1 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Titans Amy and Coach Mac Podcast, presented 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Look to the folks at 3 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans when you need someone who understands 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: the exes and oh's of healthcare coverage. They've been protecting 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. Hello, everybody, Welcome to 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: another edition of the Titans Amy and Coach Mac Podcast. 7 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: I'm Amy Wells Coach Mac. Dave McGinnis, of course, is 8 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: here because he's part of the show Mac. The Titans 9 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: are eight and two, number one in the division, number 10 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: one in the AFC. Feels pretty good, huh good, but 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: they still haven't accomplished what they want to accomplish. I mean, 12 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: it's this is a series of one week stretches, as 13 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: we've talked about throughout the season on the Titans Amy 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: Coach Mac Podcast, and that's just what this week is. 15 00:00:55,960 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: Because you haven't nobody's made the playoffs yet and so 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: that's the whole Keys getting the tournament. And the only 17 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: way you position yourself in the tournament is you've got 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: to come back to center every week, good or bad, 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: and get back and win this week. So that's where 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: they are now they've accomplished what they need to accomplish weekly, 21 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: So let's see what we can do this week. This 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: week they're taking on the Houston Texans, a division opponent. 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: It's a big game, but Mac, this is the time 24 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: of year where observers fans will say, because I don't 25 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: want you to tell me to keep my powder dry 26 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: this early in the show. We've got a long way 27 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: to go. But fans start to look around the league 28 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: and do a little playoff math. They start to kind 29 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: of calculate where they are in the standings, how they 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: match up to other teams. How do you keep a 31 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: football team from doing that? How do you keep everybody 32 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: focused on the task at hand and not looking right 33 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: or left to kind of see what's going on around them. 34 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: All you have to do is point to you know, 35 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: what happened early in the season up in New York, 36 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: Get a little bit off focus, and then look what happens. 37 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: Stay on point, watch what's we've done. That's all you 38 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: have to do. Look, it's fine for the fans to 39 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: do that. Let the fans do it, and that's that's 40 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: The interest in this team is sky high, which is 41 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: absolutely beautiful. It's wonderful, But when you're in when you're 42 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: in the building, when you're in the building and you're 43 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: involved in it up close and personal, keep focused on 44 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: the moment. Let everybody else enjoy what is going on 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: and enjoy and think about what may happen, but stay 46 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: in the moment. You have to stay in the moment. 47 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: It's very easy to get him back on center because 48 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: you have got an example of when you got a 49 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: little bit off center and nobody was happy with that. Well, 50 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: for those of you who are playing the game at home, 51 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans are first in the AFC South Division. 52 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: They're eight and two. The Indianapolis are five and five 53 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: right behind them. According to Mike Keith, the number is four. 54 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: The Tennessee Titans have to win four games or the 55 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts have to lose four games for the Titans 56 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: to clinch the AFC South That is the number is four, 57 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: So just keep that in the back of your mind. 58 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: In terms of the playoff picture overall, the Tennessee Titans 59 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: are currently in that number one spot, the Buffalo Bills 60 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: number two, Baltimore Ravens three, Kansas City Chiefs four. The 61 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: reason the number one spot is appealing to Tennessee Titans fans, 62 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: or should be appealing is that first round by that 63 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: only goes to that number one seed this year, that's 64 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: new extra week, extra team. There's one bye week spot, 65 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: not two this year, and having that bye week spot 66 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: is important, especially to a team like the Tennessee Titans, 67 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: who are a little injury riddled right now. Well little 68 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: as an understatement, I'm trying to be nice, Well you 69 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: are nice, but being factual, they're about to set a 70 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: record and it's amazing as to what they've been able 71 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: to accomplish. You know with this, I've been in that 72 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: position before. I've had the number one seed several times 73 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: in my career, and it is helpful because anytime towards 74 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: the end of the season that you get a little 75 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: chance to let your players have a rest mentally and physically, 76 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 1: it's good. But we're not there yet and so that's 77 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 1: the important part, and we will get there if we 78 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: continue this back to center after every game and concentrate 79 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: on the next opponent. The thing that's important right now 80 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: is the Houston Texans. We haven't played them yet this year. 81 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: We know that they're having issues down their winning ball games. 82 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: But when you start, when you get a cowboy in 83 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: your hand and you start grinding the tape, they're still 84 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,679 Speaker 1: playing extremely hard. They have not given up on David Culley. 85 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: They have not given up on each other. Sometimes when 86 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: you're watching tape and how to study it, you can 87 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: see disinterest in teams towards towards the middle and the 88 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: end of the season that all of a sudden playoff 89 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: hopes are gone. You don't see that with the Houston Texans. 90 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: So this is what's important is the Houston Texans. So 91 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: let's talk about that a little bit, MAC because how 92 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: big of a threat is a team that's still playing 93 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: for something, even if it's not the playoffs, even if 94 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: it's not to have a winning record this season. They're 95 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: still playing for each other. They're still playing for their coach. 96 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: And a team that's still playing for something is dangerous. 97 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: Right Well, they're playing for their money, they're playing for 98 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: their money, they're playing for their careers. I mean, that's 99 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: what they're playing for right now. And they're playing for 100 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: each other. And as I say, they haven't given up 101 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: on the head coach. This is David Cully's first year 102 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: as a head coach. He's a longtime coach in the 103 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: National Football League, assistant coach, finally got his chance to 104 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: be a head coach in some very unusual circumstances, and 105 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: so he's been able to keep them at least a 106 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: level temperamentally throughout the whole season. So they haven't given 107 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: up on him. But there's always something to play for. 108 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: When you're playing the National Football League. You're either playing 109 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: for positioning, you are playing for your job, you are 110 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: playing for your next contract. There's always something to play for. 111 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: And you know how many times I've said it, there's 112 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: no Division one Double A teams on an NFL schedule. 113 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: Anybody can get you, so you don't want to get got. 114 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's start with their quarterback, Tyrod Taylor. 