Chris Palmer Named Offensive Coordinator For Tennessee Titans

by Ed Valentine on Feb 15, 2011 3:44 PM EST in New York Giants News

Well, you can forget about Chris Palmer returning to the New York Giants as quarterbacks coach. Or, in the dream scenario for some of you, as offensive coordinator in place of Kevin Gilbride.

Palmer has been hired by the Tennessee Titans to be their offensive coordinator.

Palmer was Giants quarterbacks coach from January of 2007 to January of 2010. He "retired" from the Giants only to surface as head coach/general manager of the Hartford Colonials in the United Football League.

Palmer was previously head coach of the Cleveland Browns, posting a 5-27 record in 1999 and 2000, and had previously been offensive coordinator with the Houston Oilers and under Tom Coughlin in Jacksonville.

There was thought when Palmer left the Giants for the UFL that his ultimate goal was a return to the NFL as either a head coach or coordinator. The Titans have now given him that larger role.

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nooooooooooooo

T,T

mmmmm.... delicious

by Cup Noodles on Feb 15, 2011 3:47 PM EST reply actions

good for him but like noodles said. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Dear FOX...
Fire Aikman and replace him with Strahan please

by 56THE REAL LT on Feb 15, 2011 3:53 PM EST reply actions

Chris Palmer this is for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHUlrfF0MNo&feature=fvst

Dear FOX...
Fire Aikman and replace him with Strahan please

by 56THE REAL LT on Feb 15, 2011 3:57 PM EST reply actions

sigh

I was holding out hope

"Sack-Forced Fumble-TD against any QB in the history of the NFL.... honestly, It would probably be Eli because I see him in pratice and we can't touch him (laughs)" - Justin Tuck

by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 15, 2011 4:07 PM EST reply actions

so was i, so was i

Dear FOX...
Fire Aikman and replace him with Strahan please

by 56THE REAL LT on Feb 15, 2011 4:13 PM EST up reply actions

There was no way he was coming back for the same spot

and no way we’re firing Gilbride, so he won’t be our OC this season.

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by Rorschach44 on Feb 15, 2011 4:30 PM EST reply actions

This is all fine and well

But why did he say he was retiring?

Couldn’t he be a man about it and say he wanted to do bigger and better things?

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-John Madden

by Willgfass on Feb 15, 2011 4:57 PM EST reply actions

because saying "I retire" has a different ring to it....

as opposed to “I quit”…

but yeah, that’s pretty much what he did.

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by andiamo708 on Feb 15, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions

so what next?

by dank7 on Feb 15, 2011 7:32 PM EST reply actions

Just another example

of the giants letting another quality coach slip through their fingers.

"Can't win with Tom Quinn"

by dg89 on Feb 15, 2011 9:41 PM EST reply actions

Is this guy really good?

Us Titans fans are really, really not impressed by this hire. Is there any reason from optimism from this guy?

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Feb 15, 2011 9:44 PM EST reply actions

He's great with qb's, you guys just need one.

Dear FOX...
Fire Aikman and replace him with Strahan please

by 56THE REAL LT on Feb 15, 2011 10:29 PM EST up reply actions

Not really.

He was good here as teh QB coach mainly since he’s got Eli to work with. Also who really knows how good he was at that, people like to point to the increase in INTs when he left but that could have nothing to do with each other.

He was good in Jacksonville as the OC under Coughlin. Stank in Houston as the OC.

The Titans talent level is more so at those Jaguars level, so I’d say it could work out fine. But I wouldn’t be excited or pissed at it.

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by Rorschach44 on Feb 15, 2011 10:41 PM EST up reply actions

Relax.

He is a good QB coach. He is not that great of an OC – that’s a totally different animal. No big deal, wish him the best, but I would let your hemorroids rattle you about him going to the Titans. All we need is to get rid of Killdrive and Quinn, I do not know what OC/ST candidates are outthere to make an argument but I look around…

by Bavaro 89 on Feb 16, 2011 9:54 AM EST reply actions

So now it's been reported that he left cus of a contract dispute with the Gmen...

This is just great….

by Bavaro 89 on Feb 16, 2011 12:53 PM EST reply actions

I just saw that....and the exact reason....

the Giants had blocked him from interviewing for OC positions and he had asked if they would put it in his contract that he would be allowed to interview to become an OC.

they said NO.

that is just unbelievably short sighted IMO…and i’m glad CP called their bluff and quit on them….

The only sense it makes to me was that the Giants actually thought KG would get another job elsewhere and than Palmer would have been OC here…

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by andiamo708 on Feb 16, 2011 1:26 PM EST up reply actions