Mike Mularkey had no bigger advocate than Amy Adams Strunk, and still, she signed off on firing him with a year left on his contract.
Mularkey and his staff failed to maximize what they had to work with, and he was simply too stubborn.
Yes, he took his team to consecutive 9-7 records with a playoff trip and a wild-card win in 2017.
Even so, the franchise decided he was not the right guy to take the Titans forward.
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