Tennessee Titans: Ruston Webster out, Steve Underwood in

The breaking news right now is that Ruston Webster has been fired as the Tennessee Titans GM.

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While he wasn’t technically fired, he was just not re-signed, the point still remains the same. The Titans decided that they were not going to accept mediocrity (and that is being kind).

Ruston Webster has not been the main issue in running this franchise into the ground over the last five years, but he was certainly a contributing factor. While he will always be the guy that drafted Marcus Mariota and potentially changed the franchise, he also drafted several mid round busts who I could name, but you wouldn’t know them. (You guys remember Zaviar Gooden and Lavar Edwards, man those guys were great).

Anyway, the bigger news is that the Tennessee Titans have retained Steve Underwood as the president of the franchise. This is very, very good news.

Now, I know that you are going to question that because he hasn’t done anything to change the franchise but this is the right move. This is the way this process should always go, but head coaches have so much leverage that they often manipulate teams into doing this process incorrectly.

This is how the process should look:

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1. Hire your President/CEO

This is the guy who you (as an owner) should believe understands the mechanics of football on a level to where he can see the league and how the good teams are built, and he can replicate it.

Underwood is well respected around the league according to all sources, and he is someone that ownership trusts. He was a key part in moving away from Ruston Webster which was the right move, and I have to assume he was a big proponent of moving away from Ken Whisenhunt too, which was again the right move.

I have confidence that he knows what he wants, and those coaches weren’t it.

2. Hire a smart GM

Now that your President has a vision, he can find a GM that fits his idea of what works in the league. Someone who knows how to build around a young quarterback and how to bring in talented offensive weapons to make his life easier.

This can and should also be someone who ideally can pick out a good head coach that fits the type of offense and defense he wants, and who is also a smart candidate for other reasons.

The GM needs to be the guy who can get the groceries and who knows that his head coach will optimize them.

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3. Bring in a great head coach

Experience as a head coach is something that is often talked about, but I honestly don’t think it is mandatory. The head coach should be someone who works well with the GM and someone who shares the same ideas on what the team should look like.

For example, the Titans next GM and HC should agree that this team needs help at wide receiver, and they should bring in options both in free agency and in the draft to fix it. They should have defined roles that they both agree on, and there should be no power struggle on whether or not the guy is the right guy.

Ultimately the GM and HC need to collaborate so that during the draft and free agency they can efficiently plug holes in the the team to make it playoff caliber or better.

That is how the process goes, and so far it looks like the Titans are well on their way to become a functioning franchise, which is weird to say but hopefully is true.

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