115 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: He is a threat to this Titans defense. Tell me 116 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: why because he doesn't turn the ball over. He plays 117 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: within himself, he doesn't turn the ball over. He gives 118 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: their team a chance whenever. He values possessions. That's why 119 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: David Coley teaches offense. He values possessions and he just 120 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: he doesn't give you anything cheap. He's not going to 121 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: be anything spectacular, but he's also not going to give 122 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: you anything cheap. So you're going to have to be 123 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: able to take it away from him. And the way 124 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: you take away from him is you've got to make 125 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: them punt on third down, make UEM punt on third down, 126 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: make um punt on third down, Shrink their series, increase 127 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: your series. You can't count on him throwing the ball away. 128 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: It sounds so easy when you put it like that, Max, Well, 129 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: because it is. Well, it's easy to say. It's not 130 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: easy to do there, it is. Yeah, they have a 131 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: lot of weapons on offense. They're able to generate a 132 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: run game, they're able to pass the ball. Mac. Why 133 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: haven't we really seen the full extent of this Texans 134 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: offense to this point. Well, I mean Brandon Cooks is 135 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: their main threat, okay, and then they've had some issues 136 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: on the offensive line. And plus I mean you think 137 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: about to Rod Taylor, what he's gone through this year, 138 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: you know, going into and stepping in and being the 139 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: starting quarterback when you had all the drama around a 140 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: franchise quarterback that they have there. I mean, that's that's 141 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: a lot to carry on your shoulders. I mean that 142 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: that's a lot. And plus brand new coaching staff, there 143 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: was a lot going on down there, and I give 144 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: him credit for staying the course. As I say, I 145 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: give their team credit too, for continuing to play hard. 146 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's a testament to them, and that's 147 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: a testament to their head coach. So whatever the best 148 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,559 Speaker 1: is that the Houston Texans are amy, we will get 149 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: this Sunday. That's what we will get. Their defense is 150 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: made up of some real players who stands out to 151 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: you when you're watching them on Take Jonathan Grenard, you know, 152 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: the defensive end is really good. And Zach Cunningham their linebacker. 153 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it isn't a racer back there. 154 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: And plus Lovey Smiths their defensive coordinator, very solid and 155 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: so they're not gonna they don't make a lot of mistakes. 156 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: They really don't because he doesn't put them in positions. 157 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: He's not a big gambler as far as his calls. 158 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: But they play real solid defense. Lovey has always been 159 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: a very technique sound coach and his players play technique 160 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: sound wise. But they've got some guys that Blacklock, you know, 161 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: could pressure the quarterback. They've got guys that can put 162 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: pressure on you. You're gonna have to take it away 163 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: from them. That's that's what's gonna have to happen. You're 164 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: gonna have to take the starch out of their defense. 165 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: And what we need to do is we need to 166 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: smooth out our running game in this third week now 167 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 1: that we've been without Derek Henry and get it going 168 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: a little bit because that's what everything generates off of. 169 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: So what are some of the keys that this Tennessee 170 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: Titans team has to do to get this win and 171 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: move on to nine and two. Well, they need they 172 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: need they need to move the ball between the twenties. Offensively, 173 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: we've done a nice job in the red zone, but 174 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: between the twenties, we've got to extend series. And we've 175 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: got to do because that's very, very important because you 176 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:34,479 Speaker 1: cannot continue to count on advantageous field position and touchdowns 177 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: because sooner or later you're you're not going to have 178 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: those advantageous series set up by the defense. You're gonna 179 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: have to move it. You've got to move it between 180 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: the twenties and we need to start. We need to 181 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: start doing that. And the other thing that we have 182 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: to continue to do we have to continue to apply 183 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: pressure defensively. Our pressure defense has been really good Now, 184 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: it fell off a little bit last week against the 185 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: Saints of the second half because we had people upfront hurt. 186 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: The guy's got to hired. They did, and that's just 187 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: the facts. That's just the way it is. And so 188 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: we need as many viable bodies as we can upfront 189 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: because as long as this football team defensively can get 190 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: viable and realistic pressure with four people, we're in great shape. 191 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: And so that's what has to happen now, Coach Mac, 192 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: This Sunday's game, of course, is important. It's a division game, 193 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 1: it's at home at Nissan Stadium. There's a lot of 194 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: big things. It's right before Thanksgiving, so the holidays are 195 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: upon us. But there's also another reason that this game 196 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: is so important, and it's because at halftime, the Tennessee 197 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: Titans are going to be putting former head coach Jeff 198 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 1: Fisher if general manager the late Floyd Reese are both 199 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: going to be inducted into the Titans Ring of Honor. 200 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: Such a big deal. You had the opportunity to know 201 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: both of these people, work with both of these people. 202 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: Tell me why these two men are so deserving of 203 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: this honor. Well, they're two of the pillars of what 204 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: this franchise here is here in Nashville, moving the club 205 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: here from Houston and going through everything that that entailed. 206 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: It was amazing what they were able to do and 207 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: then still being able to capture a market that had 208 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: never had a professional team before. There was a lot 209 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: going on, you know, with all of that, and Floyd 210 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: and Jeff Fisher hand in hand, were able to do it, 211 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: and not only do it, but do it to the 212 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: extent that they became a real force in the National 213 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: Football League. First time they ever moved into the stadium 214 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: that was Adelphia Coliseum at the time, now it's Nissan Stadium. 215 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: They go to the Super Bowl. Well that didn't just 216 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: happen because it's because of the foundation that Jeff Fisher 217 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: and Floyd Reese built and then they are able to 218 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: sustain it, you know, for many years. They are two 219 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: of the pillars. You know, you look at you look 220 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: up at the stadium now and you see Eddie George 221 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: and you see Steve McNair still up there on those 222 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: big pillars. Well, Floyd Reese and Jeff Fisher were the 223 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: other two pillars of a four column base that this 224 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: thing was built on. And so that's why they're there, 225 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: Coach Mac. Usually I will go through a monologue introducing 226 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: our guests and you know, making sure that everyone's familiar 227 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: with who they are in their background. Um, I'm not 228 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: doing that today because I feel like the million listeners 229 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: to the Titans Amy and Coach Mac podcast will know 230 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: when I say Jeff Fisher who I'm talking about, and 231 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: that is who we have today. Coach Fisher, thank you 232 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: so much for taking the time to chat with us 233 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: a little bit. We're so excited to have you on 234 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: the show. Well, it's my pleasure. I've been looking forward 235 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: to this for quite some time. I've I've talked to 236 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: numerous people around town that absolutely love your show and 237 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: it's an honor to be part of it. Fish. Look 238 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: and and and taking away the introductions because when you 239 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 1: say Jeff Fisher, and believe me, I'm saying this with 240 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: all the honesty in my heart, you say Jeff Fisher 241 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 1: in Nashville, I mean, it's a it's an instant, instant recognition. 