On Tuesday, Tennessee Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk announced that the team would be parting ways with general manager Ran Carthon after two seasons.
In her post on X, she indicated that while she has enjoyed working with Carthon, she can’t deny that the team has seen no improvement in two seasons.
She’s not wrong. The Titans won six games in 2023 and only three in 2024 after Carthon got to help hire the next head coach in Brian Callahan. With Carthon now gone, though, what does that mean for Callahan’s future?
If we’re being honest, we have to acknowledge that many prospective general managers will want to choose the next head coach. There aren’t many, if any, GMs who will accept a currently seated coach, especially if the team hasn’t been successful.
The Titans have not been successful under Brian Callahan. In fact, they were worse than when Mike Vrabel last coached.
There was a decline, not an improvement. And maybe some of the losses wouldn’t feel so bad if the team actually looked like it was improving. But it was the same issues week in and week out, almost as if Callahan was trying to will this team to fit his scheme when he should have been adjusting his scheme to the players he has.
It’s unlikely that Callahan will remain the head coach after Carthon’s firing. Stranger things have happened, and it is possible considering that Carthon was hired with a sitting head coach. But given how things went in 2024, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Titans wiped the slate clean and started over. Again.