Mike Munchak certainly wasn't the guy I wanted to be the Titans' new head coach.  I would have preferred someone from the outside, and either of the two external candidates, Perry Fewell or Mike Mularkey, would have been OK with me.

That's no reflection on Munch and nothing against him.  I just feel it would have been best to bring in someone fresh.

I've got to say I'm disappointed in the process, which was a sham.  It looks like Munchak was going to get the job all along.  Why else would Gregg Williams withdraw his name from consideration?

Long-time readers of Total Titans know I like to reach out to fellow bloggers on occasion, to get their thoughts on certain players. I’m doing the same now, but with a twist - this time my inquiries are about coaches.

Mike Munchak is reported to be the front-runner to be the new Titans head coach and may even be announced as such shortly. However, I don’t want to forget two outsiders who have interviewed for the position, Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell and Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey.

To look at those two men, I asked Andy Furman of Ultimate NYG and Rob Kelley of Dirty Bird South for their thoughts.

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It's probably a great day to be a Green Bay Packers fan.  Today, Packers fans are enjoying a Super Bowl appearance and anticipating the celebration of another Lombardi Trophy.  Packers fans can also rejoice in having one of the best quarterbacks in the league, one who could be the best in just a few years.

It's not such a great day to be a Tennessee Titans fan.  We aren't enjoying another Super Bowl and we don't have a quarterback, let alone one of the best in the league.

When I watch the Super Bowl tonight, I will be reminded time and again that the Titans passed on Aaron Rodgers in the 2005 draft, knowing they could afford to keep Steve McNair for only one more season, that his pending $50 million option would be unaffordable.

About a month ago, I took a look at early mock drafters' expectations of what the Tennessee Titans would do with their 8th overall selection in April's Draft. To no one's surprise, the majority of the mock drafts that I selected had the Titans doing the expected: utilizing their first-rounder to replace soon-to-be jettisoned QB Vince Young. 

As promised, since it's almost a month later, I'll once again post the results of several mock drafts to get an idea of the path others believe the Titans will travel towards with their first-round draft pick. 

Fred Graves has become the fifth Titans coach to leave the team this month.  Graves, who coached the wide receivers since 2007, joins Jim Washburn, Chuck Cecil, Craig Johnson and Jeff Fisher as ex-Titans coaches.

Whoever the new Titans coach will be will now have to find a replacement for Graves and I don't know if that will be an upgrade or not, only time will tell.

Graves was criticized by some fans, unfairly I believe, for not doing a good job developing young players.  True, most of the young WRs didn't get much playing time in his tenure, but I put that on Fisher.  Fish would rather get a root canal than play rookies, in my opinion.

Help Wanted: The Tennessee Titans are in the market for a new head coach.

As the dust continues to clear after the unexpected mutual decision of Jeff Fisher and the Titans to part ways, it's time to take a look at some potential names who could/should be in the running for the right to roam the sidelines as the team's head coach next year and beyond.

Although all signs seem to point in the direction of in-house assistant Mike Munchak getting the job, let's take a peek at some intriguing outside-of-the-organization options as the Titans embark upon the journey of finding their next head coach.

Former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips is quoted as saying, ''There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.''  In a surprise move yesterday, Titans coach Jeff Fisher went from the second category to the first.

The Titans released a statement on their website Thursday evening saying, "The Tennessee Titans and Jeff Fisher have agreed to part ways and Fisher will no longer be the head coach of the team."  OK, the statement doesn't call it a firing. It seems exactly like one though, with a negotiated severance package.

It was time for Fisher to go.  Two months ago, I wrote of my fear that owner Bud Adams would keep both Fisher and Vince Young.  It seemed more like an either/or situation then but I don't believe anyone dreamed he would get rid of both men.