242 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: I'm not going to go into all the times that 243 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: we've been out together in this city, but every everywhere 244 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: we go, even you know when we came back, you know, 245 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: from when we were gone for a while. It's still amazing. 246 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: Not amazing to me, it's endearing to me. The number 247 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: of people that will stop and say, Coach Fisher, I 248 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: really really loved when you were the head coach here, 249 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: Coach Fisher. I remember when you signed a ball from 250 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: my son, Coach Fisher. I remember on the caravan when 251 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: you spent time talking with us. It really is And 252 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: I know that you've said before that Nashville is your home, 253 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: even though you're from southern California. But you've you've established 254 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: something here that I think is very special for a 255 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: football coach the National Football League. To be able to 256 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: have all three of his children go through the same 257 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: high school, to graduate from the same high school, to 258 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: have roots in a place as wonderful as Nashville. I 259 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: think I think that means as much to you as 260 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: about the career, the one hundred and forty two career 261 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: wins that you have that leads this franchise. I think 262 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: all of that means much more to you than any 263 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: of that other thing. Am I correct? Well, you are 264 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: Coach Mac you know I had I'm gonna you know 265 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: you know me well enough. I got to correct. I'm 266 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: a fact checker. Okay, my kids went to the same 267 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: elementary little and graduated from the same high school. I 268 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: think that's that's part of the reason that I have 269 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: both my boys or coaching in one shape or former 270 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: or the other, is because they thought, oh, coaching's fun. 271 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: You get to move into a great town, you get 272 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: to leave live there and raise your and never have 273 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: to move, you know. And nowadays you look at somebody's bio, 274 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: at least outside the NFL, and that's there's certain extent 275 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: a lot of NFL coaches. It's every couple of years 276 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: you're changing addresses and so. But it has been I mean, 277 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, just thinking back and reflected back over time, 278 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: and you know, I was actually I was downtown actually 279 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: afternoon for just a short Ghosness meeting. Then a guy 280 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: came up with an Indianapolis Colts hat on and he 281 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: was just like he walked up to me and smiled 282 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: and he started pointing his hat and I go, I 283 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: see your hat. He goes, it's a cult pad. I go, 284 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: I can see it's a cultpad, you know, so yeah, 285 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: you must be a cult fan. And so he says, 286 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: he goes, yeah, man, he goes, well, I'll tell you 287 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: what was one of the coolest things I ever saw 288 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: heard of is when you jumped up on stage and 289 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: took all your shirt and your coat off and you 290 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: were wearing a Peyton Manning jersey. And I go, yes, right, 291 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: I did that too, and he goes and then he goes, man, 292 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: I remember, he goes, he goes, I remember you jumped 293 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: out of a helicopter and landed on the practice field, 294 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: you know, you parachuted down, and he goes, man, those 295 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: were the days. I go, yeah, I can you imagine 296 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: this the head coach or shoot out of a helicopter. 297 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: Now in the practice it without anybody knowing it, he 298 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: might get a little bit of attention. But anyway, it's 299 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: been fun. I mean, it's been a great experience. You know, clearly, 300 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: the experience you know, since since we went different directions 301 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: years ago, has not been as as great as as 302 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: the experience that we had here a year after year 303 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: after year, Mac. And the reason you know that those 304 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: times were just so precious and it was because of 305 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: what we did here and what we did with our 306 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: football team, and you know, year after year, and we 307 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: did everything we possibly could to do to sustain and 308 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: you know, it's just everything's come together again for the Titans, 309 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: you know, under Mike and under John, and it's just 310 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: good to see it again here in town. I guess 311 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: I want to go all the way back to the 312 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:02,239 Speaker 1: very beginning, because moving a team from Houston to Nashville 313 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: in the mid nineties is such a challenge for so 314 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: many different reasons. You were moving a team to a 315 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: city that had never had professional sports before. That wasn't 316 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: something that most people in this city had ever considered 317 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: to be a possibility to have the National Football League 318 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: in their town. Tell me a little bit about making 319 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: that transition and what that experience was like, because I mean, 320 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: you were coming up here with a couple of trailers 321 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: in a prayer. Well, I'll take you back my first 322 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: year as a head coach, first full year. I was 323 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 1: in from the ninety four with the Oilers ninety five 324 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: my first year, and of course we drafted Steve McNair 325 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: ninety five in Houston, and we had plans to go 326 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: to Marysville College outside of Oxhville. Everybody here is familiar 327 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: with that and practice against the Washington Redskins, and we 328 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 1: set that up. North Turner was the head coach at 329 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: the time of the Washington Redskins. We set up a 330 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: week practice against the Redskins, and then we're going to 331 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: play their first preseason game at Neveland Stadium against the Redskins, 332 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: and it was it was a big draw because they 333 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: had just dropped a heat schuler and so on so forth. 334 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: So we know sooner than set foot into a preparation 335 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: week is we're getting ready to play our first preseason game. 336 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: And I'm told by our media relations director that hey, 337 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: just to give your heads up, we're going to release 338 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: some information here this afternoon that basically states that we 339 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: are looking into the possibility of moving to Houston Oilers 340 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: to Tennessee with express purpose of relocating in Nashville. And 341 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: I go, what he said? Yeah, he says, yeah, that's 342 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: what we're going to announce this. I said, well, I 343 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: got to tell the players. No, No, you don't have 344 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: to tell players. I go, hey, wait a minute, I 345 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: going to keep the players informed of this, So you 346 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: guys do your thing. I'm going to talk to the 347 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: team tonight and tell them just to just to keep 348 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: them informed so they unders they're not going to be 349 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 1: shocked when they hear the news. Stood up in front 350 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: of the team. I'll never forget Bruce Matthew's face when 351 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 1: I told the team that we were going to potentially 352 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: be relocating here, and it was as if we had 353 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: just lost a playoff game at the end of overtime. Wow. 354 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: And it was the case with the rest of the 355 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: guys in the room. So now fast forward two years. 