Chow Fired by the Titans

by Paragon SC on Jan 15, 2008 2:56 PM PST Comment 9 comments

Bumped and Updated with a few more thoughts below - Paragon

From ESPN:

The Tennessee Titans fired offensive coordinator Norm Chow after three seasons with the team, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported Tuesday.

The Titans finished the regular season 10-6 and suffered a 17-6 loss to the San Diego Chargers in the first round of the playoffs. They finished 10th in the AFC in total yards.

Chow, who was previously the offensive coordinator at USC, was interviewed for UCLA's head coach opening in December but withdrew his name from consideration. The Bruins went on to hire Rick Neuheisel.

This will be fun to watch

Some more thoughts on this...

I am not seeing Chow going to ucla, even some of the fans across town think it’s a long shot. Slick Rick is a bit of a QB guru in his own right so why have two chefs in the kitchen. Rick is all about Rick and I have a hard time believing Chow would want to go through that all over again.

The amount of money he is making now makes it difficult for ucla to pay him close to what he is making. I am also not sure that he would want to go to ucla to be an OC when he was essentially ignored for the HC position so I’m just not seeing it happening. I also have a hard time believing that Chow would take the job just to stick it to SC that really isn’t his style.

Less important but more interesting is that he was fired from Tennessee for not "developing" Vince Young. Young had the worst statistics in the league and he had a bit of a sophomore slump. I remember all the Texas fans saying that VY will thrive in the NFL if the coach just gets out of the way. Well the problem with that thought process is that the opposing defense will figure out your tells and counter your moves. VY needs to develop into a better passer and I think he can do that given time, but when one of the best QB developers out there can’t fix your ills what does that say about you? Norm Chow didn’t get dumb overnight so it would be hypocritical to say he failed as a developer of QB’s but then tout him as being just that t a different job. VY isn’t able to do what he did in college because the game is faster at this level so he needs to develop into a better passer to help spread defense out then use his running ability to balance his attack.

Chow still has it no doubt I’m just not sure that ucla is a good fit for him.

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now that's interesting

Do you suppose that Jeff Fisher's job is on the line also?

by DC Trojan on Jan 15, 2008 12:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Probably not

Fisher is probably safe. I didn't see this one coming. The Titans offered a contract extension to Chow not too long ago. Who knows what this means to Norm in the future. Maybe an NFL team will pick him up, and now maybe Neuheisel does have a chance to hire him. Strange turn of events.

by frak on Jan 15, 2008 2:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

the real question is

What will Slick Wilie and crew draft up to try to lure in Chow in their delusional minds?

My only comfort are my LOLs from reading Nestor and his lackeys latching on to their "holier than thou" ucla is heaven attitude and death to the evil USC attitudes.

If UCLA was so great, why continue comparing itself to such a bad and inferior university like USC :(

insecure, much?

by Joe Trojan on Jan 15, 2008 3:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Pro Football Talk

Thinks Arizona and Cincinnati would be interested, and PFT is generally pretty well connected, so much that it were way ahead of the ESPN's resident NFL buffoons on the Michael Vick story.

Remember, Chow is only one or two years away from that very fat NFL pension. Unless he got blown away with a college offer, why go back?

by Zoulou on Jan 15, 2008 3:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'd agree

That an NFL job is pretty likely for Chow.

That said, I can't think of Pro Football Talk without thinking of the post quoted here:

http://82sluggowin.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/profootballtalkcom-is-pro-nazi/

by Boy Howdy on Jan 15, 2008 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

How long did it take them to cook that up?

Overheard at PFT editorial meeting:

"Where is Chow going to go?"

"UCLA?"

"Nah, he wants to get paid."

"Well, who's he worked with before in the NFL?"

"Aside from Vince Young? Ummm. Former quarterbacks, so that's Leinart and Palmer."

"Well hell, write that Arizona and Cincinnati are interested."

"Beats working!"

by DC Trojan on Jan 15, 2008 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

$$'s not really an issue

Chow's guaranteed the $2 mil from the Titans and whatever he makes is actually subtracted from that amount.

RE: the NFL pension, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the people who are quoting the 4 year pension requirement in the NFL are thinking about the players' benefits.

For coaches, it's different. A coach has to be in the league for 15 years before they are eligible to begin drawing a pension. Chow's only been in the NFL for two years, so there's no way he's ever going to draw an NFL pension.

Basically, there's no monetary reason why Chow wouldn't go to UCLA - at least right now. Two years from now and it's s different story, but I'd love to have him as an OC.

by CAJason80 on Jan 15, 2008 5:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Chow is already back in LA

As far as the pension thing is concerned, and this is coming from Chow's camp, he is better off if he stays in the NFL a couple more years. I don't know the exact details of the pension plan for coaches, but what I hear from Chow's family, that is the case.

Before all the bruins get it in their heads that Norm might want to become OC for your program for some revenge against PC, you should know that Norm left on very, very good terms with the athletic department, coach Pete Carroll, and AD Mike Garrett.

My gut feeling is that Norm will pursue another OC job in the NFL, or a HC job in college. Should there be any openings for HC in USC's future I would expect that Chow would be the first to interview for the position.

But in the end the only person that truly knows what Norm's next move is is Norm himself. I believe he will go where the best financial deal for him and his family. The possibility of being a head coach is the only thing that will turn him away from a higher paying job. As far as returning to college as an OC, I think its probably more likly that he will be a Trojan OC, before he is a bruin OC. But anything is possible at this point.

by frak on Jan 15, 2008 10:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Titans' loss, is ANYONE'S gain!

The news wires were just crackling headlines regarding college football yesterday!

Woodengate? That's just a very sad oversight of complaint. That it's gotten to a formal inquiry is ridiculous.
Fallout from "Tarnished Heisman"? Doesn't take a USC or UCLA degree to figure out that EVERYONE has an opinion on that- regardless of facts and documentations.
Norton staying on at USC? It's quite a relief knowing that Norton remains loyal to Coach Pete Carroll. Even if it's only for one more year, so that he can see his Fab Two (4?) through until their final year of eligibility. Maualuga, Cushing, (and Maiava & Matthews) are his coup de grace and has proven Coach Ken Norton's worth as teacher/coach/leader.
Chow's firing from the Tennessee Titans? Wow! Talk about left field. But not really. Although the Titans made the playoffs and the player personnel was iffy (they need a better O-Line, healthier one at least), their offensive numbers weren't exactly eye-popping. That, and their abysmal showing against the Chargers was their downfall. He'll end up somewhere. He's too good to not be devising complex X's and O's for someone.

God bless you Coach Chow and Coach Norton! You guys are alright by me.

It was almost surreal to me, this past CFB season bordered on the absurd. Man, was it a situation to be placed in the #2 slot in national CFB polls.

It's no wonder that FOOTBALL has supplanted baseball as America's favorite pastime for sport. The only thing left to uncover in a calendar year of coverage is DOPING!

Let's hope football doesn't get skewered like baseball and cycling is currently.

When's the CFB season start again. Can't wait.

by tapoutstylist on Jan 16, 2008 7:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs