Vrabel Press Conference

[turkeyneck]

I enjoyed the section about how their first goal is to be able to "take advantage of bad football" and that he told the team already that right now he doesn't think they are capable of it. He wants them to be able to go out there and play clean, and when other teams play bad football, be able to take advantage of that and not BE the team that is playing bad football.

That's a perfectly reasonable goal and even with bottom-third roster talent you can win 7 or 8 games that way against a weak schedule (which theirs is). I do wonder if they will actually spend a ton of cash in free agency or if they will opt to try to address crucial needs and otherwise try to get more role players and strong veteran leaders, taking a more measured approach.

The self-pantsing is over. Time to pants the other guys.

 

[Ring 6]

Emphasized being strong up front, both offensively and defensively. I am sure he is opening to get Barmore back healthy if he can. I wonder if Godchaux will be kept. I am betting that he will try to coach up Keion White and get him working on the inside more often... White will flourish under Vrabel. Some other guys have some untapped potential too I think, such as Ekuale and perhaps Jacquelin Roy.

Ekuale is terrible. If he is back he needs to drop 20 lbs and be relegated to being an inside rusher on passing downs.
He was good in that role before he got on the juice and fattened up to think he was a full time DT, because he can’t play the run to save his life.
The only reason he was out there was the abysmal failure of the front office to do anything about the needs at the position

 

[Ross12]

Ekuale is terrible. If he is back he needs to drop 20 lbs and be relegated to being an inside rusher on passing downs.
He was good in that role before he got on the juice and fattened up to think he was a full time DT, because he can’t play the run to save his life.
The only reason he was out there was the abysmal failure of the front office to do anything about the needs at the position

Yeah that is what I mean, a pass rushing DT. There is something there for him in that role. Not a full timer.

 

[Mack Herron]

I think Vrabel is saying it'll be collaborative because he expects to convince everyone to see things the way he does.

Think BB would have replied this way?

 

[Grogan1980]

God damn Vrabel is such a breath of fresh air... I dare anyone to go back and watch Mayo's intro press conference from last year after this

Right - I never had anything personal against Mayo, but I hated the "annointing" of him to head coach, and when I watched his introductory press conference, I HATED it... Felt like the beginning of an absolute trainwreck.

Now, after today's press conference, I am absolutely stoked! Feels like "we are back" ... Time will tell, but he absolutely killed it in my opinion.

 

[Sect140]

Liking what I was hearing until Wolf came up

And again and again. He sure did bring Wolf up several times.

 

[mike_usagisan]

Think BB would have replied this way?

Bill had Pioli to make sure the personnel side saw it his way.

 

[Ross12]

The self-pantsing is over. Time to pants the other guys.

Look, now having said that, it's about execution, fundamentals. The guys gave a great effort. Now in saying that, they left a lot of plays out there on the field. I like to say every game comes down to 1 or 2 plays. We just have to be on the right side of those plays. Today just wasn't our day. We just have to keep chasing our north stars.

 

[Grogan1980]

I tuned in a few minutes late and watched his portion at 1.5x speed, sounded like a normal person talking. I had to double check I was really at 1.5x.

Ha, that's hilarious - I did the exact same thing, and slowed it down just before Vrabel came over, and it was like "yikes"

 

[Ross12]

And again and again. He sure did bring Wolf up several times.

I don't think Wolf is as bad as people are convinced he is. Mayo sandbagged him hard. He will get a boost from Vrabel in free agency and will get valuable outside perspective from Cowden, and Vrabel will help him to be assertive and tell people to shut up in the draft room when they are pushing for bad picks.

Would not be surprised at all if Vrabel builds a good coaching staff and those coaches suddenly make Polk, Robinson and Wallace look like decent players. We would look back at the 2024 draft differently then.

 

[PatsFan2]

Second Year QB check: now competent HC check: we are Now looking like an attractive place in FA.

 

[upstater1]

Vrabel is a perfect combo of the best parts of both BB & Mayo (without having the worst parts of each)
He's focused and knowledgable - to instill confidence
But he's genuine and personable - to connect and be a charismatic leader

It depends on the player.

I was watching some ex-Titans talk about his time there and some notable good players said he never encouraged them or gave them a vote of confidence, while pointing out that he loved others and constantly made them the team's symbols. It sounds like he's playing favorites but it's really just a matter of figuring out who best exemplifies the team's principles. If you're a really good player who isn't that consistent, Vrabel will not come off as personable or friendly. He'll come off as the opposite.

If think he's like Parcells but for this day and age, and he uses Belichick's coaching principles.

 

[DarrylS]

Have always believed the worse decisions are made by like minded people..
Mike V. seemed to indicate he likes some tension in decision making as no one has the correct answer.
Looking forward to the decisions he will make for this team as well as who he hires and what the decision making structure will look like.

 

[turkeyneck]

Look, now having said that, it's about execution, fundamentals. The guys gave a great effort. Now in saying that, they left a lot of plays out there on the field. I like to say every game comes down to 1 or 2 plays. We just have to be on the right side of those plays. Today just wasn't our day. We just have to keep chasing our north stars.

Gakk!

 

[Mack Herron]

Bill had Pioli to make sure the personnel side saw it his way.

If Vrabel had final say it should be clear. Lots of unsupported speculation here.

 

[PatsFan2]

It depends on the player.

I was watching some ex-Titans talk about his time there and some notable good players said he never encouraged them or gave them a vote of confidence, while pointing out that he loved others and constantly made them the team's symbols. It sounds like he's playing favorites but it's really just a matter of figuring out who best exemplifies the team's principles. If you're a really good player who isn't that consistent, Vrabel will not come off as personable or friendly. He'll come off as the opposite.

If think he's like Parcells but for this day and age, and he uses Belichick's coaching principles.

Hey some Learn from their first time around see the GOAT BB.

 

[mike_usagisan]

If Vrabel had final say it should be clear. Lots of unsupported speculation here.

I think Vrabel knows he can tell Wolf, "I need this kind of guy, this kind of guy, and especially THAT guy," and Wolf will jump on it. Wolf wasn't cut out to be deciding the direction of the team.

 

[Ross12]

Have always believed the worse decisions are made by like minded people..
Mike V. seemed to indicate he likes some tension in decision making as no one has the correct answer.
Looking forward to the decisions he will make for this team as well as who he hires and what the decision making structure will look like.

Here is his quote from the Athletic article:

“I care about the team. No job is too small for me or anybody else to help the team win,” Vrabel said. “I feel like I can work with anybody. I feel like winning is the ultimate goal and I — just like our team — have got to be willing to adjust and adapt to things that are going on.

“But I believe that I can respectfully disagree, have a conversation and move on and get past it. I’m also not afraid to share my opinion and what I believe in, my convictions about things that relate to helping a football team win, building a team or helping players, helping scouts. I love when coaches and scouts get together post-draft, I love collaborating with the general manager on inactives (on game day). I tried to incorporate that system into Tennessee because it’s something that I embraced and loved about what we did in Houston. It’s a unique relationship (coach and GM), one that has to remain respectful at all times. I think that it always was. Are we going to disagree? Yeah, I hope that we do so that we can grow. But ultimately, somebody’s gotta be in charge.”

 

[Dedhampatsfan]

Vrable Joins Zolak & Bertrand at The Sports Hub 98.5 after his press conference.

 

[signbabybrady]