356 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: Two years we were playing in Houston as Lane Ducks 357 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: Chris Berman. Chris Berman referred to us as, amongst other things, 358 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Tuxedos, the nomads. Nobody really cared. No, everybody was. 359 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: We were kind of the laughing stock. But little did 360 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: people know that we were putting together a pretty good team. 361 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:15,479 Speaker 1: So two years in Houston, five ninety six, training camp 362 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: is a month and a half away. We're just finishing 363 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: up with our our you know, our mini our summer 364 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: mini camp, our Ota type team. And I got news 365 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 1: that it's official we're going. And when I stood up 366 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: in front of that team in a meeting in June 367 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: and told them, the looks on their faces were like, 368 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: just as if we had just won the playoff game 369 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: in overtime. Really, they were so relieved. Al del Greco, 370 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: well know that name, Al del Greco had deposits in 371 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: schools in three different cities, Houston, Nashville, and Birmingham, where 372 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: he was from because he didn't know where we're going 373 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: to be, and all that was put behind. But yes, 374 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: to your point, that's when it got hard is when 375 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: we said, hey, guys, over there on the board, there's 376 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: an eight hundred number. Call it. They're gonna move your stuff. 377 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: You need to report to Nashville for camp. Hey, coach, 378 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: where we're gonna have cam. Well, we don't know yet. 379 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: We're trying to figure out where we're gonna put the facility, 380 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: and pretty good chance we'll have camp at Tennessee State University. 381 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 1: Coach where we're gonna play this year, Well, we're gonna 382 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: play our games in Memphis, really yet Memphis, So so 383 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: we're just gonna fly down, um, you know, to Memphis 384 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 1: every week. Well, no, we're actually going to drive down 385 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: to Memphis every week. You know, it's just one thing 386 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: after another we end up flying. But we had to 387 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: fly the players back, so they didn't get to see 388 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: their families after the home games at Memphis. But nonetheless, 389 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: I mean I could go on forever and ever and 390 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: ever and to fish please do, because this is this 391 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: is what this podcast is for, because I've heard these 392 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: stories because as close as we are, but I think 393 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: people don't even understand. And I experienced another move with you, 394 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: you know, from from Saint Louis to la and going 395 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: through that with all the help that we had in 396 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: the different times, I cannot even imagine what you went through. 397 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: And just saying that, take us a little bit more 398 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,719 Speaker 1: about training camp at Tennessee State and then the challenges 399 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: of not only playing in Memphis, but then the next 400 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: year having to relocate and play somewhere else. We set 401 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: shop up at Tennessee State University. They were they were 402 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: outstanding to deal with. They only had one field and 403 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: that was a stadium field when you did some more space, 404 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: so we put together on an auxiliary field out there 405 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: for the offensive line and defensive linem which is still 406 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: there as a matter of fact. But um so we yeah, 407 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: we moved there. And then while we were waiting on 408 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: a you know, on a prefab if you will, a 409 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: group of trailers, they were going to stick together in 410 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: BELvue and then they had to build our fields there 411 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: and there was only a one and a half fields. 412 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: There was a little trailer that overlooked the one and 413 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: a half fields that was a media trailer, and we 414 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: actually worked out moved our executive offices into a building 415 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: that's still there right now, and and we moved our 416 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: team into this this little trailer thing. And at that time, 417 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: because it wasn't going to be more than a year 418 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: or two, he wouldn't put a divider in the main 419 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: and to meet in the main room. So our offense 420 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: had to meet in the building in which was the 421 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: locker room. Defense got to meet in the other room. 422 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: So we went through that though, you know, the whole 423 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: year ninety seven and they're ninety eight. I remember having 424 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: to call Critter Ritter, their local company here. Hopefully you've 425 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 1: never had to deal with them, but we had to 426 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: extract the family of skunks. It was living underneath the 427 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: steps going into our our trailer where our office. You know, 428 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: we had all kinds of all kinds of memorable experiences. 429 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: Um So one year, one year in Memphis, as a 430 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 1: matter of fact, we opened against the Oakland Raiders. Joe 431 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 1: Bugle was the head coach. They're a pretty good football 432 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: team at that time. We um got him into overtime. 433 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: They've been training in Napa, so they weren't quite used 434 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 1: to the heat. Eddie George ran in the locker room 435 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: about two minutes before the end of regulation, got an IV, 436 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: came back out and put a dot on the rest 437 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: of that game. By I think he rushed for two 438 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 1: hundred and sixteen yards and really literally won the game. 439 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: So we won our inaugural game here in Tennessee in 440 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: Memphis as the Tennessee Oilers. Wow, well, Tennessee Owlers ninety 441 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 1: seven ninety eight Memphis thing really didn't work out the 442 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: way um those thought it would, particularly because of the 443 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: distance and the difference in the in the in the 444 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: regions and so on and so forth. So we moved 445 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: back to Nashville and moved into Vanderbilt University. We played 446 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: the ninety eighth season at Vanderbilt. Incidentally, the locker room 447 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: that we used, uh there is still currently the same 448 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: locker room. It's not changed. But so we spent you know, 449 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: we spent a season there at Vandy, and then our 450 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: stadium was done, our facility was done, and I'll never 451 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: forget taking the players on a bus over to what 452 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 1: they referred to his bat to Sports Park. The Titans, 453 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: the new Titans facility and showing them still it wasn't 454 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: it hadn't been furnished, you know, they was still they're 455 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: still taping off dry wall and things like that, but 456 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 1: telling them what this is going to be over here, 457 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: and here's the weight room and here's that this, and 458 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: here's that that. You could see the field, the excitement, 459 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: and then it culminated with our first preseason game and 460 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: what at that time was referred to as a Delphia 461 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: calls him right in nineteen ninety nine, and to just 462 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: to see, you know, I'll never forget walking out of 463 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: the tunnel with Floyd and for that first preseason game, like, 464 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, you know what it is worth it? Wow? 465 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 1: It was. It was truly worth it. And you know 466 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: that that that, you know, leads us to the ninety 467 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: nine season. I mean, that was our third year here. 468 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: We were undefeated. H we were we We trailed in 469 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: the opener by nine points with four minutes left against Cincinnati. 