen 30% play action
Starting point is 00:18:39 in his game against Miami he has built a great offensive line in Buffalo that runs the ball down people's throats that plays physical that's smart that's prepared Joe Brady will be a top candidate
Starting point is 00:19:00 for a head coaching job this all season I think another option that makes a ton of sense although it's not an offensive coach is Jesse Minter he's the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers came with Jim Harbaugh from Michigan he has one of the most advanced
Starting point is 00:19:19 one of the most unique and one of the most successful defensive schemes in the entire NFL so that's going to be another great option those three guys right there are going to be at the top of the list of any NFL team looking for a head coach this year.
Starting point is 00:19:36 They're all top-tier candidates this year. Then we've got to go to some retread coaches that could make some sense. Brian Flores from the Minnesota Vikings. His situation with the Miami Dolphins was weird if you look into it. I mean, what's been accused, what might have happened,
Starting point is 00:20:02 there, what's been proven? Weird situation with Miami, but Brian Flores is one of the most creative, talented defensive coordinators in the NFL, and he has the personality to galvanize a locker room and to lead
Starting point is 00:20:18 men. So, that's a retread coach that will probably be high on the list for the Titans. Some retread coaches that I'm less excited about that could also make sense, though. Mike McCarthy. Mike McCarthy.
Starting point is 00:20:32 McCarthy has a ton of ties to Chad Brinker. Mike McCarthy has a ton of ties to the Green Bay Packers organization. Not sure if there's any crossover for Mike McCarthy with Mike Borganzi, other than both their names are Mike. But what we know about Mike McCarthy is he's not a very exciting candidate, I admit. But what we know about Mike McCarthy is, he's a professional NFL head coach. He's won a Super Bowl, he's gone to the playoffs,
Starting point is 00:21:02 that's a guy who I think will get an interview for the Titans. I think another option, like I'm already seeing, and that I think doesn't make as much sense, if I'm honest with you, is John Gruden. Gruden has even more connective tissue to the Titans decision makers. Gruden grew up in Green Bay as a coach under Mike Holmgren with Andy Reed. So Gruden and Andy Reed have a connection.
Starting point is 00:21:32 Andy Reid, Mike Morgonzi, Kansas City. Just like I said, John Gruden, Green Bay Packers. Andy Reid, Chad Brinker, Green Bay Packers. So, again, I think Joe Brady, Cliff Kingsbury, Jesse Mentor, are first-time head coaches that could make some sense. And I think Mike McCarthy, Brian Flores, and John Gruden are guys that could make some sense as re-tread options. Now, maybe no one likes any of those.
Starting point is 00:22:07 Maybe they're all terrible options. Maybe it's not going to work. Maybe it's whatever. I don't know. Let me know your guys' best head coaching candidate down below. And let me just say this. If you don't have a single name to contribute to the conversation, you don't really get the right to criticize other people
Starting point is 00:22:24 and their suggestions. Because if you can't even come up with a suggestion, then why should we pay attention to you? So let me know your guys' favorite head coaching candidates down below. All I know is Brian Callahan shouldn't be coaching this team not only next year, but any time. But as I try to do, as I try to do, let's finish this episode with some positives
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Starting point is 00:25:35 The Tennessee Titans absolutely embarrassed themselves against the Colts, 41 to 20. Credit to the Colts, credit to Daniel Jones, credit to Jonathan Taylor, credit to that offensive line. They demolish the Titans from start to finish. But the reality is, I think the coaching mismatch in this one from Shane Steichen to Brian Callahan is just so, so big of the gap, there's just no way the Titans had a chance. There's just no way. Now, listen, I do want to finish with some fun stuff. I want to talk about some of the good stuff. Cam Ward had
Starting point is 00:26:07 be terrible. The terrible pick six to start the game. He missed Calvin Ridley. He missed Chig Chikikw on the seam route. You guys can blame Chig for that. But if Cam throws a better pass, that's a catch and run for a touchdown. This was not an excellent start to the game for Cam Ward, but he did rebound in the second half. He was throwing good passes. Now, the Colts backed up their defense if we're going to be honest here. They backed up their defense. They were not
Starting point is 00:26:33 playing as tight in the second half and they let Cam Ward kind of pick them apart. 23 for 38, 219 yards. Did have the touchdown to Elykeye-Manner. Of course, the interception, as we said, sacked four times, but I don't think most of those are on him.
Starting point is 00:26:51 Again, the rookie wide-outs show out. Elyo Manor, four catches, 38 yards, and the only touchdown pass of the day. You got Chim Dike, who continues to be a weapon for the Titans on kickoff returns, on punt returns, using them as a gadget player within the offense.
Starting point is 00:27:13 Chim D.K. was impressive. Gunner Helm finally got some opportunities. He caught all three of his targets, three catches for 27 yards. They need to get him more involved. I don't know why Gunner Helm wasn't running that seam route to Chigaconkwo. If you have a 6-foot-5 guy with super long arms and big hands instead of a 6-foot-2 guy with short arms, maybe that's a catch and you can help Cam Ward out.
Starting point is 00:27:36 I talked about this. Cam Ward's a gunslinger. He's not pinpoint accurate. Cam Ward is not going to be Tom Brady. It's not the case. He's going to throw some inaccurate passes. He's going to need guys with big catch radiuses and good body adjustment, like Alec Ayo Manor, for example.
Starting point is 00:27:52 Not like Calvin Ridley. So get Gunner Helm more involved on some of these passes down the field. We don't just have to run these little dump-off dump-offs to Gunner Helm. Like, in the first game against Denver, they threw two sail routes on the sideline to Gunner-helm, and he caught both of them.
