BRINGING BACK THE DINGER…
Wednesday night, the Rocky Mountain News reported that Mike Heimerdinger has accepted the job as OC for the Titans and a deal will be announced Thursday or Friday.
The Dinger was responsible for helping Steve Mcnair thrive from 2000 to 2003 when he was named co-MVP of the NFL. But here is the question. Dinger is basically taking the same job he had with the Broncos as OC and Assistant Head Coach. If the money is the same, the question is why?
Also, some huge grumblings on message boards for and against the firing of Norm Chow. A lot of people though, say Jeff Fisher handled it very badly by calling Chow on the phone, instead of a face to face. Either way, Chow will get paid $1 million bucks by the Titans this year and next year to basically do not a thing. Remember that when you are grumbling about your PSL’s and how much it costs to park at LP field.
Anyway, it is going to be a wild off season for the Titans and it just started. We got nearly 7 months til training camp opens up.
Titans Fire Offensive Coordinator Chow
After three seasons with the team, the Tennessee Titans fired offensive coordinator Norm Chow Tuesday.
In a statement, Titans’ Head Coach Jeff Fisher said “Over the last week, we have done a lot of self-evaluation and I think we still have work ahead of us to reach our ultimate goal. I have informed Norm that he will not be retained as our offensive coordinator. I appreciate all the hard work and contributions he made to the organization during his time here, but I have decided to go in a different direction and will start the process of finding a new offensive coordinator. We wish Norm and his family they best in their future endeavors.”
The Titans finished the regular season 10-6, making the playoffs for the first time in four years.
The Titans lost in the first round in San Diego, 17-6.
Overall, the Titans finished tenth 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.
**ESPN.com contributed to this report.