470 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: Jeff Blake been a nemesis of ours in the division 471 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: for several years. Fortunately, he the heat got him and 472 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: he cramped up and couldn't return to the game. In 473 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: the fourth quarterer Steve put Steve Puts puts ten points 474 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: on the board in the last four minutes and we 475 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 1: went I think it was thirty five thirty four something 476 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 1: like that, and we won our opener there, and then 477 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: of course we went to the remainder of the season 478 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 1: undefeated at home. So um, you know, just such just 479 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: great memories, and you know, the I'll go back to 480 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: Mary's Little College for example, I'm standing, We're out there 481 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 1: practicing against the Redskins, and I'm standing there. North Turner, 482 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,199 Speaker 1: as I mentioned earlier, as a head coach, NORV and 483 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: I are standing. They're talking. He was my college coach. 484 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: We were friends. Almost unit is reunited with him one 485 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: year with the Rams, but I missed him, um by 486 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: a couple of months because he went to be the 487 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: offensive cording of the Dallas Cowboys. But nonetheless, we're standing 488 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: there and he goes, hey, um, you see that that 489 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: guy over there, tied end age. Guy's kind of a 490 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: move guy. I go, yeah, yeah, I've been watching it 491 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: and he's moving around pretty good. Um, you know, we 492 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: probably don't have room for us on the roster. Maybe 493 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: we can work out a deal to end the camp 494 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: for a you know, a late pick. I go yeah, 495 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna watch him during the week and show it 496 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: goes so we can put together. His name, by the way, 497 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: is Frank Whitchik. WHOA. So we work out a deal 498 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: and we bring Frank and keep in mind and Mac, 499 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: you remember the days I took over the When I 500 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: took over the Oilers, it was a run and shoot offense. Yes, 501 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: And but what that means is there's a lot of 502 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: receivers on the roster and and no tight ends. And 503 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: so we we were, you know, we were obviously in transition. 504 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: And so as a matter of fact, I changed the 505 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: offense on an an interim basis and with four games 506 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: left in ninety four, but nonetheless, we got our tight 507 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: end and then we started building, and you know, it 508 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,479 Speaker 1: ended up pretty good for us. Jeff, let me let 509 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: me just let me just dovetail off of that. And 510 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: and this is this is something that is still with 511 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: this franchise today. When you did make that change and 512 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: then you came in here. The one thing that was 513 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: a stamp and it always was throughout your coaching career 514 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: of a Jeff Fisher coach football team was it was 515 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: a mentally and physically tough football team. And I think 516 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: to this day that stamp of physicality that you put 517 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: on this football team and that these fans got used to. 518 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: This is exactly exactly what is carrying on today with 519 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: what Mike Rabel is doing. Now, talk to me a 520 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: little bit, and I mean, just talk to our listeners 521 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: about your thoughts. And of course you and Eddie and 522 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: really Steve are the faces of that and all three 523 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: embodied that physical and mental toughness. Just tell us a 524 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: little bit about taking that and putting that stamp. I've 525 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: coached with you and have been a friend for a 526 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 1: lot of years. I know how you talk to a 527 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: football team. I know how you prepare a football team. 528 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 1: But that physicality, it doesn't just happen by a circumstance. 529 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: It happens on purpose. Well. Yeah, and what you're describing 530 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: back then is something that you are very very close 531 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: to right now, Mac, and that is I told somebody 532 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: last Monday, after the Titans went out and beat the 533 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: Rams the way they did, yes, that I told somebody 534 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: that this is going to set the Rams back for 535 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. It's gonna be a week or 536 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: two before they can overcome this physical contest that they 537 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,239 Speaker 1: just endured in the loss against the Titans, and you 538 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: saw what happened. We took pride in that back then 539 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: was all right, your six seven days moved past and 540 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: onto the next opponent. But it's always always fun to 541 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: kind of look over your shoulder and just take a 542 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: peek at the team you had played, whether you won 543 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: or lost the week before. They were gonna have a 544 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: hard go because they were still feeling the effects of 545 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: the of the physical nature of the team they had played, 546 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: that being us, and so you know, that was the 547 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: way we built this the team. And now names and 548 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: faces changed, but that was one thing that, um, you know, 549 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: was consistent throughout. The interesting thing about it is there's 550 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: so many parallels right now. I mean, John and Mike 551 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: have done a great job with this team. But it's 552 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: just I'm seeing I'm seeing the path ass and reliving 553 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: the past through them, because that's exactly what they're doing. 554 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: It's a it's a well coached, disciplined, smart team that 555 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 1: really doesn't care what anybody else thinks. And they're they're 556 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: playing into the small market mentality. You know, you have us, 557 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: You've got you've got a player with you know, ten 558 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: sacks and no one's heard his name, yea, and he 559 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 1: goes on national National Radio and guess what, he didn't 560 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: talk about himself. He talks about his teammates. And that's 561 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: kind of the way things were back then. And it's 562 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: just really good to see. The game has changed, the 563 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: rules have changed, the NFL has changed, everything has changed, 564 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: but one thing that remains the same, or at least 565 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: as as we speak of the Titans now is just that. 566 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: And they are somebody you just don't want to play. 567 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: That's so great. Overcome injuries, you do whatever you need 568 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: to do, but you find a way, and you know, 569 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: you find a way to get in there and make 570 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: sure you're playing after Christmas, and then anything can happen. Coach. 571 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: Titans fans are having so much fun watching this Titans 572 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: team right now because it reminds them of the Titans 573 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: team that they fell in love with in ninety nine. 574 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: But that didn't come naturally. They didn't just become Titans fans. 575 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: You really had to put in some work to gin 576 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: up some excitement about this team and about this franchise. 577 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: We have heard a lot of the stories. We work 578 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: pretty closely with Mike Keith and Larry Stone and so 579 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: we've heard some of the stories from the caravan and 580 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: some of the things that you guys did, but just 581 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: explain for our listeners how much work you guys put 582 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: into making sure that this fan base knew who this 583 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: team was and really established a bond with this team early. 