Starting point is 00:28:13 Now, I know they called it a juggle on the sideline and didn't give it to him, but I'm just saying. also outside of the rookies there's nothing good to talk about like there's nothing to say Calvin Ridley is lost seven targets
Starting point is 00:28:34 one catch for 27 yards two drops we could call it three if you wanted to say that he dropped that tip drill that he still could have came down with that wasn't a good pass by Cam Ward it was behind him and it allowed Various Ward to get the pass break up. But, I mean, your pro-wide receiver
Starting point is 00:28:50 and the ball is right there in your hands. Like, Calvin Ridley is lost. Absolutely lost. In the sauce right now. Cedric Gray, not a rookie, but he got benched for Cazir White. James Williams, who was a starting linebacker for this team in training camp,
Starting point is 00:29:08 a healthy scratch because he's getting so many penalties on special teams. I said this after Cedric Gray won the job? Just because Cedric Gray won the job doesn't mean that either of these young linebackers are any good. Ammoni Hooker has fallen off
Starting point is 00:29:25 a cliff since the Titans gave him that extension. He is getting roasted in pass coverage. He can't tackle to save his life. The Titans have no pass rush whatsoever. No pass rush whatsoever. It's an embarrassment.
Starting point is 00:29:43 It's an embarrassment. They can't scheme up any pressure without blitzing a secondary player. They can't get any pressure with the front four. Nothing. Cody Barton, I loved Cody Barton. Leading up to the season, he has been terrible. Terrible through three weeks. He can't get off a block.
Starting point is 00:30:04 He's out of his gap. The offensive... Peter Skoronsky is good. How about that? I was joking with Drew Beattie, who does some film stuff. for the Titans as well, online. Like, what is there to break down in the film right now?
Starting point is 00:30:21 You guys want to see the Titans are running this coverage. The Titans are running these run plays. Get Cam Ward to play. For what? The inner workings of the football, the run plays, the pass plays, the coverage on defense, the blitzing, the, none of that stuff matters when you're getting this out-classed
Starting point is 00:30:42 from a coaching perspective. a game management perspective. And I love the fact, I love the fact that the national media is catching on to what's going on here. I saw once again, shout out to Nick Wright from Fox Sports who has his foot on Brian Callahan's neck right now. He tweeted out in the game. Brian Callahan is the worst in-game management coach that I have ever seen at any level of football and he's 100% right and I've been saying it for weeks now. And I'm hoping, I'm hoping, that more national pressure continues to get put on this football team. Not because this and that, but because the coaching is so terribly bad
Starting point is 00:31:27 that it has to be noticed and it can't just be locally. And with that being said, I do want to say this. This is, I made a plea to Amy Adams drunk earlier. I'm going to make a plea to every Tennessee Titans fan out there. Every Tennessee Titans fan watching this right now. Listen to this in your morning. trying to soak this in, stop buying tickets. Do not buy tickets to go see this football team.
Starting point is 00:31:52 I hate saying that, guys. As someone who has loved this football team for 25 years, I have loved this football team. I have dedicated my life and my career to this football team. I am going to feel this as well. You guys are angry right now, but anger slips quickly into apathy for this football team. I saw it happen last year.
Starting point is 00:32:13 After folks were done being angry, they just quit Karen. It doesn't help me, this is my job, this is my life, this is how I pay my bills. It does not help me to have the fan base slip from anger to apathy. But the reality is, the reality is, we have to stand up. We have to make our voice heard. We have to do something to shake this team out of the moment. delays that it's in, stop going to the games. Do not buy tickets. That's all you can do.
Starting point is 00:32:49 All you can do is vote with your dollar. That's all you can do in life. That's the only way to rage against the machine. Vote with your dollar. That's all you can do. That's all you can do. This team does not deserve our support right now. They don't. Until they take themselves seriously, look in themselves in the mirror, wipe the dirt off their face and fire this bozo who's driving the team into the ground. Show some respect for yourselves, fans. Do not support this organization if they aren't giving that effort back to you. It's that simple.
Starting point is 00:33:27 You are a customer to them right now. And that's not a product that I want to buy. I decided before this season, I am not going to any games this year. I will not go to a single game this year until they prove to me that they deserve my butt in a seat. Not a chance. Not a chance. We can't talk to Amy Adam Strunk.
Starting point is 00:33:50 She won't dare show her face. I don't know that I blame her. You booed the heck out of Birkney Hill. Great job. The fans that were there today. Great job. You chanted at Brian Callahan, fire Brian Callahan. Great job.
Starting point is 00:34:06 Great job. But now we got to take it a step first. I hate saying it. I cannot believe it's gotten to this point. But the only way to make these people feel it is to stop giving them your money. And I know some of you have season tickets. You're either gonna go or you're gonna sell them to somebody else's fan base. And I don't like opposing fans being in the stadium either. But at some point, we have to do something.
Starting point is 00:34:32 We have to show our displeasure in some way. So, just a disgrace. Brian Callahan must be fired. I'm going to spend tomorrow's episode I'm going to go back and go through all of the candidates that I make sense
Starting point is 00:34:46 I'm going to do some research on Monday morning instead of diving into the film like I normally do because what the heck is there to look at I'm going to do some more research on candidates who could make sense for the Titans but a disgrace
Starting point is 00:35:01 an absolute disgrace out there with this team and now they're going to go on the road for three straight weeks like, who is this team going to beat? Who is this football team going to beat this year? Like, there is a chance that they go winless if they don't fire Brian Callahan.
Starting point is 00:35:20 There's a chance. So, that's all I got to say about that. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans. I

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