NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Being young doesn’t by any means make a guy a good football coach.
But it does increase the odds a coach thinks differently, outside of old-school lanes and long-time practices.
Mike Mularkey was only 56, but he was not afraid of older assistants. Dick LeBeau is 80; Terry Robiskie 63.
Sean McVay, 31, stormed the NFL this season, leading a dramatic turnaround for the Rams and quarterback Jared Goff. In San Francisco, Kyle Shanahan, 38, has a major upward arrow connected to him as well.
Finding the next Sean McVay is a tough assignment, as his story is a unique one.
But the Titans already have some young candidates to replace Mularkey, who is definitely a coach set in his long-standing ways, not a flexible guy looking for new and innovative ways to do things.