584 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: And I would like to tell you that Mike Keith 585 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: is not affiliated with this show in any way. So 586 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 1: please feel free to be as honest as you would like. Okay, 587 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: I love it so so we didn't Okay, we didn't 588 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: have Google back then. But anybody that's listening if they 589 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:25,799 Speaker 1: want to google the number of cities and towns in 590 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:30,800 Speaker 1: the state of Tennessee that end with the with the 591 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: the Wordville, Smith, bille, Cookville, Clarksville, keep it going. It's 592 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: got to be up in the two dozens. Well, we 593 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: made a trip to every one of those places back then. 594 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 1: I mean we did, and that was part but that 595 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: was that was part of it. You know. I'll tell 596 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: you the one thing that that we that happened when 597 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,439 Speaker 1: we got here. It was it was as those caravans 598 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: and things were starting, and you can imagine the nu 599 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: umber of trips that that I personally made from you know, 600 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,840 Speaker 1: from Houston to here doing you know, trying to set 601 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: the table. And and I'd never forget early on sitting 602 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: in the hotel room. That was in the days when 603 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 1: there was might have been one downtown, but sitting in 604 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: the hotel room, and I remember watching the news and 605 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: the news promote some sports, and Rudy Kayliss was coming on, 606 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 1: and the promo was, and we're going to give you 607 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: an update on the NFL team that's going to be 608 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 1: moving here. Okay, so sports comes on and fifteen minutes 609 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,319 Speaker 1: at later, after he's finally done talking about NASCAR, he 610 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 1: talked about the NFL moving to Nashville. And it was 611 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: apparent that, you know, the only game in town, you know, 612 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,759 Speaker 1: was two and a half depending on where you're leaving, 613 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,400 Speaker 1: two and a half to three hours away. Hey, in Knoxville. 614 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: And people said, well, no, hey, there's no way you're 615 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: going to be successful there because you can't come. You know, 616 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,960 Speaker 1: you can't compete. But we're not gonna compete. We're gonna enhance. 617 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: We're gonna give them something to do on Sundays after 618 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,720 Speaker 1: they've just gone crazy on Saturdays, you know as uti fans. 619 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 1: And so you know, we developed that relationship. We went 620 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 1: out and you know, who knows what would have happened, 621 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:30,359 Speaker 1: probably would have been a slightly bigger challenge, um, you know, 622 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: in the you know, over the journey, had we not 623 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: set the bars high and gone to Super Bowl the 624 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: first year. But nonetheless, um, you know, it was all 625 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,880 Speaker 1: about that, and the players bought into it, and the 626 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: players loved it. It was all about, you know, getting 627 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 1: involved and staying involved with the with the community. And 628 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: you know, when you know, just prior to us coming 629 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: to town, I was reading something and I heard that 630 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: Vince Gill had done a benefit concert at Franklin High 631 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,359 Speaker 1: School because I believe his daughter was there, and he 632 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: went out there and played at the high school to 633 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,239 Speaker 1: raise money for the program. When somebody like that is 634 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,560 Speaker 1: doing that very thing for that kind of program here, 635 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: it sets the bar really high for what we needed 636 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 1: to do as an organization in the community. And the 637 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 1: players bought into it. And I don't know, you guys 638 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:35,320 Speaker 1: know better than I do, but the list of retired 639 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: Titans players that have come here from all over the 640 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 1: country say it's amazing, and you know, it's a you know, 641 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:51,360 Speaker 1: it's largely an untold story you know about Nashville and 642 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,920 Speaker 1: the relationship that the Titans, and and of course we 643 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,720 Speaker 1: don't want to forget. I mean, you said it's a podcast, 644 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,439 Speaker 1: so I can keep talking. Spreads moved here, the press 645 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: moved here the same time, right, That's when I met 646 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:09,919 Speaker 1: very Trots bodies absolutely town right about the same time, 647 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: and so you know, there was a lot going on, 648 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 1: and um, you know, it was just I was just 649 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:22,040 Speaker 1: really blessed to you know, stay part of of a 650 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:26,799 Speaker 1: franchise and a program led by the Adams family and 651 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,400 Speaker 1: surrounded themselves with great people, many of them are no 652 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 1: longer with the organization. They they they are those unsung, untold, 653 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 1: untalked about heroes that had so much to do with 654 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 1: this coming together. When it came out that we were 655 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 1: maybe gonna move here, it wasn't a slam dunk deal. 656 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,319 Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't an easy thing. There was a 657 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: referendum they had to vote. Do you remember NFL. Yes, yes. 658 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,040 Speaker 1: The list of people that I can list the people 659 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: that you know that were involved in that, and you 660 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:05,040 Speaker 1: know it's just, uh, these people work so hard and 661 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 1: not included. You know, the mayor at the time, who 662 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,160 Speaker 1: who ended up you know it was you know, Mayor Pretticon. 663 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: We understand what he did, what a what a great 664 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,839 Speaker 1: impact he had on you know, on the state, you know, 665 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,120 Speaker 1: throughout his political career. But you know, it was it 666 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:27,879 Speaker 1: involved everybody. And so you know, the players when all 667 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:31,240 Speaker 1: the rumors started back in you know, at Marysville College 668 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,920 Speaker 1: for two years, you know, they were you know, we 669 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 1: oftentime described them as, you know, kind of kids in 670 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,759 Speaker 1: the divorce, you know, because you know, we're playing in 671 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 1: Houston and you've got a rich, rich tradition, NFL tradition, love, 672 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 1: you blew everything going on in Houston, and we're going 673 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,560 Speaker 1: to be there for a couple of years. And if 674 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,320 Speaker 1: a player when asked what do you think about Tennessee, 675 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,440 Speaker 1: well if he goes, hey, man, I I can't wait 676 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 1: to get there. It's a great place. Well those other 677 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,440 Speaker 1: fans are hearing about it, sure yea. And then vice versa, 678 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,080 Speaker 1: Hey I love Houston, I'm not I know, I don't 679 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,120 Speaker 1: care about Tennessee. Then you got a referendum. So kid, 680 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: these these players were kids in the divorce. They had 681 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,880 Speaker 1: to walk the fence line, they had to say the 682 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,600 Speaker 1: right things, and you know, it was it was a 683 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: combination of a lot of a lot of really good 684 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 1: people working together to pull this thing off. And so 685 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: and we did, and so you know that's what's happens. 686 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: And you know, Mac to your earlier point, Yeah, I'm 687 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: the only head coach in NFL history, to my knowledge, 688 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:41,440 Speaker 1: that's relocated two franchises. Yes, I mean as as a 689 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 1: story goes, like two teams in five different cities and 690 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 1: six different stadiums, and that doesn't include i'll tell stadium 691 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:57,279 Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. So but that's um, you know that was 692 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,840 Speaker 1: It wasn't an easy deal, but you know, we we 693 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: found our way through it. And I kind of over 694 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 1: the years, you know, you look around the league and 695 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,600 Speaker 1: all these guys got distractions they're dealing with, and ah, 696 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,640 Speaker 1: I feel bad for them because that's a hard thing 697 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: to overcome. No, no, no one has any idea what 698 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,480 Speaker 1: distractions are all about. But you'd use those things in 699 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,600 Speaker 1: the right way. You can use them to your advantage. 