The Tennessee Titans experienced some mild turnover within the coaching staff after last season’s AFC Championship Game run, losing the likes of defensive coordinator Dean Pees and secondary coach Kerry Coombs.
The Titans have chosen not to replace the former, and will instead elect to give play-calling duties to either head coach Mike Vrabel or multiple coaches on the staff.
As for the latter coach the Titans lost, Tennessee brought in new secondary coach Anthony Midget, who previously spent six seasons with the division rival Houston Texans.
Midget brings his own unique personality and coaching style to the Titans, and says he’s not an “in-your-face” or “animated” type of guy, which fits the general stereotype of so many NFL coaches.
But he does ask for the best out of his players, or to be more clear, demands it, per Jim Wyatt of Titans Online.
“But I’m very demanding. I’m demanding that the guys do the things we’re asking them to do and demanding that we get the best out of our players,” he said. “Just reiterating the things that Vrabes (Mike Vrabel) emphasizes, just playing hard, playing with great effort, and that’s what we’re going to require from our guys, and that’s what we’re going to demand. But you’re not going to see me running up and down the sidelines. The guys just kind of understand the expectations that we as a staff have for them and that we’re going to demand from them.”
The players he’ll be working with this season in Nashville have already hit it off with him, and are ready to give him what they’ve got on the field — whenever and however NFL football is able to return.
“Each coach is different,” Titans cornerback Adoree’ Jackson said. “I appreciated Coach Kerry, and now we have Coach Midge so I’m just excited to see the things that he brings and to build up my game, and the team as well.”
Midget has big shoes to fill after what Coombs was able to accomplish with “MMCNB” over the past few years, but his experience will no doubt go a long way to keeping things moving in the right direction.
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