Tom Moore joins Tennessee Titans to replace fired Chris Palmer as offensive coach – NFL News
The Tennessee Titans have decided to utilise services of veteran coach Tom Moore as an offensive coordinator and head coach Mike Munchak said the idea of his hiring has come at a spur of the movement because they have already promoted quarterbacks coach
Dowell Loggains.
Moore will replace fired coach Chris Palmer who was let go unceremoniously after the Titans succumb to an embarrassing loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday (Nov. 25).
According to Munchak:
"I didn't want to overwhelm any of our coaches, where to ask Dowell to do all of that work and then call the game and then coach the quarterbacks and then do this and do that, and do scripts. It's a lot of work, so we thought if we had someone else here
that could help in certain areas. I thought of Tom and gave him a call."
The coach added:
"He's a guy that obviously has a resume that's more than qualified for what we need. We're fortunate that someone like him is available when we need it. We're going to take full advantage of that.”
It is to be seen now if Moore will able to rescue the Titans from further humiliating losses and somehow preserve their playoff chances, which appear to be remote now given the Indianapolis Colts have progressed ahead of them in the American Football Conference
(AFC) South.
The team is already on an informal notice from owner Bud Adams. He had warned to scrutinise all officials from front office including coaches if the team continued losing.
Chris Palmer has become first victim of the scrutiny as he was fired by the head coach and there might be some other causalities of the owner’s accountability drive if the team stays on the losing course.
The Titans are hosting the Houston Texans this week and their performance should tell how much they have progressed from their last game, irrespective of a question whether they win or lose.
It will be first assignment before Moore, although he might formally start working from next week.
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