Firstly, I never talked about inseason firing. I was talking about Vrabel not being willing to fire poorly performing coaches at any time.
Secondly, of course inseason firings are rare, only teams that are having major issues on offense or defense will do it. But you can’t claim that Titans haven’t had major issues on both sides if the ball for the past years. Defense has been bad for years with an uptick when Schwartz joined which made everything forget we wanted Bowen fired. Offense was putrid for 2 full seasons before Downing was fired (and without the DUI I’m not sure he wouldn’t still be here).
Then there is the issue of who he brings on. It’s either internal promotions or his old boy network.
The only successful coordinators we’ve had are the ones Vrabel didn’t hire by himself:
Lafleur, Smith, Pees and Schwartz.