700 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,239 Speaker 1: And that's kind of kind of what we did. You know. 701 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:26,920 Speaker 1: It's that old circle the wagon thing. You know, Hey, 702 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: it's us against everybody. Let's see what Let's see they're 703 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,600 Speaker 1: gonna it's gonna take their best shot, you know. So 704 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,360 Speaker 1: it was. But the names, I mean, you know the 705 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 1: names that you know, as you mentioned Steve and Eddie 706 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 1: and you know in the ninety even those before, you know, 707 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,640 Speaker 1: in that that period, that ninety seven, the Dice in 708 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 1: ninety eight, you know, those draft choices, and you know 709 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:53,719 Speaker 1: in the ninety nine Javan and then you know as 710 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:57,640 Speaker 1: you jumped forward and everybody that was drafted and that 711 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 1: played here, that contributed to win and all that. I mean, 712 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,080 Speaker 1: I mean we won ten games, we were ten and 713 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,879 Speaker 1: oh with Kerry Collins, I was right here with you, 714 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,839 Speaker 1: I know, and so it was just you know, it's 715 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: just a great experience, a great ride. And so you 716 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,600 Speaker 1: know when you mentioned those that walk up to you 717 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,480 Speaker 1: and I'm Mac and were someplace out and they go, hey, 718 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 1: coach whatever, I'm more excited about them than they are 719 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,120 Speaker 1: to see me, because those were the people that made 720 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:35,239 Speaker 1: the difference, you know, and they were they followed us. 721 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I can't describe to you. I don't know 722 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,919 Speaker 1: what if there's documented photographs and things like this when 723 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,520 Speaker 1: we got off the airplane at BNA after beating the 724 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:51,120 Speaker 1: Colts in the second round of the playoffs. Yes, just 725 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,879 Speaker 1: back in the day when you could walk all over 726 00:42:53,920 --> 00:43:00,640 Speaker 1: the airport. The airport was packed with fans. You could 727 00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:05,799 Speaker 1: barely walk through the concourse with Titans fans. I mean, 728 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:10,760 Speaker 1: it just was a real, real cool moment in history 729 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 1: for this organization. Well it was the history of this organization. 730 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,600 Speaker 1: And let me and let me just say this, everything 731 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,799 Speaker 1: that you described, of course, I've been very you and 732 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,560 Speaker 1: I've been very close for a lot of years and 733 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:25,400 Speaker 1: through a lot of things. But the way this city 734 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: responded to you and the way this these players did 735 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: and what you've established here, and that's why it is 736 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:38,920 Speaker 1: so so perfect that now your name is going up 737 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,440 Speaker 1: on Nissan Stadium in the Ring of Honor, and that 738 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,719 Speaker 1: you and I have both been in this business a 739 00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:47,359 Speaker 1: long time. You know, when I first started in eighty six, 740 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,640 Speaker 1: I think you and I and Belichick were the three 741 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: youngest coaches in the league at the time, because you 742 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,080 Speaker 1: only had seven or eight coaches on staffs. But to 743 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:59,800 Speaker 1: be able to have your name up there on this stadium, 744 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,120 Speaker 1: that you've meant so much to this city and to 745 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,560 Speaker 1: this organization and really to the National Football League. Let's 746 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:08,799 Speaker 1: expand it even to that. We've had Mike Pereira on 747 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,239 Speaker 1: this podcast to fish and believe me. The first thing 748 00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,880 Speaker 1: he said was when coach Mike, when you see Fish, 749 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,280 Speaker 1: tell him I set a low. I mean, the things 750 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,840 Speaker 1: that you've done for the National Football League, over and 751 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:25,880 Speaker 1: above and beyond Nashville and LA have been amazing, and 752 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,839 Speaker 1: you still do those things. So we can't thank you 753 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,799 Speaker 1: enough for doing this. We could talk all day, and 754 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,600 Speaker 1: I don't. I promised you I wouldn't keep you all day. 755 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:40,279 Speaker 1: But believe me, this is exactly why you are so 756 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,319 Speaker 1: beloved in this city. Time flies, man, I mean, it 757 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:49,040 Speaker 1: just goes by so fast, guys. And what's what this 758 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:57,040 Speaker 1: is about is this is an opportunity for those youngsters 759 00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:02,360 Speaker 1: in the stands that that endured tough times in ninety 760 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 1: seven ninety eight and then got to celebrate with us 761 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:10,440 Speaker 1: ninety nine for however long after that. But there's a 762 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 1: new generation out there, and the generation doesn't know anything 763 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:20,040 Speaker 1: about what about us, And this is a cool opportunity 764 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:24,080 Speaker 1: for those that were the first generation of Titans fans 765 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:29,279 Speaker 1: now to have an opportunity to educate the second generation 766 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:36,239 Speaker 1: that are just so loyal and again, I you know, 767 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,560 Speaker 1: it's kind of one of those deals. You know, you 768 00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:41,319 Speaker 1: you watch a game here and there and then you 769 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,319 Speaker 1: hear about things and you know, it's it's just been 770 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:50,799 Speaker 1: one of these places where it's always hard to play here. 771 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:56,040 Speaker 1: And you know, the history speaks for itself, the organization 772 00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:59,719 Speaker 1: speaks for itself, the amazing players that have come through 773 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,839 Speaker 1: here and that will continue to come through here, you know, 774 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:06,880 Speaker 1: and the respect level they have for their hometown, because 775 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,560 Speaker 1: this is truly a hometown and at least it is 776 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:15,920 Speaker 1: for me and my family. And although that played for 777 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:19,240 Speaker 1: us and then worked for us over the years. Coach, 778 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,120 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, thank you for taking some time 779 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:25,359 Speaker 1: to chat with us, and we're so looking forward to 780 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:29,319 Speaker 1: seeing you on Sunday and being able to recognize you 781 00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:32,319 Speaker 1: in all of your accomplishments a little bit. Well, I 782 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,080 Speaker 1: appreciate the opportunity, and again, you know, I'm fever grateful 783 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:40,880 Speaker 1: to the you know, to the Adams family, and equally 784 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:44,120 Speaker 1: is grateful to just all the great fans and the 785 00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:47,720 Speaker 1: people just the cool people. You know, it's just people 786 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,239 Speaker 1: all over the state. You know, that's just you know, 787 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,520 Speaker 1: there was only sixty three thousand, four hundred and ninety 788 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:58,239 Speaker 1: two people at the game against the Buffalo Bills, and 789 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,480 Speaker 1: that got to witness to the home run throw back, 790 00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:05,520 Speaker 1: but there's hundreds of thousands of people that claimed that 791 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:12,080 Speaker 1: they were there. That makes a fan base. It really 792 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,160 Speaker 1: sums up a fan base. Thank you, guys, Thank you, 793 00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:24,840 Speaker 1: Thank you. Look forward to sating New Sunday. Mackett was 794 00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,880 Speaker 1: so awesome to be able to talk to Jeff Fisher 795 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,839 Speaker 1: a little bit and hears some of those stories. There's 796 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,520 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff I'd never heard before. Well, Jeff 797 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,680 Speaker 1: and I are very close, both professionally and personally, and 798 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, it was it's been a great part of 799 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,480 Speaker 1: my career to be associated, you know, with Jeff Fisher, 800 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:44,560 Speaker 1: and it goes back a long ways as you can tell. 801 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,759 Speaker 1: But he has a true love for this city, for 802 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,840 Speaker 1: this franchise and for what you know, for what he 803 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,480 Speaker 1: and Flo were able to do here. Very proud of 804 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:56,200 Speaker 1: it and should be. And he meant a lot to 805 00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:58,480 Speaker 1: the National Football League. You know, he was a he 806 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,040 Speaker 1: was a co chairman of the Competition Committee for fifteen 807 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:04,239 Speaker 1: years and he's still consulted a lot on what goes on. 808 00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:08,719 Speaker 1: I mean, he left an indelible mark on Nashville. He 809 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,879 Speaker 1: left an indelible mark on the National Football League. All 810 00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:13,400 Speaker 1: you have to do just go out in public with 811 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:16,720 Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher sometime and you'll still realize he's a pretty 812 00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:19,160 Speaker 1: big deal here. You know who else is a pretty 813 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,680 Speaker 1: big deal around here, and that's Farm Bureau Health Plans. 