Ran Carthon’s tenure as the Tennessee Titans‘ general manager came to an end on Tuesday. The decision to part ways with the second-year executive came two days after the team finished the 2024 season with a 3-14 record and a combined 9-25 the past two years.
“I’ve loved the time I’ve spent with Ran. He’s a talented football mind, a great man, and friend to everyone along his path,” controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement announcing the decision.
“It’s impossible to ignore that our football team hasn’t improved over the past two years. I am deeply disappointed in our poor win-loss record during this period, of course, but my decision also speaks to my concern about our long-term future should we stay the course.”
President and CEO Burke Nihill also addressed why the changes are needed.
“We just haven’t improved this football team for the last couple of years,” he noted. “We’ve won nine of the 34 games we’ve played over the past two seasons, and as much as the record was concerning to Amy as it was to all of our fans, her assessment was also that we’re not on course to get where we need to go moving forward. As difficult as these decisions are, she believed it was the right one.”
Nihill also points out how the evolution of the GM position has moved since Cathon was first hired back on January 18, 2023, when Mike Vrabel served as head coach.
“Speaking of a change of the general manager specifically, Ran was hired into a very different job description than the one that exists today. Ran was hired for a general manager position that was very specific to the circumstances at the time, and the forecasting was the general manager would be able to partner very closely with the head coach, the existing head coach, and as the circumstances exists today, the general manager position is different.”
Carthon was promoted to executive vice president/general manager last year which saw his duties expand to include all…
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