814 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,399 Speaker 1: Don't get sacked by the high cost of healthcare. Make 815 00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,879 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans your first line of protection. They've 816 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:31,560 Speaker 1: been protecting Tennessee in since nineteen forty seven. Randy Wilmore 817 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:33,720 Speaker 1: at Farm Bureau Health Plans. How cool are those people? 818 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,080 Speaker 1: They're so cool. They are the best. They really are 819 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:37,960 Speaker 1: the best. I mean, and I just I can't say 820 00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,920 Speaker 1: enough about him. I'm so happy we're associated with him. 821 00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:43,719 Speaker 1: See another person to be proud to be associated with 822 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:48,120 Speaker 1: Randy Wilmore and Farm Bureau Health Plans. One more thing 823 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:51,560 Speaker 1: before we wrap this up. I said on the last 824 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:56,759 Speaker 1: episode of the Titans Amian Coach Mac podcast that I 825 00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:59,800 Speaker 1: was going to watch the first two episodes of Yellows 826 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,160 Speaker 1: Own so that we could have an intelligent conversation about it. Okay, 827 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:06,120 Speaker 1: here's where I struggle with the idea of having an 828 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:11,320 Speaker 1: intelligent conversation about wow. I think we are both somewhat intelligent, 829 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:14,080 Speaker 1: one of us more than the other, Mac more so 830 00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,600 Speaker 1: than I am and would love to converse about it. 831 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,359 Speaker 1: What I don't want to do is spoil it. Don't 832 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,280 Speaker 1: do it. Don't We can't spoil it because, first of all, 833 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,000 Speaker 1: you know the season four it's a two part opener, 834 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:28,200 Speaker 1: which was fantastic. Well, and it's so crazy, like you 835 00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:32,279 Speaker 1: can't even within the first fifteen seconds if you say 836 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,440 Speaker 1: words about it, you're giving something. You can't do it. 837 00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,360 Speaker 1: Don't you can't talk about it, can't, can't spoil it 838 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,200 Speaker 1: for people. I mean, just just know that you need 839 00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:42,080 Speaker 1: to you need to go through the first three seasons 840 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,320 Speaker 1: and then get ready for the opener of the fourth. 841 00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:47,319 Speaker 1: But it, uh, you know, to me, Kevin Costner in 842 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:49,960 Speaker 1: that whole group are just it's it's a it's a 843 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:54,960 Speaker 1: fabulous premise. It's extremely extremely u It keeps you on 844 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,600 Speaker 1: the edge of your seat. It makes you think a 845 00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:01,400 Speaker 1: little bit. It is. It's good. I really liked it. 846 00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:03,080 Speaker 1: I knew you would like it too. It took you 847 00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:05,239 Speaker 1: a while to watch it because you've got other things 848 00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,760 Speaker 1: going on. But when you did watch it, the words 849 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,120 Speaker 1: you said when you came back the next day was wow, 850 00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:13,880 Speaker 1: oh my gosh. Well, Mac, what I wanted to text 851 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,319 Speaker 1: you while I was watching it. A, it was a 852 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,280 Speaker 1: little late. Now I know your life, so I didn't 853 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,400 Speaker 1: want to interrupt whatever you were doing. And B I 854 00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,560 Speaker 1: was afraid if I was texting I would miss something. 855 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,160 Speaker 1: I don't think. I blinked for two hours and that's 856 00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:27,920 Speaker 1: the same way I was. And I finally put it 857 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:31,279 Speaker 1: on to watch it. In fact, in fact, I got 858 00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,239 Speaker 1: a I got a text, you know, from a real 859 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,279 Speaker 1: close friend while I was watching, and I said, hit 860 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:38,719 Speaker 1: you back watching Yellowstone, don't bother it, And didn't hit 861 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:42,560 Speaker 1: him back until the next day. Yeah. Yeah, So I 862 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,160 Speaker 1: would love to have conversations about this. Don't want to 863 00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:47,279 Speaker 1: spoil it for anybody. If you want to talk to 864 00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,080 Speaker 1: me about it, hit us up on our Instagram account 865 00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:55,000 Speaker 1: at Titan's Amy and Mac. That is where you can 866 00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,399 Speaker 1: reach us. Love to talk to you about Yellowstone. There, 867 00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:00,000 Speaker 1: slide into our DMS and we'll have all the conversation 868 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,040 Speaker 1: you want to have. I don't want to spoil it 869 00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:04,359 Speaker 1: for people. I just really don't look late. They can 870 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,840 Speaker 1: hit you on the Instagram or Telegram or whatever it 871 00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,680 Speaker 1: is that or the Twitter or the Twitter. Titans Amy 872 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,880 Speaker 1: get at me. We'll talk Yellowstone happy too. But just 873 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:17,000 Speaker 1: know if you're talking Yellowstone to Amy Wells, You're talking 874 00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:19,120 Speaker 1: Yellowstone to coach Mike. It's one of the same. See, 875 00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:21,080 Speaker 1: there you go. We consult on all things. We think 876 00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,960 Speaker 1: the same about it. Great show. Can't wait to watch 877 00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:27,880 Speaker 1: the rest of the season. I'm struggling with it only 878 00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,480 Speaker 1: dropping one a week like a regular TV show like 879 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,440 Speaker 1: in the olden days, because I really want to do 880 00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,680 Speaker 1: is binge it? What am I going to say to you? 881 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:39,239 Speaker 1: Keep your powder dry? Perfect? See? And I was trying 882 00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:43,400 Speaker 1: to avoid this. No you didn't, you didn't. All right, Well, 883 00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,960 Speaker 1: on that note, I guess we're gonna wrap this up. 884 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:48,600 Speaker 1: Do you have anything else to say about the Texans. 885 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,440 Speaker 1: We've got to take the Texans out early. Don't let 886 00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,560 Speaker 1: the Texans hang around. That's a good one. I like 887 00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:59,200 Speaker 1: that one. Well, hopefully we can get that Dennissan Stadium. 888 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:02,800 Speaker 1: Kick off for that game is at noon this Sunday, 889 00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:04,920 Speaker 1: if you're not coming out to the game, which I 890 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,560 Speaker 1: highly recommend, except I think it's gonna be a little rainy. 891 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:11,959 Speaker 1: So look, you can they have They have tremendous gear 892 00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:15,160 Speaker 1: you can wear down the rain. Yeah, tremendous gear, says 893 00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:17,879 Speaker 1: the guy who's in a booth. Dry tremendus gear. I've 894 00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:21,000 Speaker 1: been in the rain before. I've got gear. If anybody 895 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:25,640 Speaker 1: needs to borrow gear, call me. Oh my goodness, if 896 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:27,719 Speaker 1: you're not coming out to the game to stand in 897 00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,080 Speaker 1: the rain with me and not Coach Mac who's drying 898 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:32,720 Speaker 1: a booth the whole game. We will be on Titans Radio. 899 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:37,440 Speaker 1: Countdown starts at eleven o'clock, then Mac and Mike Keith 900 00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:41,399 Speaker 1: takeover at noon and they will be calling the rest 901 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,239 Speaker 1: of the game. So please hang out with us. Who 902 00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:46,720 Speaker 1: would love to see you here from you on Sunday 903 00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:50,600 Speaker 1: for Amy Wells and Coach Mack. Thank you for listening 904 00:52:50,640 --> 00:53:01,240 Speaker 1: to the Titans Amy and Coach Mac podcast. People need 905 00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:07,279 Speaker 1: to based on bast people to be